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Potential Pain Management Programmes in primary care. A UK-wide questionnaire and Delphi survey of expertsNicola Torrance
Aberdeen Pain Research Collaboration, Centre of Academic Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Fam Pract 28:41-8. 2011..Secondary care- or private sector-based Pain Management Programmes (PMPs) offering intensive multidisciplinary approaches have been found to improve participants' physical performance and psychological well-being...- The epidemiology of chronic pain of predominantly neuropathic origin. Results from a general population surveyNicola Torrance
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
J Pain 7:281-9. 2006..This type of pain is more severe than other chronic pain but distributed similarly throughout sociodemographic groups... - Severe chronic pain is associated with increased 10 year mortality. A cohort record linkage studyNicola Torrance
Aberdeen Pain Research Collaboration, Centre of Academic Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, UK
Eur J Pain 14:380-6. 2010..However, severe chronic pain is associated with increased risk of mortality, independent of socio-demographic factors... - Medication and treatment use in primary care patients with chronic pain of predominantly neuropathic originNicola Torrance
Aberdeen Pain Research Collaboration, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, Aberdeen, UK
Fam Pract 24:481-5. 2007..Neuropathic pain is widely recognized as one of the most difficult pain syndromes to treat and presents a significant challenge for pain clinicians and GPs... - Genetic nurse counsellors can be an acceptable and cost-effective alternative to clinical geneticists for breast cancer risk genetic counselling. Evidence from two parallel randomised controlled equivalence trialsN Torrance
Department of Public Health, Medical School, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK
Br J Cancer 95:435-44. 2006..In conclusion, care based on genetic nurse counsellors was not significantly different from conventional cancer genetic services in both trial locations... - Promoting physical activity in primary care settings: health visitors' and practice nurses' views and experiencesFlora Douglas
Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
J Adv Nurs 55:159-68. 2006..This paper reports a study investigating health visitors' and practice nurses' attitudes, beliefs and practice associated with routinely advising patients about physical activity... - Is chronic pain associated with subsequent cancer? A cohort record linkage studyAlison M Elliott
Aberdeen Pain Research Collaboration, Centre of Academic Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, UK
Eur J Pain 14:860-3. 2010..There were no significant differences between those with severe chronic pain compared to those with mild chronic pain. The findings suggest that those with chronic pain are not at a significantly increased risk of developing cancer... - Health and quality of life associated with chronic pain of predominantly neuropathic origin in the communityBlair H Smith
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Clin J Pain 23:143-9. 2007..To assess the health and quality of life associated with chronic pain of predominantly neuropathic origin (POPNO) on health and daily activity in the general population... - Analysing the SF-36 in population-based research. A comparison of methods of statistical approaches using chronic pain as an exampleNicola Torrance
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Center, Westburn Road, Aberdeen, UK
J Eval Clin Pract 15:328-34. 2009..In this study of chronic pain, we compared results arising from the SF-36 between three study sub-samples, using conventional parametric, non-parametric, bootstrapping and log transforming methods... - Management of chronic pain in primary careBlair H Smith
Aberdeen Pain Research Collaboration, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Curr Opin Support Palliat Care 5:137-42. 2011..To examine recent and current evidence available to guide the management of chronic pain in primary care... - Using discrete choice experiments to inform randomised controlled trials: an application to chronic low back pain management in primary careDeokhee Yi
Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK
Eur J Pain 15:531.e1-10. 2011..These findings can inform future randomised trials to evaluate acceptable PMPs in primary care... - Clinical governance and research ethics as barriers to UK low-risk population-based health research?Edwin R van Teijlingen
Section of Population Health, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
BMC Public Health 8:396. 2008..Recently, a range of factors led to the development of more stringent bureaucratic procedures, governing the conduct of low-risk population-based health research in the United Kingdom... - Epidemiology of chronic pain, from the laboratory to the bus stop: time to add understanding of biological mechanisms to the study of risk factors in population-based research?Blair H Smith
Aberdeen Pain Research Collaboration, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Pain 127:5-10. 2007 - Cluster randomized trial of a multifaceted primary care decision-support intervention for inherited breast cancer riskBrenda J Wilson
Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen Aberdeen, UK
Fam Pract 23:537-44. 2006..We developed an evidence-based, multifaceted intervention intended to promote confidence and skills in this area... - Primary care staff's views and experiences related to routinely advising patients about physical activity. A questionnaire surveyFlora Douglas
Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Buildings, Forresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, Scotland, UK
BMC Public Health 6:138. 2006..This study explores Scottish primary care staff's knowledge, attitudes and experiences associated with advising patients about physical activity during routine consultations... - Epidemiology of neuropathic pain and its impact on quality of lifeBlair H Smith
University of Dundee, Medical Research Institute, Mackenzie Building, Kirsty Semple Way, Dundee, DD2 4BF, Scotland, UK
Curr Pain Headache Rep 16:191-8. 2012..All neuropathic pain is associated with poor general health, comparable with other severe chronic diseases. The importance of newly proposed risk factors, including genetic factors, still needs to be assessed at a population level... - Is there evidence for aetiologically distinct subgroups of idiopathic congenital talipes equinovarus? A case-only study and pedigree analysisAmanda H Cardy
Clubfoot Research Group, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
PLoS ONE 6:e17895. 2011..Previous studies consider CTEV as a homogenous entity which may conceal risk factors in particular subgroups. We investigate evidence for aetiologically distinct subgroups of CTEV... - Designing questionnaires for midwifery researchFlora Douglas
Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen
RCM Midwives 8:212-5. 2005 - What's in a name? Advances in primary care chronic pain managementBlair H Smith
Br J Gen Pract 57:92-4. 2007 - Can pain can be more or less neuropathic? Comparison of symptom assessment tools with ratings of certainty by cliniciansMichael I Bennett
Clinical Teaching and Research Unit, St Gemma s Hospice, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Pain 122:289-94. 2006..These data support the theoretical construct that pain can be more or less neuropathic and that pain of predominantly neuropathic origin may be a useful clinical concept... - The S-LANSS score for identifying pain of predominantly neuropathic origin: validation for use in clinical and postal researchMichael I Bennett
Clinical Teaching and Research Unit, St Gemma s Hospice and University of Leeds, UK
J Pain 6:149-58. 2005..This might lead to new insights into the relationship between pathophysiologic mechanisms and clinical manifestations of pain...