[Pre-Aug 2018] North Wales Centre for Primary Care Research

  1. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    Follow-up of cancer in primary care versus secondary care: systematic review

    Lewis, R. A., Neal, R. D., Williams, N. H., France, B., Hendry, M., Russell, D., Hughes, D. A., Russell, I., Stuart, N. S. A., Weller, D. & Wilkinson, C., 1 Jul 2009, In: British Journal of General Practice. 59, 564, p. e234-e247

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    For which cancers might patients benefit most from expedited symptomatic diagnosis? Construction of a ranking order by a modified Delphi technique

    Hamilton, W., Stapley, S., Campbell, C., Lyratzopoulos, G., Rubin, G. & Neal, R. D., 30 Oct 2015, In: BMC Cancer. 15, 820

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    Functional illness in primary care: dysfunction versus disease

    Wilkinson, C. E., Williams, N. H., Williams, N., Wilkinson, C., Stott, N. & Menkes, D. B., 15 May 2008, In: BMC Family Practice. 9, 30, p. 1-8

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    GPs' views on changing the law on physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, and willingness to prescribe or inject lethal drugs: a survey from Wales

    Pasterfield, D., Wilkinson, C., Finlay, I. G., Neal, R. D. & Hulbert, N. J., Jun 2006, In: British Journal of General Practice. 56, 527, p. 450-2 3 p.

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    Gender inequalities in the promptness of diagnosis of bladder and renal cancer after symptomatic presentation: evidence from secondary analysis of an English primary care audit survey

    Lyratzopoulos, G., Abel, G. A., McPhail, S., Neal, R. D. & Rubin, G. P., 24 Jun 2013, In: BMJ Open. 3, p. e002861

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    Glycemic Control in Children With Type 1 Diabetes in Wales: Influence of the pediatric diabetes specialist nurse

    Harvey, J. N., O'Hagan, M. & Harevy, J. N., 1 Aug 2010, In: Diabetes Care. 33, 8, p. 1724-1726

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    Has evidence-based medicine left quackery behind?

    Naudet, F., Falissard, B., Boussageon, R. & Healy, D., 1 Apr 2015, In: Internal and Emergency Medicine. 10, 5, p. 631-634

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    Health professionals’ perspectives on exercise referral and physical activity promotion in primary care: Findings from a process evaluation of the National Exercise Referral Scheme in Wales

    Wilkinson, C. E., Din, N. U., Moore, G. F., Murphy, S., Wilkinson, C. & Williams, N. H., 1 Nov 2015, In: Health Education Journal. 74, 6, p. 743-757

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    Healthy eating and lifestyle in pregnancy (HELP): a protocol for a cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a weight management intervention in pregnancy

    Williams, N. H., John, E., Cassidy, D. M., Playle, R., Jewell, K., Cohen, D., Duncan, D., Newcombe, R. G., Busse, M., Owen-Jones, E., Williams, N., Longo, M., Avery, A. & Simpson, S. A., 10 May 2014, In: BMC Public Health. 14, 439

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    Identifying patients with a cancer diagnosis using general practice medical records and Cancer Registry data

    Pascoe, S. W., Neal, R. D., Heywood, P. L., Allgar, V. L., Miles, J. N., Ansell, P. E. & Stefoski-Mikeljevic, J., 1 Aug 2008, In: Family Practice. 25, 4, p. 215-220

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    Impact of investigations in general practice on timeliness of referral for patients subsequently diagnosed with cancer: analysis of national primary care audit data

    Rubin, G. P., Saunders, C. L., Abel, G. A., McPhail, S., Lyratzopoulos, G. & Neal, R. D., 20 Jan 2015, In: British Journal of Cancer. 112, p. 676-687

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    Improving early diagnosis of symptomatic cancer

    Hamilton, W., Walter, F. M., Rubin, G. & Neal, R., Dec 2016, In: Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology. 13, 12, p. 740-749

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  14. Published

    In Vitro Evaluation of the Interaction of Dextrin-Colistin Conjugates with Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide

    Roberts, J. L., Cattoz, B., Schweins, R., Beck, K., Thomas, D. W., Griffiths, P. C. & Ferguson, E. L., 5 Jan 2016, In: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 59, 2, p. 647-654

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    Influence of Body Weight on the Performance of Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimators in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes

    Chudleigh, R. A., Dunseath, G., Peter, R., Harvey, J. N., Ollerton, R. L., Luzio, S. & Owens, D. R., 1 Jan 2008, In: Diabetes Care. 31, 1, p. 47-49

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    Intensive glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes: where are we now?

