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Incongruous consultation behaviour: results from a UK-wide population surveyAlison M Elliott
Centre of Academic Primary Care Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Building, West Block Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK
BMC Fam Pract 13:21. 2012....
Use of exogenous hormones by women and lung cancer: evidence from the Royal College of General Practitioners' Oral Contraception StudyAlison M Elliott
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Center, AB25 2AY Aberdeen, Scotland
Contraception 73:331-5. 2006..The objective of this study was to assess the risk of lung cancer among women who have used oral contraception or hormone replacement therapy (HRT), especially those exposed to both classes of exogenous hormones...- Weight change in adult life and health outcomesAlison M Elliott
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, Aberdeen AB25 2AY, United Kingdom
Obes Res 13:1784-92. 2005..To investigate the relationship between weight change in adult life and subsequent mortality and cancer incidence in women... - Revisiting the symptom iceberg in today's primary care: results from a UK population surveyAlison M Elliott
Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, Aberdeen, AB25 2AY, UK
BMC Fam Pract 12:16. 2011.... 
Symptom experience and subsequent mortality: results from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 studyAlison M Elliott
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, Westburn Road, Aberdeen, AB25 2AY, Scotland, UK
BMC Health Serv Res 6:158. 2006..One study has suggested that the number of symptoms people experience may be an important predictor of mortality. This novel and potentially important finding may have important implications but needs to be tested in other cohorts...- Chronic pain and health status: how do those not using healthcare services fare?Alison M Elliott
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen
Br J Gen Pract 54:614-6. 2004..The findings suggest that there is little point in trying to detect and treat individuals not currently presenting to healthcare services with their pain... 
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...- 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... - Is chronic pain a distinct diagnosis in primary care? Evidence arising from the Royal College of General Practitioners' Oral Contraception studyBlair H Smith
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, Westburn Road, Aberdeen AB25 2AY, UK
Fam Pract 21:66-74. 2004.... - The use of medication for chronic pain in primary care, and the potential for intervention by a practice-based pharmacistM Elaine McDermott
Pain Management Clinic, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK
Fam Pract 23:46-52. 2006.... - Factors related to the onset and persistence of chronic back pain in the community: results from a general population follow-up studyBlair H Smith
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, Aberdeen, UK
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 29:1032-40. 2004..We compared the prevalence of chronic back pain (CBP) at two points 4 years apart and examined socio-demographic, health, and pain-related factors associated with its onset and persistence... - Mortality among contraceptive pill users: cohort evidence from Royal College of General Practitioners' Oral Contraception StudyPhilip C Hannaford
Centre of Academic Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, Aberdeen AB25 2AY
BMJ 340:c927. 2010..To see if the mortality risk among women who have used oral contraceptives differs from that of never users... - The 'number needed to sample' in primary care research. Comparison of two primary care sampling frames for chronic back painBlair H Smith
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, UK
Fam Pract 22:205-14. 2005..For most conditions, even a large population sample will yield a small number of cases, yet other sampling techniques risk problems with extrapolation of findings... - Impact of lifestyle in middle-aged women on mortality: evidence from the Royal College of General Practitioners' Oral Contraception StudyLisa Iversen
Section of Primary Care, Centre of Academic Primary Care, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen
Br J Gen Pract 60:563-9. 2010..Although many individuals have multiple lifestyle risk factors, few studies have investigated the impact of lifestyle risk factor combinations among women... - Pain and subsequent mortality and cancer among women in the Royal College of General Practitioners Oral Contraception StudyBlair H Smith
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, Westburn Road, Aberdeen AB25 2AY
