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Dr Neil Scott

Dr Neil Scott
Dr Neil Scott
Dr Neil Scott

MA, MSc, PhD

Senior Research Fellow

Accepting PhDs

About
Email Address
n.w.scott@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 437108
Office Address

Medical Statistics Team, Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill, ABERDEEN AB25 2ZD, UK.

School/Department
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition

Biography

Dr Neil Scott graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1995 with an MA in Mathematics and has an MSc in Applied Statistics from Napier University.  He obtained a PhD from the University of Aberdeen in 2007. 

From 1997 to 2001 he worked as a medical statistician in the Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, where he worked on clinical trials and systematic reviews, particularly in surgery.

Since joining the Medical Statistics Team (originally part of the Dept of Public Health) in 2001, he has collaborated on a large number of medical research projects in a wide variety of clinical areas.

He has an interest in the development and validation of quality-of-life instruments.  His PhD project involved using differential item functioning (DIF) analyses to detemine whether there were linguistic or cultural differences in responses to the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire.

He has a major interest in systematic reviews and meta-analysis and has co-authored many systematic reviews including several Cochrane reviews.  He is also interested in complex evidence synthesis methodologies, such as network meta-analysis, and is a member of the Aberdeen team critiquing technology assessments for the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

He previously acted as a statistical consultant to NHS Grampian staff and is interested in statistical consultancy in general.

He contributes to a variety of teaching activities.  He is course co-ordinator for the PU5522 online Applied Statistics course and is a lecturer on the Systematic Reviewing (PU5526) and Evidence Based Health (PU5031) courses.

External Memberships

Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS)

Research

Research Overview

Neil’s main research interests include:

  • Randomised controlled trials, including methods of randomisation
  • Systematic reviews and meta-analysis, including individual patient data (IPD) reviews and network meta-analyses
  • Health-related quality of life (HRQoL)
  • Differential item functioning (DIF) methods
  • Methods to assess translations of HRQoL questionnaires
  • Case-control studies
  • Statistical consultancy

Current PhD opportunity: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/comprehensive-meta-analyses-of-surgical-repair-of-groin-hernia/?p172221

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in Applied Health Sciences.

Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.

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Applied Health Sciences

Supervising
Accepting PhDs
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Research Specialisms

  • Medical Statistics

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Teaching

Courses

Teaching Responsibilities

Contribution to:

PU5522 Applied Statistics (online) (lecturer and course co-ordinator)

PU5017 Applied Statistics (lecturer and previous course co-ordinator)

PU5526 Systematic Reviewing (lecturer)

PU5031 Evidence-Based Health (online) (lecturer)

SPSS staff course (previous lecturer)

Intermediate Statistics staff course (previous lecturer)

PhD Statistics Course (previous tutor)

Statistical consultancies (NHS and University staff)

Student clinics

Publications

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  • The clinical and cost-effectiveness of open mesh repairs in adults presenting with a clinically diagnosed unilateral, primary inguinal hernia who are operated in an elective setting: systematic review and economic evaluation

    Sharma, P., Boyers, D., Scott, N. W., Hernandez, R. A., Fraser, C. M., Cruickshank, M., Ahmed, I., Ramsay, C. R., Brazzelli, M. G.
    Health Technology Assessment, vol. 19, no. 92, pp. i - 141
    Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews

  • Risk of Recurrent Stillbirth: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Lamont, K., Scott, N. W., Jones, G. T., Bhattacharya, S.
    Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, vol. 70, no. 10, pp. 610-612
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials

  • Prognostic value of lymph node ratio and extramural vascular invasion on survival for patients undergoing curative colon cancer resection

    Parnaby, C. N., Scott, N. W., Ramsay, G., MacKay, C., Samuel, L., Murray, G. I., Loudon, M. A.
    British Journal of Cancer, vol. 113, no. 2, pp. 212-219
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Cataract extraction and patient vision-related quality of life: a cohort study

    Javed, U., McVeigh, K., Scott, N. W., Azuara-Blanco, A.
    Eye, vol. 29, no. 7, pp. 921-925
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Does mindfulness improve outcomes in chronic pain patients?: Systematic review and meta-analysis

    Marikar Bawa, F. L., Mercer, S. W., Atherton, R., Clague, F., Keen, A., Scott, N. W., Bond, C. M.
    The British Journal of General Practice, vol. 65, no. 635, pp. 387-400
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Topical antihistamines and mast cell stabilisers for treating seasonal and perennial allergic conjunctivitis