    Lee, S. & Harvey, J. N., 1 Dec 2011, In: Prescriber. 22, 23-24, p. 6-8

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  17. Published

    International variation in adherence to referral guidelines for suspected cancer: a secondary analysis of survey data

    Nicholson, B. D., Mant, D., Neal, R. D., Hart, N., Hamilton, W., Shinkins, B., Rubin, G. & Rose, P. W., 7 Jan 2016, In: British Journal of General Practice. 66, 643, p. E106-E113

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  18. Published

    Intervention Now To Eliminate Repeat Unintended Pregnancy in Teenagers (INTERUPT): a systematic review of intervention effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, qualitative and realist synthesis of implementation factors and user engagement.

    Charles, J. M., Williams, N. H., Whitaker, R., Hendry, M., Booth, A., Carter, B., Charles, J., Craine, N., Edwards, R. T., Lyons, M., Noyes, J., Pasterfield, D., Rycroft-Malone, J. & Williams, N., 10 Apr 2014, In: BMJ Open. 4, 4

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  19. Published

    Intervention Now to Eliminate Repeat Unintended Pregnancy in Teenagers (INTERUPT): a systematic review of intervention effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, and qualitative and realist synthesis of implementation factors and user engagement

    Whitaker, R., Hendry, M., Aslam, R., Booth, A., Carter, B., Charles, J., Craine, N., Edwards, R., Noyes, J., Ntambwe, L. I., Pasterfield, D., Rycroft-Malone, J. & Williams, N., 1 Mar 2016, In: Health Technology Assessment. 20, 16

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    Interview with Dr David Healy, 13 February 2013

    Peters, K. R., Katz, S. & Healy, D., 1 May 2015, In: Dementia. 14, 3, p. 361-369

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  21. Published

    Investigating the cognitive precursors of emotional response to cancer stress: Re-testing Lazarus's transactional model

    Wilkinson, C. E., Morrison, V. L., Hulbert-Williams, N. J., Morrison, V., Wilkinson, C. & Neal, R. D., 1 Feb 2013, In: British Journal of Health Psychology. 18, 1, p. 97-121

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    Is increased time to diagnosis and treatment in symptomatic cancer associated with poorer outcomes? Systematic review

    Neal, R. D., Tharmanathan, P., France, B., Din, N. U., Cotton, S., Fallon-Ferguson, J., Hamilton, W., Hendry, A., Hendry, M., Lewis, R., Macleod, U., Mitchell, E. D., Pickett, M., Rai, T., Shaw, K., Stuart, N., Tørring, M. L., Wilkinson, C., Williams, B., Williams, N. & Emery, J., 31 Mar 2015, In: British Journal of Cancer. 112 , Suppl 1, p. S92-107

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    Measures of promptness of cancer diagnosis in primary care: secondary analysis of national audit data on patients with 18 common and rarer cancers

    Lyratzopoulos, G., Abel, G. A., McPhail, S., Neal, R. D. & Rubin, G. P., 19 Feb 2013, In: British Journal of Cancer. 108, p. 686–690

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    Measuring illness and exercise beliefs in osteoarthritis of the hip or knee: psychometric properties of the ‘Hip and Knee Beliefs Questionnaire’ and the ‘Exercise Attitude Questionnaire’

    Williams, N. H., Amoakwa, E., Belcher, J., Burton, K., Hendry, M., Lewis, R., Hood, K., Bennett, P., Neal, R. D. & Wilkinson, C. E., 1 Apr 2012, In: International Musculoskeletal Medicine. 34, 1, p. 13-20

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    Mediation by illness perceptions of the effect of personality and health threat communication on coping with the diagnosis of diabetes

    Lawson, V. L., Bundy, C., Belcher, J. & Harvey, J. N., 1 Sept 2010, In: British Journal of Health Psychology. 15, 3, p. 623-642

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    Mixed-method process evaluation of the Welsh National Exercise Referral Scheme

