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| Hannah KuperSummaryAffiliation: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Country: UK Publications
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Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness and diabetic retinopathy in Taif, Saudi ArabiaAbdul Hamid Al Ghamdi
Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
Br J Ophthalmol 96:1168-72. 2012..To estimate the prevalence of blindness, diabetes and diabetic retinopathy (DR) in Taif, Saudi Arabia using the Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB) framework...
Searching for observational studies: what does citation tracking add to PubMed? A case study in depression and coronary heart diseaseHannah Kuper
International Centre for Eye Health, Clinical Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
BMC Med Res Methodol 6:4. 2006..PubMed is the most widely used method for searches of the medical literature, but fails to identify many relevant articles. Electronic citation tracking offers an alternative search method...- Blindness in Sudan: is it time to scrutinise survey methods?Hannah Kuper
International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
PLoS Med 3:e476. 2006 
The socioeconomic gradient in the incidence of stroke: a prospective study in middle-aged women in SwedenHannah Kuper
Clinical Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, U K
Stroke 38:27-33. 2007..Our purpose was to establish whether a socioeconomic gradient in stroke existed in a group of Swedish women and whether this gradient could be explained by established stroke risk factors or psychosocial factors...
A case-control study to assess the relationship between poverty and visual impairment from cataract in Kenya, the Philippines, and BangladeshHannah Kuper
International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
PLoS Med 5:e244. 2008..The aim of this study was to examine the association between visual impairment from cataract and poverty in adults in Kenya, Bangladesh, and the Philippines...- Psychosocial determinants of coronary heart disease in middle-aged women: a prospective study in SwedenHannah Kuper
Clinical Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Am J Epidemiol 164:349-57. 2006..Results show a strong gradient in CHD by years of education explained by established coronary risk factors but not by job strain or social support... - Does cataract surgery alleviate poverty? Evidence from a multi-centre intervention study conducted in Kenya, the Philippines and BangladeshHannah Kuper
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
PLoS ONE 5:e15431. 2010..The objective of this study is to assess whether there is a reduction in poverty after cataract surgery among visually impaired cases... - Job strain and risk of breast cancerHannah Kuper
Clinical Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Epidemiology 18:764-8. 2007..Cohort studies investigating the association between stress and breast cancer have shown highly inconsistent results... - Systematic review of prospective cohort studies of psychosocial factors in the etiology and prognosis of coronary heart diseaseHannah Kuper
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, London, England
Semin Vasc Med 2:267-314. 2002..Evidence for an effect of anxiety or type A behavior was less consistent. Methods to address bias in the reporting of psychosocial data are required... - Participatory evaluations of trachoma control programmes in eight countriesHannah Kuper
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Trop Med Int Health 10:764-72. 2005..Trachoma is a major cause of blindness. The objective of this initiative was to conduct participatory process evaluations of the trachoma control programmes receiving support from the International Trachoma Initiative in eight countries... - Epidemiology for ophthalmologists: an introduction to concepts, study designs, and interpreting findingsH Kuper
International Centre for Eye Health, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Br J Ophthalmol 89:378-84. 2005..In the second part different study designs are described--specifically, cross sectional surveys, cohort studies, case-control studies, and randomised controlled trials, and the strengths and limitations of each highlighted... - Prospective study of solar exposure, dietary vitamin D intake, and risk of breast cancer among middle-aged womenHannah Kuper
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:2558-61. 2009..There was also no association with dietary vitamin D intake or supplementary multivitamin use. These relationships were not modified after stratifying by estrogen or progesterone receptor status... - Job strain, job demands, decision latitude, and risk of coronary heart disease within the Whitehall II studyH Kuper
International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 57:147-53. 2003..To investigate the association between job strain and components of the job strain model and coronary heart disease (CHD) risk... - A decade later, how much of Rwanda's musculoskeletal impairment is caused by the war in 1994 and by related violence?Hannah Kuper
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
PLoS ONE 4:e7720. 2009..The aim of this study was to estimate the current burden of musculoskeletal impairment (MSI) attributable to the 1994 war and related violence... - A critical review of the SAFE strategy for the prevention of blinding trachomaHannah Kuper
