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Agreement between responses to a standardized asthma questionnaire and a questionnaire following a demonstration of asthma symptoms in adults
Smeeton, N.C.; Rona, R.J.; Oyarzun, M.; Diaz, P.V. (2006)Asthma epidemiology relies heavily on standardized questionnaires, but little is known about the understanding of asthma symptoms among adults in the community. In 2004, the authors assessed the level of agreement between ... -
Applied Nonparametric Statistical Methods
Sprent, Peter; Smeeton, N.C. (Chapman & Hall/ CRC, 2007-03) -
Applied Nonparametric Statistical Methods
Sprent, Peter; Smeeton, N.C. (China Machine Press, 2015) -
Applied Nonparametric Statistical Methods
Sprent, Peter; Smeeton, N.C. (Chapman & Hall/ CRC, 2000-09) -
Associations between physical activity in adolescence and health behaviours, well-being, family and social relations.
Brooks, F.; Smeeton, N.C.; Chester, Kayleigh; Spencer, Neil; Klemera, Ellen (2014-09-16)Across Europe and North America, few young people meet the recommended levels of physical activity (PA) of 1 hour of moderate to vigorous PA per day. However, the lives of young people cannot simply be polarised as either ... -
A comparison of acute and long-term management of stroke patients in Barbados and South London
Smeeton, N.C.; Heuschmann, P.U.; Wolfe, C.D.A.; Corbin, D.O.C.; Hennis, A.J.; Fraser, H.S.; Hambleton, I.R. (2009-04)Background: To compare health care utilisation between stroke patients living in a middle-income country with similar patients in a high-income country in terms of the type and amount of health care received following a ... -
A comparison of characteristics and resource use between in hospital stroke and admitted stroke patients
Bhalla, A.; Smeeton, N.C.; Rudd, A.G.; Heuschmann, P.; Wolfe, C.D.A. (2010)Background: Although in-hospital stroke is not a common occurrence, it is important to identify what components of stroke care these patients receive. The aims of this study were to estimate the clinical characteristics, ... -
A comparison of outcome for stroke patients in Barbados and South London
Smeeton, N.C.; Corbin, D.O.C.; Hennis, A.J.M.; Hambleton, I.R.; Rose, A.M.C.; Fraser, H.S.; Heuschmann, P.U.; Wolfe, C.D.A. (2011)Background and aims: Little is known about the poststroke outcome in Caribbean populations. We investigated differences in the activities of daily living, level of social activities, living circumstances and survival for ... -
Dental Statistics Made Easy
Smeeton, N.C. (Radcliffe, 2005-02) -
Dental Statistics Made Easy
Smeeton, N.C. (Radcliffe, 2012) -
Differences in risk factors between Black Caribbean patients with stroke in Barbados and South London
Smeeton, N.C.; Corbin, D.O.C.; Hennis, A.J.; Hambleton, I.R.; Fraser, H.S.; Wolfe, C.D.A. (2009)Background and Purpose— Risk of stroke is higher in black Caribbeans in the United Kingdom compared with black Caribbeans in their country of origin. We investigated if these differences were caused by variations in ... -
Do psychological distress and somatization contribute to misattribution of asthma? A Chilean study
Rona, R.J.; Smeeton, N.C.; Amigo, H.; Vargas, C. (2007-01)Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the association between asthma and distress by whether symptoms of asthma present alone or are accompanied by atopy or bronchial reactivity to methacholine [bronchial ... -
Estimation of the risk of stroke in Black populations in Barbados and South London
Wolfe, C.D.; Corbin, D.O.C.; Smeeton, N.C.; Gay, G.H.E.; Rudd, A.G.; Hennis, A.J.; Wilks, R.J.; Fraser, H.S. (2006)Background and Purpose— The incidence of stroke in black populations is a public health issue, but how risk varies between black communities is unclear. Methods— Population-based registers in South London (SLSR) and Barbados ... -
Evaluation of the End of Life Care Train the Trainer (TTT) Education Model
Goodman, Claire; Mayrhofer, Andrea; Handley, Melanie; Smeeton, N.C.; Amador, Sarah; Davies, Susan (University of Hertfordshire, 2014) -
Factors related to successful transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects using the Amplatzer septal occluder
Rastogi, N.; Smeeton, N.C.; Qureshi, S.A. (2009-10)The Amplatzer septal occluder (ASO) is used for transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects (ASDs). This study aimed to determine the factors influencing successful closure with the ASO. A retrospective analysis of 69 ... -
The feasibility of a train-the-trainer approach to end of life care training in care homes: an evaluation
Mayrhofer, Andrea; Goodman, Claire; Smeeton, N.C.; Handley, Melanie; Amador, Sarah; Davies, Susan (2016-01-22)Background: The ABC End of Life Education Programme trained approximately 3000 care home staff in End of Life (EoL) care. An evaluation that compared this programme with the Gold Standards Framework found that it achieved ... -
Hypertension before and after posterior circulation infarction : analysis of data from the South London Stroke Register
Cates, Matthew; Paton, Julian; Smeeton, N.C.; Wolfe, Charles (2012)Background: Postmortem data have shown that blood pressure before death correlates more closely with a narrowing of the vertebral arteries than any other vessel studied. This study explores a possible association between ... -
Impact of outdoor air pollution on survival after stroke : Population-based cohort study
Maheswaran, R.; Pearson, T.; Smeeton, N.C.; Wolfe, C.D.; Beevers, S.D.; Campbell, M.J. (2010-05)Background and Purpose— The impact of air pollution on survival after stroke is unknown. We examined the impact of outdoor air pollution on stroke survival by studying a population-based cohort. Methods— All patients who ... -
The incidence of all stroke and stroke subtype in the United Kingdom, 1985 to 2008 : a systematic review
Bhatnagar, P.; Scarborough, P.; Smeeton, N.C.; Allender, S. (2010)There is considerable geographic variation in stroke mortality around the United Kingdom (UK). Whether this is due to geographical differences in incidence or case-fatality is unclear. We conducted a systematic review of ... -
Incidence of hemorrhagic stroke in Black Caribbean, Black African, and White Populations : The South London Stroke Register, 1995-2004
Smeeton, N.C.; Heuschmann, P.U.; Rudd, A.G.; McEvoy, A.W.; Kitchen, N.D.; Sarker, S.J.; Wolfe, C.D.A. (2007)Background and Purpose—Data are lacking on the differences in hemorrhagic stroke incidence between black Caribbean (BC), black African (BA), and white ethnic groups. We estimated the incidence for primary intracerebral ...