Br J Gen Pract 53:45-6. 2003..75), and a higher risk of subsequent cancer among women reporting head or abdomen pain. Given the high prevalence of pain symptoms, these findings may be important, and warrant further research... - 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... - Cancer risk among users of oral contraceptives: cohort data from the Royal College of General Practitioner's oral contraception studyPhilip C Hannaford
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 2AY
BMJ 335:651. 2007..To examine the absolute risks or benefits on cancer associated with oral contraception, using incident data... - Tubal sterilization, all-cause death, and cancer among women in the United Kingdom: evidence from the Royal College of General Practitioners' Oral Contraception StudyLisa Iversen
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen School of Medicine, Aberdeen, UK
Am J Obstet Gynecol 196:447.e1-8. 2007..The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between tubal sterilization and subsequent all-cause death and the risk of any gynecologic and breast cancer in women in the United Kingdom... - Ascertaining the size of the symptom iceberg in a UK-wide community-based surveyAnne McAteer
Centre of Academic Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen
Br J Gen Pract 61:e1-11. 2011..The size of the iceberg for many symptoms is unknown, as is their association with personal characteristics, including history of a chronic disease... - Assessing change in chronic pain severity: the chronic pain grade compared with retrospective perceptionsAlison M Elliott
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre
Br J Gen Pract 52:269-74. 2002..How the two methods compare is not known... - Third mailings in epidemiological studies: are they really necessary?Alison M Elliott
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, Westburn Road, Aberdeen AB25 2AY, UK
Fam Pract 20:592-4. 2003..Whether or not third mailings are appropriate or worthwhile in postal epidemiological studies has not been thoroughly investigated and requires examination... - Increased mortality among women with Rose angina who have not presented with ischaemic heart diseaseVicci Owen-Smith
Centre for Primary Care and Epidemiology, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, Westburn Road, Aberdeen AB25 2AY
Br J Gen Pract 53:784-9. 2003..Little is known about the clinical importance of disease that is not presented to healthcare services... - Long term effects of hysterectomy on mortality: nested cohort studyLisa Iversen
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, Aberdeen AB25 2AY
BMJ 330:1482. 2005..To investigate the long term risk (mean > 20 years) of death from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer in women who had or had not had a hysterectomy... - Experiences and perceptions of people with headache: a qualitative studyDeborah A Leiper
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Westburn Road, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZN, Scotland, UK
BMC Fam Pract 7:27. 2006..The aim of this paper was to explore the perceptions and experiences of individuals with headache and their experiences of associated healthcare and treatment... - Active self-management of chronic pain in the communityBlair H Smith
Pain 113:249-50. 2005 - Data from a study of effectiveness suggested potential prognostic factors related to the patterns of shoulder painXiaohong Zheng
Department of Information Services, King Edward VII Hospital, St Leonards Road, Windsor, Berks, SL4 3DP, UK
J Clin Epidemiol 58:823-30. 2005..Shoulder pain is a common complaint in primary care, and the factors associated with persisting shoulder pain are varied. We therefore explored prognostic factors associated with shoulder pain problems... - Primary care epidemiology: its scope and purposePhilip C Hannaford
Fam Pract 23:1-7. 2006 - Helminth infection is not associated with faster progression of HIV disease in coinfected adults in UgandaMichael Brown
Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, United Kingdom
J Infect Dis 190:1869-79. 2004..We studied a cohort of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults in Uganda who were not receiving antiretroviral therapy, to explore the impact of helminths on HIV progression in areas where antiretrovirals are not available... - Eosinophilia and progression to active tuberculosis in HIV-1-infected UgandansAlison M Elliott
Virus Research Institute, PO Box 49, Entebbe, Uganda
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 97:477-80. 2003..Eosinophilia is most likely to be indicative of a type 2 immune response induced by helminth infection in this Ugandan cohort, but the mechanism of the observed association between eosinophilia and risk of TB remains to be determined... - Screening for intestinal helminth infection in a semi-urban cohort of pregnant women in UgandaJoseph W Bukusuba
Uganda Virus Research Institute, PO Box 49, Entebbe, Uganda
Trop Doct 34:27-8. 2004 - Associations between helminth infection and CD4+ T cell count, viral load and cytokine responses in HIV-1-infected Ugandan adultsAlison M Elliott
