Heather O. Dickinson

Publication List Details

Period

2006 - 2009

Number

25

Co-Authors

Response rates in postal surveys of healthcare professionals between 1996 and 2005: An observational study (2009)

Cook, Julia V, Dickinson, Heather O, Eccles, Martin P

Abstract Background Postal surveys are a frequently used method of data collection in health services research. Low response rates increase the potential for bias and threaten study validity. The...

Are there valid proxy measures of clinical behaviour? a systematic review (2009)

Hrisos, Susan, Eccles, Martin P, Francis, Jill J, Dickinson, Heather O, Kaner, Eileen FS, Beyer, Fiona, ...

Abstract Background Accurate measures of health professionals' clinical practice are critically important to guide health policy decisions, as well as for professional self-evaluation and for...

Parenteral anticoagulation may prolong the survival of patients with limited small cell lung cancer: a Cochrane systematic review (2008)

Akl, Elie A, Van Doormaal, Frederiek F, Barba, Maddalena, Kamath, Ganesh, Kim, Seo, Kuipers, Saskia, ...

Abstract Background To determine the efficacy and safety of heparin (unfractionated heparin (UFH) or low-molecular-weight-heparin (LMWH)) and fondaparinux in improving the survival of patients with...

Do self- reported intentions predict clinicians' behaviour: a systematic review (2006)

Eccles, Martin P, Hrisos, Susan, Francis, Jill, Kaner, Eileen F, Dickinson, Heather O, Beyer, Fiona, ...

Abstract Background Implementation research is the scientific study of methods to promote the systematic uptake of clinical research findings into routine clinical practice. Several interventions...

Methods underpinning national clinical guidelines for hypertension: describing the evidence shortfall (2006)

Campbell, Fiona, Dickinson, Heather O, Cook, Julia VF, Beyer, Fiona R, Eccles, Martin, Mason, James M

Abstract Background To be useful, clinical practice guidelines need to be evidence based; otherwise they will not achieve the validity, reliability and credibility required for implementation....

Still-births among the offspring of male radiation workers at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant: detailed results and statistical aspects

Mark S. Pearce, Heather O. Dickinson, Murray Aitkin, Louise Parker

This study investigates whether there was evidence of increasing risk of still-birth with increasing paternal exposure to ionizing radiation received during employment at the Sellafield nuclear...

Estimating the population of young people by ethnic group in the Northern Region of England, 1971 - 91

Heather O Dickinson, Martin E Charlton, Louise Parker

We estimate the numbers of young people aged 0 - 24 years, resident in the Northern Region in 1971, 1981, and 1991 by ethnic group, age, sex, and birth place (inside - outside the United Kingdom). In...

Participation in life situations of 8-12 year old children with cerebral palsy: cross sectional European study

Fauconnier, Jérôme, Dickinson, Heather O, Beckung, Eva, Marcelli, Marco, McManus, Vicki, Michelsen, Susan I, ...

Objectives To evaluate how involvement in life situations (participation) in children with cerebral palsy varies with type and severity of impairment and to investigate geographical variation in...