Ms Elaine Nicholls

Title: Research Assistant: Biostatistics
Phone: +44 (0) 1782 734750
Email:
Location: DJW 1.76
Role: Biostatistician
Contacting me: Via e-mail
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I joined the department in 2005 after previously working for the Medical Research Council as a biostatistician. I have previously completed an undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Statistics at Leeds University, and a Masters degree in Biometry at Reading University. I am currently a member of the Royal Statistical Society.

My role as a biostatistician within the Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre involves providing advice on study design and statistical methods for use in Centre studies e.g. for studies on adherence to exercise for knee pain or treatments for hand osteoarthritis. I have a particular research interest in statistical methods for longitudinal data analysis.

Selected Publications

  • Marshall M, Jonsson H, Helgadottir GP, Nicholls E, van der Windt D, Myers H, Dziedzic K. 2013. ASSESSING HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS USING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS IN A COMMUNITY-DWELLING POPULATION: RELIABILITY AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH RADIOGRAPHIC AND CLINICAL FEATURES. OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE (vol. 21, p. S135). link>
  • Oppong R, Jowett S, Nicholls E, Whitehurst D, Hill S, Hammond A, Hay E, Dziedzic K. 2013. COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF JOINT PROTECTION AND HAND EXERCISE FOR HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 52, p. 147). link>
  • Nicholls E, Thomas E, Van der Windt D, Peat G. 2013. THE LONG-TERM COURSE OF KNEE PAIN SEVERITY IN MIDDLE AND OLD AGE: DISTINCT TRAJECTORIES FROM LATENT CLASS GROWTH MODELLING IN POPULATION COHORT DATA (THE CAS-K STUDY AND THE OSTEOARTHRITIS INITIATIVE (OAI)). OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE (vol. 21, pp. S39-S40). link>
  • Holden MA, Nicholls EE, Young J, Hay EM, Foster NE. 2012. Role of exercise for knee pain: what do older adults in the community think?. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), vol. 64(10), 1554-1564. link> doi>
  • Nicholls EE, Hill S, Foster NE. 2013. Musculoskeletal pain illness perceptions: factor structure of the Illness Perceptions Questionnaire-Revised. Psychol Health, vol. 28(1), 84-102. link> doi>

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Journal Articles

  • Holden MA, Nicholls EE, Young J, Hay EM, Foster NE. 2012. Role of exercise for knee pain: what do older adults in the community think?. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), vol. 64(10), 1554-1564. link> doi>
  • Nicholls EE, Hill S, Foster NE. 2013. Musculoskeletal pain illness perceptions: factor structure of the Illness Perceptions Questionnaire-Revised. Psychol Health, vol. 28(1), 84-102. link> doi>
  • Nicholls EE, van der Windt DA, Jordan JL, Dziedzic KS, Thomas E. 2012. Factors associated with the severity and progression of self-reported hand pain and functional difficulty in community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review. Musculoskeletal Care, vol. 10(1), 51-62. link> doi>
  • Wilkie R, Jordan JL, Muller S, Nicholls E, Healey EL, Van der Windt DA. 2011. Measures of Social Function and Participation in Musculoskeletal Populations Impact on Participation and Autonomy ( IPA), Keele Assessment of Participation (KAP), Participation Measure for Post-Acute Care (PM-PAC), Participation Objective, Participation Subjective (POPS), Rating of Perceived Participation (ROPP), and The Participation Scale. ARTHRITIS CARE & RESEARCH, vol. 63, S325-S336. link> doi>
  • Marshall M, van der Windt D, Nicholls E, Myers H, Dziedzic K. 2011. Radiographic thumb osteoarthritis: frequency, patterns and associations with pain and clinical assessment findings in a community-dwelling population. Rheumatology (Oxford), vol. 50(4), 735-739. link> doi>
  • Dziedzic KS, Hill S, Nicholls E, Hammond A, Myers H, Whitehurst T, Bailey J, Clements C, Whitehurst DG, Jowett S, Handy J, Hughes RW, Thomas E, Hay EM. 2011. Self management, joint protection and exercises in hand osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled trial with cost effectiveness analyses. BMC Musculoskelet Disord, vol. 12, 156. link> doi>
  • Arola HM, Nicholls E, Mallen C, Thomas E. 2010. Self-reported pain interference and symptoms of anxiety and depression in community-dwelling older adults: can a temporal relationship be determined?. Eur J Pain, vol. 14(9), 966-971. link> doi>
  • Arola HM, Nicholls E, Mallen C, Thomas E. 2010. Self-reported pain interference and symptoms of anxiety and depression in community-dwelling older adults: Can a temporal relationship be determinded?. Eur J Pain.
  • Holden MA, Nicholls EE, Young J, Hay EM, Foster NE. 2009. UK-based physical therapists' attitudes and beliefs regarding exercise and knee osteoarthritis: findings from a mixed-methods study. Arthritis Rheum, vol. 61(11), 1511-1521. link> doi>
  • Marshall M, van der Windt D, Nicholls E, Myers H, Hay E, Dziedzic K. 2009. Radiographic hand osteoarthritis: patterns and associations with hand pain and function in a community-dwelling sample. Osteoarthritis Cartilage, vol. 17(11), 1440-1447. link> doi> full text>
  • Jordan KP, Wilkie R, Muller S, Myers H, Nicholls E. 2009. Measurement of change in function and disability in osteoarthritis: current approaches and future challenges. Curr Opin Rheumatol, vol. 21(5), 525-530. doi>
  • Holden MA, Nicholls EE, Hay EM, Foster NE. 2008. Physical therapists' use of therapeutic exercise for patients with clinical knee osteoarthritis in the United kingdom: in line with current recommendations?. Phys Ther, vol. 88(10), 1109-1121. link> doi>
  • Myers H, Nicholls E, Handy J, Peat G, Thomas E, Duncan R, Wood L, Marshall M, Tyson C, Hay E, Dziedzic K. 2007. The Clinical Assessment Study of the Hand (CAS-HA): a prospective study of musculoskeletal hand problems in the general population. BMC Musculoskelet Disord, vol. 8, 85. link> doi> full text>