    Castillo, M., Scott, N. W., Mustafa, M. Z., Mustafa, M. S., Azuara-Blanco, A.
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 6, CD009566
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Risk of recurrent stillbirth: Systematic review and meta-analysis

    Lamont, K., Scott, N. W., Jones, G., Bhattacharya, S.
    BMJ, vol. 350, 3080
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A comparison of three methods of assessing differential item functioning (DIF) in the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale: ordinal logistic regression, Rasch analysis and the Mantel chi-square procedure

    Cameron, I. M., Scott, N. W., Adler, M., Reid, I. C.
    Quality of Life Research, vol. 23, no. 10, pp. 2883-2888
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Age-, and gender-specific incidence of vascular parkinsonism, progressive supranuclear palsy, and parkinsonian-type multiple system atrophy in North East Scotland: The PINE study

    Caslake, R., Taylor, K., Scott, N. W., Harris, C., Gordon, J., Wilde, K., Murray, A., Counsell, C.
    Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, vol. 20, no. 8, pp. 834-839
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A survey of factors influencing career preference in new-entrant and exiting medical students from four UK medical schools

    Cleland, J. A., Johnston, P. W., Anthony, M., Khan, N., Scott, N. W.
    BMC Medical Education, vol. 14, 151
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Vitrectomy with Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling versus No Peeling for Idiopathic Full-Thickness Macular Hole

    Spiteri, K. C., Lois, N., Scott, N. W., Burr, J., Cook, J., Boachie, C., Tadayoni, R., la Cour, M., Christensen, U., Kwok, A.
    Ophthalmology, vol. 121, no. 3, pp. 649-655
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Psychological, surgical, and sociodemographic predictors of pain outcomes after breast cancer surgery: A population-based cohort study

    Bruce, J., Thornton, A. J., Powell, R., Johnston, M., Wells, M., Heys, S. D., Thompson, A. M., Cairns Smith, W., Chambers, W. A., Scott, N. W., The Recovery Study Group
    Pain, vol. 155, no. 2, pp. 232-243
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A randomised controlled trial of platelet activity before and after cessation of clopidogrel therapy in patients with stable cardiovascular disease

    Ford, I., Scott, N. W., Herd, V., Mitchell, L. R., Williams, D. J., Brittenden, J.
    Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 233-239
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Recurrence risk of unexplained stillbirth: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Lamont, K., Bhattacharya, S., Jones, G., Scott, N.
    Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition, vol. 99, no. Suppl. 1, pp. A153
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Relationship between socioeconomic deprivation 
or urban/rural residence and visual acuity before cataract surgery in Northern Scotland

    Chua, P. Y., Mustafa, M. S., Scott, N. W., Kumarasamy, M., Azuara-Blanco, A.
    European Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 831-835
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Systematic Review of Adrenalectomy and Lymph Node Dissection in Locally Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma

    Bekema, H. J., Maclennan, S., Imamura, M., Lam, T. B. L., Stewart, F., Scott, N., Maclennan, G., McClinton, S., Griffiths, T. R. L., Skolarikos, A., Maclennan, S. J., Sylvester, R., Ljungberg, B., N'dow, J.
    European Urology, vol. 64, no. 5, pp. 799-810
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Comparing health status in Belarus between 2001-2010: a novel method using surveys with different response categories

    Vasianovich, A., Scott, N. W., Smith, W. C. S., Wallace, C. D., Shebeko, L. L.
    European Journal of Public Health, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 840-845
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Reply for "Retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) atrophy in patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration undergoing anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy"

    Lois, N., McBain, V., Abdelkader, E., Scott, N. W., Kumari, R.
    Retina, vol. 33, no. 9, pp. 1998-1999
    Contributions to Journals: Letters

  • An evaluation of the response category translations of the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire

    Scott, N. W., Etta, J. A., Aaronson, N. K., Bottomley, A., Fayers, P., Groenvold, M., Koller, M., Kulis, D., Marais, D., Petersen, M. A., Sprangers, M. A. G.
    Quality of Life Research, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 1483-1490
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The short and long-term effects on the visual system of children following exposure to maternal substance misuse in pregnancy

    Cornish, K. S., Hrabovsky, M., Scott, N. W., Myerscough, E., Reddy, A. R.
    American Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 156, no. 1, pp. 190-194
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling versus vitrectomy with no peeling for idiopathic full-thickness macular hole (FTMH)

