Professor Colin McCowan
- Honorary Professor (School of Health & Wellbeing)
email:
Colin.McCowan@glasgow.ac.uk
Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, Level 11, Boyd Orr Building, Glasgow, G12 8QQ
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9466-833XPublications
2023
Robb, K. A. et al. (2023) Increasing uptake of FIT colorectal screening: protocol for the TEMPO randomised controlled trial testing a suggested deadline and a planning tool. BMJ Open, 13(5), e066136. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066136)
van der Klaauw, A. A. et al. (2023) Accelerated waning of the humoral response to COVID-19 vaccines in obesity. Nature Medicine, 29(5), pp. 1146-1154. (doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02343-2) (PMID:37169862) (PMCID:PMC10202802)
Lee, S. I. et al. (2023) Maternal and child outcomes for pregnant women with pre-existing multiple long-term conditions: protocol for an observational study in the UK. BMJ Open, 13(2), e068718. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068718) (PMID:36828655) (PMCID:PMC9972454)
Subramanian, A. et al. (2023) Polypharmacy during pregnancy and associated risk factors: a retrospective analysis of 577 medication exposures among 1.5 million pregnancies in the UK, 2000-2019. BMC Medicine, 21, 21. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-022-02722-5) (PMID:36647047) (PMCID:PMC9843951)
Goulding, A. et al. (2023) Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in Scottish neonates 2020–2022: a national, population-based cohort study. Archives of Disease in Childhood, (doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2022-324713) (PMID:36609412) (Early Online Publication)
2022
Stock, S. J. et al. (2022) Pregnancy outcomes after SARS-CoV-2 infection in periods dominated by delta and omicron variants in Scotland: a population-based cohort study. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 10(12), pp. 1129-1136. (doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(22)00360-5) (PMID:36216011) (PMCID:PMC9708088)
Calvert, C. et al. (2022) A population-based matched cohort study of early pregnancy outcomes following COVID-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection. Nature Communications, 13, 6124. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33937-y) (PMID:36253471) (PMCID:PMC9574832)
Stock, S. J. et al. (2022) Cohort profile: the Covid-19 in pregnancy in Scotland (COPS) dynamic cohort of pregnant women to assess effects of viral and vaccine exposures on pregnancy. International Journal of Epidemiology, 51(5), e245-e255. (doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab243) (PMID:34977922) (PMCID:PMC9557859)
Torabi, F. et al. (2022) Risk of thrombocytopenic, haemorrhagic and thromboembolic disorders following COVID-19 vaccination and positive test: a self-controlled case series analysis in Wales. Scientific Reports, 12, 16406. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-20118-6) (PMID:36180455) (PMCID:PMC9524320)
Shi, T. et al. (2022) Risk of COVID-19 hospitalizations among school-aged children in Scotland: a national incident cohort study. Journal of Global Health, 12, 05044. (doi: 10.7189/jogh.12.05044) (PMID:36134546) (PMCID:PMC9494196)
Bauer, B. S., Azcoaga-Lorenzo, A., Agrawal, U., Fagbamigbe, A. F. and McCowan, C. (2022) The impact of the management strategies for patients with subclinical hypothyroidism on long-term clinical outcomes: an umbrella review. PLoS ONE, 17(5), e0268070. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268070) (PMID:35587500)
Ho, I. S.-S. et al. (2022) Variation in the estimated prevalence of multimorbidity: systematic review and meta-analysis of 193 international studies. BMJ Open, 12(4), e057017. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057017) (PMID:35487738) (PMCID:PMC9058768)
Stock, S. J. et al. (2022) SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination rates in pregnant women in Scotland. Nature Medicine, 28(3), pp. 504-512. (doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01666-2) (PMID:35027756)
Lee, S. I. et al. (2022) Epidemiology of pre-existing multimorbidity in pregnant women in the UK in 2018: a population-based cross-sectional study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 22, 120. (doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-04442-3) (PMID:35148719) (PMCID:PMC8840793)
Shi, T. et al. (2022) Risk of COVID-19 hospital admission among children aged 5–17 years with asthma in Scotland: a national incident cohort study. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 10(2), pp. 191-198. (doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00491-4) (PMID:34861180) (PMCID:PMC8631918)
Vasileiou, E. et al. (2022) Investigating the uptake, effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines: protocol for an observational study using linked UK national data. BMJ Open, 12(2), e050062. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050062) (PMID:35165107) (PMCID:PMC8844955)
Katikireddi, S. V. et al. (2022) Two-dose ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine protection against COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths over time: a retrospective, population-based cohort study in Scotland and Brazil. Lancet, 399(10319), pp. 25-35. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02754-9) (PMID:34942103) (PMCID:PMC8687670)
Simpson, C. R. et al. (2022) Second-dose ChAdOx1 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccines and thrombocytopenic, thromboembolic and hemorrhagic events in Scotland. Nature Communications, 13, 4800. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-32264-6) (PMID:35970827) (PMCID:PMC9377297)
2021
Agrawal, U. et al. (2021) COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths after BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccinations in 2·57 million people in Scotland (EAVE II): a prospective cohort study. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 9(12), pp. 1439-1449. (doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00380-5) (PMID:34599903) (PMCID:PMC8480963)
Lee, S. I. et al. (2021) Protocol for the development of a core outcome set for studies of pregnant women with pre-existing multimorbidity. BMJ Open, 11(10), e044919. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044919) (PMID:34716152) (PMCID:PMC8559099)
Simpson, C.R. et al. (2021) First-dose ChAdOx1 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccines and thrombocytopenic, thromboembolic and hemorrhagic events in Scotland. Nature Medicine, 27(7), pp. 1290-1297. (doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01408-4) (PMID:34108714)
Vasileiou, E. et al. (2021) Interim findings from first-dose mass COVID-19 vaccination roll-out and COVID-19 hospital admissions in Scotland: a national prospective cohort study. Lancet, 397(10285), pp. 1646-1657. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00677-2) (PMID:33901420) (PMCID:PMC8064669)
Askarieh, A., Morrison, I., Ross, K., McCowan, C. , Matthews, K., Kidd, B. and Heath, C. A. (2021) Medication adherence, utilization of healthcare services, and mortality of patients with epilepsy on opiate replacement therapy: a retrospective cohort study. Epilepsy and Behavior, 117, 107829. (doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.107829) (PMID:33621811)
Hughes-Mccormack, L., Greenlaw, N., Mcskimming, P., Mccowan, C. , Ross, K., Allan, L., Henderson, A. , Melville, C. , Morrison, J. and Cooper, S.-A. (2021) Changes over time in the management of long-term conditions in primary health-care for adults with intellectual disabilities, and the health-care inequalities gap. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 34(2), pp. 634-647. (doi: 10.1111/jar.12833) (PMID:33283349)
Sullivan, F. et al. (2021) Earlier diagnosis of lung cancer in a randomised trial of an autoantibody blood test followed by imaging. European Respiratory Journal, 57(1), 2000670. (doi: 10.1183/13993003.00670-2020) (PMID:32732334)
Henderson, D. A.G., Atherton, I., McCowan, C. , Mercer, S. W. and Bailey, N. (2021) Linkage of national health and social care data: a cross-sectional study of multimorbidity and social care use in people aged over 65 years in Scotland. Age and Ageing, 50(1), pp. 176-182. (doi: 10.1093/ageing/afaa134) (PMID:32687158)
McQueenie, R., Jani, B. D. , Siebert, S. , McCowan, C. , Macdonald, S. , Mair, F. S. and Nicholl, B. I. (2021) Prevalence of chronic pain in LTCs and multimorbidity: a cross-sectional study using UK Biobank. Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, 11, p. 26335565211005870. (doi: 10.1177/26335565211005870)
2020
McQueenie, R., Nicholl, B. I. , Jani, B. D. , Canning, J., Macdonald, S. , McCowan, C. , Neary, J. , Browne, S. , Mair, F. S. and Siebert, S. (2020) Patterns of multimorbidity and their effects on adverse outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis: a study of 5658 UK Biobank participants. BMJ Open, 10(11), e038829. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038829) (PMID:33234629) (PMCID:PMC7684828)
Robertson, C., Pan, J., Kavanagh, K., Ford, I. , McCowan, C. , Bennie, M., Marwick, C. and Leanord, A. (2020) Cost burden of Clostridioides difficile infection to the health service: a retrospective cohort study in Scotland. Journal of Hospital Infection, 106(3), pp. 554-561. (doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.07.019) (PMID:32717202)
Stock, S. J. et al. (2020) COVID-19 in Pregnancy in Scotland (COPS): protocol for an observational study using linked Scottish national data. BMJ Open, 10(11), e042813. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042813) (PMID:33243817) (PMCID:PMC7691999)
Henderson, A. , McSkimming, P., Kinnear, D. , McCowan, C. , McIntosh, A., Allan, L. and Cooper, S.-A. (2020) Changes over a decade in psychotropic prescribing for people with intellectual disabilities: prospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 10(9), e036862. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-036862) (PMID:32912946)
Kotzur, M. , McCowan, C. , Macdonald, S. , Wyke, S. , Gatting, L., Campbell, C., Weller, D., Crighton, E., Steele, R. J.C. and Robb, K. A. (2020) Why colorectal screening fails to achieve the uptake rates of breast and cervical cancer screening: a comparative qualitative study. BMJ Quality and Safety, 29, pp. 482-490. (doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009998) (PMID:31879320)
Cooper, S.-A. , Allan, L., Greenlaw, N., McSkimming, P., Jasilek, A., Henderson, A. , McCowan, C. , Kinnear, D. and Melville, C. (2020) Rates, causes, place, and predictors of mortality in adults with intellectual disabilities with and without Down syndrome: cohort study with record linkage. BMJ Open, 10, e03646. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036465) (PMID:32423940) (PMCID:PMC7239521)
Mark, P. B. , Papworth, R., Ramparsad, N., Tomlinson, L. A., Sahwney, S., Black, C., McConnachie, A. and McCowan, C. (2020) Risk factors associated with biochemically detected and hospitalised acute kidney injury in patients prescribed renin angiotensin system inhibitors. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 86(1), pp. 121-131. (doi: 10.1111/bcp.14141) (PMID:31663151)
2019
McCowan, C. et al. (2019) Comparing uptake across breast, cervical and bowel screening at an individual level: a retrospective cohort study. British Journal of Cancer, 121(8), pp. 710-714. (doi: 10.1038/s41416-019-0564-9) (PMID:31481732) (PMCID:PMC6889480)
Henderson, A. , Kinnear, D. , Stanley, B. , Greenlaw, N., Fleming, M. , Pell, J. , McCowan, C. and Cooper, S.-A. (2019) Antipsychotic, Antidepressant and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Drug Prescribing in Children and Young People with Intellectual Disabilities and with Autism in Scottish Schools Compared with Other Children and Young People. 2019 Gatlinburg Conference, San Antonio, TX, USA, 03-05 Apr 2019.
