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List of works by Richard W. Walker

"We never speak about death." Healthcare professionals' views on palliative care for inpatients in Tanzania: A qualitative study

scientific article published on 22 August 2017

'We call it the shaking illness': perceptions and experiences of Parkinson's disease in rural northern Tanzania

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200 Years of Parkinson's disease: what have we learnt from James Parkinson?

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A Survey of Pain in Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

A comparison of caregiver burden in older persons and persons with Parkinson's disease or dementia in sub-Saharan Africa.

scientific article published on 10 February 2014

A cross-sectional study of quality of life in incident stroke survivors in rural northern Tanzania

scientific article published on 19 February 2011

A cross-sectional study of the nutritional status of community-dwelling people with idiopathic Parkinson's disease.

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A new age approach to an age old problem: using simulation to teach geriatric medicine to medical students

scientific article published on 18 December 2013

A prospective study of stroke sub-type from within an incident population in Tanzania.

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Adaptation and validation of the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive (ADAS-Cog) in a low-literacy setting in sub-Saharan Africa.

scientific article published on 27 March 2017

Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring to Assess Cardiovascular Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on 23 May 2015

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to assess the white-coat effect in an elderly East African population

scientific article published on 18 February 2015

Antiphospholipid Antibodies and the Risk of Stroke in Urban and Rural Tanzania: A Community-Based Case-Control Study

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Aphasia and swallowing problems in subjects with incident stroke in rural northern Tanzania: a case-control study

scientific article published in January 2014

Assessing the quality of evidence for verbal autopsy diagnosis of stroke in Vietnam

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Assessment of speech in neurological disorders: development of a Swahili screening test.

scientific article published in December 2012

Autonomic function in a prevalent Tanzanian population with Parkinson's disease and its relationship to disease duration and 5-year mortality

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Body-Worn Sensors in Parkinson's Disease: Evaluating Their Acceptability to Patients

scientific article published on 17 July 2015

Care of the elderly: survey of teaching in an aging sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on 3 July 2014

Care requirements of a prevalent population of people with idiopathic Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on 23 November 2009

Case-fatality and disability in the Tanzanian Stroke Incidence Project cohort

scientific article published on 5 May 2015

Cognition and behavior in a prevalent cohort of children with epilepsy in rural northern Tanzania: A three-year follow-up study.

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Cognitive assessment of a representative community population with Parkinson's disease (PD) using the Cambridge Cognitive Assessment-Revised (CAMCOG-R).

scientific article published in May 2005

Cognitive screening tools for identification of dementia in illiterate and low-educated older adults, a systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 9 March 2017

Cognitive stimulation therapy as a low-resource intervention for dementia in sub-Saharan Africa (CST-SSA): Adaptation for rural Tanzania and Nigeria.

scientific article published on 21 June 2016

Cognitive stimulation therapy as a sustainable intervention for dementia in sub-Saharan Africa: Feasibility and clinical efficacy using a stepped-wedge design - ERRATUM.

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Cognitive stimulation therapy as a sustainable intervention for dementia in sub-Saharan Africa: feasibility and clinical efficacy using a stepped-wedge design.

scientific article published on 22 February 2017

Community validation of the IDEA study cognitive screen in rural Tanzania

scientific article published on 2 February 2016

Comparison of two village primary schools in northern Tanzania affected by fluorosis

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Contribution of noncommunicable diseases to medical admissions of elderly adults in Africa: a prospective, cross-sectional study in Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania

scientific article published on 15 July 2014

Correlates of short- and long-term case fatality within an incident stroke population in Tanzania

scientific article published on 11 December 2012

Could a new sensory pen assist in the early diagnosis of Parkinson's?

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Delivering global health teaching: the development of a global health option

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Dementia prevalence estimates in sub-Saharan Africa: comparison of two diagnostic criteria

scientific article published on 3 April 2013

Demonstration of cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease using the Cambridge Cognitive Assessment (Revised) (CAMCOG-R).

scientific article published in October 2006

Development and Validation of the Identification and Intervention for Dementia in Elderly Africans (IDEA) Study Dementia Screening Instrument.

