Brealey, S.D., Atwell, C., Bryan, S., Coulton, S., Cox, H., Cross, B., ...
BACKGROUND Poor response rates to postal questionnaires can introduce bias and reduce the statistical power of a study. To improve response rates in our trial in primary care we tested the effect of...
Upton, P., Eiser, C., Cheung, I., Hutchings, H.A., Jenney, M., Maddocks, A., ...
Background Health related quality of life (HRQL) has been recognised as an important paediatric outcome measurement. One of the more promising measures to emerge in recent years is the Pediatric...
Upton, P., Eiser, C., Cheung, I., Hutchings, H.A., Jenney, M., Maddocks, A., ...
Background Health related quality of life (HRQL) has been recognised as an important paediatric outcome measurement. One of the more promising measures to emerge in recent years is the Pediatric...
Upton, P., Eiser, C., Cheung, I., Hutchings, H.A., Jenney, M., Maddocks, A., ...
Background Health related quality of life (HRQL) has been recognised as an important paediatric outcome measurement. One of the more promising measures to emerge in recent years is the Pediatric...
Thomson, C. E., Paterson-Brown, S., Russell, D., McCaldin, D., Russell, I. T.
Background. Low response rates to surveys are a problem in general practice. There is evidence that offering GPs incentives improves response rates to postal questionnaires. However, there is less...
Statistical assessment of the learning curves of health technologies (2001)
Ramsay, C.R., Grant, A.M., Wallace, S.A., Garthwaite, P.H., Monk, A.F., Russell, I.T.
OBJECTIVES: (1) To describe systematically studies that directly assessed the learning curve effect of health technologies. (2) Systematically to identify 'novel' statistical techniques applied to...
Survival on renal replacement therapy in Europe: is there a 'centre effect'? (1996)
Khan, I. H., Campbell, M. K., Cantarovich, D., Catto, G. R. D., Delcroix, C., Edward, N., ...
Objective. Survival is the ultimate outcome measure in renal replacement therapy (RRT) and may be used to compare performance among centres. Such comparison, however, is meaningless if the influences...
Henshaw, R.C., Naji, S.A., Russell, I.T., Templeton, A.A.
A total of 363 women undergoing legal abortion at < 63 days of amenorrhoea were allocated by a patient-centred, partially randomized study design to undergo medical abortion (using mifepristone 600...
MARSHALL, F. I., HAGEN, S., MAHAFFY, R. G., PETRIE, J. C., ROY-CHAUDHURY, P., RUSSELL, I. T., ...
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty was performed in 39 consective patients with atheromatous renal artery stenosis associated with hypertension. The mean blood pressure before angioplasty was...
Respiratory illness in children: what makes parents decide to consult?
Wyke, S, Hewison, J, Russell, I T
Parents of a stratified random sample of 234 children from 21 training practices in north east England were interviewed at home. All these children had been reported in a postal questionnaire as...
Identifying asthmatic patients in the community: a new method.
Ross, S J, Drummond, N A, Friend, J A, Russell, I T
Identifying a random sample of patients in the community has long proved problematic. In 1989 changes were made in the management of adult asthmatic patients referred to specialist clinics in the...
General practitioner obstetrics in the Northern region in 1983.
Marsh, G N, Cashman, H A, Russell, I T
In late 1983 a four page questionnaire on general practitioner obstetrics was sent to a 50% random sample of general practitioners in the Northern region of England; 84% responded. Half of them said...
General practitioner participation in intranatal care in the northern region in 1983.
Marsh, G N, Cashman, H A, Russell, I T
In 1983 a quarter of general practitioners in the Northern region of England cared for obstetric deliveries and half of these for a minimum of 10 deliveries a year. Most expected their intranatal...
The SF36 health survey questionnaire: an outcome measure suitable for routine use within the NHS?
Garratt, A M, Ruta, D A, Abdalla, M I, Buckingham, J K, Russell, I T
OBJECTIVE--To assess the validity, reliability, and acceptability of the short form 36 (SF 36) health survey questionnaire (a shortened version of a battery of 149 health status questions) as a...
Henshaw, R C, Naji, S A, Russell, I T, Templeton, A A
OBJECTIVES--To assess women's preferences for, and the acceptability of, medical abortion and vacuum aspiration in the early first trimester. DESIGN--Patient centred, partially randomised trial....
Respiratory illness in children: what makes parents decide to consult?
Wyke, S, Hewison, J, Russell, I T
Parents of a stratified random sample of 234 children from 21 training practices in north east England were interviewed at home. All these children had been reported in a postal questionnaire as...
Identifying asthmatic patients in the community: a new method.
Ross, S J, Drummond, N A, Friend, J A, Russell, I T
Identifying a random sample of patients in the community has long proved problematic. In 1989 changes were made in the management of adult asthmatic patients referred to specialist clinics in the...
General practitioner obstetrics in the Northern region in 1983.
Marsh, G N, Cashman, H A, Russell, I T
In late 1983 a four page questionnaire on general practitioner obstetrics was sent to a 50% random sample of general practitioners in the Northern region of England; 84% responded. Half of them said...
General practitioner participation in intranatal care in the northern region in 1983.
Marsh, G N, Cashman, H A, Russell, I T
In 1983 a quarter of general practitioners in the Northern region of England cared for obstetric deliveries and half of these for a minimum of 10 deliveries a year. Most expected their intranatal...
The SF36 health survey questionnaire: an outcome measure suitable for routine use within the NHS?
Garratt, A M, Ruta, D A, Abdalla, M I, Buckingham, J K, Russell, I T
OBJECTIVE--To assess the validity, reliability, and acceptability of the short form 36 (SF 36) health survey questionnaire (a shortened version of a battery of 149 health status questions) as a...
