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Telomere length predicts poststroke mortality, dementia, and cognitive declineCarmen Martin-Ruiz
Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Ann Neurol 60:174-80. 2006..07-0.54; p = 0.002) and less reduction in Mini-Mental State Examination score (p = 0.04, adjusted for baseline score). INTERPRETATION: Telomere length is a prognostic marker for poststroke cognitive decline, dementia, and death...- Self-reported quality of life of 8-12-year-old children with cerebral palsy: a cross-sectional European studyHeather O Dickinson
Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Lancet 369:2171-8. 2007..Little is known about the quality of life (QoL) of disabled children. We describe self-reported QoL of children with cerebral palsy, factors that influence it, and how it compares with QoL of the general population... 
Predictors of drop-out in a multi-centre longitudinal study of participation and quality of life of children with cerebral palsyHeather O Dickinson
Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP, UK
BMC Res Notes 5:300. 2012....- Are there valid proxy measures of clinical behaviour? A systematic reviewSusan Hrisos
Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, 21 Claremont Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AA, UK
Implement Sci 4:37. 2009..In particular, the accuracy of medical record review, clinician self-reported and patient-reported behaviour was assessed relative to directly observed behaviour... - Study protocol: determinants of participation and quality of life of adolescents with cerebral palsy: a longitudinal study (SPARCLE2)Allan F Colver
Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
BMC Public Health 10:280. 2010..Structural equation modelling will be used to identify indirect relationships mediated by other factors... - Methods underpinning national clinical guidelines for hypertension: describing the evidence shortfallFiona Campbell
University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Centre for Health Services Research, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AA, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 6:47. 2006..To be useful, clinical practice guidelines need to be evidence based; otherwise they will not achieve the validity, reliability and credibility required for implementation... - Response rates in postal surveys of healthcare professionals between 1996 and 2005: an observational studyJulia V Cook
Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, 21 Claremont Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AA, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 9:160. 2009.... - Statistical considerations in a systematic review of proxy measures of clinical behaviourHeather O Dickinson
Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, 21 Claremont Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AA, UK
Implement Sci 5:20. 2010..The evidence about the relationship between direct and proxy methods of assessing clinical behaviour is weak... 
Relaxation therapies for the management of primary hypertension in adults: a Cochrane reviewHo Dickinson
Newcastle University, Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
J Hum Hypertens 22:809-20. 2008..Some of the apparent benefit of relaxation was probably due to aspects of treatment unrelated to relaxation...- Assessment of data quality in a multi-centre cross-sectional study of participation and quality of life of children with cerebral palsyHeather Dickinson
School of Population and Health Sciences, Newcastle University, 21 Claremont Place, Newcastle, NE2 4AA, UK
BMC Public Health 6:273. 2006..The objective of this report is to assess data quality, in particular heterogeneity between regions, family and item non-response and potential for bias... - Sex ratio in relation to fathers' occupationsH O Dickinson
University of Newcastle, Department of Child Health, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Occup Environ Med 54:868-72. 1997..To investigate whether the sex ratio of children varies between fathers of different occupations... - Paternal preconceptional irradiation, population mixing and solid tumors in the children of radiation workers (England)H O Dickinson
Department of Child Health, University of Newcastle, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Cancer Causes Control 13:183-9. 2002.... - Population mixing and childhood leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in census wards in England and Wales, 1966-87Heather O Dickinson
North of England Children s Cancer Research Unit, Department of Child Health, University of Newcastle, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP, UK
Br J Cancer 86:1411-3. 2002..9, 95%CI: 1.2-2.9, P<0.01). This significant effect was observed only in urban areas, although a marked but non-significant effect was seen in affluent, rural areas... - Deprivation and stillbirth risk in rural and urban areasHeather O Dickinson
Department of Child Health, University of Newcastle, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP, UK
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 16:249-54. 2002..Urban/rural differences in risk were not explained by individual social class, community deprivation or overcrowding and have persisted over a 40-year time period... - Access of children with cerebral palsy to the physical, social and attitudinal environment they need: a cross-sectional European studyAllan F Colver
