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List of works by Colin McCowan

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: t

scientific article published on 23 March 2012

A hard pill to swallow: a qualitative study of women's experiences of adjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer.

scientific article

A survey on public knowledge and perceptions of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 04 November 2008

Addendum to Informatics for Health 2017: Advancing both science and practice

scientific article published on 31 October 2017

An academic, pharmaceutical and practice collaboration to implement asthma guidelines.

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An observational study of psychotropic drug use and initiation in older patients resident in their own home or in care

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Association between multimorbidity and mortality in a cohort of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 in Scotland

scholarly article by Utkarsh Agrawal published in 2021

BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccinations, incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 hospitalisations in Scotland in the Delta era

scientific article published on 26 March 2022

COVID-19 in Pregnancy in Scotland (COPS): protocol for an observational study using linked Scottish national data

scientific article published on 26 November 2020

Cohort Profile: Early Pandemic Evaluation and Enhanced Surveillance of COVID-19 (EAVE II) Database

scholarly article by Rachel H Mulholland published in 2021

Cohort study of adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy, breast cancer recurrence and mortality.

scientific article published on 21 March 2013

Commentary on Vickers

scientific article published on 01 December 2014

Comparing uptake across breast, cervical and bowel screening at an individual level: a retrospective cohort study

scientific article published on 04 September 2019

Diagnosis of left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD): development and validation of a clinical prediction rule in primary care.

scientific article published on 7 September 2007

Diagnostic accuracy systematic review of rectal bleeding in combination with other symptoms, signs and tests in relation to colorectal cancer.

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Differential impact of two risk communications on antipsychotic prescribing to people with dementia in Scotland: segmented regression time series analysis 2001-2011

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Do participants in adjuvant breast cancer trials reflect the breast cancer patient population?

scientific article published on 7 April 2015

Effect of asthma and its treatment on growth: four year follow up of cohort of children from general practices in Tayside, Scotland ⬇️

scientific article published on February 28, 1998

Effect of hospital asthma nurse appointment on inpatient asthma care

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

Evaluation of a fatigue initiative: information on exercise for patients receiving cancer treatment.

scientific article

First-dose ChAdOx1 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccines and thrombocytopenic, thromboembolic and hemorrhagic events in Scotland

scholarly article by Utkarsh Agrawal published in 2021

Framework for the impact analysis and implementation of Clinical Prediction Rules (CPRs)

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Healthcare disparities for women hospitalized with myocardial infarction and angina

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

High risk prescribing in primary care patients particularly vulnerable to adverse drug events: cross sectional population database analysis in Scottish general practice

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Identifying suspected breast cancer: development and validation of a clinical prediction rule.

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Impact of COVID-19 on accident and emergency attendances and emergency and planned hospital admissions in Scotland: an interrupted time-series analysis

scientific article published on 04 October 2020

Importance of long-term follow-up of women receiving adjuvant therapy for breast cancer in the community

scientific article published on 18 July 2011

Informatics for Health 2017: Advancing both science and practice

scientific article

Informing the public health response to COVID-19: a systematic review of risk factors for disease, severity, and mortality

scholarly article by Utkarsh Agrawal published in 2021

Interim findings from first-dose mass COVID-19 vaccination roll-out and COVID-19 hospital admissions in Scotland: a national prospective cohort study

scholarly article by Jiafeng Pan published in 2021

Investigating the uptake, effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines: protocol for an observational study using linked UK national data

scientific article published on 14 February 2022

Lessons from a randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate computer decision support software to improve the management of asthma

scientific article published on 01 July 2001

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.

scientific article published on 16 February 2018

Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Lowering Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol With Statin Therapy: 20-Year Follow-Up of West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study.

scientific article published on 10 February 2016

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.

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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.

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Obtaining tissue diagnosis in lung cancer patients with poor performance status and its influence on treatment and survival

scientific article published on 13 January 2017

Pragmatic 'real world' study of the effect of audit of asthma on clinical outcome.

scientific article published in December 2004

Predictors of quality of life in head and neck cancer survivors up to 5 years after end of treatment: a cross-sectional survey.

scientific article published on 11 December 2015

Protocol for the development of the Wales Multimorbidity e-Cohort (WMC): data sources and methods to construct a population-based research platform to investigate multimorbidity

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Relationship of depression screening in cardiometabolic disease with vascular events and mortality: findings from a large primary care cohort with 4 years follow-up.

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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.

scientific article published on 27 March 2013

Results of a national asthma campaign survey of primary care in Scotland.

scientific article

Risk factors and costs associated with an asthma attack

scientific article published on January 2000

Risk factors associated with biochemically detected and hospitalised acute kidney injury in patients prescribed renin angiotensin system inhibitors

scientific article published on 03 January 2020

Risk of drug-related mortality during periods of transition in methadone maintenance treatment: A cohort study

scientific article published on 21 June 2011

Safer Prescribing--A Trial of Education, Informatics, and Financial Incentives.

scientific article published on March 2016

Severity assessment of skin and soft tissue infections: cohort study of management and outcomes for hospitalized patients.

scientific article published on 5 October 2010

Socioeconomic variation and prostate specific antigen testing in the community: a United Kingdom based population study.

scientific article published on 19 April 2013

Statin Use is Not Associated with Future Long-Term Care Admission: Extended Follow-Up of Two Randomised Controlled Trials

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

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

scientific article published on 28 October 2015

The burden of psychotropic drug prescribing in people with dementia: a population database study

scientific article published on 12 July 2010

The effect of aerobic exercise on treatment-related acute toxicity in men receiving radical external beam radiotherapy for localised prostate cancer.

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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.

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The external validity of published randomized controlled trials in primary care.

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The importance of nonpharmacogenetic factors in endocrine therapy.

scientific article published on April 2012

The value of high adherence to tamoxifen in women with breast cancer: a community-based cohort study.

scientific article published on 15 August 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.

scientific article published on 19 November 2012

What do we know about who does and does not attend general health checks? Findings from a narrative scoping review.

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Why colorectal screening fails to achieve the uptake rates of breast and cervical cancer screening: a comparative qualitative study

scientific article published on 26 December 2019

p53 mutation, deprivation and poor prognosis in primary breast cancer

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