Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (18)

Alcohol problems in employment: epidemiology and responses. Invited Review. (1994)
Journal Article
Gill, J. S. (1993). Alcohol problems in employment: epidemiology and responses. Invited Review. Alcohol and alcoholism : international journal of the Medical Council on Alcoholism. 29. . 233-248. . ISSN 0735-0414.

A review is presented of evidence related to the epidemiology of alcohol-related problems in employment and of policies to prevent or curb such problems. It is concluded that, although alcohol use is associated with accidents, absenteeism and ineff... Read More about Alcohol problems in employment: epidemiology and responses. Invited Review..

An interrater reliability study of the Revised Elderly Persons’ Disability Scale (REPDS) (1994)
Journal Article
Maclean, F., & Nicol, M. (1994). An interrater reliability study of the Revised Elderly Persons’ Disability Scale (REPDS). Occupational Therapy International, 1(4), 233-249. https://doi.org/10.1002/oti.6150010404

The aim of this study was to investigate the interrater reliability of the Revised Elderly Persons' Disability Scale (REPDS). In a correlational design four raters assessed 15 subjects all over the age of 65, and diagnosed as having dementia of varyi... Read More about An interrater reliability study of the Revised Elderly Persons’ Disability Scale (REPDS).

Requesting X-rays in A&E : A Comparative Study. (1994)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neades, B. L. (1994, November). Requesting X-rays in A&E : A Comparative Study. Paper presented at Royal College of Nursing A&E Association Annual Conference, Daresbury

Uptake of99mTc-exametazime shown by single photon emission computerized tomography in obsessive-compulsive disorder compared with major depression and normal controls (1994)
Journal Article
Edmonstone, Y., Austin, M., Prentice, N., Dougall, N., Freeman, C. P. L., Ebmeier, K. P. & Goodwin, G. M. (1994). Uptake of99mTc-exametazime shown by single photon emission computerized tomography in obsessive-compulsive disorder compared with major depression and normal controls. Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica. 90. (4). 298-303. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1994.tb01597.x. ISSN 0001-690X.

Twelve patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) were investigated at rest using single photon emission computerized tomography with 99mTc-exametazime. The uptake of 99mTc-exametazime was expressed relative to calcarine/occipital cortex. Pati... Read More about Uptake of99mTc-exametazime shown by single photon emission computerized tomography in obsessive-compulsive disorder compared with major depression and normal controls.

Media and Birth Images. (1994)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McHugh, N. (1994, October). Media and Birth Images. Paper presented at Motherhood and Manipulation, Loughborough University

The impact of consumerism on antenatal clinic literature.

PASAT performance and the pattern of uptake of 99mTc-exametazime in brain estimated with single photon emission tomography. (1994)
Journal Article
Deary, I. J., Ebmeier, K. P., MacLeod, K. M., Dougall, N., Hepburn, D. A., Frier, B. M. & Goodwin, G. M. (1994). PASAT performance and the pattern of uptake of 99mTc-exametazime in brain estimated with single photon emission tomography. Biological Psychology. 38. (1). 1-18. doi:10.1016/0301-0511(94)90046-9. ISSN 0301-0511.

The effect of the paced auditory serial addition test (PASAT) on the regional uptake of 99mTc-exametazime was determined by single photon emission computed tomography. Twenty insulin-treated diabetic outpatients were scanned at rest and during the pe... Read More about PASAT performance and the pattern of uptake of 99mTc-exametazime in brain estimated with single photon emission tomography..

Images of motherhood in antenatal cllinic literature. (1994)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McHugh, N. (1994, September). Images of motherhood in antenatal cllinic literature. Paper presented at 14th Annual Conference of the Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland

A critical analysis of the manipulation of the pregant woman as a consumer.

Potential manipulation of glycaemic control by patients with diabetes: Unreliability of random blood glucose measurements (1994)
Journal Article
Gold, A., Charlton, J., Allwinkle, J., & Frier, B. (1994). Potential manipulation of glycaemic control by patients with diabetes: Unreliability of random blood glucose measurements. Practical Diabetes International, 11(4), 160-161. doi:10.1002/pdi.1960110

Glycaemic control is often assessed using a random blood glucose measurement in patlents attending for diabetes review in specialist clinics. This measurement is susceptible to manipulation by patients and the aim of this study was to determine the e... Read More about Potential manipulation of glycaemic control by patients with diabetes: Unreliability of random blood glucose measurements.

