Senior Research Fellow
- About
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- Email Address
- l.aucott@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 438160
- Office Address
Health Services Research Unit, 3rd Floor, Health Sciences Building, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZDTel: +44 (0) 1224 438160,
Email l.aucott@abdn.ac.uk
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
I am the Senior Statistician within HSRU having joined the Unit in November 2017, managing the Unit statisticians and all statistics commitments. I graduated (BSc Hons in Applied Statistics) from Hallam University, Sheffield in 1984, then went on to complete a PhD ("Analysis of Near Infra Spectra: For Compound Feeds") as a split Statistical/Biometrics discipline from the University of Aberdeen in 1991. Between 1984 -2017 I lectured statistics to mathematical/non-mathematical students at undergraduate/postgraduate levels in Preston and then back in Aberdeen. Since 2008 I have been a Senior Lecturer in medical statistics initially with the Medical Statistics Team, University of Aberdeen before joining the Unit. I have been a Royal Statistical Society (RSS) fellow since 1984 and been actively involved over the years where-ever I have been. Currently I am the chair of the local Highlands RSS group. I have had a particular interest in obesity prevention projects especially those directed towards young adults, although more recently my interests have move to be more trial methodologically based. I have a current and historical interest in using routinely collected data with an epidemiological perspective, but hope to redirect this to explore ways of embedding BIG data into new trial study designs.
Qualifications
- PhD Biostatistics1991 - University of Aberdeen
External Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal statistical Society 1981- (Current chair of local group)
- Statistician on the NIHR Public Health PHR funding board (PHR) (2017- )
- Statistician on several DMC panels for external verification of trials (2017- )
- Research
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Research Overview
Epidemiological and statistical aspects of longitudinal data. Specifically related to obesity prevention/treatment and associated lifestyle factors including nutrition, physical exercise, behaviour and attitude.
Current Research
Obesity prevention particularly for the 16-25 year olds as a hard to reach group with many of the known weight gain trigger points experienced during a lifecourse. We are currently in the process of developing suitable healthy lifestyle intervention programs for specific communities starting with participatory action research approaches.
The effect of fetal growth trajectories on later health outcomes is of particular interest and being investgated in partnership with computer science methodologies
Funding and Grants
Lorna Aucott, Amudha Poobalan, Edwin van Teijlingen. ‘Young People For Young People’ Seminar/Workshops/public Engagement Events, 2013 – 2014: funded by NHS Grampian
Dr S. Turner (PI) Dr N Miln-Tagiyeva, Prof G Devereux, Dr L Aucott. ‘Childhood Asthma Prevalence in 2014 – How and why has this changed over the past 50 years’ March 2014- Feb 2015 funded by Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland (CH019 RGB4456)
Drs Margret Watson (PI) Dr L Aucott ‘Community pharmacy weight management referral feasibility study’Feb 2014- Oct 2014 funded by NHS-Grampian
Prof Helen Galley, Dr Lorna Aucott 2015-2018, BJA/RCoA ‘Melatonin in doctors and nurses working nightshifts (MIDNIGHT) trial’Professor Nigel Webster (PI) Prof Helen Galley, John Norrie, Lorna Aucott, Lee Allen, Patricia Cooper. ‘ Dose assessment of melatonin in sepsis trial DAMSEL2’ 2017–2019 CSO(ETM/358)
Dr Gareth Jones, Dr Lorna S. Aucott (statistician); Prof Gareth Macfarlane; Wing Commander Alexander Bennett; Dr Raj Sengupta Alison MacDonald Clinical Trial Unit Representative March 1st 2017 – 31st August 2021: Arthritis Research Uk ‘Do non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) reduce the appearance of sacroiliac joint bone marrow oedema on MRI, in spondyloarthritis’ Grant reference 21022.
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- Publications
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Short-stay urgent hospital admissions of children with convulsions: a mixed methods exploratory study to inform out of hospital care pathways.