Leslie, K.H., McCowan, C. and Pell, J.P. (2019) Adherence to cardiovascular medication: a review of systematic reviews. Journal of Public Health, 41(1), e84-e94. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdy088) (PMID:29850883) (PMCID:PMC6459362)
2018
Kotzur, M. , Wyke, S. , Steele, R., Weller, D., Campbell, C., Crighton, E., Mccowan, C. and Robb, K. (2018) Which Behaviour Change Techniques Lead to Completion of Bowel Cancer Screening? Participants’ and Non-participants’ Descriptions of their Experience. UK Society for Behavioural Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Birmingham, UK, 12-13 Dec 2018.
Henderson, A. , Kinnear, D. , Morrison, J., Cooper, S.-A. , Allan, L., McCowan, C. , Ross, K., McSkimming, P. and Okon, M. (2018) Temporal and Geographic Trends in Antipsychotic and Antidepressant Prescribing in Children and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, and Children with Autism throughout Scotland, 2010-2013. Faculty of Public Health in Scotland Annual Conference 2018, Peebles, UK, 1-2 Nov 2018.
Henderson, D. , Bailey, N. , McCowan, C. and Mercer, S. (2018) Multimorbidity and access to social care: exploiting emerging administrative data sources in Scotland. International Journal of Population Data Science, 3(4), p. 136. (doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v3i4.727)
Kotzur, M. , Wyke, S. , Macdonald, S. , Steele, R., Weller, D., Campbell, C., Crighton, E., Mccowan, C. and Robb, K. (2018) Identifying Micro Actions in Colorectal Cancer Screening: a Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data. 32nd Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS 2018), Galway, Ireland, 21-25 Aug 2018.
Henderson, A. , Kinnear, D. , Morrison, J., Cooper, S.-A. , Allan, L., McCowan, C. , Ross, K., Mcskimming, P. and Okon, M. (2018) Temporal and Geographic Trends in Antipsychotic and Antidepressant Prescribing in Children and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, and Children with Autism throughout Scotland, 2010-2013. 5th IASSIDD Europe Congress, Athens, Greece, 18-20 July 2018.
Burton, J. K. , Papworth, R., Haig, C. , McCowan, C. , Ford, I. , Stott, D. J. and Quinn, T. J. (2018) Statin use is not associated with future long-term care admission - extended follow-up of two randomised controlled trials. Drugs and Aging, 35(7), pp. 657-663. (doi: 10.1007/s40266-018-0560-4) (PMID:29916140)
Findlay, I., Morris, T., Zhang, R. , Mccowan, C. , Shield, S., Forbes, B., McConnachie, A. , Mangion, K. and Berry, C. (2018) Linking hospital patient records for suspected or established acute coronary syndrome in a complex secondary care system: a proof-of-concept e-registry in NHS Scotland. European Heart Journal: Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, 4(3), pp. 155-167. (doi: 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcy007) (PMID:29462281) (PMCID:PMC6030982)
Gray, C. M. et al. (2018) Long-term weight loss following a randomised controlled trial of a weight management programme for men delivered through professional football clubs: the Football Fans in Training follow-up study. Public Health Research, 6(9), (doi: 10.3310/phr06090) (PMID:30035935)
Gray, C. M. et al. (2018) Long-term weight loss trajectories following participation in a randomised controlled trial of a weight management programme for men delivered through professional football clubs: A longitudinal cohort study and economic evaluation. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 15, 60. (doi: 10.1186/s12966-018-0683-3) (PMID:29954449) (PMCID:29954449)
Van de Velde, S., Kunnamo, I., Roshanov, P., Kortteisto, T., Aertgeerts, B., Vandvik, P. O., Flottorp, S. and GUIDES expert panel, (2018) The GUIDES checklist: development of a tool to improve the successful use of guideline-based computerised clinical decision support. Implementation Science, 13, 86. (doi: 10.1186/s13012-018-0772-3) (PMID:29941007) (PMCID:PMC6019508)
Henderson, D. , Bailey, N. , McCowan, C. and Mercer, S. (2018) Validation of the Scottish Social Care Survey using data from Renfrewshire Council. International Journal of Population Data Science, 3(2), 003. (doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v3i2.471)
2017
Kotzur, M. , Wyke, S. , Macdonald, S. , Steele, R., Weller, D., Campbell, C., Crighton, E., Mccowan, C. and Robb, K. (2017) Involving Future Users in Developing Cancer Screening Interventions: a Case Study. European Health Psychology Society Conference 2017, Padova, Italy, 29 Aug - 02 Sep 2017.
Kotzur, M. , Wyke, S. , Macdonald, S. , Steele, R., Weller, D., Campbell, C., Crighton, E., Mccowan, C. and Robb, K. (2017) Strategies to Increase Bowel Screening Uptake: a Focus Group Study of Non-participants. UK Society for Behavioural Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 13-14 Dec 2017. (Unpublished)
Henderson, A. , Kinnear, D. , Morrison, J., Cooper, S.-A. , Allan, L., McCowan, C. , Ross, K., Mcskimming, P. and Okon, M. (2017) Temporal and Geographic Trends in Antipsychotic and Antidepressant Prescribing in Children and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, and Children with Autism throughout Scotland, 2009-2015. 2017 IASSIDD 4th Asia-Pacific Regional Congress, Bangkok, Thailand, 13-16 Nov 2017.
Scott, P., Cornet, R., McCowan, C. and Peek, N. (2017) Addendum to Informatics for Health 2017: Advancing both science and practice. Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, 24(3), pp. 291-310. (doi: 10.14236/jhi.v24i3.969) (PMID:29121853)
Packard, C. J. , Young, R. , Ross, K., Ford, I. , Ambegaonkar, B. M., Brudi, P. and McCowan, C. (2017) Modelling total coronary heart disease burden and long-term benefit of cholesterol lowering in middle aged men with and without a history of cardiovascular disease. European Heart Journal: Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, 3(4), pp. 281-288. (doi: 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcx012) (PMID:29044395)
Stewart, K., Matthews, L. , Scott, E. M. , Husmeier, D. and Mccowan, C. (2017) Preliminary Investigation of the Influences on Antimicrobial Resistance. RSS 2017 Annual Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, 04-07 Sep 2017.
