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| Stephen J WaltersSummaryAffiliation: University of Sheffield Country: UK Publications
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Physical activity among adolescents and barriers to delivering physical education in Cornwall and Lancashire, UK: a qualitative study of heads of PE and heads of schoolsSpencer Earl Boyle
University of Sheffield, Health Services Research, ScHARR, Research Centre, Regent Court, 30 Regent St, Sheffield, S1 4DA, UK
BMC Public Health 8:273. 2008..The aim of this study was to gain an understanding of adolescents PA levels from the perspective of those responsible for delivering physical education (PE) in schools; heads of PE (HOPE) and heads of school (HS)...- Sample size and power estimation for studies with health related quality of life outcomes: a comparison of four methods using the SF-36Stephen J Walters
Sheffield Health Economics Group, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent St, Sheffield, United Kingdom, S1 4DA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 2:26. 2004.... - The use of bootstrap methods for analysing Health-Related Quality of Life outcomes (particularly the SF-36)Stephen J Walters
Medical Statistics Group, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, UK
Health Qual Life Outcomes 2:70. 2004..Future research with other HRQoL outcome measures, interventions and populations, is required to confirm this conclusion... - "Booster" interventions to sustain increases in physical activity in middle-aged adults in deprived urban neighbourhoods: internal pilot and feasibility studyEmma J Scott
Clinical Trials Research Unit, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield, S1 4DA, UK
BMC Public Health 11:129. 2011..This paper reports the results of an internal pilot study designed to test the feasibility of the study in terms of recruitment, per protocol delivery of the intervention and retention at three months... - What is the relationship between the minimally important difference and health state utility values? The case of the SF-6DStephen J Walters
Sheffield Health Economics Group, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield, S1 4DA, UK
Health Qual Life Outcomes 1:4. 2003..Empirical work is required to determine what is the smallest change in SF-6D scores that can be regarded as important and meaningful for health professionals, patients and other stakeholders... - Comparison of the minimally important difference for two health state utility measures: EQ-5D and SF-6DStephen J Walters
Health Economics and Decision Science, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, UK
Qual Life Res 14:1523-32. 2005..Empirical work is required to determine what the smallest change is in utility scores that can be regarded as important and whether this change in utility value is constant across measures and conditions... - The use of bootstrap methods for estimating sample size and analysing health-related quality of life outcomesStephen J Walters
Sheffield Health Economics Group, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, UK
Stat Med 24:1075-102. 2005..These results suggest that bootstrap methods are not more appropriate for analysing HRQoL outcome data than standard methods... - Physical activity, quality of life, weight status and diet in adolescentsSpencer E Boyle
Medical Statistics Group, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 4DA, UK
Qual Life Res 19:943-54. 2010..This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the relationship between quality of life (QoL), physical activity (PA), diet and overweight status in children 11 to 15 years old... - Predicting where future means will lie based on the results of the current trialSteven A Julious
Medical Statistics Group, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield S1 4DA, United Kingdom
Contemp Clin Trials 28:352-7. 2007..4% for a large sample size--assuming that the sample size for a future trial is the same as for the current trial. Using the results from this paper you can predict the results for future trials from those observed in the current trial... - A randomised controlled trial and cost-effectiveness evaluation of "booster" interventions to sustain increases in physical activity in middle-aged adults in deprived urban neighbourhoodsDaniel Hind
Clinical Trials Research Unit, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield S1 4DA, UK
BMC Public Health 10:3. 2010..This study assesses whether it is worth providing motivational interviews, three months after giving initial advice, to those who have become more active... - Therapist effects in randomised controlled trials: what to do about themStephen J Walters
Medical Statistics Group, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 4DA, UK
J Clin Nurs 19:1102-12. 2010..The aim of this study is to describe and compare three statistical methods to allow for therapist effects in individually randomised controlled trials... - Quality of life, self-esteem, fatigue, and sexual function in young men after cancer: a controlled cross-sectional studyDiana M Greenfield
Academic Unit of Clinical Oncology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Cancer 116:1592-601. 2010..The authors investigated the relationship between androgen levels, QOL, self-esteem, fatigue, and sexual function in young male cancer survivors compared with control subjects... - Consultants' forum: should post hoc sample size calculations be done?Stephen J Walters
Medical Statistics Group, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Pharm Stat 8:163-9. 2009.... - Health and use of health services: a comparison between Gypsies and Travellers and other ethnic groupsJean Peters
University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Ethn Health 14:359-77. 2009..To examine the health status of adults from black and minority ethnic groups and from a socio-economically mixed White population, all resident in England... - A pilot survey of socio-economic differences in child-feeding behaviours among parents of primary-school childrenHeather R Clark
Public Health Section, School of Health and Related Research ScHARR, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield S1 4DA, UK
Public Health Nutr 11:1030-6. 2008..Parents food choices and weight, but little is known about the social class distribution of parent self-reported child-feeding behaviours in two socio-economically contrasting areas... - Impact of a mental health teaching programme on adolescentsPaul B Naylor
Health Services Research Section, School of Health and Related Research ScHARR, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, Sheffield S1 4DA, UK
Br J Psychiatry 194:365-70. 2009..Child and adolescent mental health disorders are present in around 10% of the population. Research indicates that many young people possess negative attitudes towards mental health difficulties among peers... - A randomized placebo-controlled trial of pre-treatment and short- or long-term maintenance therapy with amiodarone supporting DC cardioversion for persistent atrial fibrillationKevin S Channer
Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
Eur Heart J 25:144-50. 2004..Relapse may be reduced by amiodarone but no placebo-controlled trials of efficacy have been performed and the appropriate duration of therapy is unknown... - Health-related quality of life and cost impact of irritable bowel syndrome in a UK primary care settingRon L Akehurst
School of Health and Related Research ScHARR, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, Sheffield S1 4DA, United Kingdom
Pharmacoeconomics 20:455-62. 2002..To identify the impact of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) on health-related quality of life (HR-QOL), time off work and the utilisation and cost of health services... - Health-related quality of life in Huntington's disease: a comparison of two generic instruments, SF-36 and SIPAileen K Ho
Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Mov Disord 19:1341-8. 2004..Thus, the SF-36 would appear to be the recommended instrument of choice for patients with HD and their carers, although further work needs to be done to investigate the sensitivity of this instrument longitudinally... - What influences clinicians' operative preferences for women with breast cancer? An application of the discrete choice experimentLisa J M Caldon
Academic Surgical Oncology Unit, The University of Sheffield, Floor K, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK
Eur J Cancer 43:1662-9. 2007..Little is known regarding cancer clinicians' treatment preferences...