PloS ONEContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301071
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The experience of poor sleep in people with fibromyalgia: a qualitative meta-synthesis
Sleep Medicine, vol. 115, no. Suppl 1, pp. 192Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2023.11.539
Cost-effectiveness of cognitive behavioural and personalised exercise interventions for reducing fatigue in inflammatory rheumatic diseases
Rheumatology, vol. 62, no. 12, pp. 3819-3827Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIdentifying and prioritising future interventions with stakeholders to improve paediatric urgent care pathways in Scotland, UK: a mixed-methods study
BMJ Open, vol. 13, no. 10, e074141Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSymptomatic benefits of testosterone treatment in patient subgroups: a systematic review, individual participant data meta-analysis, and aggregate data meta-analysis
The Lancet Healthy Longevity, vol. 4, no. 10, pp. e561-e572Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRegional variations in short stay urgent paediatric hospital admissions: a sequential mixed-methods approach exploring differences through data linkage and qualitative interviews
BMJ Open, vol. 13, no. 9, e072734Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAntenatal size, early childhood growth, and asthma within a cohort created by data linkage
Pediatric Pulmonology, vol. 58, no. 8, pp. 2364-2374Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppul.26499
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/20915/1/Turner_etal_Antenatal_Size_Early_VOR.pdf
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Audit, Feedback, and Education to Improve Quality and Outcomes in Transurethral Resection and Single-Instillation Intravesical Chemotherapy for Nonmuscle Invasive Bladder Cancer Treatment: Protocol for a Multicenter International Observational Study With an Embedded Cluster Randomized Trial
JMIR Research Protocols, vol. 12, e42254Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/42254
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21161/1/Gallagher_JMIRRP_Audit_Feedback_and_VOR.pdf
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Deucravacitinib for treating moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis
Evidence Review Group report in support of NICE STA Programme. London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. 155 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsPROSPECT: 4- and 6-year follow-up of a randomised trial of surgery for vaginal prolapse
International Urogynecology Journal, vol. 34, pp. 67-78Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStudy protocol: transurethral REsection and Single instillation intravesical chemotherapy Evaluation in bladder Cancer Treatment (RESECT). A multi-centre international observational study with embedded cluster randomised trial of audit, feedback and education.
JMIR Research ProtocolsContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.42254
Insights from and limitations of data linkage studies: analysis of short stay urgent admission referral source from routinely collected Scottish data
Archives of Disease in Childhood, vol. 108, pp. 245-246Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCost utility analysis of shockwave lithotripsy versus ureteroscopic stone treatment in adults
BJU International, vol. 131, no. 2, pp. 253-261Contributions to Journals: ArticlesShort stay hospital admissions for an acutely unwell child: a qualitative study of outcomes that matter to parents and professionals
PloS ONE, vol. 17, no. 12, e0278777Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRemotely delivered cognitive behavioural and personalised exercise interventions for fatigue severity and impact in inflammatory rheumatic diseases: a multi-centre randomised controlled parallel open-label group trial (LIFT)
The Lancet Rheumatology, vol. 4, no. 8, pp. e534-e545Contributions to Journals: ArticlesManagement of the first stage of convulsive status epilepticus in adults: a systematic review of current randomised evidence
Journal of Neurology, vol. 269, no. 7, pp. 3420-3429Contributions to Journals: Review articlesMarine-derived n-3 fatty acids therapy for stroke (Review-Intervention)
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, vol. 2022, no. 6, CD012815Contributions to Journals: Review articlesHousehold income, fetal size and birth weight: An analysis of eight populations
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 76, pp. 629-636Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2021-218112
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Adverse cardiovascular events and mortality in men during testosterone treatment: an individual patient and aggregate data meta-analysis
The Lancet Healthy Longevity, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. e381–393Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe EMPOWER blended digital intervention for relapse prevention in schizophrenia: a feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial in Scotland and Australia
The Lancet Psychiatry, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 477-486Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDigital smartphone intervention to recognise and manage early warning signs in schizophrenia to prevent relapse: the EMPOWER feasibility cluster RCT
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 26, no. 27, pp. v-122Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIdentifying the outcomes important to men with hypogonadism: a qualitative evidence synthesis
Journal of Andrology, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 625-641Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAxicabtagene ciloleucel for treating relapsed or refractory low-grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma
London: Evidence Review Group report in support of NICE STA Programme. London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. 106 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsPre-hospital and emergency department treatment of convulsive status epilepticus in adults: an evidence synthesis