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Development and community-based validation of the IDEA study Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IDEA-IADL) questionnaire.

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Do autonomic function tests in people with Parkinson's disease predict survival rates at 7 years follow-up?

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Dyskinesia induced by gabapentin in idiopathic Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Early Mortality and Associated Factors among Patients with Stroke Admitted to a Large Teaching Hospital in Tanzania

scientific article published on 29 November 2016

Electrocardiographic assessment of coronary artery disease and stroke risk factors in rural and urban Tanzania: a case-control study

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Electrocardiographic reference values for a population of older adults in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Experience of care home residents with Parkinson's disease: Reason for admission and service use

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Frailty Screening in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.

scientific article published on April 2016

Frequency, nature and outcomes of hospital admissions in centenarians in an area of North-East England

scientific article published on 26 August 2015

Geriatric medicine: services and training in Africa

scientific article published on 30 September 2012

Hip fractures in people with idiopathic Parkinson's disease: incidence and outcomes

scientific article published on 6 February 2013

Hospitalization in Parkinson's disease: a survey of UK neurologists, geriatricians and Parkinson's disease nurse specialists.

scientific article published on 6 January 2015

Hypertension and stroke in developing countries

scientific article published in September 1995

Hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa; prevalence, prescriptions, pitfalls and paradigms

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Identifying Frailty and its Outcomes in Older People in Rural Tanzania

scientific article published on May 2017

Incidence and prediction of falls in Parkinson's disease: a prospective multidisciplinary study.

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Individualized assessment of quality of life in idiopathic Parkinson's disease

scientific article published in November 2006

Levels of functional disability in elderly people in Tanzania with dementia, stroke and Parkinson's disease.

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Maximising the value from the elective experience: post-elective workshops

scientific article published on December 2013

Measuring symptom load in Idiopathic Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on 25 January 2007

Measuring the burden and mortality of hospitalisation in Parkinson's disease: A cross-sectional analysis of the English Hospital Episodes Statistics database 2009-2013.

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Medication use in people with late stage Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism living at home and in institutional care in north-east England: A balance of symptoms and side-effects?

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Mild Cognitive Impairment in Rural Tanzania: Prevalence, Profile, and Outcomes at 4-Year Follow-up.

scientific article published on 11 December 2014

Mortality and Recovery After Stroke in The Gambia

scientific article published on 19 June 2003

Mortality rates in community-dwelling Tanzanians with dementia and mild cognitive impairment: a 4-year follow-up study

scientific article published on 26 April 2015

Neurological disorder screening in the elderly in low-income countries.

scientific article published on 12 April 2012

Non-motor symptoms in a prevalent population with Parkinson's disease in Tanzania

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Palliative care and end-of-life planning in Parkinson's disease.

scientific article published on 18 January 2013

Palliative care in people with idiopathic Parkinson's disease who die in hospital

scientific article published on 19 November 2013

Parkinson's disease related dyskinesia in a Tanzanian population

scientific article published on 2 July 2015

Physical assessment as a predictor of mortality in people with Parkinson's disease: a study over 7 years

scientific article published in October 2009

Post-stroke carotid ultrasound findings from an incident Tanzanian population

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Post-stroke case fatality within an incident population in rural Tanzania

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Predictors of the psychosocial impact of being a carer of people living with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review.

scientific article published on 22 October 2014

Prevalence and aetiology of juvenile skeletal fluorosis in the south-west of the Hai district, Tanzania--a community-based prevalence and case-control study

scientific article published on 30 November 2012

Prevalence of Delirium in Older Medical Inpatients in Tanzania.

scientific article published on 22 August 2016

Prevalence of active epilepsy in rural Tanzania: a large community-based survey in an adult population.

scientific article published on 9 August 2012

Projected numbers of people with movement disorders in the years 2030 and 2050: implications for sub-Saharan Africa, using essential tremor and Parkinson's disease in Tanzania as an example

scientific article published on 12 July 2012

Racial differences in the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease--not just a North American issue

