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Statistical parametric mapping of 99mTc-HMPAO-SPECT images for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: normalizing to cerebellar tracer uptake. (2002)
Journal Article
Soonawala, D., Amin, T., Ebmeier, K. P., Steele, J. D., Dougall, N. J., Best, J., Migneco, O., Nobili, F., & Scheidhauer, K. (2002). Statistical parametric mapping of 99mTc-HMPAO-SPECT images for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: normalizing to cerebellar tracer uptake. NeuroImage, 17(3), 1193-1202. https://doi.org/10.1006/nimg.2002.1259

Background: for a quantitative comparison of images obtained during 99mTc-hexamethylpropylene amine oxime (HMPAO) single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), brain activity values are usually normalized to a reference region. In studies of Al... Read More about Statistical parametric mapping of 99mTc-HMPAO-SPECT images for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: normalizing to cerebellar tracer uptake..

Test-retest reliability, validity, and sensitivity to change of the urogenital distress inventory and the incontinence impact questionnaire (2002)
Journal Article
Hagen, S., Hanley, J., & Capewell, A. (2002). Test-retest reliability, validity, and sensitivity to change of the urogenital distress inventory and the incontinence impact questionnaire. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 21(6), 534-539. https://doi.org/10.1002/nau.10075

Aims.
To evaluate two quality of life measures for urinary incontinence (UI) in Scottish females.

Methods.
Three groups with UI from two regions in Scotland were studied. Two groups were receiving treatment for incontinence; the third was not... Read More about Test-retest reliability, validity, and sensitivity to change of the urogenital distress inventory and the incontinence impact questionnaire.

A personal and historical investigation of the career trends of UK graduate nurses qualifying between 1970 and 1989 (2002)
Journal Article
Ring, N. (2002). A personal and historical investigation of the career trends of UK graduate nurses qualifying between 1970 and 1989. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 40(2), 199-209. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02362.x

A personal and historical investigation of the career trends of UK graduate nursesqualifying between 1970 and 1989
Aim. To explore from a personal and historical perspective key career trends of UKgraduate nurses qualifying between 1970 and 1989.
B... Read More about A personal and historical investigation of the career trends of UK graduate nurses qualifying between 1970 and 1989.

Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia in Scotland: a national HPA-1 epidemiological study involving 26,506 pregnant women. (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bessos, H., Fagge, T., Wilson, D., Harkness, M., Rentoul, F., Ahya, R., Cairns, J., Urbaniak, S., & Turner, M. (2002, August). Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia in Scotland: a national HPA-1 epidemiological study involving 26,506 pregnant women. Presented at 27th Congress of the International Society of Blood Transfusion

Objective: Severe neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia
(NAITP) in the Caucasian population is mainly due to a mismatch in the HPA-I epitope between mother and fetus. In August 1999 we began a 2 year study of HPA-I NAITP in pregnant women in Scotland... Read More about Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia in Scotland: a national HPA-1 epidemiological study involving 26,506 pregnant women..

A review of the literature on HIV infection and schizophrenia: Implications for research, policy and clinical practice (2002)
Journal Article
Gray, R., Brewin, E., Noak, J., Wyke-Joseph, J., & Sonik, B. (2002). A review of the literature on HIV infection and schizophrenia: Implications for research, policy and clinical practice. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2850.2002.00511.x

AIDS represents one of the major public health problems of the 21st century. Men having sex with men, injecting drug use and having multiple sexual partners are well-established risk behaviours for transmitting the HIV virus. People with schizophreni... Read More about A review of the literature on HIV infection and schizophrenia: Implications for research, policy and clinical practice.

Nutrient-hormone interaction in the ovine liver: methionine supply selectively modulates growth hormone-induced IGF-I gene expression. (2002)
Journal Article
Stubbs, A. K., Wheelhouse, N. M., Lomax, M. A., & Hazlerigg, D. G. (2002). Nutrient-hormone interaction in the ovine liver: methionine supply selectively modulates growth hormone-induced IGF-I gene expression. Journal of Endocrinology, 174(2), 335-341. https://doi.org/10.1677/joe.0.1740335

This study tested the hypothesis that specific amino acids are responsible for modulating the insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) response to growth hormone (GH) in ovine hepatocytes. Cells were grown in media of defined amino acid composition, base... Read More about Nutrient-hormone interaction in the ovine liver: methionine supply selectively modulates growth hormone-induced IGF-I gene expression..