Scott, P. J., Cornet, R., McCowan, C. , Peek, N., Fraccaro, P., Geifman, N., Gude, W. T., Hulme, W., Martin, G. P. and Williams, R. (2017) Informatics for Health 2017: Advancing both science and practice. Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, 24(1), (doi: 10.14236/jhi.v24i1.939) (PMID:28665785)
Kavanagh, K., Pan, J., Robertson, C., Bennie, M., Marwick, C. and Mccowan, C. (2017) Data linkage and statistical modelling to provide stratified risk assessment for HAI. International Journal of Population Data Science, 1(277), (doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v1i1.297)
Sullivan, F.M. et al. (2017) Detection in blood of autoantibodies to tumour antigens as a case-finding method in lung cancer using the EarlyCDT®-Lung Test (ECLS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMC Cancer, 17, 187. (doi: 10.1186/s12885-017-3175-y) (PMID:28284200) (PMCID:PMC5346215)
Maclay, J. D., Farley, J. M.B., McCowan, C. , Tweed, C. and Milroy, R. (2017) Obtaining tissue diagnosis in lung cancer patients with poor performance status and its influence on treatment and survival. Respiratory Medicine, 124, pp. 30-35. (doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2017.01.002) (PMID:28284318)
Jani, B. D. , Boachie, C., McCowan, C. , Barry, S. J.E. , Cavanagh, J. and Mair, F. S. (2017) Relationship of depression screening in cardiometabolic disease with vascular events and mortality: findings from a large primary care cohort with 4 years follow-up. European Heart Journal: Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, 3(1), pp. 61-73. (doi: 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcw045) (PMID:28927181)
Randell, R., Cornet, R., McCowan, C. , Peek, N. and Scott, P. J. (Eds.) (2017) Informatics for Health: Connected Citizen-Led Wellness and Population Health. Series: Studies in health technology and informatics. IOS Press: Amsterdam. ISBN 9781614997528
2016
Kotzur, M. , Wyke, S. , Macdonald, S. , Steele, R., Weller, D., Campbell, C., Crighton, E., Mccowan, C. and Robb, K. (2016) Improving Bowel Screening Uptake: Lessons from Higher Uptake of Breast and Cervical Screening. UK Society for Behavioural Medicine 12th Annual Scientific Meeting, Cardiff, Wales, 01-02 Dec 2016. (Unpublished)
Wells, M., Swartzman, S., Lang, H., Cunningham, M., Taylor, L., Thomson, J., Philp, J. and Mccowan, C. (2016) Predictors of quality of life in head and neck cancer survivors up to 5 years after end of treatment: a cross-sectional survey. Supportive Care in Cancer, 24(6), pp. 2463-2472. (doi: 10.1007/s00520-015-3045-6) (PMID:26660345)
Dreischulte, T., Donnan, P., Grant, A., Hapca, A., McCowan, C. and Guthrie, B. (2016) Safer prescribing — a trial of education, informatics, and financial incentives. New England Journal of Medicine, 374(11), pp. 1053-1064. (doi: 10.1056/NEJMsa1508955) (PMID:26981935)
Ford, I. , Murray, H., Mccowan, C. and Packard, C. J. (2016) Long term safety and efficacy of lowering LDL cholesterol with statin therapy: 20-year follow-up of West of Scotland coronary prevention study. Circulation, 133(11), pp. 1073-1080. (doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.019014) (PMID:26864092) (PMCID:PMC4894764)
Curran, E. T., Wilson, J., Haig, C. , Mccowan, C. , Leanord, A. and Loveday, H. (2016) The where is norovirus control lost (WINCL) study: an enhanced surveillance project to identify norovirus index cases in care settings in the UK and Ireland. Journal of Infection Prevention, 17(1), pp. 8-14. (doi: 10.1177/1757177415613133)
Kotzur, M. , Wyke, S. , Macdonald, S. , Steele, R., Weller, D., Campbell, C., Crighton, E., Mccowan, C. and Robb, K. (2016) ‘Not that one’: Understanding Why Women Screen for Breast and Cervical, but not Bowel Cancer. European Health Psychology Society & BPS Division of Health Psychology Annual Conference 2016. European Health Psychologist 18(Supp.): 492., Aberdeen, Scotland, 23-27 Aug 2016.
2015
Kotzur, M. , Wyke, S. , Macdonald, S. , Steele, R., Weller, D., Campbell, C., Crighton, E., Mccowan, C. and Robb, K. (2015) Work in Progress: What Can We Learn About How to Improve Uptake of Bowel Cancer Screening From Higher Rates of Uptake in Breast and Cervical Screening Programmes? UK Society for Behavioural Medicine 11th Annual Scientific Meeting, Newcastle, UK, 08-09 Dec 2015. (Unpublished)
Jani, B. D. , Purves, D., Barry, S. J.E. , Mccowan, C. , Cavanagh, J. and Mair, F. S. (2015) The effects of anti-depressants on depression symptom scores at 12 months follow-up in patients with cardiometabolic disease: results from a large primary care cohort. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 4(3), pp. 373-379. (doi: 10.4103/2249-4863.161324)
Treweek, S., Dryden, R., McCowan, C. , Harrow, A. and Thompson, A. M. (2015) Do participants in adjuvant breast cancer trials reflect the breast cancer patient population? European Journal of Cancer, 51(8), pp. 907-914. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2015.01.064) (PMID:25861898)
Parkinson, L. et al. (2015) Anticholinergic burden in older women: not seeing the wood for the trees. Medical Journal of Australia, 202(2), pp. 91-94. (doi: 10.5694/mja14.00336) (PMID:25627741)
Baldacchino, A., Arbuckle, K., Petrie, D. J. and Mccowan, C. (2015) Erratum: neurobehavioral consequences of chronic intrauterine opioid exposure in infants and preschool children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Psychiatry, 15, 134. (doi: 10.1186/s12888-015-0438-5) (PMID:26108949) (PMCID:PMC4479073)
Mccowan, C. , Thomson, E., Szmigielski, C. A., Kalra, D., Sullivan, F. M., Prokosch, H.-U., Dugas, M. and Ford, I. (2015) Using electronic health records to support clinical trials: a report on stakeholder engagement for EHR4CR. BioMed Research International, 2015, 707891. (doi: 10.1155/2015/707891) (PMID:26539523) (PMCID:PMC4619877)
2014
Mccowan, C. and Ford, I. (2014) Commentary on Vickers. Clinical Trials, 11(6), pp. 624-625. (doi: 10.1177/1740774514553483) (PMID:25389226)
Baldacchino, A., Arbuckle, K., Petrie, D. J. and McCowan, C. (2014) Neurobehavioral consequences of chronic intrauterine opioid exposure in infants and preschool children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Psychiatry, 14(1), p. 104. (doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-104)
Fraser, D. M., Sullivan, F. M., Thompson, A. M. and McCowan, C. (2014) Aspirin use and survival after the diagnosis of breast cancer: a population-based cohort study. British Journal of Cancer, 111(3), pp. 623-627. (doi: 10.1038/bjc.2014.264)
Harrow, A., Dryden, R., McCowan, C. , Radley, A., Parsons, M., Thompson, A. M. and Wells, M. (2014) A hard pill to swallow: a qualitative study of women's experiences of adjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer. BMJ Open, 4(6), e005285. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005285)
2013
Morgan, R.M., Steele, R.J.C., Nabi, G. and Mccowan, C. (2013) Socioeconomic variation and prostate specific antigen testing in the community: a United Kingdom based population study. Journal of Urology, 190(4), pp. 1207-1212. (doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2013.04.044)
Mccowan, C. , Donnan, P.T., Munro, A.J. and Steele, R.J.C. (2013) Response to letter commenting on paper EJC-D-12-01401: use of aspirin post-diagnosis in a cohort of patients with colorectal cancer and its association with all-cause and colorectal cancer specific mortality. European Journal of Cancer, 49(9), p. 2273. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2013.03.012)
Makubate, B., Donnan, P.T., Dewar, J.A., Thompson, A.M. and Mccowan, C. (2013) Cohort study of adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy, breast cancer recurrence and mortality. British Journal of Cancer, 108(7), pp. 1515-1524. (doi: 10.1038/bjc.2013.116)
McCowan, C. , Munro, A.J., Donnan, P.T. and Steele, R.J.C. (2013) Use of aspirin post-diagnosis in a cohort of patients with colorectal cancer and its association with all-cause and colorectal cancer specific mortality. European Journal of Cancer, 49(5), pp. 1049-1057. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.10.024)
McCowan, C. , Magin, P., Clark, S.A. and Guthrie, B. (2013) An observational study of psychotropic drug use and initiation in older patients resident in their own home or in care. Age and Ageing, 42(1), pp. 51-6. (doi: 10.1093/ageing/afs117)
Guthrie, B., Clark, S.A., Reynish, E.L., McCowan, C. and Morales, D. (2013) Differential impact of two risk communications on antipsychotic prescribing to people with dementia in Scotland: segmented regression time series analysis 2001-2011. PLoS ONE, 8(7), e68976. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068976) (PMID:23874832) (PMCID:PMC3714253)
Marwick, C., Santiago, V.H., Mccowan, C. , Broomhall, J. and Davey, P. (2013) Community acquired infections in older patients admitted to hospital from care homes versus the community: cohort study of microbiology and outcomes. BMC Geriatrics, 13(12), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-12)
McCowan, C. , Wang, S., Thompson, A.M., Makubate, B. and Petrie, D.J. (2013) The value of high adherence to tamoxifen in women with breast cancer: a community-based cohort study. British Journal of Cancer, 109(5), pp. 1172-1180. (doi: 10.1038/bjc.2013.464)
2012
McCowan, C. and Thompson, A.M. (2012) The importance of nonpharmacogenetic factors in endocrine therapy. Pharmacogenomics, 13(6), pp. 721-728. (doi: 10.2217/pgs.12.29)
Dreischulte, T., Grant, A., Donnan, P., Mccowan, C. , Davey, P., Petrie, D., Treweek, S. and Guthrie, B. (2012) A cluster randomised stepped wedge trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a multifaceted information technology-based intervention in reducing high-risk prescribing of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and antiplatelets in primary medical care: the DQIP study protocol. Implementation Science, 7(24), (doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-7-24)