Henshaw, R C, Naji, S A, Russell, I T, Templeton, A A
OBJECTIVES--To assess women's preferences for, and the acceptability of, medical abortion and vacuum aspiration in the early first trimester. DESIGN--Patient centred, partially randomised trial....
Is paediatrics safe in general practitioners' hands? A study in the north of England.
Marsh, G N, Russell, D, Russell, I T
More than half the general practitioners in the north of England, and all the health visitors, were sent questionnaires about the primary health care of children. Eighty per cent of general...
HIV infection and Scottish general practice: knowledge and attitudes.
Naji, S A, Russell, I T, Foy, C J, Gallagher, M, Rhodes, T J, Moore, M P
To assess the knowledge and attitudes of general practitioners about HIV infection, a postal survey was undertaken of one in three of all principals in Scotland; 834 (77.6%) responded. Respondents'...
HIV infection and Scottish general practice: workload and current practice.
Naji, S A, Russell, I T, Foy, C J, Gallagher, M, Rhodes, T J, Moore, M P
To estimate the effect of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on general practice, a postal survey was undertaken of one in three of all principals in Scotland. Of the 834 general...
What do health visitors contribute to the care of children? A study in the north of England.
Marsh, G N, Russell, D, Russell, I T
All the health visitors in the north of England, and more than half the general practitioners, were sent questionnaires about the primary health care of children. More than 90% of the health visitors...
David Cohen, Mirella F Longo, John Williams, Wai-yee Cheung, Hayley Hutchings, I.T. Russell
We recently completed a study which demonstrated that the costs of health technology assessment (HTA) by randomised controlled trial (RCT) can be reduced by substituting routine datasets for data...
Improving the selection of patients for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.
Naji, S A, Brunt, P W, Hagen, S, Mowat, N A, Russell, I T, Sinclair, T S, ...
A retrospective study was undertaken to investigate how endoscopies yielding positive findings differ a priori from those yielding negative findings: and how those judged 'helpful' (in the sense of...
Garton, M. J., Torgerson, D. J., Donaldson, C., Russell, I. T., Reid, D. M.
OBJECTIVE--To estimate the response rates and operating costs of three recruitment methods within a regional osteoporosis screening programme. DESIGN--Randomised trial of three types of invitation...
Predicting patient attitudes to asthma medication.
Osman, L M, Russell, I T, Friend, J A, Legge, J S, Douglas, J G
BACKGROUND--Studies of patient attitudes to asthma and its control have focused on crisis action, and little attention has been paid to attitudes to regular preventive medication. It is not clear...
Towards measurement of outcome for patients with varicose veins.
Garratt, A M, Macdonald, L M, Ruta, D A, Russell, I T, Buckingham, J K, Krukowski, Z H
OBJECTIVE--To develop a valid and reliable outcome measure for patients with varicose veins. DESIGN--Postal questionnaire survey of patients with varicose veins. SETTING--Surgical outpatient...
SF 36 health survey questionnaire: I. Reliability in two patient based studies.
Ruta, D A, Abdalla, M I, Garratt, A M, Coutts, A, Russell, I T
OBJECTIVE--To assess the reliability of the SF 36 health survey questionnaire in two patient populations. DESIGN--Postal questionnaire followed up, if necessary, by two reminders at two week...
Garratt, A M, Ruta, D A, Abdalla, M I, Russell, I T
OBJECTIVE--To assess the responsiveness of the SF 36 health survey questionnaire to changes in health status over time for four common clinical conditions. DESIGN--Postal questionnaires at baseline...
Audit: the third clinical science?
In summary, we believe that if clinical audit is accepted and prosecuted as the third clinical science, it has the potential to deliver substantial benefits to patients and health professionals.
Estimating the point accuracy of population registers using capture-recapture methods in Scotland.
Garton, M J, Abdalla, M I, Reid, D M, Russell, I T
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate the point accuracy of adult registration on the community health index (CHI) by comparing it with the electoral register (ER) and the community charge register (CCR)....
Alexander, D. A., Naji, A. A., Pinion, S. B., Mollison, J., Kitchener, H. C., Parkin, D. E., ...
OBJECTIVE: To compare in psychiatric and psychosocial terms the outcome of hysterectomy and endometrial ablation for the treatment of dysfunctional uterine bleeding. DESIGN: Prospective randomised...
Patient centred assessment of quality of life for patients with four common conditions
Ruta, D. A., Garratt, A. M., Russell, I. T.
OBJECTIVES: To assess the reliability, validity, and responsiveness of a new quality of life measure, the patient generated index (PGI) of quality of life, in patients with four common clinical...
Osman, L. M., Abdalla, M. I., Beattie, J. A., Ross, S. J., Russell, I. T., Friend, J. A., ...
OBJECTIVE--To evaluate a personalised computer supported education programme for asthma patients. DESIGN--Pragmatic randomised trial comparing outcomes over 12 months between patients taking part in...
Pinion, S. B., Parkin, D. E., Abramovich, D. R., Naji, A., Alexander, D. A., Russell, I. T., ...
OBJECTIVE--To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of endometrial laser ablation and transcervical resection of the endometrium compared with hysterectomy in the surgical treatment of women with...
Miedzybrodzka, Z. H., Hall, M. H., Mollison, J., Templeton, A., Russell, I. T., Dean, J. C., ...
OBJECTIVE--To perform a rigorous comparative evaluation of stepwise and couple approaches to antenatal carrier screening for cystic fibrosis. DESIGN--Pragmatic randomised trial. SETTING--Hospital...