Newcastle University

Projects

• Developing and evaluating the effectiveness of educational prompts in improving diabetes care
  Project Leader(s): Dr Robbie Foy
• Improving the Delivery of Care for Patients with Diabetes through Understanding Optimised Team Work and Organisation in Primary Care (iQuaD)
  Project Leader(s): Professor Martin Eccles
• STOOL Stepped Treatment of Older adults On Laxatives
  Project Leader(s): John Bond

• Walls R, Zohoori V, Teasdale L, Landes D, Steen IN, Moynihan P, Lloyd J, Omid N, Maguire A. Compliance with school F-milk and non-F milk intake in 3 to 4 and 6 to 7 year old children. Community Dental Health 2012, 5pp.
• Wilson JA, Steen NS, Lock CA, Eccles MA, Carrie S, Clarke R, Kubba H, Raine CH, Zarod A, Bond J. Tonsillectomy: A Cost-Effective Option for Childhool Sore Throat? Further Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2012, 146(1), 122-128.
• Foy R, Eccles MP, Hrisos S, Hawthorne G, Steen N, Gibb I, Croal B, Grimshaw J. A cluster randomised trial of educational messages to improve the primary care of diabetes. Implementation Science 2011, 6(1), 129.
• Grimshaw JM, Eccles MP, Steen N, Johnston M, Pitts NB, Glidewell L, Maclennan G, Thomas R, Bonetti D, Walker A. Applying psychological theories to evidence-based clinical practice: identifying factors predictive of lumbar spine x-ray for low back pain in UK primary care practice. Implementation Science 2011, 6(1), 55.
• Shackley P, Shaw L, Price C, van Wijck F, Barnes M, Graham L, Ford GA, Steen N, Rodgers H. Cost effectiveness of treating upper limb spasticity due to stroke with botulinum toxin type A: results from the Botulinum Toxin for the Upper Limb after Stroke (BoTULS) trial. Trials 2011. Submitted.
• Bharathan B, Welfare M, Borowski DW, Mills SJ, Steen IN, Kelly SB. Impact of deprivation on short- and long-term outcomes after colorectal cancer surgery. British Journal of Surgery 2011, 98(6), 854–865.
• Eccles MP, Hrisos S, Francis JJ, Stamp E, Johnston M, Hawthorne G, Steen N, Grimshaw JM, Elovainio M, Presseau J, Hunter M. Instrument development, data collection, and characteristics of practices, staff, and measures in the Improving Quality of Care in Diabetes (iQuaD) Study. Implementation Science 2011, 6, 61.
• Cathcart RA, Steen N, Natesh BG, Ali KH, Wilson JA. Non-voice throat symptoms: a comparative analysis of laryngopharyngeal reflux and globus pharyngeus scales. Journal of Laryngology and Otology 2011, 125(1), 59-64.
• Al-Chalabi A, Shaw PJ, Young CA, Morrison KE, Murphy C, Thornhill M, Kelly J, Steen IN, Leigh PN, UKMND-LiCALS. Protocol for a double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial of lithium carbonate in patients with amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (LiCALS) [Eudract number: 2008-006891-31]. BMC Neurology 2011, 11(1), 111.
• McCracken GI, Steen N, Maguire J, Gibson GJ, Wilson JA, Steele JG. Re: Randomised cross-over study of oral appliances for snoring: a study-design note Response. Clinical Otolaryngology 2011, 36(1), 92-93.
• Parry SW, Steen IN, Baptist M, Kenny RA. Amnesia for loss of consciousness in carotid sinus syndrome: Implications for presentation with falls. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2005, 45(11), 1840-1843.
• Bonetti D, Eccles M, Johnston M, Steen N, Grimshaw J, Baker R, Walker A, Pitts N. Guiding the design and selection of interventions to influence the implementation of evidence-based practice: An experimental simulation of a complex intervention trial. Social Science and Medicine 2005. , 60(9), 2135-2147.
• Davison J, Bond J, Dawson P, Steen IN, Kenny RA. Patients with recurrent falls attending Accident & Emergency benefit from multifactorial intervention - A randomised controlled trial. Age and Ageing 2005,34 2 162-168.
• Farnworth A, Sen D, Steen IN, Wheeler D, Heslop R, Robson SC. [abstract] Maternal anxiety following non-normal results from the second trimester anomaly scan. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology 2004, 22(3), 234.
• Rodgers H, Greenaway J, Davies T, Wood R, Steen N, Thomson R. Risk Factors for First-Ever Stroke in Older People in the North East of England: A Population-Based Study. Stroke 2004,35 1 7-11.
• Vanoli A, McNamee P, Hutchings D, Steen N, Brotherton S, McKeith I, Bond J. An economic approach to the measurement of benefits of cholinesterase inhibitors in Alzheimer's disease. In: 32nd Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology. 2003, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
• Parry SW, Baptist MT, Steen N, Kenny RM. Cerebral autoregulation is impaired in patients with carotid sinus hypersensitivity presenting with drop attacks. In: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society. 2003, Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
• Eccles M, McColl E, Steen N, Rousseau N, Grimshaw J, Parkin D. An evaluation of computerised guidelines for the management of two chronic conditions. University of Newcastle upon Tyne: Centre for Health Services Research, 2002.
• Heasman PA, Stacey F, Heasman L, Swan N, Steen N, De Jager M, McCracken GJ. Comparative study of powered and manual toothbrushes in patients with periodontal disease. Journal of Dental Research 2002, 81(special issue 1), A374 abstract no. 3003.
• Harrison L, Vanoli A, Steen N, Young A. Economics of high dose venlafaxine in depressed patients [abstract]. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2002, 12(s3), S207-S208.
• Campbell MK, Mollison J, Steen N, Grimshaw JM, Eccles M. Analysis of cluster randomized trials in primary care: A practical approach. Family Practice 2000,17 2 192-196.
• Grimshaw J, Campbell M, Eccles M, Steen N. Experimental and quasi-experimental designs for evaluating guideline implementation strategies. Family Practice 2000, 17(1), S11-S16.
• Shaw FE, Richardson DA, Steen IN, McKeith IG, Bond J, Kenny RA. Predictors of further falls in patients with cognitive impairment and dementia attending an accident and emergency facility. In: American Geriatrics Society/AFAR 2000 Annual Scientific Meeting. 2000, Nashville, TN: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
• Han SW, McColl E, Steen IN, Barton JR, James P, Welfare MR. The predictors of hospital clinic visits in patients with ulcerative colitis: An examination of disease variables, quality of life and illness perception. In: GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2000.
• Han SW, McColl E, Steen IN, Barton JR, Welfare MR, James P. The predictors of self-reported relapse in ulcerative colitis: Quality of life and number of symptoms experienced may be more important than disease extent and activity. In: GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2000.
• Buck D, Jacoby A, Baker GA, Ley H, Steen N. Cross-cultural differences in health-related quality of life of people with epilepsy: Findings from a European study. Quality of Life Research 1999, 8(8), 675-685.