Dreischulte, T., Grant, A.M., McCowan, C. , McAnaw, J.J. and Guthrie, B. (2012) Quality and safety of medication use in primary care: consensus validation of a new set of explicit medication assessment criteria and prioritisation of topics for improvement. BMC Clinical Pharmacology, 12(5), (doi: 10.1186/1472-6904-12-5)
Dryden, R., Williams, B., McCowan, C. and Themessl-Huber, M. (2012) What do we know about who does and does not attend general health checks? Findings from a narrative scoping review. BMC Public Health, 12, p. 723. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-723)
2011
Cousins, G., Teljeur, C., Motterlini, N., Mccowan, C. , Dimitrov, B.D. and Fahey, T. (2011) Risk of drug-related mortality during periods of transition in methadone maintenance treatment: a cohort study. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 41(3), pp. 252-60. (doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2011.05.001)
Mccowan, C. , Dewar, J.A. and Thompson, A.M. (2011) Importance of long-term follow-up of women receiving adjuvant therapy for breast cancer in the community. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 29(25), p. 3492. (doi: 10.1200/JCO.2011.37.0528)
Crawford, F., Mccowan, C. , Dimitrov, B.D., Woodburn, J., Wylie, G.H., Booth, E., Leese, G.P., Bekker, H.L., Kleijnen, J. and Fahey, T. (2011) The risk of foot ulceration in people with diabetes screened in community settings: findings from a cohort study. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 104(5), pp. 403-410. (doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcq227)
McCowan, C. , Donnan, P.T., Dewar, J., Thompson, A. and Fahey, T. (2011) Identifying suspected breast cancer: development and validation of a clinical prediction rule. British Journal of General Practice, 61(586), e205-214. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp11X572391)
Barnett, K., McCowan, C. , Evans, J.M.M., Gillespie, N.D., Davey, P.G. and Fahey, T. (2011) Prevalence and outcomes of use of potentially inappropriate medicines in older people: cohort study stratified by residence in nursing home or in the community. BMJ Quality and Safety, 20(3), pp. 275-81. (doi: 10.1136/bmjqs.2009.039818)
Marwick, C., Broomhall, J., Mccowan, C. , Phillips, G., Gonzalez-McQuire, S., Akhras, K., Merchant, S., Nathwani, D. and Davey, P. (2011) Severity assessment of skin and soft tissue infections: cohort study of management and outcomes for hospitalized patients. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 66(2), pp. 387-97. (doi: 10.1093/jac/dkq362)
Guthrie, B., McCowan, C. , Davey, P., Simpson, C.R., Dreischulte, T. and Barnett, K. (2011) High risk prescribing in primary care patients particularly vulnerable to adverse drug events: cross sectional population database analysis in Scottish general practice. British Medical Journal, 342, d3514. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.d3514)
Wallace, E., Smith, S.M., Perera-Salazar, R., Vaucher, P., Mccowan, C. , Collins, G., Verbakel, J., Lakhanpaul, M. and Fahey, T. (2011) Framework for the impact analysis and implementation of clinical prediction rules (CPRs). BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 11(62), (doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-11-62)
2010
Guthrie, B., Clark, S. and Mccowan, C. (2010) The burden of psychotropic drug prescribingin people with dementia: a populationdatabase study. Age and Ageing, 39(5), pp. 637-42. (doi: 10.1093/ageing/afq090)
Kapur, G., Windsor, P.M. and Mccowan, C. (2010) The effect of aerobic exercise on treatment-related acute toxicity in men receiving radical external beam radiotherapy for localised prostate cancer. European Journal of Cancer Care, 19(5), pp. 643-647. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2009.01083.x)
Baker, L. et al. (2010) p53 mutation, deprivation and poor prognosis in primary breast cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 102(4), pp. 719-726. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605540)
Olde Bekkink, M., Mccowan, C. , Falk, G.A., Teljeur, C., Van de Laar, F.A. and Fahey, T. (2010) Diagnostic accuracy systematic review of rectal bleeding in combination with other symptoms, signs and tests in relation to colorectal cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 102(1), pp. 48-58. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605426)
2009
Windsor, P.M., Potter, J., McAdam, K. and Mccowan, C. (2009) Evaluation of a fatigue initiative: information on exercise for patients receiving cancer treatment. Clinical Oncology, 21(6), pp. 473-482. (doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2009.01.009)
Easton, P.M., Marwick, C.A., Williams, F.L.W., Stringer, K., Mccowan, C. , Davey, P. and Nathwani, D. (2009) A survey on public knowledge and perceptions of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 63(1), pp. 209-14. (doi: 10.1093/jac/dkn447)
Jones, R., Jones, R.O., Mccowan, C. , Montgomery, A.A. and Fahey, T. (2009) The external validity of published randomized controlled trials in primary care. BMC Family Practice, 10(5), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-5)
McCowan, C. , Kidd, B. and Fahey, T. (2009) Factors associated with mortality in Scottish patients receiving methadone in primary care: retrospective cohort study. British Medical Journal, 338, b2225. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.b2225)
2008
McCowan, C. , Shearer, J., Donnan, P.T., Dewar, J.A., Crilly, M., Thompson, A.M. and Fahey, T.P. (2008) Cohort study examining tamoxifen adherence and its relationship to mortality in women with breast cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 99(11), pp. 1763-1768. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604758)
Furler, J. et al. (2008) Leaders, leadership and future primary care clinical research. BMC Family Practice, 9(52), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-9-52)
2007
Fahey, T., Jeyaseelan, S., Mccowan, C. , Carr, E., Goudie, B.M., Pringle, S.D., Donnan, P.T., Sullivan, F.M. and Struthers, A.D. (2007) Diagnosis of left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD): development and validation of a clinical prediction rule in primary care. Family Practice, 24(6), pp. 628-35. (doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmm055)
Mccowan, C. , Hoskins, G. and Neville, R.G. (2007) Clinical symptoms and 'off-label' prescribing in children with asthma. British Journal of General Practice, 57(536), pp. 220-222.
2006
Mccowan, C. and Fahey, T. (2006) Diagnosis and diagnostic testing in primary care. British Journal of General Practice, 56(526), pp. 323-324.
2005
Hoskins, G., Mccowan, C. , Donnan, P.T., Friend, J.A.R. and Osman, L.M. (2005) Results of a national asthma campaign survey of primary care in Scotland. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 17(3), pp. 209-215. (doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzi036)
Mccowan, C. , Neville, R.G. and Hoskins, G. (2005) An academic, pharmaceutical and practice collaboration to implement asthma guidelines. Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 14(2), pp. 106-111. (doi: 10.1016/j.pcrj.2004.10.008)
2004
Neville, R.G., Hoskins, G., Mccowan, C. and Smith, B. (2004) Pragmatic 'real world' study of the effect of audit of asthma on clinical outcome. Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 13(4), pp. 198-204. (doi: 10.1016/j.pcrj.2004.06.007)
Neville, R., Marsden, W., Mccowan, C. , Pagliari, C., Mullen, H. and Fannin, A. (2004) E-mail consultations in general practice. British Journal of General Practice, 54, pp. 504-546.
Neville, R.G., Marsden, W., Mccowan, C. , Pagliari, C., Mullen, H. and Fannin, A. (2004) Email consultations in general practice. Informatics in Primary Care, 12(4), pp. 207-214.
Neville, R.G., Marsden, W., Mccowan, C. , Pagliari, C., Mullen, H. and Fannin, A. (2004) A survey of GP attitudes to and experiences of email consultations. Informatics in Primary Care, 12(4), pp. 201-206.
2001
Mccowan, C. , Neville, R.G., Ricketts, I.W., Warner, F.C., Hoskins, G. and Thomas, G.E. (2001) Lessons from a randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate computer decision support software to improve the management of asthma. Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine, 26(3), pp. 191-201. (doi: 10.1080/14639230110067890)
Neville, R.G., Mccowan, C. , Hoskins, G. and Thomas, G. (2001) Cross-sectional observations on the natural history of asthma. British Journal of General Practice, 51(466), pp. 361-365.
2000
Hoskins, G., Neville, R.G., Mccowan, C. , Smith, B., Clark, R.A. and Ricketts, I.W. (2000) Scottish asthma management initiative. Health Bulletin, 58(6), pp. 478-488.
Ferguson, S., Neville, R.G., Mccowan, C. , Hoskins, G., Warner, F.C. and Smith, B. (2000) Which method of communication do GPs prefer to use? British Journal of General Practice, 50(454), pp. 404-405.
Hoskins, G., Mccowan, C. , Neville, R.G., Thomas, G.E., Smith, B. and Silverman, S. (2000) Risk factors and costs associated with an asthma attack. Thorax, 55(1), pp. 19-24. (doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.1.19)
Smith, E., Alexander, V., Booker, C., Mccowan, C. , Ogston, S. and Mukhopadhyay, S. (2000) Effect of hospital asthma nurse appointment on inpatient asthma care. Respiratory Medicine, 94(1), pp. 82-86. (doi: 10.1053/rmed.1999.0676)
1998
Mccowan, C. , Neville, R.G., Thomas, G.E., Crombie, I.K., Clark, R.A., Ricketts, I.W., Cairns, A.Y., Warner, F.C., Greene, S.A. and White, E. (1998) Effect of asthma and its treatment on growth: four year follow up of cohort of children from general practices in Tayside, Scotland. British Medical Journal, 316(7132), pp. 668-672. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.316.7132.668)
1997
Mccowan, C. , Neville, R.G., Crombie, I.K., Clark, R.A. and Warner, F.C. (1997) The facilitator effect: results from a four-year follow-up of children with asthma. British Journal of General Practice, 47(416), pp. 156-160.
