Suzanne M. Skevington

A measure for quality of life assessment in chronic pain: preliminary properties of the WHOQOL-pain (2009)

Mason, V L, Skevington, Suzanne M, Osborn, M.

Chronic pain has a considerable impact on patient-reported outcomes such as quality of life (QoL). To assess QoL in people with chronic pain, a pain and discomfort module (PDM) was developed for use...

Continence specialists use of quality of life information in routine practice: a national survey of practitioners (2009)

Haywood, K. L., Garratt, A. M., Carrivick, S., Mangnall, J., Skevington, Suzanne M

To survey continence specialists (CSs) about their assessment practice including their use of quality of life (QoL) information, perceived barriers, benefits and training needs. Cross-sectional...

The effects of exercise interventions on quality of life in clinical and healthy populations; a meta-analysis (2009)

Gillison, Fiona B, Skevington, Suzanne M, Sato, Ayana, Standage, Martyn, Evangelidou, S

The aim of the study was to provide an overview of the effect of exercise interventions on subjective quality of life (QoL) across adult clinical populations and well people, and to systematically...

NMDA Receptors, Wind-Up and the Gate Control Theory of Pain - a Mathematical Model (2007)

Britton Chaplain Suzanne, N. F. Britton, Suzanne M. Skevington, Claverton Down, Bath Ba Ay

We present a mathematical model which is an extension of that of Britton and Skevington (1989) for the gate control theory of pain (Melzack and Wall, 1965, 1982). The variables of the model are the...

Can people with mild to moderate dementia provide reliable answers about their quality of life? (2007)

Trigg, Richard, Jones, Roy W., Skevington, Suzanne M.

Background: cognitive limitations and lack of insight have been seen as barriers to self-reporting in quality of life (QoL) assessment of people with dementia. However growing evidence suggests that...

The role of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in wind-up: A mathematical model (1996)

BRITTON, N. F., CHAPLAIN, M. A. J., SKEVINGTON, SUZANNE M.

We present a mathematical model for the phenomenon of wind-up (Mendell, 1966, Exper. Neur. 16, 316–22) which occurs in many neurons. We concentrate on its occurrence in the substantia gelatinosa of...

Defining AIDS competence: a working model for practical purposes

Jean-Louis Lamboray, Suzanne M. Skevington

This paper addresses the challenge of reducing HIV infection through creating AIDS-competent societies. A working model is presented based on extensive international practical experience pooled by...