Dr Ragy Tadrous

  • Research Associate (MRC/CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit)

Biography

Ragy is a research associate working on the Physical Activity, Social Connectedness, and Healthy Ageing Study (PACES). He joined the Complexity in Health Improvement Programme at the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit in March 2024.

 

He recently completed a White Rose Network funded PhD in the Department for Ageing and Stroke Research in the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences developing an intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults aged ≥75 years.

He graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a First Class Honours degree in Physiotherapy, after which he undertook a Research Masters which profiled the physical performance of people with narcolepsy.

He has a keen interest in mixed-methods research and throughout his PhD he undertook: 

  • A mixed-method review of the literature relating to interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults.
  • A qualitative profile of sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults aged ≥75 years.
  • A co-production study informed by the Theoretical Domains Framework and Behavioural Change Wheel to develop an intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults aged ≥75.
  • A mixed-method pilot study which explored the delivery of the co-produced intervention.

In 2022, he was appointed to the Yorkshire Consortium for Equity in Doctoral Education (YCEDE) Scholars Board, which aims to improve diveristy, and inclusion in doctoral education for BAME students. He was also a PGR Representative for the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences.

 

Research interests

  • Sedentary Behaviour
  • Physical Activity
  • Sleep
  • Older Adults
  • Intervention Development
  • Behaviour Change Theory
  • Mixed-Method Research
  • Systematic Reviewing and Meta-Analysis
  • Co-production

Publications

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2024

Tadrous, Ragy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9976-8834, O'Rourke, D., Murphy, N., Quinn, G., Quinn, C., Slattery, L. and Broderick, J. (2024) Exploring exercise, physical wellbeing and the role of physiotherapy: perspectives from people with narcolepsy. Journal of Sleep Research, 33(12), e14007. (doi: 10.1111/jsr.14007) (PMID:37621198)

2023

Braithwaite, E., Todd, O., Atkin, A., Hulatt, R., Tadrous, Ragy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9976-8834, Alldred, D., Pirmohamed, M., Walker, L., Lawton, R. and Clegg, A. (2023) Interventions for reducing anticholinergic medication burden in older adults – a systematic review and meta-analysis. Age and Ageing, 52(9), afad176. (doi: 10.1093/ageing/afad176) (PMID:37740900) (PMCID:PMC10517713)

2021

Tadrous, Ragy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9976-8834, O'Rourke, Deirdre, Mockler, David and Broderick, Julie (2021) Health‐related quality of life in narcolepsy: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of Sleep Research, 30(6), e13383. (doi: 10.1111/jsr.13383) (PMID:34036640)

Tadrous, Ragy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9976-8834, Broderick, Julie, Murphy, Niamh, Slattery, Lisa, Quinn, Gillian and O'Rourke, Deirdre (2021) 510 A profile of physical performance variables in an out-patient adult population with narcolepsy. Sleep, 44(Supple), A201-A201. (doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsab072.509)

Tadrous, Ragy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9976-8834, O’Rourke, Deirdre, Broderick, Julie and Mockler, David (2021) 509 Health-related quality of life in narcolepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep, 44(Supple), A200-A201. (doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsab072.508)

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Articles

Tadrous, Ragy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9976-8834, O'Rourke, D., Murphy, N., Quinn, G., Quinn, C., Slattery, L. and Broderick, J. (2024) Exploring exercise, physical wellbeing and the role of physiotherapy: perspectives from people with narcolepsy. Journal of Sleep Research, 33(12), e14007. (doi: 10.1111/jsr.14007) (PMID:37621198)

Braithwaite, E., Todd, O., Atkin, A., Hulatt, R., Tadrous, Ragy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9976-8834, Alldred, D., Pirmohamed, M., Walker, L., Lawton, R. and Clegg, A. (2023) Interventions for reducing anticholinergic medication burden in older adults – a systematic review and meta-analysis. Age and Ageing, 52(9), afad176. (doi: 10.1093/ageing/afad176) (PMID:37740900) (PMCID:PMC10517713)