Uganda Virus Research Institute, P O Box 49, Entebbe, Uganda
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 97:103-8. 2003..The possibility that chronic helminth infection may suppress HIV replication and that effects on HIV replication may vary during helminth infection and treatment should be considered... - Rate and amplification of drug resistance among previously-treated patients with tuberculosis in Kampala, UgandaBeth Temple
Medical Research Council Uganda Virus Research Institute, Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda
Clin Infect Dis 47:1126-34. 2008..There is a need to measure the extent of and risk factors for drug resistance in such patients... - Plasmodium falciparum and helminth coinfection in a semi urban population of pregnant women in UgandaStephen D Hillier
The University of Birmingham Medical School, Birmingham, United Kingdom
J Infect Dis 198:920-7. 2008..Recent studies suggest helminth infections may increase susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum infection. If confirmed, this increased susceptibility could be particularly important during pregnancy-induced immunosuppression... - Why does HIV infection not lead to disseminated strongyloidiasis?Mark E Viney
School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
J Infect Dis 190:2175-80. 2004.... - Uptake of HIV and syphilis testing of pregnant women and their male partners in a programme for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in UgandaDennison Kizito
Medical Research Council Uganda Virus Research Institute MRC UVRI, Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda
Trop Med Int Health 13:680-2. 2008..To describe uptake of HIV and syphilis testing in a prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programme in Uganda... - Skin prick test reactivity to common allergens among women in Entebbe, UgandaHarriet Mpairwe
MRC UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Uganda Virus Research Institute, P O Box 49, Entebbe, Uganda
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 102:367-73. 2008..14, 95% CI 0.03-0.69); women with a history of asthma were less likely to have hookworm (adjusted odds ratio 0.24, 95% CI 0.07-0.81) but this association was weaker for women with a history of eczema. [Clinical Trial No. ISRCTN32849447]... - Use of antenatal services and delivery care in Entebbe, Uganda: a community surveyCarolyn J Tann
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 7:23. 2007.... - Associations between mild-to-moderate anaemia in pregnancy and helminth, malaria and HIV infection in Entebbe, UgandaLawrence Muhangi
MRC UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Uganda Virus Research Institute, P O Box 49, Entebbe, Uganda
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 101:899-907. 2007..This result may relate to relatively good nutrition and low helminth infection intensity. These findings are pertinent to estimating the disease burden of helminths and other infections in pregnancy. [Clinical Trial No. ISRCTN32849447]... - The impact of helminths on the response to immunization and on the incidence of infection and disease in childhood in Uganda: design of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, factorial trial of deworming interventions delivered in pregnancy and eAlison M Elliott
Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda
Clin Trials 4:42-57. 2007..These effects might develop in utero, through exposure to maternal helminth infections, or through direct exposure in later life... - HIV risk perception and prevalence in a program for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission: comparison of women who accept voluntary counseling and testing and those tested anonymouslyHarriet Mpairwe
Uganda Virus Research Institute and Entebbe General Hospital, Entebbe, Uganda
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 39:354-8. 2005..Data from VCT/PMTCT programs cannot replace anonymous surveillance for monitoring of HIV epidemic trends where coverage is incomplete within clinics or communities... - Clinical and epidemiological findings in patients with central ray deficiency: split hand foot malformation (SHFM) in Manitoba, CanadaAlison M Elliott
Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, 770 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Am J Med Genet A 140:1428-39. 2006..Two had deletions involving 9q and 5p respectively. Unlike some other studies, we did not find an excess of males or right-sided defects and only two of the cases--two sisters--were related... - The association of split hand foot malformation (SHFM) and congenital heart defectsAlison M Elliott
Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 82:425-34. 2008..SHFM occurs as an isolated finding or in association with other anomalies, including congenital heart defects (CHDs)...