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Design and analysis of non-pharmacological treatment trials with multiple therapists per patientChris Roberts
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Stat Med 32:81-98. 2013....
Improving mood with psychoanalytic and cognitive therapies (IMPACT): a pragmatic effectiveness superiority trial to investigate whether specialised psychological treatment reduces the risk for relapse in adolescents with moderate to severe unipolar depresIan M Goodyer
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge and the Cambridge and Peterborough Foundation Trust, Douglas House, 18b Trumpington Road Cambridge, UK
Trials 12:175. 2011..The specific efficacy of different psychological therapies and the moderators and mediators that influence risk for relapse are unclear. The cost-effectiveness and safety of psychological treatments remain poorly evaluated...- Pragmatic randomised controlled trial of group psychoeducation versus group support in the maintenance of bipolar disorderRichard K Morriss
Psychiatry and Community Mental Health, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
BMC Psychiatry 11:114. 2011..The main objective of this trial is to determine whether curriculum based group psychoeducation is more clinically and cost effective than unstructured peer group support... - Developing guided self-help for depression using the Medical Research Council complex interventions framework: a description of the modelling phase and results of an exploratory randomised controlled trialKarina Lovell
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
BMC Psychiatry 8:91. 2008..This paper (a) describes the modelling phase used to develop a guided self-help intervention for depression in primary care and (b) reports data from an exploratory randomised trial of the intervention... 
Design and analysis of clinical trials with clustering effects due to treatmentChris Roberts
Biostatistics Group, Division of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
Clin Trials 2:152-62. 2005..It is argued that the design and analysis of this type of trial should take account of possible heterogeneity in cluster size and intracluster correlation...- Assessing the reliability of ordered categorical scales using kappa-type statisticsChris Roberts
Division of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, Stopford Building, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Stat Methods Med Res 14:493-514. 2005..The results suggest that standard errors based on the delta-method or jack-knifing by subject alone may be overly precise... - Modelling patterns of agreement for nominal scalesChris Roberts
Biostatistics Group, School of Medicine, University of Manchester, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Stat Med 27:810-30. 2008..Two simulation studies are carried out to check the empirical test size and power. Methods are illustrated by two examples involving nominal scales with three categories... - The clinical effectiveness of guided self-help versus waiting-list control in the management of anxiety and depression: a randomized controlled trialNicola Mead
National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, 5th Floor Williamson Building, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Psychol Med 35:1633-43. 2005..Assistant psychologists delivered a guided self-help intervention to patients with anxiety and depression who were currently waiting for psychological therapy... - Telephone administered cognitive behaviour therapy for treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder: randomised controlled non-inferiority trialKarina Lovell
Department of Nursing, Midwifery, and Social Work, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL
BMJ 333:883. 2006..To compare the effectiveness of cognitive behaviour therapy delivered by telephone with the same therapy given face to face in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder... - Group cognitive-behavioural therapy for schizophrenia. Randomised controlled trialChristine Barrowclough
School of Psychological Sciences, Rutherford House, Manchester Science Park, Lloyd Street North, Manchester M15 6SZ, UK
Br J Psychiatry 189:527-32. 2006..The efficacy of cognitive-behavioural therapy for schizophrenia is established, but there is less evidence for a group format... - Combined treatment with cognitive-behavioural therapy in adolescent depression: meta-analysisBernadka Dubicka
Lancashire Care Foundation Trust and Psychiatry Research Group, School of Community Based Medicine, University of Manchester, UK
Br J Psychiatry 197:433-40. 2010..The treatment of adolescent depression is controversial and studies of combined treatment (antidepressants and cognitive-behavioural therapy, CBT) have produced conflicting findings... - Therapist variation within randomised trials of psychotherapy: implications for precision, internal and external validityRebecca Walwyn
Biostatistics, Health Methodology Research Group, University of Manchester, UK
Stat Methods Med Res 19:291-315. 2010..Parallels will also be made with related designs and methods of analysis... - Disease activity, smoking, and reproductive-related predictors of poor prognosis in patients with very early inflammatory polyarthritisSuzanne M M Verstappen