Health technology assessment (Winchester, England), vol. 26, no. 20, pp. 1-76Contributions to Journals: ArticlesShockwave lithotripsy compared with ureteroscopic stone treatment for adults with ureteric stones: the TISU non-inferiority RCT
Health technology assessment (Winchester, England), vol. 26, no. 19, pp. 1-70Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe ALLEGRO trial: a placebo controlled randomised trial of intravenous lidocaine in accelerating gastrointestinal recovery after colorectal surgery
Trials, vol. 23, no. 1, 84Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBiomarkers for assessing acute kidney injury for people who are being considered for admission to critical care: a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 26, no. 7, pp. 1-286Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCost-effectiveness and value of information analysis of NephroCheck and NGAL tests compared to standard care for the diagnosis of acute kidney injury
BMC Nephrology, vol. 22, 399Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA prognostic model, including quantitative fetal fibronectin, to predict preterm labour: the QUIDS meta-analysis and prospective cohort study
NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme. 198 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsDevelopment and validation of a risk prediction model of preterm birth for women with preterm labour symptoms (the QUIDS study): A prospective cohort study and individual participant data meta-analysis
PLoS Medicine, vol. 18, no. 7, e1003686Contributions to Journals: Review articlesShockwave Lithotripsy Versus Ureteroscopic Treatment as Therapeutic Interventions for Stones of the Ureter (TISU): A Multicentre Randomised Controlled Non-inferiority Trial
European Urology, vol. 80, no. 1, pp. 46-54Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2021.02.044
Antenatal Fetal Size and Obesity in Five-Year-Old Children in a Large Cohort Created by Data Linkage
Childhood obesity (Print), vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 272-280Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/chi.2020.0360
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TISU (Therepeutic Intervention for Stones in the Ureter): ESWL versus Ureteroscopy, a multicentre RCT
European Urology, vol. 79, no. S1, pp. S390-S390Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0302-2838(21)00660-6
Tibial nerve stimulation compared with sham to reduce incontinence in care home residents: ELECTRIC RCT
Health technology assessment (Winchester, England), vol. 25, no. 41, pp. 1-109Contributions to Journals: ArticlesVenetoclax with a hypomethylating agent or low dose cytarabine for untreated acute myeloid leukaemia unsuitable for intensive chemotherapy
London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)Books and Reports: Commissioned ReportsSecukinumab for treating plaque psoriasis in children and young people
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). 105 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsCongenital defects and early childhood outcomes following in-utero exposure to antihypertensive medication
Journal of Hypertension, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 581-588Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000002670
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Is conception by in vitro fertilization associated with altered antenatal and postnatal growth trajectories?
Fertility and Sterility, vol. 114, no. 6, pp. 1216-1224Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAuthors' reply re: Mesh inlay, mesh kit or native tissue repair for women having repeat anterior or posterior prolapse surgery: randomised controlled trial (PROSPECT)
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, vol. 127, no. 9, pp. 1170-1171Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.16302
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Does quality of care in hip fracture vary by day of admission?
Archives of Osteoporosis, vol. 15, 52Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIn utero antihypertensive medication exposure and neonatal outcomes: A data linkage cohort study
Hypertension, vol. 75, no. 3, pp. 628–633Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIn utero exposure to antidepressant medication and neonatal and child outcomes: a systematic review
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, vol. 141, pp. 21-33Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.13120
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Atezolizumab monotherapy for untreated advanced non-small-cell lung cancer
Evidence Review Group report in support of NICE STA Programme. London: National Institute for Health and Care ExcellenceBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsEnzalutamide with ADT for treating metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)Books and Reports: Commissioned ReportsELECtric Tibial nerve stimulation to Reduce Incontinence in Care homes: protocol for the ELECTRIC randomised trial
Trials, vol. 20, 723Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMarine-derived n-3 fatty acids therapy for stroke
Stroke, vol. 50, no. 11, pp. e314-e315Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMarine-Derived n-3 Fatty Acids Therapy for Stroke
Stroke, vol. 50, no. 11, pp. e314-e315Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.119.026919
Marine-derived n-3 fatty acids therapy for stroke (Review)
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2019, no. 6, CD012815Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA pilot study to improve sugar and water consumption in Maltese school children
International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and HealthContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ijamh-2018-0134
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Effect of nonmeat, high-protein supplementation on quality of life and clinical outcomes in older residents of care homes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Nutrition Reviews, vol. 77, no. 2, pp. 116-127Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuy061
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13383/1/Revisions_Nutrition_Accepted_Manuscript.pdf
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