Primary Care & Health Sciences
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- BSc Zoology 2.1 (University of Sheffield) 1984
- PGCE (Sheffield Hallam University) 1985
- PhD (Keele University) 1991
- Member of the Society for Social Medicine
- Cohort studies
- Life course epidemiology
- Research Methods, with particular interest in questionnaire design methodology
- Socio-economic influences on musculoskeletal pain and pain interference
Selected Publications
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2012. Does life course socio-economic position influence chronic disabling pain in older adults? A general population study. The European Journal of Public Health. doi> full text>
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2012. Validity of two simple measures for estimating life-course socio-economic position in cross-sectional postal survey data in an older population: results from the North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project (NorStOP). BMC Medical Research Methodology, vol. 12, 88. doi>
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2008. Predicting the course of functional limitation among older adults with knee pain: do local signs, symptoms and radiographs add anything to general indicators?. Ann Rheum Dis, vol. 67(10), 1390-1398. link> doi> full text>
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Journal Articles
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2012. Does life course socio-economic position influence chronic disabling pain in older adults? A general population study. The European Journal of Public Health. doi> full text>
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2012. Validity of two simple measures for estimating life-course socio-economic position in cross-sectional postal survey data in an older population: results from the North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project (NorStOP). BMC Medical Research Methodology, vol. 12, 88. doi>
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2008. Predicting the course of functional limitation among older adults with knee pain: do local signs, symptoms and radiographs add anything to general indicators?. Ann Rheum Dis, vol. 67(10), 1390-1398. link> doi> full text>
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2008. Gender difference in symptomatic radiographic knee osteoarthritis in the Knee Clinical Assessment--CAS(K): a prospective study in the general population. BMC Musculoskelet Disord, vol. 9, 82. link> doi> full text>
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2006. The Knee Clinical Assessment Study-CAS(K). A prospective study of knee pain and knee osteoarthritis in the general population: baseline recruitment and retention at 18 months. BMC Musculoskelet Disord, vol. 7, 30. link> doi> full text>
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2004. Patterns of consent in epidemiologic research: evidence from over 25,000 responders. American Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 159(11), 1087-1094. doi>
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2003. Presentation of pain drawings in questionnaire surveys: influence on prevalence of neck & upper limb pain in the community. Pain, vol. 105(1-2), 293-301. doi>
Other
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2007. Occupation and patterns of radiographic knee osteoarthritis. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 46, p. I14). link>
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2006. Self-selection: an issue in multi-phase epidemiological studies?. Rheumatology (vol. 45). Oxford University Press.
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2005. The influence of psychosocial factors of the work environment on the relationship of piecework with musculoskeletal pain and general health in a general population. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 44, p. I86). link>
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2004. Association of hand paraesthesia with specific job tasks: results from a population study in North Staffordshire, UK. Rheumatology (vol. 43, p. ii88).
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2004. Association of specific work activities and psychosocial factors with neck and upper limb pain: results from a population study. 5th International Scientific Conference on Prevention of Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (pp. 589-590).
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2003. Neck and upper limb pain in pottery workers in North Staffordshire, UK. Rheumatology (p. 35).
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2002. Inter-rater reliability assessment of the scoring of the body pain manikin. Rheumatology (vol. 41, p. 52). Oxford University Press.
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2002. Validity and Reliability of a questionnaire for upper quadrant pain and occupational risk factors. Rheumatology (pp. 45-46). Oxford University Press.
Practical issues around quantitative research design on the PG Diploma / MSc Rheumatology Nursing course at the Haywood Hospital
Research Methods (Research Design: Surveys) on the Masters in Medical Science at Primary Care, Keele University

