All Outputs (32)

A longitudinal study of stress and psychological distress in nurses and nursing students (2008)
Journal Article
Watson, R., Gardiner, E., Hogston, R., Gibson, H., Stimpson, A., Wrate, R., & Deary, I. (2009). A longitudinal study of stress and psychological distress in nurses and nursing students. Journal of clinical nursing, 18(2), 270-278. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02555.x

Aim. The aim of this study was to investigate how differences in life events and stress contribute to psychological distress in nurses and nursing students. Background. Stress is an issue for nursing students and qualified nurses leading to psycholog... Read More about A longitudinal study of stress and psychological distress in nurses and nursing students.

Can training community mental health nurses to support family carers reduce behavioural problems in dementia? An exploratory pragmatic randomised controlled trial (2008)
Journal Article
Moniz-Cook, E., Elston, C., Gardiner, E., Agar, S., Silver, M., Win, T., & Wang, M. (2008). Can training community mental health nurses to support family carers reduce behavioural problems in dementia? An exploratory pragmatic randomised controlled trial. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 23(2), 185-191. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.1860

Background: Community mental health nurses (CMHNs) are the backbone of specialist mental health services in the UK. This study evaluated the effects of training CMHNs in a systematic psychosocial intervention (PSI), to help family carers manage behav... Read More about Can training community mental health nurses to support family carers reduce behavioural problems in dementia? An exploratory pragmatic randomised controlled trial.

Pretreatment with hyperbaric oxygen and its effect on neuropsychometric dysfunction and systemic inflammatory response after cardiopulmonary bypass: a prospective randomized double-blind trial (2005)
Journal Article
Alex, J., Laden, G., Cale, A. R. J., Bennett, S., Flowers, K., Madden, L., Gardiner, E., McCollum, P. T., & Griffin, S. C. (2005). Pretreatment with hyperbaric oxygen and its effect on neuropsychometric dysfunction and systemic inflammatory response after cardiopulmonary bypass: a prospective randomized double-blind trial. Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 130(6), 1623-1630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.08.018

Objective: Animal studies have shown that pretreatment with hyperbaric oxygen can induce central nervous system ischemic tolerance and also modulate the inflammatory response. We evaluated this therapy in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass. M... Read More about Pretreatment with hyperbaric oxygen and its effect on neuropsychometric dysfunction and systemic inflammatory response after cardiopulmonary bypass: a prospective randomized double-blind trial.

Risk modelling study for carotid endarterectomy (2001)
Journal Article
Kuhan, G., Gardiner, E. D., Abidia, A. F., Chetter, I. C., Renwick, P. M., Johnson, B. F., Wilkinson, A. R., & McCollum, P. T. (2001). Risk modelling study for carotid endarterectomy. British journal of surgery, 88(12), 1590-1594. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.0007-1323.2001.01938.x

Background: The aims of this study were to identify factors that influence the risk of stroke or death following carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and to develop a model to aid in comparative audit of vascular surgeons and units. Methods: A series of 839... Read More about Risk modelling study for carotid endarterectomy.

Logistic regression model for carotid endarterectomy (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abidia, A., Wilkinson, A., Johnson, B., Gardiner, E., Kuhan, G., McCollum, P., Renwick, P., & Chetter, I. Logistic regression model for carotid endarterectomy

Risk modelling for carotid endarterectomy (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abidia, A., Wilkinson, A., Johnson, B., Gardiner, E., Kuhan, G., McCollum, P., Renwick, P., & Chetter, I. Risk modelling for carotid endarterectomy

Staff factors associated with perception of behaviour as 'challenging’ in residential and nursing homes (2000)
Journal Article
Moniz-Cook, E., Woods, R., & Gardiner, E. (2000). Staff factors associated with perception of behaviour as 'challenging’ in residential and nursing homes. Aging and Mental Health, 4(1), 48-54. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607860055973

Three hundred and twenty-six staff, working in 14 residential and nursing homes across England, were asked to rate their ‘ease of management’ on 14 vignettes of challenging resident behaviour. Multiple regression was used to examine the correlates of... Read More about Staff factors associated with perception of behaviour as 'challenging’ in residential and nursing homes.

Do the rich really die young? Alcohol-related mortality and social class in Great Britain, 1988-94 (1999)
Journal Article
Harrison, L., & Gardiner, E. (1999). Do the rich really die young? Alcohol-related mortality and social class in Great Britain, 1988-94. Addiction, 94(12), 1871-1880. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1360-0443.1999.9412187112.x

Aims. To determine whether social class is a major influence on alcohol- related mortality in the general, economically active population of Great Britain. Design and participants. Poisson regression of rates of mortality known to be directly caused... Read More about Do the rich really die young? Alcohol-related mortality and social class in Great Britain, 1988-94.

A comparison of T2 and gadolinium enhanced MRI with CT myelography in cervical radiculopathy (1998)
Journal Article
Bartlett, R. J., Gardiner, E., & Hill, C. R. (1998). A comparison of T2 and gadolinium enhanced MRI with CT myelography in cervical radiculopathy. British Journal of Radiology, 71(841), 11-19. https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr.71.841.9534693

Two MRI strategies which have been reported to be effective in assessing cervical exit foramina, were prospectively compared with CT myelography in 20 patients with cervical radiculopathy. The first strategy utilized 3D T2(*) images, the second gadol... Read More about A comparison of T2 and gadolinium enhanced MRI with CT myelography in cervical radiculopathy.

The inter-rate reliability of a generic measure of severity of illness (1997)
Journal Article
Shiels, C., Eccles, M., Hutchinson, A., Gardiner, E., & Smoljanovic, L. (1997). The inter-rate reliability of a generic measure of severity of illness. Family practice, 14(6), 466-471. https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/14.6.466

Background. There has been increasing interest in the development of measures to quantify baseline severity of illness and thus provide a more meaningful interpretation of health outcomes. Objective. We aimed to assess the inter-rater reliability of... Read More about The inter-rate reliability of a generic measure of severity of illness.

Ethnic differences in substance use and alcohol-use-related mortality among first generation migrants to England and Wales (1997)
Journal Article
Harrison, L., Sutton, M., & Gardiner, E. (1997). Ethnic differences in substance use and alcohol-use-related mortality among first generation migrants to England and Wales. Substance use & misuse, 32(7-8), 849-876. https://doi.org/10.3109/10826089709055862

Epidemiological studies among migrant ethnic groups are potentially important as a way to provide insight into the relative importance of genetic, cultural, and socioeconomic factors in the etiology of substance use disorders. This paper summarizes p... Read More about Ethnic differences in substance use and alcohol-use-related mortality among first generation migrants to England and Wales.

Two-dimensional MRI at 1.5 and 0.5 T versus CT myelography in the diagnosis of cervical radiculopathy (1996)
Journal Article
Devlin, R., Bartlett, R. J., Hill, C. A. R., & Gardiner, E. D. (1996). Two-dimensional MRI at 1.5 and 0.5 T versus CT myelography in the diagnosis of cervical radiculopathy. Neuroradiology, 38(2), 142-147. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00604801

A prospective comparison was made of standard two-dimensional MRI sequences, at both high and midfield strength, with CT myelography in 23 patients with cervical spondylosis. MRI is adequate for assessment of cord compression, where high field streng... Read More about Two-dimensional MRI at 1.5 and 0.5 T versus CT myelography in the diagnosis of cervical radiculopathy.