    Moore, G., Raisanen, L., Moore, L., Din, N. & Murphy, S., 2013, In: Health Education. 113, 6, p. 476-501

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    Mixtard 30 withdrawal: farewell to a convenient biphasic insulin

    Harvey, J. N., 5 Oct 2010, In: Prescriber. 21, 19, p. 9-10

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    Mortality in schizophrenia and related psychoses: data from two cohorts, 1875–1924 and 1994–2010

    Whitaker, C. J., Le Noury, J. C., Healy, D., Le Noury, J., Harris, M., Butt, M., Linden, S., Whitaker, C., Zou, L. & Roberts, A. P., 8 Oct 2012, In: BMJ Open. 2, 5, p. e001810

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    NICE prostate cancer clinical guideline: implications for primary care

    Neal, R. D., 1 Sept 2008, In: British Journal of General Practice. 58, 554, p. 607-708

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    Ovarian cancer symptom awareness and anticipated delayed presentation in a population sample

    Brain, K. E., Smits, S., Simon, A. E., Forbes, L. J., Roberts, C., Robbe, I. J., Steward, J., White, C., Neal, R. D., Hanson, J. & on behalf of the ICBP Module 2 Working Group, [. V., 10 Mar 2014, In: BMC Cancer. 14, p. 171

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    PROSPECTIV—a pilot trial of a nurse-led psychoeducational intervention delivered in primary care to prostate cancer survivors: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

    Wilkinson, C. E., Watson, E., Rose, P., Frith, E., Hamdy, F., Neal, D., Kastner, C., Russell, S., Walter, F. M., Faithfull, S., Wolstenholme, J., Perera, R., Weller, D., Campbell, C., Wilkinson, C., Neal, R. D., Sooriakumaran, P., Butcher, H. & Matthews, M., 22 May 2014, In: BMJ Open. 4, 5, e005186.

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    Paediatric DSNs improve glycaemic control in children with type 1 diabetes

    Harvey, J. N., 1 Jun 2010, In: Journal of Diabetes Nursing. 14, 6, p. 239

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    Patient preferences and National Health Service costs: a cost-consequences analysis of cancer genetic services.

    Morrison, V. L., Wilkinson, C. E., Griffith, G. L., Edwards, R. T., Williams, J. M., Gray, J., Morrison, V., Wilkinson, C., Turner, J., France, B. & Bennett, P., 1 Dec 2009, In: Familial Cancer. 8, 4, p. 265-275

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    Patient-reported measurement of time to diagnosis in cancer: development of the Cancer Symptom Interval Measure (C-SIM) and randomised controlled trial of method of delivery

    Hendry, M., Wilkinson, C. E., Williams, N. H., Neal, R. D., Nafees, S., Pasterfield, D., Hood, K., Hendry. M., [. V., Gollins, S., Makin, M., Stuart, N., Turner, J., Carter, B., Wilkinson, C., Williams, N. & Robling, M., 3 Jan 2014, In: BMC Health Services Research.

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    Patients' and healthcare professionals' views of cancer follow-up: systematic review

    Lewis, R., Neal, R. D., Hendry, M., France, B., Williams, N. H., Russell, D., Hughes, D. A., Russell, I., Stuart, N. S. A., Weller, D. & Wilkinson, C., Jul 2009, In: British Journal of General Practice. 59, 564, p. e248-e259

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    Perceptions of Issues Relating to Exercise and Joint Health in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A UK-Based Questionnaire Study

    Law, R.-J., Markland, D. A., Jones, J. G., Maddison, P. J. & Thom, J. M., 1 Sept 2013, In: Musculoskeletal Care. 11, 3, p. 147-158 12 p.

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    Performance of the revised ‘175’ Modification of Diet in Renal Disease equation in patients with type 2 diabetes

    Chudleigh, R. A., Ollerton, R. L., Dunseath, G., Peter, R., Harvey, J. N., Luzio, S. & Owens, D. R., 1 Sept 2008, In: Diabetologia. 51, 9, p. 1714-1718

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    Personalised cancer follow-up: risk stratification, needs assessment or both?