Clinical Research Unit, Department of Infectious and Tropical Disease, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Lancet Infect Dis 3:372-81. 2003..The evidence for an effect of health education and environmental improvement is weaker, and depends mostly on cross-sectional observational studies... - Economic evaluation for ophthalmologistsHannah Kuper
International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 13:393-401. 2006..The aim is to provide readers with knowledge about the fundamentals of economic evaluation to enable them to read papers critically, make healthcare funding and planning decisions, and understand the economic evaluation of interventions... - Evaluating the causal relevance of diverse risk markers: horizontal systematic reviewHannah Kuper
Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT
BMJ 339:b4265. 2009..To develop a new methodology to systematically compare evidence across diverse risk markers for coronary heart disease and to compare this evidence with guideline recommendations... - Evaluation of the Indian Migration Study Physical Activity Questionnaire (IMS-PAQ): a cross-sectional studyRuth Sullivan
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:13. 2012..We examined the reliability and validity of the Indian Migration Study Physical Activity Questionnaire (IMS-PAQ) in urban and rural groups in India... - The impact of cataract on time-use: results from a population based case-control study in Kenya, the Philippines and BangladeshSarah Polack
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 15:372-82. 2008..The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between visual impairment from cataract with time-use in adults (aged >or= 50 years) in Kenya, Bangladesh, and The Philippines... - The impact of cataract surgery on health related quality of life in Kenya, the Philippines, and BangladeshSarah Polack
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 17:387-99. 2010..To assess the impact of cataract surgery on vision related quality of life (VRQoL) and generic health related quality of life (HRQoL) in Kenya, Bangladesh and the Philippines... - Cataract visual impairment and quality of life in a Kenyan populationSarah Polack
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Br J Ophthalmol 91:927-32. 2007.... - Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness in Negros Island and Antique District, PhilippinesCristina Eusebio
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Br J Ophthalmol 91:1588-92. 2007..To conduct rapid assessments of avoidable blindness to estimate the magnitude and causes of blindness in people aged >/=50 years in Negros Island and Antique district, Philippines... - Inflammation, coagulation and risk of locomotor disability in elderly women: findings from the British Women's Heart and Health StudyEveline Nüesch
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Eur J Epidemiol 27:633-45. 2012..These results support the role of inflammation and coagulation in the development of locomotor disability in elderly women irrespective of their lifestyle factors and underlying age-related chronic diseases... - Visual impairment from cataract and health related quality of life: results from a case-control study in the PhilippinesSarah Polack
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 17:152-9. 2010.... - The relationship between prevalence of active trachoma, water availability and its use in a Tanzanian villageSarah Polack
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 100:1075-83. 2006..The key element in the relationship between water availability and trachoma is the allocation of water within households. Collection time may influence both the quantity of water collected and its allocation within the household... - The Nakuru posterior segment eye disease study: methods and prevalence of blindness and visual impairment in Nakuru, KenyaWanjiku Mathenge
International Centre for Eye Health, Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Ophthalmology 119:2033-9. 2012..We also sought to validate the Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB) methodology... - The impact of cataract surgery on activities and time-use: results from a longitudinal study in Kenya, Bangladesh and the PhilippinesSarah Polack
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
PLoS ONE 5:e10913. 2010..The aim of this study is to explore the impact of cataract surgery on daily activities and time-use in Kenya, Bangladesh and the Philippines... - A national survey of musculoskeletal impairment in Rwanda: prevalence, causes and service implicationsOluwarantimi Atijosan
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
PLoS ONE 3:e2851. 2008..We present a new survey methodology that is based on sound epidemiological principles and is linked to the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Functioning... - The orthopaedic needs of children in Rwanda: results from a national survey and orthopaedic service implicationsOluwarantimi Atijosan
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
J Pediatr Orthop 29:948-51. 2009..Rwanda is a small country that is in the process of developing orthopaedic and rehabilitation services, and its Ministry of Health supported a survey that would provide information necessary for planning such services... - Prevalence of epilepsy in Rwanda: a national cross-sectional surveyVictoria Simms
Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King s College London, London, UK
Trop Med Int Health 13:1047-53. 2008..To estimate the prevalence of epilepsy in Rwanda, as part of a survey of musculoskeletal impairment (MSI)... - Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness and diabetic retinopathy in Chiapas, MexicoSarah Polack