The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
J Rheumatol 38:429-33. 2011..To identify disease activity, smoking, and reproductive-related predictors of a poor prognosis in patients with very early inflammatory polyarthritis (IP)... - Does a nurse-led mental health liaison service for older people reduce psychiatric morbidity in acute general medical wards? A randomised controlled trialRobert Baldwin
Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK
Age Ageing 33:472-8. 2004..To determine the clinical effectiveness of a nurse-led mental health liaison service in managing mental health problems in older physically ill inpatients... - Are patients with intermediate TPMT activity at increased risk of myelosuppression when taking thiopurine medications?Jenny E Higgs
Central Manchester and Manchester Children s University Hospitals NHS Trust, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK
Pharmacogenomics 11:177-88. 2010..Accurate risk assessments will provide important data to inform clinical guidelines... - Validation of short screening tests for depression and cognitive impairment in older medically ill inpatientsHannah Goring
Department of Psychology, Tameside General Hospital, Manchester, UK
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 19:465-71. 2004..827, p < 0.0005). CONCLUSION: The GDS4 and OMC appear to be useful instruments for screening for depression and cognitive impairment among older medical inpatients... - Active exercise, education, and cognitive behavioral therapy for persistent disabling low back pain: a randomized controlled trialRuth E Johnson
Division of Clinical Psychology, Medical School, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 32:1578-85. 2007..A randomized controlled trial... - Systematic review of the efficacy of cognitive behaviour therapies for childhood and adolescent anxiety disordersSam Cartwright-Hatton
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Manchester, UK
Br J Clin Psychol 43:421-36. 2004..Most of the trials were efficacy trials, and have limited generalizability. Reporting of many aspects of the trials was weak... - Attitudes toward antipsychotic medication: the impact of clinical variables and relationships with health professionalsJennifer C Day
Pharmacy Department, Mersey Care NHS Trust, Merseyside, England
Arch Gen Psychiatry 62:717-24. 2005..Although patient variables such as insight and symptoms that contribute toward attitudes have been identified, the contributions of relationship and service factors have not been adequately studied... - Trends in vigorous physical activity and TV watching of adolescents from 1986 to 2002 in seven European CountriesOddrun Samdal
Department of Education and Health Promotion, Research Centre for Health Promotion, University of Bergen, Norway
Eur J Public Health 17:242-8. 2007..The aim is to study trends in physical activity and TV viewing in seven European countries in the period 1985-2002... - Clinical effectiveness of treatments for anorexia nervosa in adolescents: randomised controlled trialSimon G Gowers
Academic Unit, Section of Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Liverpool, Chester, UK
Br J Psychiatry 191:427-35. 2007..Treatment guidelines identify few adequately powered trials to guide recommendations for anorexia nervosa... - Economic evaluation of a randomised controlled trial for anorexia nervosa in adolescentsSarah Byford
Centre for the Economics of Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, De Crespigny Park, London, UK
Br J Psychiatry 191:436-40. 2007..Young people with anorexia nervosa are often admitted to hospital for treatment. As well as being disruptive to school, family and social life, in-patient treatment is expensive, yet cost-effectiveness evidence is lacking... - National legislation on school smoking restrictions in eight European countriesBente Wold
Research Centre for Health Promotion, University of Bergeb, Norway
Health Promot Int 19:482-8. 2004..To review and compare national legislation addressing smoking at school in eight European countries during the late 1990s... - The effectiveness of five strategies for the prevention of gastrointestinal toxicity induced by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: systematic reviewLee Hooper
Cochrane Oral Health Group, University of Manchester and Central Manchester and Manchester Children s University Healthcare Trust, Manchester Dental Education Centre, University Dental Hospital, Manchester M15 6FH
BMJ 329:948. 2004.... - Assuring the quality of high-stakes undergraduate assessments of clinical competenceChris Roberts
Office of Teaching and Learning in Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia
Med Teach 28:535-43. 2006..This evidence-based approach should be readily achievable by all medical schools... - National and school policies on restrictions of teacher smoking: a multilevel analysis of student exposure to teacher smoking in seven European countriesBente Wold
Research Centre for Health Promotion, University of Bergen, 5015 Bergen, Norway
Health Educ Res 19:217-26. 2004.... - Managing the learning environment in undergraduate medical education: the Sheffield approachChris Roberts