    Wilkinson, C. E., Watson, E. K., Rose, P. W., Neal, R. D., Hulbert-Williams, N., Donnelly, P., Hubbard, G., Elliot, J., Campbell, C., Weller, D. & Wilkinson, C., 3 Jan 2012, In: British Journal of Cancer. 106, p. 1-5

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    Polymorphisms in the Tropomyosin TPM1 Short Isoform Promoter Alter Gene Expression and Are Associated With Increased Risk of Metabolic Syndrome

    Savill, S. A., Leitch, H. F., Daly, A. K., Harvey, J. N. & Thomas, T. H., 1 Apr 2010, In: American Journal of Hypertension. 23, 4, p. 399-404

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    Pragmatic methods for reviewing exceptionally large bodies of evidence: systematic mapping review and overview of systematic reviews using lung cancer survival as an exemplar

    Lewis, R., Hendry, M., Din, N., Stanciu, M. A., Nafees, S., Hendry, A., Teoh, Z. H., Lloyd, T., Parsonage, R., Neal, R. D., Collier, G. & Huws, D. W., 16 Jul 2019, In: Systematic Reviews. 8, 1, 171.

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    Preserved re-experience of discrete emotions: Amnesia and executive function

    Stanciu, M. A., Rafal, R. D. & Turnbull, O. H., Jun 2019, In: Journal of Neuropsychology. 13, 2, p. 305-327

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    Prevalence of ketoacidosis at diagnosis of childhood onset Type 1 diabetes in Wales from 1991 to 2009 and effect of a publicity campaign

    Lansdown, A. J., Barton, J., Lowes, L., Warner, J., Williams, D., Gregory, J. W. & Harvey, J. N., 1 Dec 2012, In: Diabetic Medicine. 29, 12, p. 1506-1509

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    Psychiatric bed utilization: 1896 and 1996 compared

    Healy, D., Savage, M., Michael, P. F., Harris, M., Hirst, D., Carter, M., Cattell, D., McMonagle, T., Sohler, N. & Susser, E., 1 Jul 2001, In: Psychological Medicine. 31, 5, p. 779-790

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    Psychological Factors Associated with Emotional Responses to Receiving Genetic Risk Information

    Bennett, P., Wilkinson, C., Turner, J., Brain, K., Edwards, R. T., Griffith, G., France, B. & Gray, J., 1 Jun 2008, In: Journal of Genetic Counseling. 17, 3, p. 234-241

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    Psychological interventions for women with metastatic breast cancer

    Edwards, A. G., Hulbert-Williams, N. & Neal, R. D., 16 Apr 2008, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2008, 2, p. Art. No.: CD004253

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    Qualitative "trial-sibling" studies and "unrelated" qualitative studies contributed to complex intervention reviews

    Noyes, J., Hendry, M., Lewin, S., Glenton, C., Chandler, J. & Rashidian, A., Jun 2016, In: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 74, p. 133-143

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    Quantifying the risk of Hodgkin lymphoma in symptomatic primary care patients aged ≥40 years: a case–control study using electronic records

    Shephard, E. A., Neal, R. D., Rose, P. W., Walter, F. M. & Hamilton, W. T., 1 May 2015, In: British Journal of General Practice. p. e289-e294

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    Quantifying the risk of multiple myeloma from symptoms reported by primary care patients: a large case-control study using electronic records

    Shepard, E. A., Neal, R. D., Rose, P., Walter, F. M. & Hamilton, W. T., 1 Feb 2015, In: British Journal of General Practice. 65, 631, p. E106-E113

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    Quantifying the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in symptomatic primary care patients aged ≥40 years: a large case–control study using electronic records

    Shephard, E. A., Neal, R. D., Rose, P. W., Walter, F. M. & Hamilton, W. T., 1 May 2015, In: British Journal of General Practice. 65, 634, p. e281-e288

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    Real-Time Self-Regulation of Emotion Networks in Patients with Depression

    Linden, D., Linden, D. E., Habes, I., Johnston, S. J., Linden, S., Tatineni, R., Subramanian, L., Sorger, B., Healy, D. & Goebel, R., 4 Jun 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 6, p. e38115

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    Religion and psychosis: the effect of the Welsh religious revival in 1904-1905.

    Linden, S., Harris, M., Whitaker, C. J. & Healy, D., 1 Aug 2010, In: Psychological Medicine. 40, 8, p. 1317-1323

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