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Help-seeking behaviour among people living with chronic hip or knee pain in the communityCarina A Thorstensson
Research and Development Centre, Spenshult Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Oskarström, Sweden
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 10:153. 2009..This study explores the importance of several potential risk factors on help seeking across different practitioner groups, among adults living with chronic hip or knee pain in a large community sample...- Exploring the impact of patient views on 'appropriate' use of services and help seeking: a mixed method studyJoy Adamson
Department of Health Sciences, University of York, Heslington, York
Br J Gen Pract 59:e226-33. 2009..There are commonly-held views relating to what constitutes appropriate and inappropriate use of finite NHS resources. However, very little is known about how and why such views have an impact on consultation patterns... 
Commentary: Culture and pain in the work place: the domain of occupational epidemiology?Joy Adamson
Department of Health Sciences, University of York, 1st Floor Seebohm Rowntree Building, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
Int J Epidemiol 37:1189-91. 2008- The psychosocial versus material hypothesis to explain observed inequality in disability among older adults: data from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 StudyJoy A Adamson
University of York, York, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 60:974-80. 2006..The possible mechanisms for explaining health inequality are subject to debate. This study considers the roles of psychosocial and material mechanisms in observed inequalities in disability among older people... - Age and sex interaction in reported help seeking in response to chest painJoy Adamson
Health Sciences, University of York, Heslington, York
Br J Gen Pract 58:318-23. 2008..There is a growing literature suggesting that access to cardiology services is affected by age. However, there is a dearth of studies that have considered age and sex in conjunction... - Prevalence and risk factors for joint pain among men and women in the West of Scotland Twenty-07 studyJ Adamson
Department of Health Sciences, University of York, 1st Floor Seebohm Rowntree Building, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
Ann Rheum Dis 65:520-4. 2006..To examine the association between three modifiable risk factors (obesity, smoking, and alcohol consumption) and reported joint pain... - Commentary: disability and education--the Madonna factor?Joy Adamson
Department of Health Sciences, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
Int J Epidemiol 36:365-7. 2007 - 'Normal disruption': South Asian and African/Caribbean relatives caring for an older family member in the UKJoy Adamson
Department of Health Sciences, 1st Floor Seebohm Rowntree Building, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
Soc Sci Med 60:37-48. 2005..However, the participants also described highly disruptive elements to this change in the relationships. The paper attempts to consider the relationship between individual experiences, cultural factors and macro-social structures... 
Challenges and opportunities associated with the introduction of assistant practitioners supporting the work of registered nurses in NHS acute hospital trusts in EnglandKaren Spilsbury
Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK
J Health Serv Res Policy 16:50-6. 2011....- Mapping the introduction of assistant practitioner roles in acute NHS (hospital) trusts in EnglandKaren Spilsbury
Department of Health Sciences, The University of York, Area 2 Seebohm Rowntree Building, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
J Nurs Manag 17:615-26. 2009..This mapping study describes current or planned introduction of assistant practitioner roles in English National Health Service Acute Hospital Trusts... - A randomised evaluation of CollAborative care and active surveillance for Screen-Positive EldeRs with sub-threshold depression (CASPER): study protocol for a randomized controlled trialNatasha Mitchell
Department of Health Sciences, Seebohm Rowntree Building, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
Trials 12:225. 2011..Data will be collected at baseline, 4 and 12 months for both trial and cohort participants. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN: ISRCTN02202951... 
Systematic review of information and support interventions for caregivers of people with dementiaCarl A Thompson
Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK
BMC Geriatr 7:18. 2007..This review examines whether information and support interventions improve the quality of life of people caring for someone with dementia...- Submission to multiple journals: a method of reducing time to publication?David J Torgerson
York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York YO10 5DD
BMJ 330:305-7. 2005 - Vitamin K and the prevention of fractures: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trialsSarah Cockayne
York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York YO10 5DD, England
Arch Intern Med 166:1256-61. 2006..Observational and some experimental data suggest that low intake of vitamin K may be associated with an increased risk of fracture... - Meaningful differences in maternal smoking behaviour during pregnancy: implications for infant behavioural vulnerabilityK E Pickett
Department of Health Sciences, University of York, Seebohm Rowntree Building, Area 3, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 62:318-24. 2008.... - Designing an RCT of acupuncture for depression--identifying appropriate patient groups: a qualitative studySylvia Schroer
Department of Health Sciences, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
Fam Pract 26:188-95. 2009..Aim. To identify subgroups of patients with depression who could be the focus of effectiveness trials... - Chronic diseases, locomotor activity limitation and social participation in older women: cross sectional survey of British Women's Heart and Health StudyJoy Adamson
Department of Health Sciences, 1st Floor Seebohm Rowntree Building, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
