Dr Natasha Roberts
Senior Research Fellow & Senior Research Fellow
UQ Centre for Clinical Research
Conjoint Research Fellow/Lecturer in Nursing
Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences
Journal Articles
Paterson, Catherine, Anderson, Helen, Rosano, Michelle, Cowan, Donna, Schulz, Diana, Santoro, Kerry, Forshaw, Tina, Hawks, Cynthia and Roberts, Natasha (2024). What are the perceived unmet needs for patient care, education, and research among genitourinary cancer nurses in Australia? A mixed method study. Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing, 11 (9) 100564, 1-29. doi: 10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100564
Roberts, Natasha Anne, Pelecanos, Anita, Alexander, Kimberly, Wyld, David and Janda, Monika (2024). Implementation of Patient-Reported Outcomes in a Medical Oncology Setting (the iPROMOS Study): Type II Hybrid Implementation Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26 e55841, e55841. doi: 10.2196/55841
Smith, Sandra, Travers, Catherine, Martin-Khan, Melinda, Webb, Ivy, Miller, Elizabeth, Thompson, Jane and Roberts, Natasha (2024). Person-centred quality indicators for Australian aged care assessment services: a mixed methods study. Research Involvement and Engagement, 10 (1) 88, 1-17. doi: 10.1186/s40900-024-00606-x
Roberts, Natasha, Zelinsky, Sandra, Ahmed, Sadia, Mcmullan, Christel and Young, Leonie (2024). Patient engagement in quality of life research. Quality of Life Research, 33 (10), 2781-2782. doi: 10.1007/s11136-024-03727-8
Roberts, Natasha A., Button, Elise, Duff, Jed, Paterson, Catherine, Smith, Michael and Gavin, Nicole (2024). Clinical research nursing pathways: The development and evaluation of a nursing research internship program using the RE-AIM framework. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 6 100176, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnsa.2024.100176
Ullman, Amanda J., Gibson, Victoria, Kleidon, Tricia M., Binnewies, Sebastian, Ohira, Ryoma, Marsh, Nicole, McBride, Craig, Winterbourn, Karen, Boyte, Francesca, Cunninghame, Jacqueline, Roberts, Natasha, XU, Grace (Hui), Takashima, Mari, Cooke, Marie, Rickard, Claire M., Byrnes, Joshua and Larsen, Emily (2024). An mHealth application for chronic vascular access: Consumer led co-creation. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 76, 68-75. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2024.02.006
Ullman, Amanda J., Larsen, Emily, Gibson, Victoria, Binnewies, Sebastian, Ohira, Ryoma, Marsh, Nicole, Mcbride, Craig, Winterbourn, Karen, Boyte, Francesca, Cunninghame, Jacqueline, Dufficy, Mitchell, Plummer, Karin, Roberts, Natasha, Takashima, Mari, Cooke, Marie, Byrnes, Joshua, Rickard, Claire M. and Kleidon, Tricia M. (2024). An mHealth application for chronic vascular access: A multi‐method evaluation. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 33 (5), 1762-1776. doi: 10.1111/jocn.17034
Roberts, Natasha A., Esler, Rachel, Pearce, Adam, Wyld, David, Smith, Michael, Woollett, Kaylene, Mazariego, Carolyn and Roberts, Matthew J. (2024). Exploring Unmet Needs in Prostate Cancer Care: A Cross-sectional Descriptive Study. European Urology Open Science, 62, 36-42. doi: 10.1016/j.euros.2024.01.018
Chai, Ming G., Roberts, Natasha A., Dobbins, Chelsea, Roberts, Jason A. and Cotta, Menino O. (2024). Factors Influencing Integration and Usability of Model-Informed Precision Dosing Software in the Intensive Care Unit. Applied Clinical Informatics, 15 (2), 388-396. doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1786978
Maharaj, Ashika D., Roberts, Natasha, Jefford, Michael, Ng, Jerome, Rutherford, Claudia and Koczwara, Bogda (2024). The use of patient reported outcome measures in oncology clinical practice across Australia and New Zealand. Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 8 (1) 1. doi: 10.1186/s41687-023-00664-x
Smith, Sandra, Travers, Catherine, Roberts, Natasha and Martin‐Khan, Melinda (2024). Development of person‐centred quality indicators for aged care assessment services in Australia: A mixed methods study. Health Expectations, 27 (1) e13958, e13958. doi: 10.1111/hex.13958
Unni, Elizabeth, Coles, Theresa, Lavallee, Danielle C., Freel, Jennifer, Roberts, Natasha and Absolom, Kate (2023). Patient adherence to patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) completion in clinical care: current understanding and future recommendations. Quality of Life Research, 33 (1), 281-290. doi: 10.1007/s11136-023-03505-y