Hydrocolloids in wound management: pros and cons (2002)
Journal Article
Finnie, A. (2002). Hydrocolloids in wound management: pros and cons. British Journal of Community Nursing, 7(7), 338-345. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2002.7.7.10633

Hydrocolloids are interactive dressings which are well established in wound management. Because of their sophisticated composition, they can be used to manage a variety of wound types, from clean and granulating to sloughy and necrotic. While they ma... Read More about Hydrocolloids in wound management: pros and cons.

Scoping the nursing and midwifery research and development capacity in Scotland to inform the development of a future strategy (2002)
Journal Article
Fyffe, T., & Hanley, J. (2002). Scoping the nursing and midwifery research and development capacity in Scotland to inform the development of a future strategy. NT research, 7(4), 255-262. https://doi.org/10.1177/136140960200700404

Scotland is currently developing a nursing and midwifery research strategy. This paper briefly describes the process and the groundwork carried out so far. Consultation on initial proposals took place during May 2002 and, as this issue of NT Research... Read More about Scoping the nursing and midwifery research and development capacity in Scotland to inform the development of a future strategy.

Involving mental health service users and careers in curriculum development : moving beyond 'classroom' involvement. (2002)
Journal Article
Masters, H., Forrest, S., Harley, A., Hunter, M., Brown, N., & Risk, I. (2002). Involving mental health service users and careers in curriculum development : moving beyond 'classroom' involvement. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 9, 309-316. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2850.2002.00493.x

Recent policy statements that address the future priorities for nurse education have emphasized that service users and carers should be actively engaged in partnerships with education professionals in all aspects of the curriculum. The development of... Read More about Involving mental health service users and careers in curriculum development : moving beyond 'classroom' involvement..

Effect of a National Community Intervention Programme on Healing Rates of Chronic Leg Ulcer: Randomised Controlled Trial (2002)
Journal Article
Finnie, A. (2002). Effect of a National Community Intervention Programme on Healing Rates of Chronic Leg Ulcer: Randomised Controlled Trial. Phlebology, 17(2), 47-53. https://doi.org/10.1177/026835550201700202

Background and Objective:
Chronic leg ulcer is a common cause of serious disability in the elderly. Healing rates of chronic leg ulcers of 50–75% at 3–6 months have been reported from clinical trials in which specialist nurses delivered the care. Bu... Read More about Effect of a National Community Intervention Programme on Healing Rates of Chronic Leg Ulcer: Randomised Controlled Trial.

Inflammatory bowel disease: developing a short disease specific scale to measure health related quality of life (2002)
Journal Article
Smith, G., Watson, R., & Palmer, K. (2002). Inflammatory bowel disease: developing a short disease specific scale to measure health related quality of life. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 39(6), 583-590. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0020-7489%2801%2900042-6

Aim: To report on the preliminary development of a short scale, the Edinburgh inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire (EIBDQ) to measure disease specific aspects of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in terms of both physical impact and health related... Read More about Inflammatory bowel disease: developing a short disease specific scale to measure health related quality of life.

Injecting drug use: developing a drop-in wound care clinic (2002)
Journal Article
Finnie, A., & Nicholson, P. (2002). Injecting drug use: developing a drop-in wound care clinic. British Journal of Nursing, 11(Sup2), S8-S20. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2002.11.Sup2.10293

The first part of this two-part series examined the difficulties facing nurses working with injecting drug users with skin problems (Finnie and Nicolson, 2002). This article describes the needs of homeless people with skin complaints and the innovati... Read More about Injecting drug use: developing a drop-in wound care clinic.

Limits of teacher delivered sex education: interim behavioural outcomes from randomised trial. (2002)
Journal Article
Wight, D., Raab, G., Henderson, M., Abraham, C., Buston, K., Hart, G., & Scott, S. (2002). Limits of teacher delivered sex education: interim behavioural outcomes from randomised trial. The BMJ, 324, 1430-1435. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.324.7351.1430

The authors report on an innovative teenage sex education program focused specifically on unsafe practices and presented by teachers. The program had no effect on sexual activity or sexual risk taking among the teenage students. However, the students... Read More about Limits of teacher delivered sex education: interim behavioural outcomes from randomised trial..