Single photon emission computed tomography in long-term survivors of adult brain tumours. (1994)
Journal Article
Ebmeier, K. P., Booker, K., Gregor, A., Cull, A., Dougall, N., Sellar, R., & Goodwin, G. M. (1994). Single photon emission computed tomography in long-term survivors of adult brain tumours. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 57(6), 729-733

Sixteen patients with primary brain tumours were examined on average eight years after treatment with surgery or whole brain irradiation using standard clinical assessment, CT, a neuropsychological test battery, and single photon emission CT (SPECT)... Read More about Single photon emission computed tomography in long-term survivors of adult brain tumours..

Regional cerebral blood flow in IDDM patients: effects of diabetes and of recurrent severe hypoglycaemia (1994)
Journal Article
MacLeod, K. M., Hepburn, D. A., Deary, I. J., Goodwin, G. M., Dougall, N., Ebmeier, K. P. & Frier, B. M. (1994). Regional cerebral blood flow in IDDM patients: effects of diabetes and of recurrent severe hypoglycaemia. Diabetologia. 37. (3). 257-263. doi:10.1007/s001250050103. ISSN 0012-186X.

Chronic hyperglycaemia and recurrent severe hypoglycaemia have both been implicated as causing cerebral damage in patients with diabetes. Although cognitive dysfunction and intellectual impairment have been demonstrated in patients with recurrent sev... Read More about Regional cerebral blood flow in IDDM patients: effects of diabetes and of recurrent severe hypoglycaemia.

Audit of Emergency Nurse Practitioner Role. (1994)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neades, B. L. (1994, March). Audit of Emergency Nurse Practitioner Role. Paper presented at Welsh Advisory Group on Nursing and Midwifery Audit Conference, Pontypridd, Wales

Patient satisfaction: A valid concept? (1994)
Journal Article
Williams, B. (1994). Patient satisfaction: A valid concept?. Social Science and Medicine, 38(4), 509-516. https://doi.org/10.1016/0277-9536%2894%2990247-x

Over the past 10 yr consumer satisfaction has gained widespread recognition as a measure of quality in many public sector services. This has become manifest in the NHS in the call by the 1983 NHS Management inquiry to ascertain how well the service i... Read More about Patient satisfaction: A valid concept?.

Clonidine infusion increases uptake of 99mTc-Exametazime in anterior cingulate cortex in Korsakoff's psychosis (1994)
Journal Article
Moffoot, A., O'Carroll, R. E., Murray, C., Dougall, N., Ebmeier, K. & Goodwin, G. M. (1994). Clonidine infusion increases uptake of 99mTc-Exametazime in anterior cingulate cortex in Korsakoff's psychosis. Psychological Medicine. 24. (01). 53. doi:10.1017/s0033291700026829. ISSN 0033-2917.

The effects upon regional brain function of infusing either saline or clonidine (1·5μg/kg) has been examined in 18 patients with alcoholic Korsakoff's psychosis using 99mTc-hexamethylpropyleneamineoxime (99mTc-HMPAO or 99mTc-Exametazime) and Single P... Read More about Clonidine infusion increases uptake of 99mTc-Exametazime in anterior cingulate cortex in Korsakoff's psychosis.

Short-term effects of electroconvulsive treatment on the uptake of99mTc-Exametazime into brain in major depression shown with single photon emission tomography (1994)
Journal Article
Scott, A. I. F., Dougall, N., Ross, M., O'Carroll, R. E., Riddle, W., Ebmeier, K. P. & Goodwin, G. M. (1993). Short-term effects of electroconvulsive treatment on the uptake of99mTc-Exametazime into brain in major depression shown with single photon emission tomography. Journal of Affective Disorders. 30. (1). 27-34. doi:10.1016/0165-0327(94)90148-1. ISSN 0165-0327.

Fifteen patients with major depression who were being treated with bilateral electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) were investigated before and 45 min after a single ECT using split-dose Single Photon Emission Tomography (SPET or SPECT) with 99mTc-Examet... Read More about Short-term effects of electroconvulsive treatment on the uptake of99mTc-Exametazime into brain in major depression shown with single photon emission tomography.