Other

  • Marshall M, Jonsson H, Helgadottir GP, Nicholls E, van der Windt D, Myers H, Dziedzic K. 2013. ASSESSING HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS USING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS IN A COMMUNITY-DWELLING POPULATION: RELIABILITY AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH RADIOGRAPHIC AND CLINICAL FEATURES. OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE (vol. 21, p. S135). link>
  • Oppong R, Jowett S, Nicholls E, Whitehurst D, Hill S, Hammond A, Hay E, Dziedzic K. 2013. COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF JOINT PROTECTION AND HAND EXERCISE FOR HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 52, p. 147). link>
  • Nicholls E, Thomas E, Van der Windt D, Peat G. 2013. THE LONG-TERM COURSE OF KNEE PAIN SEVERITY IN MIDDLE AND OLD AGE: DISTINCT TRAJECTORIES FROM LATENT CLASS GROWTH MODELLING IN POPULATION COHORT DATA (THE CAS-K STUDY AND THE OSTEOARTHRITIS INITIATIVE (OAI)). OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE (vol. 21, pp. S39-S40). link>
  • Marshall M, Nicholls E, Kwok W-Y, Kloppenburg M, van der Windt D, Myers H, Dziedzic K, Peat G. 2012. PATTERN OF INVOLVEMENT AND RISK PROFILE OF SYMPTOMATIC EROSIVE OSTEOARTHRITIS: RESULTS OF AN EXPLORATORY POPULATION-BASED STUDY. OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE (vol. 20, p. S22). link>
  • Dziedzic K, Nicholls E, Hill S, Hammond A, Jowett S, Oppong R, Hay EM. 2012. THE CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS OF JOINT PROTECTION EDUCATION AND EXERCISES IN HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS (OA). OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE (vol. 20, p. S168). link>
  • Marshall M, van der Windt D, Nicholls E, Myers H, Dziedzic K. 2010. Severity of radiographic hand osteoarthritis predicts a small increase in hand pain and functional limitation at 3-years. Osteoarthritis and cartilage (vol. 18 (suppl. 2), p. S154). Elsevier.
  • Hill S, Nicholls E, Myers H, Peat G, Thomas E, Marshall M, van der Windt D, Dziedzic K. 2009. Do perceptions about Hand osteoarthritis change over an 18-month period?. Rheumatology (vol. 48 (suppl. 1), p. I160). Oxford Univ Press.
  • Marshall M, van der Windt DA, Myers H, Nicholls EE, Dziedzic KS. 2009. Radiographic OA in the 1st CMC joint and the thumb as a whole: associations with pain, clinical features and test results. Rheumatology (vol. 48, p. I97). Oxford Univ Press.
  • Greenhill Y, Wilkie R, Nicholls E, Myers H, Marshall M, Hill S, Dziedzic K. 2009. Restricted self-care and looking after the home in adults aged 50 year and older with hand osteoarthritis; prevalence and links with joint specific characteristics. Rheumatology (vol. 48 (suppl. 1), p. I6). Oxford Univ Press.
  • Myers H, Nicholls E, Peat G, van der Windt DAWM, Dziedzic K. 2009. SELF-REPORTED HAND FUNCTION AND ADAPTATION BEHAVIOUR IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS OVER AN 18-MONTH PERIOD. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 48, pp. I27-I28). OXFORD UNIV PRESS.