    Spiteri Cornish, K., Lois, N., Scott, N., Burr, J., Cook, J., Boachie, C., Tadayoni, R., la Cour, M., Christensen, U., Kwok, A.
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 6, CD009306
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Adverse psychological effects and costs associated with waiting for radiofrequency ablation

    Barclay, J. L., Gibson, P. H., Lewis, A., Wilson, C., Affolter, J. T., Patel, J. C., Scott, N. W., Alexander, D. A., Choy, A. M., Broadhurst, P. A.
    PACE, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 719-726
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Uptake of abdominal aortic aneurysm screening: A cohort study

    Ross, N., Scott, N. W., Duncan, J.
    European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, vol. 45, no. 6, pp. 610-615
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Age-, gender-, and socioeconomic status-specific incidence of Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism in North East Scotland: The PINE study

    Caslake, R., Taylor, K., Scott, N., Gordon, J., Harris, C., Wilde, K., Murray, A., Counsell, C.
    Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 515-521
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Is there an increase in the incidence of uterine carcinosarcoma in north-east Scotland?: A 19 years population-based cohort study

    Gurumurthy, M., Lahiri, R., Scott, N., Miller, I., Cruickshank, M., Parkin, D.
    Scottish Medical Journal, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 88-94
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Epidemiology Of Angioid Streaks-Associated Choroidal Neovascular Membranes In the United Kingdom

    Abdelkader, E. A., Scott, N. W., Lois, N.
    Cureus, vol. 5, no. 9, e138
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Retinal pigment epithelial atrophy in patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration undergoing anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy

    Lois, N., Mcbain, V., Abdelkader, E., Scott, N. W., Kumari, R.
    Retina, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 13-22
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Comparing health status in Belarus between 2001 and 2010: a novel method using survey with different response categories

    Vasianovich, A., Scott, N. W., Cairns Smith, W., Wallace, C. D.
    European Journal of Public Health, vol. 23, no. 5
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Using databases in medical education research: AMEE Guide No. 77

    Cleland, J., Scott, N., Harrild, K., Moffat, M.
    Medical Teacher, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. e1103-e1122
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Comparing higher order models for the EORTC QLQ-C30

    Gundy, C. M., Fayers, P. M., Groenvold, M., Petersen, M. A., Scott, N. W., Sprangers, M. A. G., Velikova, G., Aaronson, N. K.
    Quality of Life Research, vol. 21, no. 9, pp. 1607-1617
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Early diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging can predict survival in women with locally advanced cancer of the cervix treated with combined chemo-radiation

    Somoye, G., Harry, V., Semple, S. I., Plataniotis, G., Scott, N. W., Gilbert, F., Parkin, D.
    European Radiology, vol. 22, no. 11, pp. 2319-2327
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Chronic preoperative pain and psychological robustness predict acute postoperative pain outcomes after surgery for breast cancer

    Bruce, J., Thornton, A. J., Scott, N. W., Marfizo, S., Powell, R., Johnston, M., Wells, M., Heys, S. D., Thompson, A. M., Recovery Study Group
    British Journal of Cancer, vol. 107, no. 6, pp. 937-946
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Coblation tonsillectomy: is it inherently bloody?

    Khan, I., Abelardo, E., Scott, N. W., Shakeel, M., Menakaya, O., Jaramillo, M., Mahmood, K.
    European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology , vol. 269, no. 2, pp. 579-583
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Evaluation of perifacet injections and paraspinal muscle rehabilitation in treatment of low back pain: A randomised controlled trial

    Kader, D., Radha, S., Smith, F., Wardlaw, D., Rege, A., Scott, N., Pope, M.
    Ortopedia Traumatologia Rehabilitacja, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 251-259
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Seasonal symptoms in bipolar and primary care patients

    Simonsen, H., Shand, A. J., Scott, N. W., Eagles, J. M.
    Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 132, no. 1-2, pp. 200-208
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The seasonality of bipolar affective disorder: Comparison with a primary care sample using the Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire

    Shand, A. J., Scott, N. W., Anderson, S. M., Eagles, J. M.
    Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 132, no. 1-2, pp. 289-292
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • In Vivo Safety of Trypan Blue Use in Vitreoretinal Surgery

    Abdelkader, E. A., McBain, V. A., Anand, M., Scott, N. W., Siddiqui, M. A. R., Lois, N.
    Retina, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 1122-1127
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Perimetric progression in open angle glaucoma and the visual field index (VFI)

    Ang, G. S., Mustafa, M. S., Scott, N., Diaz-Aleman, V. T., Azuara-Blanco, A.
    Journal of Glaucoma, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 223-227
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Is film-reading performance related to the number of films read?: The Scottish experience

    Duncan, K. A., Scott, N. W.
    Clinical Radiology, vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 99-102
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Small bowel lymphangiectasia and angiodysplasia: a positive association; novel clinical marker or shared pathophysiology?