Scanlon, Brighid, Durham, Jo, Wyld, David, Roberts, Natasha and Toloo, Ghasem Sam (2023). Exploring equity in cancer treatment, survivorship, and service utilisation for culturally and linguistically diverse migrant populations living in Queensland, Australia: a retrospective cohort study. International Journal for Equity in Health, 22 (1) 175, 1-10. doi: 10.1186/s12939-023-01957-9
Roberts, Natasha, Jacmon, Helene, Scanlon, Brighid, Battersby, Chrissy, Buttrum, Peter and James, Christine (2023). How can we meet the needs of patients, their families and their communities? A qualitative study including clinicians, consumer representatives, patients, and community members. BMC Health Services Research, 23 (1) 809, 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09814-9
Scanlon, Brighid, Wyld, David, Roberts, Natasha, Durham, Jo and Toloo, Ghasem (Sam) (2023). Rethinking cancer prevention for migrant populations in Queensland, Australia: A retrospective cohort study comparing culturally and linguistically diverse and Australian born cancer patients. Global Public Health, 18 (1) 2202213, 1-13. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2023.2202213
Roberts, Natasha A., Young, Adrienne M. and Duff, Jed (2023). Using implementation science in nursing research. Seminars in Oncology Nursing, 39 (2) 151399, 151399. doi: 10.1016/j.soncn.2023.151399
Wade, T., Roberts, N., Ban, J-W., Waweru-Siika, W., Winston, H., Williams, V., Heneghan, C. J. and Onakpoya, I. J. (2023). Utility of healthcare-worker-targeted antimicrobial stewardship interventions in hospitals of low- and lower-middle-income countries: a scoping review of systematic reviews. Journal of Hospital Infection, 131, 43-53. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2022.09.008
Roberts, Natasha A., Cubitt, Annette, Lindsay, Dianne, Bury, Kimberley, Dixon, Jacqueline, Gebbie, Chantal, Hawkins, Cheryl-Ann, Major, Taylor, Jenkins-Marsh, Sue, Morris-Smith, Bernadette, Poxton, Melanie, Richmond, Sue, Smith, Delaine, Stoneley, Adam, Thaker, Darshit A., Wilson, Elizabeth, Woollett, Anne, Underhill, Craig and Sabesan, Sabe (2022). Teletrials, the new norm? Expert recommendations for teletrials into the future: Findings from the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Clinical Trial Research Professionals Group Workshop. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 18 (6), 650-659. doi: 10.1111/ajco.13737
Roberts, Natasha, Ahern, Elizabeth, Pelecanos, Anita, Gasper, Harry, Chan, Bryan and Lwin, Zarnie (2022). From doctors to ancillary staff: Regional and metropolitan cancer workforce perceptions and distress resulting from COVID-19 pandemic adaptations. Seminars in Oncology, 49 (6), 490-496. doi: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2023.01.008
Roberts, Natasha A., Dhillon, Haryana M., Paterson, Catherine, Schubach, Kathryn, McJannett, Margaret and Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer Trials Group (2022). The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on genitourinary and prostate cancer care and clinical trials: a qualitative exploration of the Australian and New Zealand experience. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 19 (3), 337-346. doi: 10.1111/ajco.13847
You, Kyung Ha, Lwin, Zarnie, Ahern, Elizabeth, Wyld, David and Roberts, Natasha (2022). Factors that influence clinical trial participation by patients with cancer in Australia: a scoping review protocol. BMJ open, 12 (4) e057675, e057675. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057675
You, Kyung Ha, Ahern, Elizabeth, Wyld, David, Lwin, Zarnie and Roberts, Natasha (2022). Scoping to analyze oncology trial participation in Australia. Seminars in Oncology, 49 (2), 178-181. doi: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2022.04.003
Mazariego, C., Jefford, M., Chan, R. J., Roberts, N., Millar, L., Anazodo, A., Hayes, S., Brown, B., Saunders, C., Webber, K., Vardy, J., Girgis, A. and Koczwara, B. (2022). Priority recommendations for the implementation of patient-reported outcomes in clinical cancer care: a Delphi study. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 16 (1), 33-43. doi: 10.1007/s11764-021-01135-2
Roydhouse, Jessica K., Cohen, Matthew L., Eshoj, Henrik R., Corsini, Nadia, Yucel, Emre, Rutherford, Claudia, Wac, Katarzyna, Berrocal, Allan, Lanzi, Alyssa, Nowinski, Cindy, Roberts, Natasha, Kassianos, Angelos P., Sebille, Veronique, King, Madeleine T. and Mercieca-Bebber, Rebecca (2021). The use of proxies and proxy-reported measures: a report of the international society for quality of life research (ISOQOL) proxy task force. Quality of Life Research, 31 (2), 317-327. doi: 10.1007/s11136-021-02937-8