  • Dziedzic K, Peat G, Nicholls E, Myers H, Hill S, Marshall M, van der Windt D. 2009. The impact of constant and intermittent pain in people with hand osteoarthritis. Rheumatology (vol. 48 (suppl. 1), pp. I97-I98). Oxford Univ Press.
  • Dziedzic KS, Nicholls EE, Myers HM, Hill S, Marshall M, Thomas E, van der Windt DA. 2009. Hand osteoarthritis has a poor prognosis over three years: findings from the clinical assessment study of the hand (CAS-HA). Osteoarthritis and Cartilage (vol. 17 (Suppl 1), pp. S161-S162). Elsevier.
  • Dziedzic K, Nicholls E, Myers H, Peat G, Thomas E, Wood L, Tyson C, Handy J, Marshall M, van der Windt D. 2008. Defining clinical sub-groups of hand osteoarthritis in older adults: The clinical assessment study of the hand (CAS-HA). Rheumatology (vol. 47 (suppl. 2), p. I1). Oxford Univ Press.
  • Myers H, Nicholls E, Dziedzic K. 2008. The effect of adaptation behaviour on hand function in older adults with self-reported hand problems. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 47, pp. II23-II24). link>
  • Dziedzic K, Nicholls E, Myers H, Peat G, Thomas E, Marshall M, van der Windt DA. 2008. Defining 18-month outcome in clinical sub-groups of hand osteoarthritis in older adults: the Clinical Assessment Study of the Hand (CAS-HA). Osteoarthritis and Cartilage (vol. 16 (Suppl. 4), pp. S121-S122). Elsevier.
  • Marshall M, van der Windt DA, Nicholls EE, Dziedzic KS. 2008. Determining patterns of radiographic hand osteoarthritis in a community-dwelling population of adults aged 50 years and over using factor analysis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage (vol. 16 (Suppl. 4), p. S159). Elsevier.
  • Dziedzic KS, Myers H, Nicholls E, Marshall M, Peat G, Tyson C, Handy J, Wood L, Hay EM. 2007. Current treatment approaches in a population-based sample with hand osteoarthritis: Comparison with EULAR recommendations. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (vol. 66 (suppl. 2), p. 515). BMJ Publishing Group.
  • Holden MA, Foster NE, Nicholls EE, Young J, Doherty M, Hay EM. 2007. Physiotherapists views of exercise for knee pain in older adults: In line with current recommendations?. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 46, pp. I21-I22). link>
  • Marshall M, Dziedzic KS, Nicholls EE, Myers HL, Hay EM. 2007. Radiographic presentation of osteoarthritis of the thumb. Rheumatology (vol. 46 (suppl. 1), p. I14). Oxford Univ Press.
  • Dziedzic K, Nicholls E, Myers H, Peat G, Handy J, Thomas E, Wood L, Marshall M, Tyson C, Hay EM. 2007. The impact of non-inflammatory musculoskeletal hand conditions in a community dwelling population of older adults. Rheumatology (vol. 46 (suppl. 1), pp. I20-I21). Oxford Univ Press.
  • Vohora K, Handy J, Nicholls E, Myers H, Marshall M, Duncan R, Hay E, Dziedzic KS. Assessing features of hand osteoarthritis using digital images: Inter-observer reliability between health professionals. Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Conference, 2007.
  • Masters in Medical Science (MmedSci)
  • Research methods for medical students (SSC)