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Ophthalmology 119:1033-40. 2012..To estimate the prevalence and causes of blindness in Chiapas, Mexico, and to assess the feasibility of using the Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness framework to estimate diabetic retinopathy (DR) prevalence... - Mapping the global distribution of trachomaSarah Polack
Clinical Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England
Bull World Health Organ 83:913-9. 2005..Until now, information on trachoma prevalence at within country levels has not been systematically collated, analysed and reported... - Poverty and musculoskeletal impairment in RwandaDorothea Rischewski
Infectious Tropical Diseases Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 102:608-17. 2008..These data suggest that increased efforts should be undertaken in Rwanda in order to ensure that children with disabilities are included in schools and that adults with disabilities can find appropriate employment opportunities... - When reciprocity fails: effort-reward imbalance in relation to coronary heart disease and health functioning within the Whitehall II studyH Kuper
International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1 19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
Occup Environ Med 59:777-84. 2002..A deleterious psychosocial work environment, as defined by high efforts expended in relation to few rewards reaped, is hypothesised to increase the risk of future poor health outcomes... - Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration in nakuru, kenya: a cross-sectional population-based studyWanjiku Mathenge
International Centre for Eye Health, Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom Department of Ophthalmology, Kigali Health Institute, Kigali, Rwanda The Fred Hollows Foundation Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya
PLoS Med 10:e1001393. 2013..We hypothesized that AMD is an important cause of visual impairment among elderly people in Nakuru, Kenya, and therefore sought to assess the prevalence and predictors of AMD in a diverse adult Kenyan population... - Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness in three counties, Jiangxi Province, ChinaBaixiang Xiao
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Br J Ophthalmol 94:1437-42. 2010..The counties were purposively selected to assess the impact of established non-governmental organisation activities in two counties (Gao'an and Xin'gan) compared with a third county (Wan'zai) without such a programme... - Depression as an aetiologic and prognostic factor in coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis of 6362 events among 146 538 participants in 54 observational studiesAmanda Nicholson
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, 1 19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
Eur Heart J 27:2763-74. 2006..We quantified the effect of depression on CHD, assessing the extent of confounding by coronary risk factors and disease severity... - The prevalence of type 2 idiopathic macular telangiectasia in two African populationsFerenc B Sallo
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 19:185-9. 2012..The etiology and pathogenesis of the disease are little known, and no effective therapy is available. We aimed to estimate the prevalence and describe the phenotype of type 2 MacTel in two African populations... - Urbanization, ethnicity and cardiovascular risk in a population in transition in Nakuru, Kenya: a population-based surveyWanjiku Mathenge
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
BMC Public Health 10:569. 2010..Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death among older people in Africa. This study aimed to investigate the relationship of urbanization and ethnicity with CVD risk markers in Kenya... - The effect of control at home on CHD events in the Whitehall II study: Gender differences in psychosocial domestic pathways to social inequalities in CHDTarani Chandola
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, International Centre for Health and Society, University College London, 1 19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
Soc Sci Med 58:1501-9. 2004..Psychosocial domestic conditions may have a greater effect on the health of women compared with men... - Quality of life and visual impairment from cataract in Satkhira district, BangladeshS Polack
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Br J Ophthalmol 92:1026-30. 2008.... - Outcome of cataract surgery at one year in Kenya, the Philippines and BangladeshR Lindfield
International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Br J Ophthalmol 93:875-80. 2009..To assess the change in vision following cataract surgery in Kenya, Bangladesh and the Philippines and to identify causes and predictors of poor outcome... - Socioeconomic position and later life prevalence of hypertension, diabetes and visual impairment in Nakuru, KenyaGeorge B Ploubidis
Department of Population Studies, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Room 150, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
Int J Public Health 58:133-41. 2013..We examined the extent to which the association between socioeconomic position (SEP) and later life prevalence of hypertension, diabetes and visual impairment in Nakuru, Kenya is mediated by health-related behaviour... - Modelling the association of disability according to the WHO International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) with mortality in the British Women's Heart and Health StudyCaroline Dale