Department of Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Disabil Rehabil 33:28-35. 2011..We explored whether this convention was respected for disabled children in Europe... - Leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in children of male Sellafield radiation workersHeather O Dickinson
North of England Children s Cancer Research Unit, Department of Child Health, University of Newcastle, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Int J Cancer 99:437-44. 2002..The possibility remains that paternal preconceptional irradiation may be a risk factor for leukaemia/non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and this effect may not be confined to Seascale... - Thalamic D2 receptors in dementia with Lewy bodies, Parkinson's disease, and Parkinson's disease dementiaMargaret A Piggott
IAH Research Laboratories, Institute for Ageing and Health, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 10:231-44. 2007..D2 receptor binding did not vary with cognitive decline (MMSE) or visual hallucinations, but was significantly higher with increased extrapyramidal symptoms... - Homocysteine and post-stroke cognitive declineElise N Rowan
Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Age Ageing 36:339-43. 2007 - Lifestyle interventions or drugs for patients with essential hypertension: a systematic reviewDonald J Nicolson
National Guidelines Research and Development Unit, Centre for Health Services Research, 21 Claremont Place, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AA, UK
J Hypertens 22:2043-8. 2004..Future trials should aim to identify the characteristics of patients most likely to benefit from lifestyle changes... - Lifestyle interventions to reduce raised blood pressure: a systematic review of randomized controlled trialsHeather O Dickinson
University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Centre for Health Services Research, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
J Hypertens 24:215-33. 2006..Available evidence does not support relaxation therapies, calcium, magnesium or potassium supplements to reduce blood pressure... - Childhood cancer in relation to infections in the community during pregnancy and around the time of birthTibor A Nyari
North of England Children's Cancer Research Unit, Department of Child Health, University of Newcastle, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Int J Cancer 104:772-7. 2003.... - Prevalence of adverse pregnancy outcomes around hazardous industrial sites in Cumbria, north-west England, 1950-93Trevor J B Dummer
School of Clinical Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Sir James Spence Institute, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, UK
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 17:250-5. 2003..However, effective environmental monitoring of industrial processes is required to enable studies to investigate the potential health risks of industrial pollution... - Lifestyle interventions to prevent osteoporotic fractures: a systematic reviewCatherine A Lock
Center for Health Services Research, School of Population and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 21 Claremont Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AA, UK
Osteoporos Int 17:20-8. 2006.... - The diabetogenic potential of thiazide-type diuretic and beta-blocker combinations in patients with hypertensionJames M Mason
School for Health, University of Durham, Queen s Campus, Wolfson Research Unit, University Boulevard, Stockton on Tees, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
J Hypertens 23:1777-81. 2005..In such patients, the increased risk of developing diabetes may exceed the benefit of blood pressure lowering... - Leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in children of Sellafield male radiation workersHeather O Dickinson
Int J Cancer 101:100. 2002 - Parent-reported quality of life of children with cerebral palsy in EuropeCatherine Arnaud
National Institute of Health and Medical Research, U558, Research Unit on Perinatal Epidemiology, Child Health and Development, Toulouse University III Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
Pediatrics 121:54-64. 2008.... - Psychological problems in children with cerebral palsy: a cross-sectional European studyJackie Parkes
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen s University Belfast, UK
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 49:405-13. 2008..To describe psychological symptoms in 8-12-year-old children with cerebral palsy; to investigate predictors of these symptoms and their impact on the child and family... - Determinants of child-parent agreement in quality-of-life reports: a European study of children with cerebral palsyMelanie White-Koning
Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, U558, Faculte de Medecine, 37 Allees Jules Guesde, 31073 Toulouse Cedex, France
Pediatrics 120:e804-14. 2007..We examined whether child characteristics, severity of impairment, socioeconomic factors, and parental stress were associated with parent proxy reports being respectively higher or lower than child self-reports of quality of life... - The causes of childhood leukaemiaHeather O Dickinson
BMJ 330:1279-80. 2005 - Adverse pregnancy outcomes near landfill sites in Cumbria, northwest England, 1950--1993Trevor J B Dummer
School of Social Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Arch Environ Health 58:692-8. 2003..Further research incorporating actual pollution data collected around landfill sites and the examination of both lethal and nonlethal congenital anomalies is recommended.. - Use and abuse of statistics in nursing researchHeather O Dickinson
J Adv Nurs 39:405-7. 2002