1996
Mccowan, C. , Bryce, F.P., Neville, R.G., Crombie, I.K. and Clark, R.A. (1996) School absence--a valid morbidity marker for asthma? Health Bulletin, 54(4), pp. 307-313.
Neville, R.G., Mccowan, C. , Thomas, G. and Crombie, I.K. (1996) Asthma and growth--cause for concern? Asthma & growth in Tayside children. Annals of Human Biology, 23(4), pp. 323-331.
1995
White, E.M., Wilson, A.C., Greene, S.A., Mccowan, C. , Thomas, G.E., Cairns, A.Y. and Ricketts, I.W. (1995) Body mass index centile charts to assess fatness of British children. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 72(1), pp. 38-41. (doi: 10.1136/adc.72.1.38)
White, E., Wilson, A., Greene, S.A., Berry, W., Mccowan, C. , Cairns, A. and Ricketts, I. (1995) Growth screening and urban deprivation. Journal of Medical Screening, 2(3), pp. 140-144.
Articles
Robb, K. A. et al. (2023) Increasing uptake of FIT colorectal screening: protocol for the TEMPO randomised controlled trial testing a suggested deadline and a planning tool. BMJ Open, 13(5), e066136. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066136)
van der Klaauw, A. A. et al. (2023) Accelerated waning of the humoral response to COVID-19 vaccines in obesity. Nature Medicine, 29(5), pp. 1146-1154. (doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02343-2) (PMID:37169862) (PMCID:PMC10202802)
Lee, S. I. et al. (2023) Maternal and child outcomes for pregnant women with pre-existing multiple long-term conditions: protocol for an observational study in the UK. BMJ Open, 13(2), e068718. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068718) (PMID:36828655) (PMCID:PMC9972454)
Subramanian, A. et al. (2023) Polypharmacy during pregnancy and associated risk factors: a retrospective analysis of 577 medication exposures among 1.5 million pregnancies in the UK, 2000-2019. BMC Medicine, 21, 21. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-022-02722-5) (PMID:36647047) (PMCID:PMC9843951)
Goulding, A. et al. (2023) Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in Scottish neonates 2020–2022: a national, population-based cohort study. Archives of Disease in Childhood, (doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2022-324713) (PMID:36609412) (Early Online Publication)
Stock, S. J. et al. (2022) Pregnancy outcomes after SARS-CoV-2 infection in periods dominated by delta and omicron variants in Scotland: a population-based cohort study. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 10(12), pp. 1129-1136. (doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(22)00360-5) (PMID:36216011) (PMCID:PMC9708088)
Calvert, C. et al. (2022) A population-based matched cohort study of early pregnancy outcomes following COVID-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection. Nature Communications, 13, 6124. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33937-y) (PMID:36253471) (PMCID:PMC9574832)
Stock, S. J. et al. (2022) Cohort profile: the Covid-19 in pregnancy in Scotland (COPS) dynamic cohort of pregnant women to assess effects of viral and vaccine exposures on pregnancy. International Journal of Epidemiology, 51(5), e245-e255. (doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab243) (PMID:34977922) (PMCID:PMC9557859)
Torabi, F. et al. (2022) Risk of thrombocytopenic, haemorrhagic and thromboembolic disorders following COVID-19 vaccination and positive test: a self-controlled case series analysis in Wales. Scientific Reports, 12, 16406. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-20118-6) (PMID:36180455) (PMCID:PMC9524320)
Shi, T. et al. (2022) Risk of COVID-19 hospitalizations among school-aged children in Scotland: a national incident cohort study. Journal of Global Health, 12, 05044. (doi: 10.7189/jogh.12.05044) (PMID:36134546) (PMCID:PMC9494196)
Bauer, B. S., Azcoaga-Lorenzo, A., Agrawal, U., Fagbamigbe, A. F. and McCowan, C. (2022) The impact of the management strategies for patients with subclinical hypothyroidism on long-term clinical outcomes: an umbrella review. PLoS ONE, 17(5), e0268070. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268070) (PMID:35587500)
Ho, I. S.-S. et al. (2022) Variation in the estimated prevalence of multimorbidity: systematic review and meta-analysis of 193 international studies. BMJ Open, 12(4), e057017. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057017) (PMID:35487738) (PMCID:PMC9058768)
Stock, S. J. et al. (2022) SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination rates in pregnant women in Scotland. Nature Medicine, 28(3), pp. 504-512. (doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01666-2) (PMID:35027756)
Lee, S. I. et al. (2022) Epidemiology of pre-existing multimorbidity in pregnant women in the UK in 2018: a population-based cross-sectional study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 22, 120. (doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-04442-3) (PMID:35148719) (PMCID:PMC8840793)
Shi, T. et al. (2022) Risk of COVID-19 hospital admission among children aged 5–17 years with asthma in Scotland: a national incident cohort study. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 10(2), pp. 191-198. (doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00491-4) (PMID:34861180) (PMCID:PMC8631918)
Vasileiou, E. et al. (2022) Investigating the uptake, effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines: protocol for an observational study using linked UK national data. BMJ Open, 12(2), e050062. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050062) (PMID:35165107) (PMCID:PMC8844955)
Katikireddi, S. V. et al. (2022) Two-dose ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine protection against COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths over time: a retrospective, population-based cohort study in Scotland and Brazil. Lancet, 399(10319), pp. 25-35. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02754-9) (PMID:34942103) (PMCID:PMC8687670)
Simpson, C. R. et al. (2022) Second-dose ChAdOx1 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccines and thrombocytopenic, thromboembolic and hemorrhagic events in Scotland. Nature Communications, 13, 4800. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-32264-6) (PMID:35970827) (PMCID:PMC9377297)
Agrawal, U. et al. (2021) COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths after BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccinations in 2·57 million people in Scotland (EAVE II): a prospective cohort study. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 9(12), pp. 1439-1449. (doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00380-5) (PMID:34599903) (PMCID:PMC8480963)
Lee, S. I. et al. (2021) Protocol for the development of a core outcome set for studies of pregnant women with pre-existing multimorbidity. BMJ Open, 11(10), e044919. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044919) (PMID:34716152) (PMCID:PMC8559099)
Simpson, C.R. et al. (2021) First-dose ChAdOx1 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccines and thrombocytopenic, thromboembolic and hemorrhagic events in Scotland. Nature Medicine, 27(7), pp. 1290-1297. (doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01408-4) (PMID:34108714)
Vasileiou, E. et al. (2021) Interim findings from first-dose mass COVID-19 vaccination roll-out and COVID-19 hospital admissions in Scotland: a national prospective cohort study. Lancet, 397(10285), pp. 1646-1657. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00677-2) (PMID:33901420) (PMCID:PMC8064669)
Askarieh, A., Morrison, I., Ross, K., McCowan, C. , Matthews, K., Kidd, B. and Heath, C. A. (2021) Medication adherence, utilization of healthcare services, and mortality of patients with epilepsy on opiate replacement therapy: a retrospective cohort study. Epilepsy and Behavior, 117, 107829. (doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.107829) (PMID:33621811)
Hughes-Mccormack, L., Greenlaw, N., Mcskimming, P., Mccowan, C. , Ross, K., Allan, L., Henderson, A. , Melville, C. , Morrison, J. and Cooper, S.-A. (2021) Changes over time in the management of long-term conditions in primary health-care for adults with intellectual disabilities, and the health-care inequalities gap. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 34(2), pp. 634-647. (doi: 10.1111/jar.12833) (PMID:33283349)
Sullivan, F. et al. (2021) Earlier diagnosis of lung cancer in a randomised trial of an autoantibody blood test followed by imaging. European Respiratory Journal, 57(1), 2000670. (doi: 10.1183/13993003.00670-2020) (PMID:32732334)
Henderson, D. A.G., Atherton, I., McCowan, C. , Mercer, S. W. and Bailey, N. (2021) Linkage of national health and social care data: a cross-sectional study of multimorbidity and social care use in people aged over 65 years in Scotland. Age and Ageing, 50(1), pp. 176-182. (doi: 10.1093/ageing/afaa134) (PMID:32687158)
McQueenie, R., Jani, B. D. , Siebert, S. , McCowan, C. , Macdonald, S. , Mair, F. S. and Nicholl, B. I. (2021) Prevalence of chronic pain in LTCs and multimorbidity: a cross-sectional study using UK Biobank. Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, 11, p. 26335565211005870. (doi: 10.1177/26335565211005870)
McQueenie, R., Nicholl, B. I. , Jani, B. D. , Canning, J., Macdonald, S. , McCowan, C. , Neary, J. , Browne, S. , Mair, F. S. and Siebert, S. (2020) Patterns of multimorbidity and their effects on adverse outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis: a study of 5658 UK Biobank participants. BMJ Open, 10(11), e038829. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038829) (PMID:33234629) (PMCID:PMC7684828)
Robertson, C., Pan, J., Kavanagh, K., Ford, I. , McCowan, C. , Bennie, M., Marwick, C. and Leanord, A. (2020) Cost burden of Clostridioides difficile infection to the health service: a retrospective cohort study in Scotland. Journal of Hospital Infection, 106(3), pp. 554-561. (doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.07.019) (PMID:32717202)
Stock, S. J. et al. (2020) COVID-19 in Pregnancy in Scotland (COPS): protocol for an observational study using linked Scottish national data. BMJ Open, 10(11), e042813. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042813) (PMID:33243817) (PMCID:PMC7691999)