Gasper, Harry, Ahern, Elizabeth, Roberts, Natasha, Chan, Bryan, Hughes, Brett, Kennedy, Glen, Wyld, David, Eastgate, Melissa and Lwin, Zarnie (2021). Semiqualitative research protocol to explore cancer care workforce perceptions of the health system response to COVID-19 preparations in Southeast Queensland, Australia. BMJ Open, 11 (5) e044655, e044655. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044655
Ives, Amy, Pusztai, Tricia, Keller, Jacqui, Ahern, Elizabeth, Chan, Bryan, Gasper, Harry, Wyld, David, Kennedy, Glen, Dickie, Graeme, Lwin, Zarnie and Roberts, Natasha A. (2021). Resilience and ongoing quality care for cancer clinical trials during COVID-19: experience from a tertiary hospital in Australia. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 18 (2), e141-e147. doi: 10.1111/ajco.13570
Wade, T., Heneghan, C., Roberts, N., Curtis, D., Williams, V. and Onakpoya, I. (2021). Healthcare-associated infections and the prescribing of antibiotics in hospitalized patients of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) states: a mixed-methods systematic review. Journal of Hospital Infection, 110, 122-132. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2021.01.012
Roberts, Natasha A., Alexander, Kimberly, Wyld, David and Janda, Monika (2020). Statistical Process Control assessed implementation fidelity of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in routine care. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 127, 76-86. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.06.022
Roberts, Natasha A., Janda, Monika, Stover, Angela M., Alexander, Kimberly E., Wyld, David and Mudge, Alison (2020). The utility of the implementation science framework “Integrated Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services” (i-PARIHS) and the facilitator role for introducing patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in a medical oncology outpatient department. Quality of Life Research, 30 (11), 3063-3071. doi: 10.1007/s11136-020-02669-1
Campbell, Jill, Gavin, Nicole, Button, Elise and Roberts, Natasha (2020). Skin and wound care for individuals with graft versus host disease: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 10 (10) e038567, e038567. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038567
Wiltink, L. M., King, M., Müller, F., Sousa, M. S., Tang, M., Pendlebury, A., Pittman, J., Roberts, N., Mileshkin, L., Mercieca-Bebber, R., Tait, M. A., Campbell, R. and Rutherford, C. (2020). A systematic review of the impact of contemporary treatment modalities for cervical cancer on women’s self-reported health-related quality of life. Supportive Care in Cancer, 28 (10), 4627-4644. doi: 10.1007/s00520-020-05554-2
Stover, Angela M., Haverman, Lotte, van Oers, Hedy A., Greenhalgh, Joanne, Potter, Caroline M., Ahmed, Sara, Greenhalgh, Joanne, Gibbons, Elizabeth, Haverman, Lotte, Manalili, Kimberly, Potter, Caroline, Roberts, Natasha, Santana, Maria, Stover, Angela M. and van Oers, Hedy (2020). Using an implementation science approach to implement and evaluate patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) initiatives in routine care settings. Quality of Life Research, 30 (11), 3015-3033. doi: 10.1007/s11136-020-02564-9
Gasper, Harry, Ahern, Elizabeth, Roberts, Natasha, Chan, Bryan and Lwin, Zarnie (2020). COVID-19 and the cancer care workforce: from doctors to ancillary staff. Seminars in Oncology, 47 (5), 309-311. doi: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2020.06.001
Roberts, Natasha Anne, Alexander, Kimberly, Wyld, David and Janda, Monika (2019). Factors in randomized controlled trials reported to impact the implementation of patient-reported outcome measures into routine care: protocol for a systematic review. JMIR Research Protocols, 8 (11) e14579, e14579. doi: 10.2196/14579
Roberts, Natasha A, Alexander, Kim, Wyld, David and Janda, Monika (2019). What is needed by staff to implement PROMs into routine oncology care? A qualitative study with the multi-disciplinary team. European Journal of Cancer Care, 28 (6) e13167, e13167. doi: 10.1111/ecc.13167
Roberts, Natasha Anne, Mudge, Alison, Alexander, Kim, Wyld, David and Janda, Monika (2019). The iPROMOS protocol: a stepped-wedge study to implement routine patient-reported outcomes in a medical oncology outpatient setting. BMJ Open, 9 (2) e027046, e027046. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027046
