Andrew Elders
Glasgow Caledonian University
5 Papers
4 Citations
Andrew Elders is an academic researcher from Glasgow Caledonian University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 5 publications.
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Papers
Five-Year Outcomes of a Randomized Trial of Treatments for Varicose Veins.
Julie Brittenden,David A. Cooper,Maria Dimitrova,Graham Scotland,Seonaidh Cotton,Andrew Elders,Graeme MacLennan,Craig R Ramsay,John Norrie,Jennifer Burr,Bruce Campbell,Paul Bachoo,Ian Chetter,Michael Gough,Jonothan Earnshaw,Tim Lees,Julian Scott,Sara A Baker,Emma Tassie,Jill J Francis,Marion K Campbell +20 more
TL;DR: Disease-specific quality of life 5 years after treatment was better after laser ablation or surgery than after foam sclerotherapy, and the majority of the probabilistic cost-effectiveness model iterations favored lasers ablation at a willingness-to-pay ratio of £20,000 per QALY.
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Women’s experiences of receiving care for pelvic organ prolapse: a qualitative study
Purva Abhyankar,Isabelle Uny,Karen Semple,Sarah Wane,Suzanne Hagen,Joyce Wilkinson,Karen Guerrero,Douglas G Tincello,Edward Duncan,Eileen Calveley,Andrew Elders,Doreen McClurg,Margaret Maxwell +12 more
TL;DR: As prolapse treatment options expand to include more conservative choices, greater awareness and education is needed among women and professionals about these as a first line treatment and preventive measure, alongside a multi-professional team approach to treatment decision making.
Ophthalmic statistics note 13: method agreement studies in ophthalmology-please don't carry on correlating….
TL;DR: Good clinical care depends on accurate and precise measurement and is essential throughout medicine, but one has to balance the desire for an accurate measurement, against being overly invasive to the patient or too time-consuming to incorporate in a routine clinical setting.
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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of basic versus biofeedback-mediated intensive pelvic floor muscle training for female stress or mixed urinary incontinence: Protocol for the OPAL randomised trial
Suzanne Hagen,Doreen McClurg,Carol Bugge,Jean Hay-Smith,Sarah Dean,Andrew Elders,Cathryn Glazener,Mohamed Abdel-Fattah,Wael Agur,Jo Booth,Karen Guerrero,John Norrie,Mary Kilonzo,Gladys McPherson,Alison McDonald,Susan Stratton,Nicole Sergenson,Aileen M. Grant,Lyndsay Wilson +18 more
TL;DR: This multicentre randomised controlled trial will compare the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of PFMT versus biofeedback-mediated PFMT for women with stress UI or mixed UI, and estimate the mean difference between the trial groups at 24 months.
Is maternity care in Scotland equitable? Results of a national maternity care survey.
TL;DR: The findings indicate that maternity care in Scotland is generally equitable, however, the link between poorer general health after childbirth and poorer experience of maternity care is an important finding requiring further study.