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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

 

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

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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 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

  • EORTC QLQ-C30 Reference Values Manual

    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., EORTC Quality of Life Group
    EORTC Quality of Life Group, Brussels, Belgium. 427 pages
    Books and Reports: Books

  • Key health promotion factors among male members of staff at a higher educational institution: A cross-sectional postal survey

    Vasianovich, A., Van Teijlingen, E., Reid, G., Scott, N. W.
    BMC Public Health, vol. 8, no. 58, 58
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Dates of birth and seasonal changes in well-being among 4904 subjects completing the seasonal pattern assessment questionnaire

    Eagles, J., Scott, N. W., Cameron, I. M., Wileman, S. M., Naji, S. A.
    Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 104, no. 1-3, pp. 161-165
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Environmental risk factors for Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism: the Geoparkinson study

    Dick, F. D., De Palma, G., Ahmadi, A., Scott, N. W., Prescott, G. J., Bennett, J., Semple, S., Dick, S., Counsell, C., Mozzoni, P., Haites, N., Wettinger, S. B., Mutti, A., Otelea, M., Seaton, A., Söderkvist, P., Felice, A., Geoparkinson Study Group
    Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol. 64, no. 10, pp. 666-672
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Gene-environment interactions in parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease: The Geoparkinson study

    Dick, F. D., De Palma, G., Ahmadi, A., Osborne, A., Scott, N. W., Prescott, G. J., Bennett, J., Semple, S., Dick, S., Mozzoni, P., Haites, N. E., Wettinger, S. B., Mutti, A., Otelea, M., Seaton, A., Soderkvist, P., Felice, A., Geoparkinson Study Group
    Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol. 64, no. 10, pp. 673-680
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Translation procedures for standardised quality of life questionnaires: The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) approach

    Koller, M., Aaronson, N. K., Blazeby, J. M., Bottomley, A., Dewolf, L., Fayers, P., Johnson, C., Ramage, J., Scott, N. W., West, K., EORTC Quality of Life Group
    European Journal of Cancer, vol. 43, no. 12, pp. 1810-1820
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The use of differential item functioning analyses to identify cultural differences in responses to the EORTC QLQ-C30

    Scott, N. W., Fayers, P., Aaronson, N. K., Bottomley, A., de Graeff, A., Groenvold, M., Koller, M., Peterson, M. A., Sprangers, M. A. G., EORTC Quality Life Cross Cultural
    Quality of Life Research, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 115-129
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Comparing translations of the EORTC QLQ-C30 using differential item functioning analyses

    Scott, N. W., Fayers, P., Bottomley, A., Aaronson, N. K., De Graeff, A., Groenvold, M., Koller, M., Petersen, M. A., Sprangers, M. A. G., Quality Life Cross Cultural Meta A, EORTC
    Quality of Life Research, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 1103-1115
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Response to commentary on comparing translations of the EORTC QLQ-C30 using differential item functioning analyses

    Scott, N. W., Fayers, P., Bottomley, A., Aaronson, N. K., de Graeff, A., Groenvold, M., Koller, M., Petersen, M. A., Sprangers, M. A. G., EORTC Quality Life Cross Cultural
    Quality of Life Research, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 1119-1120
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Randomized comparison of reduction and fixation, bipolar hemiarthroplasty, and total hip arthroplasty: Treatment of displaced intracapsular hip fractures in healthy older patients

    Keating, J. F., Grant, A., Masson, N., Scott, N. W., Forbes, J. F., Scottish Orthopaedic Trials Networ
    The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. American Volume, vol. 88, no. 2, pp. 249-260
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Combining clinical trials: meta-analysis

    Fayers, P., Scott, N. W.
    Assessing Quality of Life in Clinical Trials: methods and practice. Fayers, P., Hays, R. (eds.). 2nd edition. Oxford University Press, pp. 447-459, 12 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Long-term follow-up of breast cancer survivors with post-mastectomy pain syndrome

    Macdonald, L., Bruce, J., Scott, N. W., Smith, W. C. S., Chambers, W. A.
    British Journal of Cancer, vol. 92, no. 2, pp. 225-230
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Displaced intracapsular hip fractures in fit older people: a randomised comparison of reduction and fixation, bipolar hemiarthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty

    Keating, J. F., Grant, A. M., Masson, M., Scott, N. W., Forbes, J. F.
    Health Technology Assessment
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Displaced intracapsular hip fractures in fit, older people: a randomised comparison of reduction and fixation, bipolar hemiarthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty

