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Executive summaries of final reports - October/November 2003

The following final reports were accepted by the Health Services Research Committee at their meeting in October 2003 and the Biomedical and Therapeutic Research Committee at their meeting in November. Summaries are colour coded according to priority areas; yellow = cancer, red = CVD/stroke, dark blue = mental health, light blue = public health, green = NHS needs

Health Services Research Committee

Professor E Hillan, Dr R McInnes, Mrs D Clark, Mr H Gilmour, Mrs M Gillies, Dr R O'Connor, Dr M Carty Diamorphine for pain relief in labour: a randomised controlled trial comparing intramuscular injection and patient controlled analgesia (K/OPR/2/2/D393)

Dr J Scott, Dr R McInnes, Dr D Tappin, Dr E Guthrie

Breastfeeding opinions, knowledge, management practices and training of Scottish midwives (CZG/4/2/66)
Professor J Morrison, Dr A Power, Mr A MacConnachie, Dr P Redding Feasibility of a study of the effect on their antibiotic prescribing of a brief educational intervention for all GP's in an LHCC (CZG/4/2/57)
Dr E Brodie, Dr A Whyte Exploring the potential of a virtual limb as the basis for a novel therapeutic treatment of phantom limb pain (CZG/4/2/61)
Dr P Banks, Professor S Riddell, Dr R Petty An assessment of unmet and disability associated with the Muscular Dystrophies in adults (CZH/4/19)
Dr S Murray, Dr E Grant Spiritual issues and needs - perspectives from patients with advanced cancer and non-malignant disease (CZG/2/73)
Dr M Dennis, Professor G Lowe, Dr J Reid, Dr K Muir, Professor P Sandercock, Ms G Cranswick An initial phase of a multicentre randomised trial of graduated compression stockings (GCS) to prevent post stroke deep vein thrombosis (DVT) - The CLOTS trial (CZH/4/7)
Dr A Ayoub, Dr P Siebert, Mr A Ray, Professor K Moos Analysis of oro-facial malformation in infants (K/OPR/2/2/D366)
Professor I Crombie, Dr J Davis, Dr B Williams, Dr I Henderson, Professor A MacLeod, Mrs J Scott, Mrs T Richmond Attitudes to dietary and fluid restrictions in renal disease: An in-depth survey of patients, carers and renal unit staff (CZH/4/20)
Dr S Roberts, Mr P Ashcroft, Dr E Murphy, Dr R Coleman Assessment of risk to orthopaedic surgeons from hand transmitted vibration (CZG/4/2/34)
Dr R Hamilton, Professor J Scott, Professor I Reid, Mr S Naji, Dr J Cavanagh, Dr J Eagles, Mrs A Ludbrook, Professor R McCreadie, Mr M McGee, Ms J Gibb Scottish adherence to Lithium trial: A pilot for a trial of brief cognitive behavioural intervention to improve adherence to Lithium in bipolar affective disorder (CZH/4/51)
Professor M Steel, Mr A Thompson, Professor F Sullivan, Professor M Malek, Dr D Goudie Testing a new model for cancer genetics services: Co-operation between primary care, nurse specialist and hospital clinic in optimising management (K/OPR/2/2/D380)
Professor I J Deary, Professor L J Whalley, Professor G Smith, Dr V Wilson, Professor D Hole, Dr J Starr Childhood IQ, social factors and health: Collaboration between the MIDSPAN studies and the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 (CZH/4/24)
Dr M Terras, Dr H Minnis, Mrs E Mackenzie, Dr J Barton Behaviour problems, self-esteem and dyslexia (specific reading disability) (CZG/4/2/54)
Dr G Barlow, Dr P Davey The implementation and evaluation of a Tayside critical care pathway for the management of community-acquired pneumonia (CZG/2/82)
Dr M Jones, Mr R Walley, Mr J Toland, Ms R Kirk, Dr D Alexander Facilitating inclusion for people with learning disability within primary care services: A pilot study (CZG/4/2/67)

Dr I Khan, Professor A MacLeod, Dr W Metcalfe, Dr K Simpson, Professor C Smith

The epidemiology of acute renal failure (CZH/4/18)
Dr V Chisholm, Dr L Atkinson, Dr C Kelnar, Dr K Noyes Promoting compliance in young children with diabetes (K/OPR/2/2/D388)
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Biomedical and Therapeutic Research Committee

Mr J Leitch, Dr N Robb A randomised trial of propofol versus midazolam for intravenous conscious sedation in third molar extraction (CZG/4/1/51)
Professor F Y Liew, Professor I B McInnes The role of soluble IL-15 receptor alpha in clinical inflammatory synovitis (K/MRS/50/C2722)
Professor L Weaver, Dr W G MacKay, Dr A J Shepherd, Dr C Williams Intrafamilial patterns of Helicobacter pylori transmission (CZB/4/22)
Dr J E Drew Effects of vitamin E depletion on cellular integrity and correlation with modulation of colon stress genes (CZG/1/64)
Miss S Wakelin, Mr J R L Forsythe, Professor J R Lamb The role of sonic hedgehog signalling pathway in peripheral immunity and chronic renal allograft rejection (CZG/1/57)
Dr A Fraser, Dr T Holyoake, Dr J Campbell Development and characterisation of CML tumour-specific immunological responses using tumour peptide-shock protein complexes for stimulation (CZB/1/40)
Dr D Campbell, Professor G D Smith, Dr M Campbell-Brown Early-life origins of cardiovascular disease and insulin resistance syndrome: follow-up of children born to women in controlled trials of weight manipulation during pregnancy (K/MRS/50/C2623)
Dr D Freeman, Dr N Sattar, Dr V Rodie Is the expression of peroxisomal proliferator activated receptors (PPARs) altered in human placentae from complicated pregnancies? (CZG/4/1/30)
Dr J G Fox, Dr N Sattar, Dr B MacKinnon Inflammation, endothelial dysfunction and the progression of renal disease in primary glomerulonephritis (CZG/4/1/49)
Dr J A McCaul, Dr E K Parkinson Testing the potential of telomerase inhibition in the radio-sensitisation of head and neck cancer (CZG/4/1/43)
Dr C A Greig, Professor A H R W Simpson The measurement of cardiorespiratory fitness in hip fracture patients (CZG/4/1/42)
Dr D McCarey, Professor I B McInnes, Dr N Sattar Ex Vivo investigations of the lipid-lowering and anti-inflammatory effects of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis treated with atorvostatin (CZG/4/1/46)
Dr T A McDonagh, Dr C E Morrison, Dr J J Morton, Professor H J Dargie A comparison of the cost-effectiveness of screening for left ventricular dysfunction using brain natriuretic peptide or echocardiography (K/MRS/50/C2690)
Dr M Walters, Dr I Shah Reversibility of impaired cerebrovascular reactivity following lacunar cerebral infarction (CZG/4/1/18)
Dr M Kyaw, Dr P Christie Invasive pneumonococcal disease in Scotland: use of record linkage to explore associations between patients and disease in relation to future vaccination policy (CZG/4/1/50)
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Visiting Fellowship

A CSO Visiting Research Fellow, Dr Wendy Rogers from Flinders University in Australia, completed her fellowship in 2003 on 'Public health ethics in practice: a descriptive analysis of ethical issues in Scottish Public Health'. The Focus on Research summary of this fellowship can now be downloaded.

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