Ray Fitzpatrick: Annual Report 2003-2004

Ray Fitzpatrick (Faculty Fellow) continued a range of research projects with colleagues in Oxford and elsewhere on quality of life and outcomes of care in a range of areas of medicine including neurological, musculoskeletal and infectious disease problems. He began a project with Institute of Child Health, London, to examine the cost-effectiveness of screening for metabolic disorders in infants. In July he finished his period of four and a half years as head of the department of Public Health in Medical Sciences Division. He continued as Governor, BUPA Research Foundation.

Publications

(with C Jenkinson, J Norquist, L Findley and A Hughes) 'Cross Cultural Evaluation of the Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire: Test of Data Quality, Score Reliability Response Rate and Scaling Assumptions in America, Canada, Japan, Italy and Spain', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 56, 843-847, 2003.

(with A Riazi, J Hobart, J Freeman and A Thompson) 'Socio-demographic Variables are Limited Predictors of Health Status in Multiple Sclerosis', Journal of Neurology, 250, 1088-93, 2003.

(with A Riazi, J Hobart, D Lamping and A Thompson) 'Evidence-based Measurement: The Psychometric Properties of the Physical and Psychological Dimensions of Three Quality of Life Rating Scales, Multiple Sclerosis, 9, 411-419, 2003.

(with J Norquist and C Jenkinson) 'Rasch Measurement in the Assessment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients', Journal of Applied Measurement, 4, 249-257, 2003.

(with E Waters and S Stewart-Brown) 'Agreement Between Adolescent Self Report and Parent Reports of Health-related Quality of Life (HRQOL): Results of an Epidemiological Study', Child: Health, Care and Development, 29, 501-509, 2003.

(with J Tan, T Hope and A Stewart) 'Control and Compulsory Treatment in Anorexia Nervosa: The Views of Patients and Parents', International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 26, 627-645, 2003.

(with J Dawson, E Juszczak, M Thorogood, S Marks and C Dodd) 'An Investigation of Risk Factors for Symptomatic Osteoarthritis of the Knee in Women Using a Life Course Approach', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 57, 823-830, 2003.

(with J Norquist) 'Joint Problems and Joint Replacement from the Patient's Perspective', Generations Review, 13, 9-12, 2003.

(with J Dawson, S Marks, M Thorogood, E Juzcack and C Dodd ) 'Obtaining Reliable Self-Reports of Past High Heel Usage in Women: Designing and Testing Methods', Podiatry Now, 6, 18-23, 2003.

(with J Norquist, B Reeves, R Morris, D Murray and P Gregg) 'Equity and Need When Waiting for Total Hip Replacement Surgery', Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 10, 3-9, 2004.

Evaluation in J Gabe, M Bury and M A Elston (eds.), Key Concepts and Issues in Medical Sociology. Sage, London. 2004, pp 247-251.

(with E Plugge) 'Factors Affecting Cervical Screening Uptake in Prisoners', Journal of Medical Screening, 11, 48-49, 2004.

(with J Norquist, J Dawson and C Jenkinson) 'Comparing Alternative Rasch-based Methods versus Raw Scores in Measuring Change in Health', Medical Care, 42, 125-136, 2004.

'Measures of Health Status, Health-Related Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction', in P Pynsent et al, Outcome Measures in Orthopaedic Trauma. London: Arnold, 2004, pp 54-62.

(with J Norquist, C Jenkinson, B Reeves, R Morris, D Murray and P Gregg) 'Comparison of Rasch with Likert Scoring to Discriminate between Patients' Evaluations of Total Hip Replacement', Quality of Life Research, 13, 331-338, 2004

(with J Norquist and C Jenkinson) 'Distribution-based Criteria for Change in Health-related Quality of Life in Parkinson's Disease', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 57, 40-44, 2004.

(with J Dawson, L Linsell, K Zondervan, P Rose, T Randall and A Carr ) 'Epidemiology of Hip And Knee Pain and its Impact on Overall Health Status in Older Adults', Rheumatology, 43, 497-504, 2004.

(with J Hobart, A Riazi, D Lamping, and A Thompson) 'Improving the Evaluation of Therapeutic Interventions in Multiple Sclerosis: Development of a Patient-based Measure of Outcome', Health Technology Assessment, 8, 1-48, 2004.

(with J Dawson, J Fletcher, R Wilson) 'Osteoarthritis Affecting the Hip and Knee', in A Stevens, J Raftery, J Mant and S Simpson (eds.), Health Care Needs Assessment. Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing, 2004, pp 549-634.

(with S Cano, J Hobart, K Bhatia, A Thompson and T Warner) 'Patient-based Outcomes of Cervical Dystonia: A Review of Rating Scales', Movement Disorders, 19, 1054-1059, 2004.

(with J Norquist and C Jenkinson) 'Health-related Quality of Life in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Determining a Meaningful Deterioration', Quality of Life Research, 13, 1409-1414, 2004.