    Keating, J. F., Grant, A., Masson, M., Scott, N. W., Forbes, J. F.
    Health Technology Assessment, vol. 9, pp. 1
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Five-year follow-up of a randomized trial to assess pain and numbness after laparoscopic or open repair of groin hernia

    Grant, A. M., Scott, N. W., O'Dwyer, P., MRC Laparoscopic Groin Hernia Trial
    British Journal of Surgery, vol. 91, no. 12, pp. 1570-1574
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Low Back Pain: Influence of Early MR Imaging or CT on Treatment and Outcome—Multicenter Randomized Trial

    Gilbert, F., Gillan, M., Grant, A., Vale, L., Campbell, M., Scott, N., Knight, D., Wardlaw, D.
    Radiology, vol. 231, no. 2, pp. 343-351
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Cost-effectiveness of alternative methods of surgical repair of inguinal hernia

    Vale, L. D., Grant, A. M., McCormack, K., Scott, N. W., EU Hernia Trialists Collaboration
    International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 192-200
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Does early magnetic resonance imaging influence management or improve outcome in patients referred to secondary care with low back pain? A pragmatic randomised controlled trial

    Gilbert, F. J., Grant, A. M., Gillan, M. G. C., Vale, L., Scott, N. W., Campbell, M. K., Wardlaw, D., Knight, D., McIntosh, E., Porter, R. W.
    Health Technology Assessment, vol. 8, pp. 1
    Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews

  • Value of updating a systematic review in surgery using individual patient data

    McCormack, K., Grant, A. M., Scott, N. W., EU Hernia Trialists Collaboration
    British Journal of Surgery, vol. 91, no. 4, pp. 495-499
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Laparoscopic techniques versus open techniques for inguinal hernia repair

    McCormack, K., Scott, N. W., Go, P. M., Ross, S., Grant, A. M., EU Hernia Trialists Collaboration
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. Issue 1
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Repair of groin hernia with synthetic mesh: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

    Grant, A. M., Go, P. M., Fingerhut, A., Kingsnorth, A., Merello, J., O'Dwyer, P., Payne, J., McCormack, K., Ross, S., Scott, N. W., Vale, L. D., EU Hernia Trialists Collaboration
    Annals of Surgery, vol. 235, no. 3, pp. 322-332
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Five-year follow-up of patients undergoing laparoscopic or open groin hernia repair

    Wright, D. L., Paterson, C., Scott, N. W., O'Dwyer, P. J.
    Annals of Surgery, vol. 235, no. 3, pp. 333-337
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Laparoscopic versus open groin hernia repair: meta-analysis of randomised trials based on individual patient data.

    Grant, A. M., McCormack, K., Ross, S., Scott, N. W., Vale, L. D.
    Hernia, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 2-10
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Open mesh versus non-mesh for groin hernia repair

    Scott, N. W., McCormack, K., Graham, G. P., Go, P. M., Ross, S., Grant, A. M.
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. Issue 4
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Open mesh versus non-mesh for repair of femoral and inguinal hernia

    Scott, N. W., McCormack, K., Graham, G. P., Go, P. M., Ross, S. J., Grant, A. M.
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 4, CD002197
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Open mesh versus non-mesh repair of groin hernia: meta-analysis of randomised trials based on individual patient data.

    Grant, A. M., McCormack, K., Ross, S., Scott, N. W., Vale, L. D.
    Hernia, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 130-136
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The method of minimization for allocation to clinical trials: a review

    Scott, N. W., McPherson, G. C., Campbell, M. K., Ramsay, C. R.
    Controlled Clinical Trials, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 662-674
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Cost-utility analysis of open versus laparoscopic groin hernia repair: results from a multicentre randomized clinical trial

    McIntosh, E., Scott, N. W., Grant, A. M., Campbell, M. K., Ross, S., Kennedy, A., Torgerson, D., Zarins, K., Med Res Council Laparoscopic Groin
    British Journal of Surgery, vol. 88, no. 5, pp. 653-661
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Evaluating new technologies for surgical repair of inguinal hernia - a Concerted Action based on European randomised controlled trials. Final report of the EU Hernia Trialists Collaboration to the to the EU Biomed 2 Programme