Department of Medical Education, University of Sheffield, Northern General Hospital
Med Teach 25:282-6. 2003..A new 'revised' curriculum, due to start in 2003, will be intensively supported by an NLE which has been extensively tested and modified through pilot studies in the current curriculum... - Portfolio-based assessments in medical education: are they valid and reliable for summative purposes?Chris Roberts
Clinical Lecturer in Medical Education, Deparment of Medical Education, University of Sheffield, Coleridge House, Northern Gerneral Hospital, Sheffield, UK
Med Educ 36:899-900. 2002 - A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of a prompt and reminder card in the care of people with epilepsyAjay Thapar
Department of General Practice, University of Manchester
Br J Gen Pract 52:93-8. 2002..Many patients report medication side-effects and poor seizure control. Most GPs accept responsibility for epilepsy care; however, many report problems with knowledge of epilepsy and nearly all support guidance on epilepsy management... - Gene expression profiling predicts clinical outcome of breast cancerLaura J van 't Veer
Division of Diagnostic Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, 121 Plesmanlaan, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Nature 415:530-6. 2002..This gene expression profile will outperform all currently used clinical parameters in predicting disease outcome. Our findings provide a strategy to select patients who would benefit from adjuvant therapy... - Results of modified Latarjet reconstruction in patients with anteroinferior instability and significant bone lossStephen S Burkhart
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Arthroscopy 23:1033-41. 2007.... - Is self-care a cost-effective use of resources? Evidence from a randomized trial in inflammatory bowel diseaseGerald Richardson
Centre for Health Economics, University of York, UK
J Health Serv Res Policy 11:225-30. 2006.... - Discovering professionalism through guided reflectionPatsy Stark
Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK
Med Teach 28:e25-31. 2006..Critical incidents are a valid and feasible method for assessing students' reflections on professionalism, with good educational impact... - A randomised controlled trial to test the feasibility of a collaborative care model for the management of depression in older peopleCarolyn A Chew Graham
Primary Care Research Group, School of Community Based Medicine, University of Manchester
Br J Gen Pract 57:364-70. 2007..Depression is the most common mental health disorder in people aged over 65 years. Late-life depression is associated with chronic illness and disability... - Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and routine specialist care with and without cognitive behaviour therapy in adolescents with major depression: randomised controlled trialIan Goodyer
Developmental Psychiatry Section, Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB2 2AH
BMJ 335:142. 2007.... - The reliability and validity of a matrix to assess the completed reflective personal development plans of general practitionersChris Roberts
University of Sheffield, UK
Med Educ 40:363-70. 2006.... - Use of intensive case management to reduce time in hospital in people with severe mental illness: systematic review and meta-regressionTom Burns
University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX
BMJ 335:336. 2007..To explain why clinical trials of intensive case management for people with severe mental illness show such inconsistent effects on the use of hospital care... - The introduction of large class problem-based learning into an undergraduate medical curriculum: an evaluationChris Roberts
Office of Teaching and Learning in Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Med Teach 27:527-33. 2005..Within institutions where resources to support small group PBL are limited, the large group ILA format supported with e-learning techniques may be a useful alternative approach... - Free breakfasts in schools: design and conduct of a cluster randomised controlled trial of the Primary School Free Breakfast Initiative in Wales [ISRCTN18336527]Laurence Moore
Cardiff Institute of Society, Health and Ethics, Cardiff University, 53 Park Place, Cardiff, UK
BMC Public Health 7:258. 2007..At present however, the evidence base on the effectiveness of breakfast provision in bringing about these improvements is limited... - 'I'm pickin' up good regressions': the governance of generalisability analysesJim Crossley
Academic Unit of Medical Education, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Med Educ 41:926-34. 2007..The main difficulties have related to: inadequate or non-random sampling of effects, dealing with naturalistic data, and interpreting and presenting variance components... - Gene expression profiling in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancerI Ming Wang
McDonald Research Wing, Room 166, St Paul s Hospital, 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 177:402-11. 2008..Chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) is a common and disabling lung disease for which there are few therapeutic options...