Health Information Research Unit (HIRU) Research Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLES
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Gabbe BJ, Lyons RA, Lecky FE, Bouamra O, Woodford M, Coats TJ, Cameron PA. Comparison of mortality following hospitalisation for
isolated head injury in England and Wales, and Victoria, Australia. PLoS One. 2011; 6(5): e20545.
2)
Stephens JW, Carmen JE, Brooks CJ, Lyons RA, Ford DV, Price DE, Bain SC. Comment on: Polonsky et al. Structured Self-Monitoring of
Blood Glucose Significantly Reduces A1C Levels in Poorly Controlled, Noninsulin-Treated Type 2 Diabetes: Results From the Structured
Testing Program Study. Diabetes Care. 2011; 34: 262–67
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Reilly R, Paranjothy S, Beer H, Brooks CJ, Fielder H, Lyons RA. Birth outcomes following treatment for precancerous changes to the cervix:
a population based record linkage study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Published online 27 July 2011
4)
Hinder SL, Hays GC, Brooks CJ, Edwards M, Walne AW, Davies AP, Gravenor MB. Toxic Marine Microalgae and Shellfish Poisoning in the
British Isles: History, review of Epidemiology, and Future implications. BMC: Environmental Health. 2011; 10:54
5)
Brophy S, Cooksey R, Lyons RA, Thomas NE, Rodgers SE, Gravenor MB. Parental factors associated with walking to school and
participation in organised activities at age 5: Analysis of the Millennium Cohort Study. BMC Public Health. 2011; 11:14.
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Turner S, Arthur G, Lyons RA, Weightman AL, Mann MK, Jones SJ, John A, Lannon S. Modification of the home environment for the
reduction of injuries. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2011. Issue 2. Art. No.: CD003600. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD003600.pub3
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Button LA, Roberts SE, Evans PA, Goldacre MJ, Akbari A, Dsilva R, Macey S & Williams JG. Hospitalized incidence and case fatality for
upper gastrointestinal bleeding from 1999 to 2007: a record linkage study. Alimentary Pharmacology Therapeutics. 2011; 33:64–76.
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Carmen JE, Brooks CJ, Lyons RA, Ford DV, Price DE, Bain SC, Stephens JW. Is better HBA1c associated with greater glucose strip
prescribing? [Letter]. Diabetes Care 2011; 34:262–67
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Atkinson MD, Brophy S, Siebert S, Gravenor MB, Phillips CJ, Ford DV, Jones KH and Lyons RA. Protocol for a population-based
Ankylosing Spondylitis (PAS) cohort in Wales. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2010; 11:197
10) Brooks CJ, Lyons RA, Jones KH, Hutton AJ, Walker R, Evans KA, Lloyd K, and Ford DV. The prescribed duration algorithm: utilising “free
text” from multiple primary care electronic systems. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2010; 19:983-89
11) Brophy S, Cooksey R, Gravenor MB, Weston C, Macey SM, John G, Williams R, Lyons RA. Population based absolute and relative
survival to 1 year of people with diabetes following a myocardial infarction: A cohort study using hospital admissions data. BMC Public Health.
2010; 10:338doi
12) Lyons RA. Measuring quality of life after injury. Injury Prevention. 2010; 16:145-146 DOI:10.1136/ip.2009.025833
13) Hutchings H, Barnes, PM, Maddocks A, Lyons R and James-Ellison MY. Burns in young children: a retrospective matched cohort study of
health and developmental outcomes. Child: Care, Health and Development. 2010; 36: 787–794. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01106.
14) McGregor J, Brooks C, Chalasani P, Chukwuma J, Hutchings H, Lyons RA, Lloyd K. The Health Informatics Trial Enhancement Project
(HITE): Using routinely collected primary care data to identify potential participants for a depression trial. Trials 2010; 11:39.
DOI:10.1186/1745-6215-11-39
15) Hill RA, Brophy S, Brunt H, Storey M, Thomas NE, Thornton CA, Palmer S, Dunstan F, Paranjothy S, McClure R, Rodgers SE, Lyons RA.
Protocol of the baseline assessment for the Environments for Healthy Living (EHL) Wales cohort study. BMC Public Health. 2010; 10:150
16) Rodgers SE, Jones SJ, Macey S, Lyons RA. Using GIS to assess the equitable distribution of traffic calming measures. Injury Prevention.