Henderson, A. , McSkimming, P., Kinnear, D. , McCowan, C. , McIntosh, A., Allan, L. and Cooper, S.-A. (2020) Changes over a decade in psychotropic prescribing for people with intellectual disabilities: prospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 10(9), e036862. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-036862) (PMID:32912946)
Kotzur, M. , McCowan, C. , Macdonald, S. , Wyke, S. , Gatting, L., Campbell, C., Weller, D., Crighton, E., Steele, R. J.C. and Robb, K. A. (2020) Why colorectal screening fails to achieve the uptake rates of breast and cervical cancer screening: a comparative qualitative study. BMJ Quality and Safety, 29, pp. 482-490. (doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009998) (PMID:31879320)
Cooper, S.-A. , Allan, L., Greenlaw, N., McSkimming, P., Jasilek, A., Henderson, A. , McCowan, C. , Kinnear, D. and Melville, C. (2020) Rates, causes, place, and predictors of mortality in adults with intellectual disabilities with and without Down syndrome: cohort study with record linkage. BMJ Open, 10, e03646. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036465) (PMID:32423940) (PMCID:PMC7239521)
Mark, P. B. , Papworth, R., Ramparsad, N., Tomlinson, L. A., Sahwney, S., Black, C., McConnachie, A. and McCowan, C. (2020) Risk factors associated with biochemically detected and hospitalised acute kidney injury in patients prescribed renin angiotensin system inhibitors. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 86(1), pp. 121-131. (doi: 10.1111/bcp.14141) (PMID:31663151)
McCowan, C. et al. (2019) Comparing uptake across breast, cervical and bowel screening at an individual level: a retrospective cohort study. British Journal of Cancer, 121(8), pp. 710-714. (doi: 10.1038/s41416-019-0564-9) (PMID:31481732) (PMCID:PMC6889480)
Leslie, K.H., McCowan, C. and Pell, J.P. (2019) Adherence to cardiovascular medication: a review of systematic reviews. Journal of Public Health, 41(1), e84-e94. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdy088) (PMID:29850883) (PMCID:PMC6459362)
Henderson, D. , Bailey, N. , McCowan, C. and Mercer, S. (2018) Multimorbidity and access to social care: exploiting emerging administrative data sources in Scotland. International Journal of Population Data Science, 3(4), p. 136. (doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v3i4.727)
Burton, J. K. , Papworth, R., Haig, C. , McCowan, C. , Ford, I. , Stott, D. J. and Quinn, T. J. (2018) Statin use is not associated with future long-term care admission - extended follow-up of two randomised controlled trials. Drugs and Aging, 35(7), pp. 657-663. (doi: 10.1007/s40266-018-0560-4) (PMID:29916140)
Findlay, I., Morris, T., Zhang, R. , Mccowan, C. , Shield, S., Forbes, B., McConnachie, A. , Mangion, K. and Berry, C. (2018) Linking hospital patient records for suspected or established acute coronary syndrome in a complex secondary care system: a proof-of-concept e-registry in NHS Scotland. European Heart Journal: Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, 4(3), pp. 155-167. (doi: 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcy007) (PMID:29462281) (PMCID:PMC6030982)
Gray, C. M. et al. (2018) Long-term weight loss following a randomised controlled trial of a weight management programme for men delivered through professional football clubs: the Football Fans in Training follow-up study. Public Health Research, 6(9), (doi: 10.3310/phr06090) (PMID:30035935)
Gray, C. M. et al. (2018) Long-term weight loss trajectories following participation in a randomised controlled trial of a weight management programme for men delivered through professional football clubs: A longitudinal cohort study and economic evaluation. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 15, 60. (doi: 10.1186/s12966-018-0683-3) (PMID:29954449) (PMCID:29954449)
Van de Velde, S., Kunnamo, I., Roshanov, P., Kortteisto, T., Aertgeerts, B., Vandvik, P. O., Flottorp, S. and GUIDES expert panel, (2018) The GUIDES checklist: development of a tool to improve the successful use of guideline-based computerised clinical decision support. Implementation Science, 13, 86. (doi: 10.1186/s13012-018-0772-3) (PMID:29941007) (PMCID:PMC6019508)
Henderson, D. , Bailey, N. , McCowan, C. and Mercer, S. (2018) Validation of the Scottish Social Care Survey using data from Renfrewshire Council. International Journal of Population Data Science, 3(2), 003. (doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v3i2.471)
Scott, P., Cornet, R., McCowan, C. and Peek, N. (2017) Addendum to Informatics for Health 2017: Advancing both science and practice. Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, 24(3), pp. 291-310. (doi: 10.14236/jhi.v24i3.969) (PMID:29121853)
Packard, C. J. , Young, R. , Ross, K., Ford, I. , Ambegaonkar, B. M., Brudi, P. and McCowan, C. (2017) Modelling total coronary heart disease burden and long-term benefit of cholesterol lowering in middle aged men with and without a history of cardiovascular disease. European Heart Journal: Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, 3(4), pp. 281-288. (doi: 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcx012) (PMID:29044395)
Scott, P. J., Cornet, R., McCowan, C. , Peek, N., Fraccaro, P., Geifman, N., Gude, W. T., Hulme, W., Martin, G. P. and Williams, R. (2017) Informatics for Health 2017: Advancing both science and practice. Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, 24(1), (doi: 10.14236/jhi.v24i1.939) (PMID:28665785)
Kavanagh, K., Pan, J., Robertson, C., Bennie, M., Marwick, C. and Mccowan, C. (2017) Data linkage and statistical modelling to provide stratified risk assessment for HAI. International Journal of Population Data Science, 1(277), (doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v1i1.297)
Sullivan, F.M. et al. (2017) Detection in blood of autoantibodies to tumour antigens as a case-finding method in lung cancer using the EarlyCDT®-Lung Test (ECLS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMC Cancer, 17, 187. (doi: 10.1186/s12885-017-3175-y) (PMID:28284200) (PMCID:PMC5346215)
Maclay, J. D., Farley, J. M.B., McCowan, C. , Tweed, C. and Milroy, R. (2017) Obtaining tissue diagnosis in lung cancer patients with poor performance status and its influence on treatment and survival. Respiratory Medicine, 124, pp. 30-35. (doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2017.01.002) (PMID:28284318)
Jani, B. D. , Boachie, C., McCowan, C. , Barry, S. J.E. , Cavanagh, J. and Mair, F. S. (2017) Relationship of depression screening in cardiometabolic disease with vascular events and mortality: findings from a large primary care cohort with 4 years follow-up. European Heart Journal: Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, 3(1), pp. 61-73. (doi: 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcw045) (PMID:28927181)
Wells, M., Swartzman, S., Lang, H., Cunningham, M., Taylor, L., Thomson, J., Philp, J. and Mccowan, C. (2016) Predictors of quality of life in head and neck cancer survivors up to 5 years after end of treatment: a cross-sectional survey. Supportive Care in Cancer, 24(6), pp. 2463-2472. (doi: 10.1007/s00520-015-3045-6) (PMID:26660345)
Dreischulte, T., Donnan, P., Grant, A., Hapca, A., McCowan, C. and Guthrie, B. (2016) Safer prescribing — a trial of education, informatics, and financial incentives. New England Journal of Medicine, 374(11), pp. 1053-1064. (doi: 10.1056/NEJMsa1508955) (PMID:26981935)
Ford, I. , Murray, H., Mccowan, C. and Packard, C. J. (2016) Long term safety and efficacy of lowering LDL cholesterol with statin therapy: 20-year follow-up of West of Scotland coronary prevention study. Circulation, 133(11), pp. 1073-1080. (doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.019014) (PMID:26864092) (PMCID:PMC4894764)
Curran, E. T., Wilson, J., Haig, C. , Mccowan, C. , Leanord, A. and Loveday, H. (2016) The where is norovirus control lost (WINCL) study: an enhanced surveillance project to identify norovirus index cases in care settings in the UK and Ireland. Journal of Infection Prevention, 17(1), pp. 8-14. (doi: 10.1177/1757177415613133)
Jani, B. D. , Purves, D., Barry, S. J.E. , Mccowan, C. , Cavanagh, J. and Mair, F. S. (2015) The effects of anti-depressants on depression symptom scores at 12 months follow-up in patients with cardiometabolic disease: results from a large primary care cohort. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 4(3), pp. 373-379. (doi: 10.4103/2249-4863.161324)
Treweek, S., Dryden, R., McCowan, C. , Harrow, A. and Thompson, A. M. (2015) Do participants in adjuvant breast cancer trials reflect the breast cancer patient population? European Journal of Cancer, 51(8), pp. 907-914. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2015.01.064) (PMID:25861898)
Parkinson, L. et al. (2015) Anticholinergic burden in older women: not seeing the wood for the trees. Medical Journal of Australia, 202(2), pp. 91-94. (doi: 10.5694/mja14.00336) (PMID:25627741)
Baldacchino, A., Arbuckle, K., Petrie, D. J. and Mccowan, C. (2015) Erratum: neurobehavioral consequences of chronic intrauterine opioid exposure in infants and preschool children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Psychiatry, 15, 134. (doi: 10.1186/s12888-015-0438-5) (PMID:26108949) (PMCID:PMC4479073)
Mccowan, C. , Thomson, E., Szmigielski, C. A., Kalra, D., Sullivan, F. M., Prokosch, H.-U., Dugas, M. and Ford, I. (2015) Using electronic health records to support clinical trials: a report on stakeholder engagement for EHR4CR. BioMed Research International, 2015, 707891. (doi: 10.1155/2015/707891) (PMID:26539523) (PMCID:PMC4619877)
Mccowan, C. and Ford, I. (2014) Commentary on Vickers. Clinical Trials, 11(6), pp. 624-625. (doi: 10.1177/1740774514553483) (PMID:25389226)
Baldacchino, A., Arbuckle, K., Petrie, D. J. and McCowan, C. (2014) Neurobehavioral consequences of chronic intrauterine opioid exposure in infants and preschool children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Psychiatry, 14(1), p. 104. (doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-104)
