Outputs (6)

Injury among children and young people with and without attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder in the community: the risk of fractures, thermal injuries and poisonings (2018)
Journal Article
Prasad, V., West, J., Sayal, K., & Kendrick, D. (2018). Injury among children and young people with and without attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder in the community: the risk of fractures, thermal injuries and poisonings. Child: Care, Health and Development, 44(6), 871-878. https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.12591

Background: Injuries commonly cause morbidity and mortality in children and young people (CYP). Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the commonest neurobehavioural disorder in CYP and is associated with increased injury risk. However, l... Read More about Injury among children and young people with and without attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder in the community: the risk of fractures, thermal injuries and poisonings.

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: variation by socio-economic deprivation (2018)
Journal Article
Prasad, V., West, J., Kendrick, D., & Sayal, K. (2019). Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: variation by socio-economic deprivation. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 104(8), 802-805. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2017-314470

Background: In England, there is a discrepancy between the prevalence of Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) ascertained from medical records and community surveys. There is also a lack of data on variation in recorded prevalence by depri... Read More about Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: variation by socio-economic deprivation.

Alcohol-attributable healthcare attendances up to 10 years prior to diagnosis of alcoholic cirrhosis: a population based case-control study (2015)
Journal Article
Otete, H. E., Orton, E., Fleming, K. M., & West, J. (2016). Alcohol-attributable healthcare attendances up to 10 years prior to diagnosis of alcoholic cirrhosis: a population based case-control study. Liver International, 36(4), 538-546. https://doi.org/10.1111/liv.13002

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Cirrhosis because of alcohol could be avoided if drinking behaviour could be altered earlier in the disease course. Our aim was to quantify the burden of morbidities in patients prior to alcoholic cirrhosis diagnosis, as this may... Read More about Alcohol-attributable healthcare attendances up to 10 years prior to diagnosis of alcoholic cirrhosis: a population based case-control study.

Sex and age differences in the early identification and treatment of alcohol use: a population-based study of patients with alcoholic cirrhosis (2015)
Journal Article
Otete, H. E., Orton, E., West, J., & Fleming, K. M. (2015). Sex and age differences in the early identification and treatment of alcohol use: a population-based study of patients with alcoholic cirrhosis. Addiction, 110(12), https://doi.org/10.1111/add.13081

Aim: To estimate sex differences in health-care utilization among harmful/hazardous drinkers in the period before alcoholic cirrhosis diagnosis, and estimate sex differences in the extent to which alcohol use and brief alcohol interventions were docu... Read More about Sex and age differences in the early identification and treatment of alcohol use: a population-based study of patients with alcoholic cirrhosis.

Persistence of health inequalities in childhood injury in the UK: a population-based cohort study of children under 5 (2014)
Journal Article
Orton, E., Kendrick, D., West, J., & Tata, L. J. (2014). Persistence of health inequalities in childhood injury in the UK: a population-based cohort study of children under 5. PLoS ONE, 9(10), Article e111631. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111631

BACKGROUND: Injury is a significant cause of childhood death and can result in substantial long-term disability. Injuries are more common in children from socio-economically deprived families, contributing to health inequalities between the most and... Read More about Persistence of health inequalities in childhood injury in the UK: a population-based cohort study of children under 5.

Injury among children and young adults with epilepsy (2014)
Journal Article
Prasad, V., Kendrick, D., Sayal, K., Thomas, S. L., & West, J. (in press). Injury among children and young adults with epilepsy. Pediatrics, 133(5), https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2013-2554

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether children and young adults with epilepsy are at a greater risk of fracture, thermal injury, or poisoning than those without. METHODS: A cohort study was conducted by using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (198... Read More about Injury among children and young adults with epilepsy.