Mercieca-Bebber, Rebecca, Williams, Douglas, Tait, Margaret-Ann, Rutherford, Claudia, Busija, Lucy, Roberts, Natasha, Wilson, Michelle, Shunmuga Sundaram, Chindhu and Roydhouse, Jessica (2018). Trials with proxy-reported outcomes registered on the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR). Quality of Life Research, 28 (4), 955-962. doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-2080-4
Mercieca-Bebber, Rebecca, Williams, Douglas, Tait, Margaret-Ann, Roydhouse, Jessica, Busija, Lucy, Sundaram, Chindhu Shunmuga, Wilson, Michelle, Langford, Ailsa, Rutherford, Claudia, Roberts, Natasha, King, Madeleine, Vodicka, Elisabeth and Devine, Beth (2018). Correction to: Trials with patient-reported outcomes registered on the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) (Quality of Life Research, (2018), 27, 10, (2581-2591), 10.1007/s11136-018-1921-5). Quality of Life Research, 27 (10), 2593-2593. doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-1934-0
Mercieca-Bebber, Rebecca, Williams, Douglas, Tait, Margaret-Ann, Roydhouse, Jessica, Busija, Lucy, Sundaram, Chindhu Shunmuga, Wilson, Michelle, Langford, Ailsa, Rutherford, Claudia, Roberts, Natasha, King, Madeleine, Vodicka, Elisabeth, Devine, Beth and on behalf of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) (2018). Trials with patient-reported outcomes registered on the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR). Quality of Life Research, 27 (10), 2581-2591. doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-1921-5
Roberts, Jason A., Udy, Andrew A., Bulitta, Juergen B., Stuart, Janin, Jarrett, Paul, Starr, Therese, Lassig-Smith, Melissa, Roberts, Natasha A., Dunlop, Rachel, Hayashi, Yoshiro, Wallis, Steven C. and Lipman, Jeffrey (2014). Doripenem population pharmacokinetics and dosing requirements for critically ill patients receiving continuous venovenous haemodiafiltration. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 69 (9) dku177, 2508-2516. doi: 10.1093/jac/dku177
Conference Papers
You, Kyung Ha, Lwin, Zarnie, Ahern, Elizabeth Stephanie, Roberts, Natasha Anne and Wyld, David (2023). Factors that influence clinical trial participation for oncology patients in Australia: A scoping review. 2023 ASCO Quality Care Symposium, Boston, MA United States, 27-28 October 2023. Alexandria, VA United States: American Society of Clinical Oncology. doi: 10.1200/op.2023.19.11_suppl.111
Roberts, Matthew, Roberts, Natasha, Harley, Simon, Cullen, Karla, Pelecanos, Anita, Vela, Ian, Yaxley, John, Kuchel, Anna, Dhiantravan, Nattakorn, Thomas, Paul and Pattison, David (2023). Initial diagnostic accuracy of FDG-PET compared to PSMA-PET for newly diagnosed high risk prostate cancer prior to treatment: FIND Trial. 2023 ANZUP Annual Scientific Meeting, Bouncing Back, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 9-11 July 2023. Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley.
Roberts, Natasha, Janda, Monika, Alexander, Kim and Wyld, David (2017). Understanding staff needs when implementing Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) in the clinical setting: a qualitative study. 2017 World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, 14-18 August 2017, Berlin, Germany. HOBOKEN: WILEY.
Roberts, Natasha, Janda, Monika, Alexander, Kim and Wyld, David (2017). Patient reported outcomes (PROs) in clinical practice: a scoping review of reviews, systematic review and meta-analysis of the research. 2017 World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, 14-18 August, Berlin, Germany. Oxford, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons.
Roberts, Natasha, Janda, Monika, Alexander, Kimberley and Wyld, David (2016). A systematic review and meta-analysis of patient reporting outcomes in clinical practice. COSA's 43rd and ANZBCTG's 38th Annual Scientific Meetings. Partners for Progress in Breast Cancer Research and Care, Gold Coast, Australia, 15–17 November 2016. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/ajco.12635_4
Roberts, Natasha, Ives, Amy, Wyld, David and Cubitt, Annette (2015). Patient understanding of research in a medical oncology setting. COSA’s 42nd Annual Scientific Meeting. Rare Cancers: Common Goals, Hobart, Australia, 17–19 November 2015. Chichester, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/ajco.12432_2