Fraser, D. M., Sullivan, F. M., Thompson, A. M. and McCowan, C. (2014) Aspirin use and survival after the diagnosis of breast cancer: a population-based cohort study. British Journal of Cancer, 111(3), pp. 623-627. (doi: 10.1038/bjc.2014.264)
Harrow, A., Dryden, R., McCowan, C. , Radley, A., Parsons, M., Thompson, A. M. and Wells, M. (2014) A hard pill to swallow: a qualitative study of women's experiences of adjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer. BMJ Open, 4(6), e005285. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005285)
Morgan, R.M., Steele, R.J.C., Nabi, G. and Mccowan, C. (2013) Socioeconomic variation and prostate specific antigen testing in the community: a United Kingdom based population study. Journal of Urology, 190(4), pp. 1207-1212. (doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2013.04.044)
Mccowan, C. , Donnan, P.T., Munro, A.J. and Steele, R.J.C. (2013) Response to letter commenting on paper EJC-D-12-01401: use of aspirin post-diagnosis in a cohort of patients with colorectal cancer and its association with all-cause and colorectal cancer specific mortality. European Journal of Cancer, 49(9), p. 2273. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2013.03.012)
Makubate, B., Donnan, P.T., Dewar, J.A., Thompson, A.M. and Mccowan, C. (2013) Cohort study of adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy, breast cancer recurrence and mortality. British Journal of Cancer, 108(7), pp. 1515-1524. (doi: 10.1038/bjc.2013.116)
McCowan, C. , Munro, A.J., Donnan, P.T. and Steele, R.J.C. (2013) Use of aspirin post-diagnosis in a cohort of patients with colorectal cancer and its association with all-cause and colorectal cancer specific mortality. European Journal of Cancer, 49(5), pp. 1049-1057. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.10.024)
McCowan, C. , Magin, P., Clark, S.A. and Guthrie, B. (2013) An observational study of psychotropic drug use and initiation in older patients resident in their own home or in care. Age and Ageing, 42(1), pp. 51-6. (doi: 10.1093/ageing/afs117)
Guthrie, B., Clark, S.A., Reynish, E.L., McCowan, C. and Morales, D. (2013) Differential impact of two risk communications on antipsychotic prescribing to people with dementia in Scotland: segmented regression time series analysis 2001-2011. PLoS ONE, 8(7), e68976. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068976) (PMID:23874832) (PMCID:PMC3714253)
Marwick, C., Santiago, V.H., Mccowan, C. , Broomhall, J. and Davey, P. (2013) Community acquired infections in older patients admitted to hospital from care homes versus the community: cohort study of microbiology and outcomes. BMC Geriatrics, 13(12), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-12)
McCowan, C. , Wang, S., Thompson, A.M., Makubate, B. and Petrie, D.J. (2013) The value of high adherence to tamoxifen in women with breast cancer: a community-based cohort study. British Journal of Cancer, 109(5), pp. 1172-1180. (doi: 10.1038/bjc.2013.464)
McCowan, C. and Thompson, A.M. (2012) The importance of nonpharmacogenetic factors in endocrine therapy. Pharmacogenomics, 13(6), pp. 721-728. (doi: 10.2217/pgs.12.29)
Dreischulte, T., Grant, A., Donnan, P., Mccowan, C. , Davey, P., Petrie, D., Treweek, S. and Guthrie, B. (2012) A cluster randomised stepped wedge trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a multifaceted information technology-based intervention in reducing high-risk prescribing of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and antiplatelets in primary medical care: the DQIP study protocol. Implementation Science, 7(24), (doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-7-24)
Dreischulte, T., Grant, A.M., McCowan, C. , McAnaw, J.J. and Guthrie, B. (2012) Quality and safety of medication use in primary care: consensus validation of a new set of explicit medication assessment criteria and prioritisation of topics for improvement. BMC Clinical Pharmacology, 12(5), (doi: 10.1186/1472-6904-12-5)
Dryden, R., Williams, B., McCowan, C. and Themessl-Huber, M. (2012) What do we know about who does and does not attend general health checks? Findings from a narrative scoping review. BMC Public Health, 12, p. 723. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-723)
Cousins, G., Teljeur, C., Motterlini, N., Mccowan, C. , Dimitrov, B.D. and Fahey, T. (2011) Risk of drug-related mortality during periods of transition in methadone maintenance treatment: a cohort study. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 41(3), pp. 252-60. (doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2011.05.001)
Mccowan, C. , Dewar, J.A. and Thompson, A.M. (2011) Importance of long-term follow-up of women receiving adjuvant therapy for breast cancer in the community. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 29(25), p. 3492. (doi: 10.1200/JCO.2011.37.0528)
Crawford, F., Mccowan, C. , Dimitrov, B.D., Woodburn, J., Wylie, G.H., Booth, E., Leese, G.P., Bekker, H.L., Kleijnen, J. and Fahey, T. (2011) The risk of foot ulceration in people with diabetes screened in community settings: findings from a cohort study. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 104(5), pp. 403-410. (doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcq227)
McCowan, C. , Donnan, P.T., Dewar, J., Thompson, A. and Fahey, T. (2011) Identifying suspected breast cancer: development and validation of a clinical prediction rule. British Journal of General Practice, 61(586), e205-214. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp11X572391)
Barnett, K., McCowan, C. , Evans, J.M.M., Gillespie, N.D., Davey, P.G. and Fahey, T. (2011) Prevalence and outcomes of use of potentially inappropriate medicines in older people: cohort study stratified by residence in nursing home or in the community. BMJ Quality and Safety, 20(3), pp. 275-81. (doi: 10.1136/bmjqs.2009.039818)
Marwick, C., Broomhall, J., Mccowan, C. , Phillips, G., Gonzalez-McQuire, S., Akhras, K., Merchant, S., Nathwani, D. and Davey, P. (2011) Severity assessment of skin and soft tissue infections: cohort study of management and outcomes for hospitalized patients. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 66(2), pp. 387-97. (doi: 10.1093/jac/dkq362)
Guthrie, B., McCowan, C. , Davey, P., Simpson, C.R., Dreischulte, T. and Barnett, K. (2011) High risk prescribing in primary care patients particularly vulnerable to adverse drug events: cross sectional population database analysis in Scottish general practice. British Medical Journal, 342, d3514. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.d3514)
Wallace, E., Smith, S.M., Perera-Salazar, R., Vaucher, P., Mccowan, C. , Collins, G., Verbakel, J., Lakhanpaul, M. and Fahey, T. (2011) Framework for the impact analysis and implementation of clinical prediction rules (CPRs). BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 11(62), (doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-11-62)
Guthrie, B., Clark, S. and Mccowan, C. (2010) The burden of psychotropic drug prescribingin people with dementia: a populationdatabase study. Age and Ageing, 39(5), pp. 637-42. (doi: 10.1093/ageing/afq090)
Kapur, G., Windsor, P.M. and Mccowan, C. (2010) The effect of aerobic exercise on treatment-related acute toxicity in men receiving radical external beam radiotherapy for localised prostate cancer. European Journal of Cancer Care, 19(5), pp. 643-647. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2009.01083.x)
Baker, L. et al. (2010) p53 mutation, deprivation and poor prognosis in primary breast cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 102(4), pp. 719-726. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605540)
Olde Bekkink, M., Mccowan, C. , Falk, G.A., Teljeur, C., Van de Laar, F.A. and Fahey, T. (2010) Diagnostic accuracy systematic review of rectal bleeding in combination with other symptoms, signs and tests in relation to colorectal cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 102(1), pp. 48-58. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605426)
Windsor, P.M., Potter, J., McAdam, K. and Mccowan, C. (2009) Evaluation of a fatigue initiative: information on exercise for patients receiving cancer treatment. Clinical Oncology, 21(6), pp. 473-482. (doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2009.01.009)
Easton, P.M., Marwick, C.A., Williams, F.L.W., Stringer, K., Mccowan, C. , Davey, P. and Nathwani, D. (2009) A survey on public knowledge and perceptions of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 63(1), pp. 209-14. (doi: 10.1093/jac/dkn447)
Jones, R., Jones, R.O., Mccowan, C. , Montgomery, A.A. and Fahey, T. (2009) The external validity of published randomized controlled trials in primary care. BMC Family Practice, 10(5), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-5)
McCowan, C. , Kidd, B. and Fahey, T. (2009) Factors associated with mortality in Scottish patients receiving methadone in primary care: retrospective cohort study. British Medical Journal, 338, b2225. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.b2225)
McCowan, C. , Shearer, J., Donnan, P.T., Dewar, J.A., Crilly, M., Thompson, A.M. and Fahey, T.P. (2008) Cohort study examining tamoxifen adherence and its relationship to mortality in women with breast cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 99(11), pp. 1763-1768. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604758)
Furler, J. et al. (2008) Leaders, leadership and future primary care clinical research. BMC Family Practice, 9(52), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-9-52)
Fahey, T., Jeyaseelan, S., Mccowan, C. , Carr, E., Goudie, B.M., Pringle, S.D., Donnan, P.T., Sullivan, F.M. and Struthers, A.D. (2007) Diagnosis of left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD): development and validation of a clinical prediction rule in primary care. Family Practice, 24(6), pp. 628-35. (doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmm055)
Mccowan, C. , Hoskins, G. and Neville, R.G. (2007) Clinical symptoms and 'off-label' prescribing in children with asthma. British Journal of General Practice, 57(536), pp. 220-222.