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Rates and predictors of three-year mortality in older people in rural Tanzania

scientific article published on 31 October 2015

Rates of diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders within a prevalent population of community-dwelling elderly people in sub-Saharan Africa

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Remarkably Few Sputum Cultures from People with Parkinson's Disease during Hospital In-Patient Admission

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Risk Factors for Delirium in Older Medical Inpatients in Tanzania

scientific article published on 5 September 2017

Self-reported dysphagia and its correlates within a prevalent population of people with Parkinson's disease

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Sexual and relationship dysfunction in people with Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on 4 November 2009

Significance of immunity against lung pathogens in untreated Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on 31 October 2013

Social representation and practices related to dementia in Hai District of Tanzania.

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Stigma and functional disability in relation to marriage and employment in young people with epilepsy in rural Tanzania

scientific article published on 26 November 2017

Strikingly low prevalence of atrial fibrillation in elderly Tanzanians

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Stroke incidence in rural and urban Tanzania: a prospective, community-based study

scientific article published on 6 July 2010

Stroke mortality in urban and rural Tanzania. Adult Morbidity and Mortality Project

scientific article published on May 2000

Stroke presentation and outcome in developing countries: a prospective study in the Gambia

scientific article (publication date: July 2005)

Stroke risk factors in an incident population in urban and rural Tanzania: a prospective, community-based, case-control study

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The association between disability and cognitive impairment in an elderly Tanzanian population

scientific article published on 23 October 2014

The association between educational level and dementia in rural Tanzania

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The effect of age and increasing head-up tilt on pre-oxygenation times in children: a randomised exploratory study

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The effect of cueing therapy on single and dual-task gait in a drug naïve population of people with Parkinson's disease in northern Tanzania

scientific article published on May 2010

The effect of levodopa dose and body weight on dyskinesia in a prevalent population of people with Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on 3 November 2010

The epilepsy treatment gap in rural Tanzania: A community-based study in adults.

scientific article published on 20 February 2016

The high prevalence of hypertension in rural-dwelling Tanzanian older adults and the disparity between detection, treatment and control: a rule of sixths?

scientific article published on 13 December 2012

The management of Parkinson's disease in sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on June 2012

The prevalence and burden of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in rural Tanzania.

scientific article published on 28 October 2014

The prevalence of Parkinson's disease in a rural area of North-East England.

scientific article published on 31 July 2010

The prevalence of Parkinson's disease in rural Tanzania

scientific article published in August 2008

The prevalence of dementia in rural Tanzania: a cross-sectional community-based study

scientific article published on 20 September 2012

The prevalence of dementia subtypes in rural Tanzania

scientific article published on 19 February 2014

The prevalence of disability in older people in Hai, Tanzania

scientific article published on 19 April 2012

The prevalence of essential tremor in rural northern Tanzania.

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The prevalence of hypertension and hypertension risk factors in a rural Indian community: A prospective door-to-door study

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The prevalence of neurological disorders in older people in Tanzania.

scientific article published on 31 July 2012

The role and profile of the informal carer in meeting the needs of people with advancing Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on 2 January 2018

The role of traditional and faith healers in the treatment of dementia in Tanzania and the potential for collaboration with allopathic healthcare services

scientific article published in January 2017

The use of smell identification tests in the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease in Brazil

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Three year follow up of levodopa plus carbidopa treatment in a prevalent cohort of patients with Parkinson's disease in Hai, Tanzania

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Training Tomorrow's Doctors to Safeguard the Patients of Today: Using Medical Student Simulation Training to Explore Barriers to Recognition of Elder Abuse

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Trends in stroke admissions to a Tanzanian hospital over four decades: a retrospective audit

scientific article published on 15 May 2015

Unsupervised home monitoring of Parkinson's disease motor symptoms using body-worn accelerometers

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Validation of the Identification and Intervention for Dementia in Elderly Africans (IDEA) cognitive screen in Nigeria and Tanzania

scientific article published on 25 April 2015

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