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 66:170-5. 2012..This paper investigates the association of the different ICF disability domains with mortality... - Intimations of mortality: perceived age of leaving middle age as a predictor of future health outcomes within the Whitehall II studyHannah Kuper
International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1 19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
Age Ageing 32:178-84. 2003..to determine the association between the subjective rate of ageing and future health outcomes... - A comparison of the sensitivity of EQ-5D, SF-6D and TTO utility values to changes in vision and perceived visual function in patients with primary open-angle glaucomaFiammetta Maria Bozzani
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, WC1E 7HT, London, UK
BMC Ophthalmol 12:43. 2012..abstract:.. - Socio-demographic patterning of physical activity across migrant groups in India: results from the Indian Migration StudyRuth Sullivan
Department of Non communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
PLoS ONE 6:e24898. 2011..To investigate the relationship between rural to urban migration and physical activity (PA) in India... - Risk of ovarian cancer in the United States in relation to anthropometric measures: does the association depend on menopausal status?Hannah Kuper
International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
Cancer Causes Control 13:455-63. 2002..To elucidate the association between anthropometric measures and ovarian cancer risk... - Tobacco use and cancer causation: association by tumour typeH Kuper
Clinical Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
J Intern Med 252:206-24. 2002..Other forms of cancer, including breast, ovarian and prostate cancer, are unlikely to be linked to tobacco use... - Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness in Kunming, chinaMin Wu
Red Cross Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Ophthalmology 115:969-74. 2008.... - Prostate cancer risk and serologic evidence of human papilloma virus infection: a population-based case-control studyHans-Olov Adami
Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 12:872-5. 2003..Additional studies of the relationship between prostate cancer and other HPV types, notably HPV 33, could be helpful for clarifying the possible role of sexual risk factors... - Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness in Western Rwanda: blindness in a postconflict settingWanjiku Mathenge
Rift Valley Provincial Hospital, Nakuru, Kenya
PLoS Med 4:e217. 2007.... - Functional presbyopia in a rural Kenyan population: the unmet presbyopic needJustin C Sherwin
Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 36:245-51. 2008..The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of presbyopia, and the functional impairment and spectacle use among persons with presbyopia in a rural Kenyan population... - Topical azithromycin: new evidence?Hannah Kuper
Br J Ophthalmol 91:566-7. 2007 - Vitamin A deficiency in a Kenyan prisonWanjiku Mathenge
Rift Valley Provincial Hospital, Nakuru, Kenya
Trop Med Int Health 12:269-73. 2007..To estimate the prevalence and causes of vitamin A deficiency disorders (VADD) in adult male prisoners in Nakuru, Kenya... - Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness in Nakuru district, KenyaWanjiku Mathenge
Rift Valley Provincial Hospital, Nakuru, Kenya
Ophthalmology 114:599-605. 2007..To estimate the prevalence of avoidable blindness in > or =50-year-olds in Nakuru district, Kenya, and to evaluate the Rapid Assessment for Avoidable Blindness (RAAB), a new methodology to measure the magnitude and causes of blindness... - Impact of VISION 2020 on global blindnessHannah Kuper
Can J Ophthalmol 41:669-72. 2006 - Musculoskeletal impairment survey in Rwanda: design of survey tool, survey methodology, and results of the pilot study (a cross sectional survey)Oluwarantimi Atijosan
Trauma Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 8:30. 2007..This study aimed to develop a new tool to screen for and diagnose MSI and to pilot test the methodology for a national survey in Rwanda... - Prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment in Limbe urban area, South West Province, CameroonJoseph Enyegue Oye
Sight Savers International, West Africa Regional Office, P O Box 18190 KIA, Accra, Ghana
Br J Ophthalmol 91:1435-9. 2007..To conduct a rapid assessment of cataract surgical services to estimate the prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment in members of the population aged >/=40 years in the Limbe urban area, Cameroon... - Cost-effectiveness of cycloplegic agents: results of a randomized controlled trial in nigerian childrenAnne Ebri
University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 48:1025-31. 2007..To compare the cost and effectiveness of three cycloplegic agents among Nigerian children... - Rapid assessment for prioritisation of trachoma control at community level in one district of the Kaolack Region, SenegalMarcel Faye
Senegalese National Eye Care Programme, Ministry of Health, Dakar, Senegal
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 100:149-57. 2006..77% (95% CI 1.24-2.51), equating to 985 adults (95% CI 765-1250) with trichiasis in Nioro department. In conclusion, a survey using rapid methodology showed that trachoma is a problem of public significance in Nioro department, Senegal... - Accuracy of referencing in the ophthalmic literatureJohn C Buchan
York District General Hospital, York, UK
Am J Ophthalmol 140:1146-8. 2005..Thirty quotations of references were not accurate; 20 were partially accurate. CONCLUSIONS: Citation and quotation errors are relatively common within the ophthalmic literature. This may be improved through technical editing...