Tadrous, Ragy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9976-8834, O'Rourke, Deirdre, Mockler, David and Broderick, Julie (2021) Health‐related quality of life in narcolepsy: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of Sleep Research, 30(6), e13383. (doi: 10.1111/jsr.13383) (PMID:34036640)

Tadrous, Ragy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9976-8834, Broderick, Julie, Murphy, Niamh, Slattery, Lisa, Quinn, Gillian and O'Rourke, Deirdre (2021) 510 A profile of physical performance variables in an out-patient adult population with narcolepsy. Sleep, 44(Supple), A201-A201. (doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsab072.509)

Tadrous, Ragy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9976-8834, O’Rourke, Deirdre, Broderick, Julie and Mockler, David (2021) 509 Health-related quality of life in narcolepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep, 44(Supple), A200-A201. (doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsab072.508)

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Prior publications

Article

R. Tadrous, D. O’ Rourke, N. Murphy, G. Quinn, L. Slattery, J. Broderick (2025) Physical performance, health-related quality of life and sleepiness severity of an adult outpatient population with narcolepsy: A cross-sectional analysis International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100573)

Ragy Tadrous, Anne Forster, Amanda Farrin, Peter A. Coventry, Andrew Clegg (2025) Co-producing an intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults aged ≥ 75 informed by behaviour change theory BMC Geriatrics Ragy Tadrous. ISSN 1471-2318 (doi: 10.1186/s12877-025-05844-6)

R Tadrous, A Forster, A Farrin, P Coventry, A Clegg (2024) 1717 Interventions to Reduce Sedentary Behaviour in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Mixed Method Review Age and Ageing Ragy Tadrous. ISSN 1468-2834 (doi: 10.1093/ageing/afad246.119)

R Tadrous, A Forster, A Farrin, P Coventry, A Clegg (2024) 1718 Co-Producing an Intervention to Reduce Sedentary Behaviour in Community-Dwelling Older Adults Through Behaviour Change Theory Age and Ageing Ragy Tadrous. ISSN 1468-2834 (doi: 10.1093/ageing/afad246.118)

Ragy Tadrous, Deirdre O'Rourke, Niamh Murphy, Lisa Slattery, Gillian Quinn, Julie Broderick (2020) Study protocol: A profile of physical performance variables in an outpatient adult population with narcolepsy HRB Open Research Ragy Tadrous. ISSN 2515-4826 (doi: 10.12688/hrbopenres.13086.1)

Conference Proceedings

Ragy Tadrous, Anne Forster, A Farrin, P Coventry, Andrew Clegg (2024) 2249 Exploring the experiences of sedentary behaviour in older adults aged ≥ 75 years Age and Ageing Symplectic Elements at University of Leeds. ISSN 0002-0729 (doi: 10.1093/ageing/afae139.090)

Ragy Tadrous, Anne Forster, A Farrin, P Coventry, Andrew Clegg (2024) 2250 A mixed-method feasibility study of an intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults aged ≥ 75 years Age and Ageing Symplectic Elements at University of Leeds. ISSN 0002-0729 (doi: 10.1093/ageing/afae139.091)

Thesis

Ragy Tadrous, Ragy Tadrous, Ragy Tadrous, Ragy Tadrous, Ragy Tadrous, Ragy Tadrous, Ragy Tadrous, Ragy Tadrous (2021) A Profile of Physical Fitness Variables in an Out-Patient Adult Population with Narcolepsy Trinity's Access to Research Archive Ragy Tadrous.

Professional activities & recognition

Selected international presentations

  • 2023: World Narcolepsy Day (Dublin, Ireland)
  • 2023: European Conference on Aging and Gerontology (London, England)
  • 2023: British Geriatric Society Autumn Meeting (Birmingham, England)
  • 2023: eSleep 2023 (Virtual)
  • 2021: Sleep (America)
  • 2021: Irish Sleep Society (Dublin, Ireland)

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