2010; 16:7-11. DOI:10.1136/ip.2009.022426
Health Information Research Unit (HIRU) Research Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLES
17) Brophy S, Cooksey R, Gravenor MB, Mistry R, Thomas N, Lyons RA, Williams R. Risk factors for childhood obesity at age 5 :Analysis of the
Millennium Cohort Study. BMC Public Health. 2009; 9:467 DOI:10.1186/1471-2458-9-467
18) Snooks H, Cheung W-Y, Close J, Dale J, Gaze S, Humphreys I, Lyons R, Mason S, Merali Y, Peconi J, Phillips C, Phillips J, Roberts S,
Russell I, Sánchez A, Wani M, Wells B, Whitfield R. Computerised on-scene decision support for emergency ambulance staff to assess and
plan care for older people who have fallen: evaluation of costs and benefits using pragmatic cluster randomised trial: Support and Assessment
for Fall Emergency Referrals (SAFER 1) trial protocol. BMC Emergency Medicine. 2010; 10:2. DOI:10.1186/1471-227X-10-2.
19) Lyons RA, Finch CF, McClure R, van Beeck E, Macey S. The Injury LOAD Framework- conceptualising the full range of deficits and adverse
outcomes following injury and violence. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion. 2009; 26:1-15. DOI:
10.1080/17457300903453104
20) Ford DV, Jones KH, Verplancke JP, Lyons RA, John G, Brown G, Brooks CJ, Thompson S, Bodger O, Couch T, Leake K. The SAIL
Databank: building a national architecture for e-health research and evaluation. BMC Health Services Research. 2009; 9:157
DOI:10.1186/1472-6963-9-157.
21) Brooks CJ, Stephens JW, Price DE, Ford DV, Lyons RA, Prior SL, Bain SC. Use of a patient linked data warehouse to facilitate diabetes
trial recruitment from primary care. Primary Care Diabetes. 2009; 3(4):245-8.
22) Brooks CJ, Tang TS, Ford DV, Lyons RA, Price DE, Bain SC, Stephens JW. Are blood pressure levels taken during a secondary care
diabetic clinic likely to be higher than when measured in primary care? Primary Care Diabetes. 2009; 3(3):193-95. DOI:
10.1016/j.pcd.2009.06.001
23) James-Ellison M, Barnes P, Maddocks A, Wareham K, Drew P, Dickson W, Lyons RA, Hutchings H. Social health outcomes following
thermal injuries: A retrospective matched cohort study. Arch Dis Child 2009; 94:663-7. Published 15 June 2009, 10.1136/adc.2008.143727.
24) Rodgers SE, Lyons RA, Dsilva R, Jones KH, Brooks CJ, Ford DV, John G, Verplancke JP. Residential Anonymous Linking Fields (RALFs):
A Novel Information Infrastructure to Study the Interaction between the Environment and Individuals’ Health. Journal of Public Health. 2009;
31(4):582-8. DOI:10.1093/pubmed/fdp041.
25) Lyons RA, Jones KH, John G, Brooks CJ, Verplancke JP, Ford DV, Brown G, Leake K. The SAIL databank: linking multiple health and
social care datasets. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 2009; 9:3.
26) Lyons RA, Ward H, Brunt H, Macey S, Thoreau R, Bodger OG, Woodford M. Using multiple datasets to understand trends in serious road
traffic casualties. Accident Analysis & Prevention. 2008; 40:1406-1410. DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.03.011
27) Davies H, Brophy S, Fielding A, Bingley P, Chandler M, Hilldrup I, Brooks C and Williams R. Latent Autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA)
in South Wales: incidence and characterization. Diabetic Medicine. 2008; 25(11):1354-57
28) Brophy S, Burrows CL, Brooks C, Gravenor MB, Siebert S, Allen SJ. Internet-based randomised controlled trials for the evaluation of
complementary and alternative medicines: probiotics in spondyloarthropathy. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2008; 9(1):4.
29) Lyons RA, Towner E, Christie N, Kendrick D, Jones SJ, Hayes M, Kimberlee R, Sarvotham T, Macey S, Brussoni M, Sleney J, Coupland C,
Phillips C. The Advocacy in Action Study: a cluster randomised controlled trial to reduce pedestrian injuries in deprived communities – a
protocol. Injury Prevention 2008; 14:e1. DOI:10.1136/ip.2007.017632
30) Lyons RA, Towner EM, Kendrick D, Christie N, Brophy S, Phillips CJ, Coupland C, Carter R, Groom L, Sleney J, Evans PA, Pallister I,
Coffey F. The UK Burden of Injury Study - a protocol. BMC Public Health. 2007; 7:317.
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31) Brophy S, John G, Evans E, Lyons RA. Methodological issues in the identification of hip fractures using routine hospital data: a database
study. Osteoporosis International. 2006; 17:405-9.