Age Ageing 33:293-8. 2004..To examine the association of chronic degenerative diseases with locomotor activity limitation and social participation among older British women... - The influence of socio-demographic characteristics on consultation for back pain--a review of the literatureJoy Adamson
Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK
Fam Pract 28:163-71. 2011..We aimed to assess the evidence for the impact of socio-demographic characteristics on consultation for back pain... - Prevalence and incidence of postnatal depression: what can systematic reviews tell us?Rachel Mann
Department of Health Sciences, University of York, ARRC Building, 2nd Floor, Room, 202, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
Arch Womens Ment Health 13:295-305. 2010..Systematic reviews provide a useful tool to summarise research, however little is known about the quantity and quality of existing systematic reviews of prevalence and incidence of PND... - Assuring the safety and effectiveness of new drugs: rigorous phase IV trials randomizing general practices to delayed access to new drugsJoy Adamson
York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK
J Health Serv Res Policy 17:56-9. 2012..Given current computerization of practice records such an approach is feasible and likely to be cost-effective... - Acupuncture for depression: a critique of the evidence baseSylvia Schroer
Health Sciences Department, ARRC Building, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
CNS Neurosci Ther 17:398-410. 2011.... - Patient safety in patients who occupy beds on clinically inappropriate wards: a qualitative interview study with NHS staffLucy Goulding
Department of Health Sciences, University of York, UK
BMJ Qual Saf 21:218-24. 2012.... - Acupuncture for depression: exploring model validity and the related issue of credibility in the context of designing a pragmatic trialSylvia Schroer
University of York, Health Sciences, York, UK
CNS Neurosci Ther 18:318-26. 2012..Our aim was to develop a pragmatic trial that would have better model validity and credibility than trials to date in this clinical area... - 'Questerviews': using questionnaires in qualitative interviews as a method of integrating qualitative and quantitative health services researchJoy Adamson
Department of Health Sciences, University of York, UK
J Health Serv Res Policy 9:139-45. 2004..We suggest that the technique of 'questerviews' is a tangible and pragmatic way of doing this... - Improving the effectiveness of interventions in palliative care: the potential role of qualitative research in enhancing evidence from randomized controlled trialsKate Flemming
Department of Health Sciences, The University of York, York, UK
Palliat Med 22:123-31. 2008.... - Diagnostic accuracy of case-finding questions to identify perinatal depressionRachel Mann
Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom
CMAJ 184:E424-30. 2012..We examined the diagnostic accuracy of these questions and of a third question about the need for help asked of women receiving perinatal care... - Randomised controlled trial of food elimination diet based on IgG antibodies for the prevention of migraine like headachesNatasha Mitchell
York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
Nutr J 10:85. 2011..Research suggests that food intolerance may be a precipitating factor for migraine like headaches... - Evaluation of studies of causation (aetiology)Joy Adamson
Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK
Evid Based Nurs 7:36-40. 2004 - The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of respite for caregivers of frail older peopleAnne Mason
Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, United Kingdom
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:290-9. 2007..Given the increasing numbers of frail elderly people and the lack of up-to-date, good-quality evidence for all types of respite care, better-quality evidence is urgently needed to inform current policy and practice... - Review of randomised trials using the post-randomised consent (Zelen's) designJoy Adamson
York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
Contemp Clin Trials 27:305-19. 2006..Zelen's method, if carefully used, can avoid 'resentful demoralisation' and the Hawthorne effect biasing a trial. Unlike a previous review, we found that crossover was not a problem for most trials... - Associations of socio-economic position and disability among older women in Britain and Jyväskylä, FinlandNina Rautio
The Finnish Center for Interdisciplinary Gerontology, P O Box 35 Viveca, FIN 40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Arch Gerontol Geriatr 42:141-55. 2006..The associations in the measures of socio-economic position and disability showed a slightly different pattern between the British and Finnish women... - Social inequalities and disability in older men: prospective findings from the British regional heart studyShah Ebrahim
MRC Health Services Research Collaboration, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK
Soc Sci Med 59:2109-20. 2004..The likelihood of reporting disability between and within social class groups is influenced by material wealth... - Association between measures of morbidity and locomotor disability: diagnosis alone is not enoughJoy Adamson
Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, BS8 2PR Bristol, UK
Soc Sci Med 57:1355-60. 2003.... - Ethnicity, socio-economic position and gender--do they affect reported health-care seeking behaviour?Joy Adamson
Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, BS8 2PR Bristol, UK
Soc Sci Med 57:895-904. 2003.... - Lay perceptions of a 'natural' menopause. Cross sectional study of the British Women's Heart and Health StudyDebbie A Lawlor
Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, UK
BJOG 109:1398-400. 2002..We suggest that women whose periods stop 'naturally' (from a medical perspective) but at a relatively young age perceive this as unnatural and search for an explanation for the early cessation of their menses... - Research in black and whiteJoy Adamson
Joint Medical Research Council, Department of Health, University of Bristol, UK
Qual Health Res 12:816-25. 2002..The authors believe that qualitative research should be judged by the plausibility of the findings and by a critical evaluation of the way in which the research was conducted and the reflexivity of the researcher...