Mccowan, C. and Fahey, T. (2006) Diagnosis and diagnostic testing in primary care. British Journal of General Practice, 56(526), pp. 323-324.
Hoskins, G., Mccowan, C. , Donnan, P.T., Friend, J.A.R. and Osman, L.M. (2005) Results of a national asthma campaign survey of primary care in Scotland. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 17(3), pp. 209-215. (doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzi036)
Mccowan, C. , Neville, R.G. and Hoskins, G. (2005) An academic, pharmaceutical and practice collaboration to implement asthma guidelines. Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 14(2), pp. 106-111. (doi: 10.1016/j.pcrj.2004.10.008)
Neville, R.G., Hoskins, G., Mccowan, C. and Smith, B. (2004) Pragmatic 'real world' study of the effect of audit of asthma on clinical outcome. Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 13(4), pp. 198-204. (doi: 10.1016/j.pcrj.2004.06.007)
Neville, R., Marsden, W., Mccowan, C. , Pagliari, C., Mullen, H. and Fannin, A. (2004) E-mail consultations in general practice. British Journal of General Practice, 54, pp. 504-546.
Neville, R.G., Marsden, W., Mccowan, C. , Pagliari, C., Mullen, H. and Fannin, A. (2004) Email consultations in general practice. Informatics in Primary Care, 12(4), pp. 207-214.
Neville, R.G., Marsden, W., Mccowan, C. , Pagliari, C., Mullen, H. and Fannin, A. (2004) A survey of GP attitudes to and experiences of email consultations. Informatics in Primary Care, 12(4), pp. 201-206.
Mccowan, C. , Neville, R.G., Ricketts, I.W., Warner, F.C., Hoskins, G. and Thomas, G.E. (2001) Lessons from a randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate computer decision support software to improve the management of asthma. Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine, 26(3), pp. 191-201. (doi: 10.1080/14639230110067890)
Neville, R.G., Mccowan, C. , Hoskins, G. and Thomas, G. (2001) Cross-sectional observations on the natural history of asthma. British Journal of General Practice, 51(466), pp. 361-365.
Hoskins, G., Neville, R.G., Mccowan, C. , Smith, B., Clark, R.A. and Ricketts, I.W. (2000) Scottish asthma management initiative. Health Bulletin, 58(6), pp. 478-488.
Ferguson, S., Neville, R.G., Mccowan, C. , Hoskins, G., Warner, F.C. and Smith, B. (2000) Which method of communication do GPs prefer to use? British Journal of General Practice, 50(454), pp. 404-405.
Hoskins, G., Mccowan, C. , Neville, R.G., Thomas, G.E., Smith, B. and Silverman, S. (2000) Risk factors and costs associated with an asthma attack. Thorax, 55(1), pp. 19-24. (doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.1.19)
Smith, E., Alexander, V., Booker, C., Mccowan, C. , Ogston, S. and Mukhopadhyay, S. (2000) Effect of hospital asthma nurse appointment on inpatient asthma care. Respiratory Medicine, 94(1), pp. 82-86. (doi: 10.1053/rmed.1999.0676)
Mccowan, C. , Neville, R.G., Thomas, G.E., Crombie, I.K., Clark, R.A., Ricketts, I.W., Cairns, A.Y., Warner, F.C., Greene, S.A. and White, E. (1998) Effect of asthma and its treatment on growth: four year follow up of cohort of children from general practices in Tayside, Scotland. British Medical Journal, 316(7132), pp. 668-672. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.316.7132.668)
Mccowan, C. , Neville, R.G., Crombie, I.K., Clark, R.A. and Warner, F.C. (1997) The facilitator effect: results from a four-year follow-up of children with asthma. British Journal of General Practice, 47(416), pp. 156-160.
Mccowan, C. , Bryce, F.P., Neville, R.G., Crombie, I.K. and Clark, R.A. (1996) School absence--a valid morbidity marker for asthma? Health Bulletin, 54(4), pp. 307-313.
Neville, R.G., Mccowan, C. , Thomas, G. and Crombie, I.K. (1996) Asthma and growth--cause for concern? Asthma & growth in Tayside children. Annals of Human Biology, 23(4), pp. 323-331.
White, E.M., Wilson, A.C., Greene, S.A., Mccowan, C. , Thomas, G.E., Cairns, A.Y. and Ricketts, I.W. (1995) Body mass index centile charts to assess fatness of British children. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 72(1), pp. 38-41. (doi: 10.1136/adc.72.1.38)
White, E., Wilson, A., Greene, S.A., Berry, W., Mccowan, C. , Cairns, A. and Ricketts, I. (1995) Growth screening and urban deprivation. Journal of Medical Screening, 2(3), pp. 140-144.
Edited Books
Randell, R., Cornet, R., McCowan, C. , Peek, N. and Scott, P. J. (Eds.) (2017) Informatics for Health: Connected Citizen-Led Wellness and Population Health. Series: Studies in health technology and informatics. IOS Press: Amsterdam. ISBN 9781614997528
Conference or Workshop Item
Henderson, A. , Kinnear, D. , Stanley, B. , Greenlaw, N., Fleming, M. , Pell, J. , McCowan, C. and Cooper, S.-A. (2019) Antipsychotic, Antidepressant and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Drug Prescribing in Children and Young People with Intellectual Disabilities and with Autism in Scottish Schools Compared with Other Children and Young People. 2019 Gatlinburg Conference, San Antonio, TX, USA, 03-05 Apr 2019.
Kotzur, M. , Wyke, S. , Steele, R., Weller, D., Campbell, C., Crighton, E., Mccowan, C. and Robb, K. (2018) Which Behaviour Change Techniques Lead to Completion of Bowel Cancer Screening? Participants’ and Non-participants’ Descriptions of their Experience. UK Society for Behavioural Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Birmingham, UK, 12-13 Dec 2018.
Henderson, A. , Kinnear, D. , Morrison, J., Cooper, S.-A. , Allan, L., McCowan, C. , Ross, K., McSkimming, P. and Okon, M. (2018) Temporal and Geographic Trends in Antipsychotic and Antidepressant Prescribing in Children and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, and Children with Autism throughout Scotland, 2010-2013. Faculty of Public Health in Scotland Annual Conference 2018, Peebles, UK, 1-2 Nov 2018.
Kotzur, M. , Wyke, S. , Macdonald, S. , Steele, R., Weller, D., Campbell, C., Crighton, E., Mccowan, C. and Robb, K. (2018) Identifying Micro Actions in Colorectal Cancer Screening: a Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data. 32nd Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS 2018), Galway, Ireland, 21-25 Aug 2018.
Henderson, A. , Kinnear, D. , Morrison, J., Cooper, S.-A. , Allan, L., McCowan, C. , Ross, K., Mcskimming, P. and Okon, M. (2018) Temporal and Geographic Trends in Antipsychotic and Antidepressant Prescribing in Children and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, and Children with Autism throughout Scotland, 2010-2013. 5th IASSIDD Europe Congress, Athens, Greece, 18-20 July 2018.
Kotzur, M. , Wyke, S. , Macdonald, S. , Steele, R., Weller, D., Campbell, C., Crighton, E., Mccowan, C. and Robb, K. (2017) Involving Future Users in Developing Cancer Screening Interventions: a Case Study. European Health Psychology Society Conference 2017, Padova, Italy, 29 Aug - 02 Sep 2017.
Kotzur, M. , Wyke, S. , Macdonald, S. , Steele, R., Weller, D., Campbell, C., Crighton, E., Mccowan, C. and Robb, K. (2017) Strategies to Increase Bowel Screening Uptake: a Focus Group Study of Non-participants. UK Society for Behavioural Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 13-14 Dec 2017. (Unpublished)
Henderson, A. , Kinnear, D. , Morrison, J., Cooper, S.-A. , Allan, L., McCowan, C. , Ross, K., Mcskimming, P. and Okon, M. (2017) Temporal and Geographic Trends in Antipsychotic and Antidepressant Prescribing in Children and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, and Children with Autism throughout Scotland, 2009-2015. 2017 IASSIDD 4th Asia-Pacific Regional Congress, Bangkok, Thailand, 13-16 Nov 2017.
Stewart, K., Matthews, L. , Scott, E. M. , Husmeier, D. and Mccowan, C. (2017) Preliminary Investigation of the Influences on Antimicrobial Resistance. RSS 2017 Annual Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, 04-07 Sep 2017.
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