    MacDonald, J., Porter, V., Scott, N. W., McNamara, D.
    Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, vol. 44, no. 9, pp. 610-614
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Differential item functioning (DIF) analyses of health-related quality of life instruments using logistic regression

    Scott, N. W., Fayers, P., Aaronson, N. K., Bottomley, A., de Graeff, A., Groenvold, M., Gundy, C., Koller, M., Petersen, M. A., Sprangers, M. A. G., EORTC Quality Life Group, Quality Life Cross-Cultural Meta-Analysis Group
    Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, vol. 8, 81
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Interpretation of differential item functioning analyses using external review

    Scott, N. W., Fayers, P., Aaronson, N. K., Bottomley, A., de Graeff, A., Groenvold, M., Gundy, C., Koller, M., Petersen, M. A., Sprangers, M. A. G., on behalf of the EORTC Quality of Life Group and the Quality of Life Cross-Cultural Meta-Analysis Group
    Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 253-258
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A Case-Control Study of Parkinson's Disease and Tobacco Use: Gene-Tobacco Interactions

    De Palma, G., Dick, F. D., Calzetti, S., Scott, N. W., Prescott, G. J., Osborne, A., Haites, N., Mozzoni, P., Negrotti, A., Scaglioni, A., Mutti, A., Geoparkinson Study Group, Dick, S.
    Movement Disorders, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. 912-919
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Relationship between arterial stiffness and Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire disability in rheumatoid arthritis patients without overt arterial disease

    Crilly, M. A., Clark, H. J., Kumar, V. V., Scott, N. W., Macdonald, A. G., Williams, D. J.
    Journal of Rheumatology, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 946-952
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Arterial stiffness and cumulative inflammatory burden in rheumatoid arthritis

    Crilly, M. A., Kumar, V. V., Clark, H. J., Scott, N. W., MacDonald, A. G., Williams, D. J.
    Rheumatology, vol. 48, no. 12, pp. 1606-1612
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The practical impact of differential item functioning analyses in a health-related quality of life instrument

    Scott, N. W., Fayers, P. M., Aaronson, N. K., Bottomley, A., de Graeff, A., Groenvold, M., Gundy, C., Koller, M., Petersen, M. A., Sprangers, M. A. G., EORTC Quality of Life Group, Quality of Life Cross-Cultural Meta-Analysis Group
    Quality of Life Research, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 1125-1130
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Differential item functioning (DIF) in the EORTC QLQ-C30: a comparison of baseline, on-treatment and off-treatment data

    Scott, N. W., Fayers, P., Aaronson, N. K., Bottomley, A., de Graeff, A., Groenvold, M., Gundy, C., Koller, M., Petersen, M. A., Sprangers, M. A. G., on behalf of the EORTC Quality of Life Group and the Quality of Life Cross-Cultural Meta-Analysis Group
    Quality of Life Research, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 381-388
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A simulation study provided sample size guidance for differential item functioning (DIF) studies using short scales

    Scott, N. W., Fayers, P. M., Aaronson, N. K., Bottomley, A., de Graeff, A., Groenvold, M., Gundy, C., Koller, M., Petersen, M. A., Sprangers, M. A. G., EORTC Quality of Life Group; Quality of Life Cross-Cultural Meta-Analysis Group
    Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, vol. 62, no. 3, pp. 288-295
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • EORTC Quality of Life Group translation procedure

    Dewolf, L., Koller, M., Velikova, G., Johnson, C., Scott, N., Bottomley, A., EORTC Quality of Life Group
    EORTC Quality of Life Group, Brussels, Belgium. 32 pages
    Books and Reports: Books

  • The relationship between overall quality of life and its subdimensions was influenced by culture: analysis of an international database

    Scott, N. W., Fayers, P. M., Aaronson, N. K., Bottomley, A., de Graeff, A., Groenvold, M., Koller, M., Petersen, M. A., Sprangers, M. A. G., Quality Life Cross Cultural Meta A, EORTC Quality Life Group
    Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, vol. 61, no. 8, pp. 788-795
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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