    Grant, A. M., Webb, K., Vale, L. D., Scott, N. W.
    Aberdeen. Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen: Unknown Publisher
    Books and Reports: Other Reports

  • The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of laparoscopic compared to open surgery for inguinal hernia repair

    Vale, L. D., McCormack, K., Scott, N. W., Grant, A. M.
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    Other Contributions: Other Contributions

  • Patient-assessed outcome up to three months in a randomised controlled trial comparing laparoscopic with open groin hernia repair

    Scott, N., Grant, A., Ross, S., Smith, A., Macintyre, I., O'Dwyer, P., MRC Laparoscopic Groin Hernia Trial Group
    Hernia, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 73-79
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Laparoscopic compared with open methods of groin hernia repair: systematic review of randomized controlled trials

    Grant, A., Go, P., Fingerhut, A., Kingsnorth, A., Merello, J., O'Dwyer, P., Payne, J., Webb, K., Scott, N., Ross, S., Aitola, P., Anderberg, B., Arvidsson, D., Barkun, J., Bay-Nielsen, M., Beets, G., Bittner, R., Bringman, S., Castoro, C., Champault, G., Dirksen, C., Filipi, C., Fitzgibbons, R., Girao, R., Hatzitheoklitos, E., Hauters, P., Heikkinen, T., Jeekel, H., Johansson, B., Kald, A., Kehlet, H., Klingler, A., Kozol, R., Leibl, B., McGillicuddy, J., Macintyre, I., Maddern, G., Millat, B., Nilsson, E., Nordin, P., Paganini, A., Pappalardo, G., Pedros, J. S., Schmitz, R., Schwarz, A., Shah, S., Simmermacher, R., Sledzinski, Z., Stoker, D., Tanner, A., EU Hernia Trialists Collaboration
    British Journal of Surgery, vol. 87, pp. 860-867
    Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews

  • Mesh compared with non-mesh methods of open groin hernia repair: systematic review of randomized controlled trials

    Grant, A., Go, P., Fingerhut, A., Kingsnorth, A., Merello, J., O'Dwyer, P., Payne, J., Scott, N., Webb, K., Ross, S., Aitola, P., Anderberg, B., Arvidsson, D., Barkun, J., Bay-Nielsen, M., Beets, G., Bittner, R., Bringman, S., Castoro, C., Champault, G., Dirksen, C., Filipi, C., Fitzgibbons, R., Girao, R., Hatzitheoklitos, E., Hauters, P., Heikkinen, T., Jeekel, H., Johansson, B., Kald, A., Kehlet, H., Khoury, N., Klingler, A., Kozol, R., Leibl, B., Macintre, I., McGillicuddy, J., Maddern, G., Millat, B., Nilsson, E., Nordin, P., Paganini, A., Papplardo, G., Pedros, J. S., Schmitz, R., Schwarz, A., Shah, S., Simmermacher, R., Sledzinski, Z., Stoker, D., EU Hernia Trialists Collaboration
    British Journal of Surgery, vol. 87, pp. 854-859
    Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews

  • Laparoscopic versus open repair of groin hernia: a randomised comparison

    O'Dwyer, P., Macintyre, I., Grant, A., Donaldson, C., Baxter, J., Ross, S., Scott, N., Grant, A. S., O'Dwyer, P., Wright, D., McIntosh, E., Donaldson, C., MacIntyre, I., Knight, D., Crofts, T., Nixon, S., Fullarton, G., Greig, D., Wilson, G., Hedges, A., Hamer-Hodges, D., Murphy, J., Samy, A., Carey, P., Wallace, J., Landsdown, M., Sunderland, G., Mohammed, R., Baker, T., Spychal, R., Moran, C., Murray, W., Darzi, A., Macfie, J., Bell, G., Ornstein, H., Gorey, T., Kumar, S., Campbell, M., Kennedy, A., Scott, N., Toryerson, D., Fife, L., Paterson, C., Wright, D., Jaap, L., Zarins, K., McIntosh, E., MRC Laparoscopic Groin Hernia Trial Group
    The Lancet, vol. 354, pp. 185-190
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Overview of randomized trials of inguinal hernia repair-a European Union concerted action: Report of first collaborators' meeting, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands, October 16-17, 1998.

    Grant, A. M., Webb, K., Scott, N. W., EU Hernia Trialists Collaboration
    Surgical Endoscopy, vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 1030-1031
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Laryngeal cancer in Scotland, 1960-1994: trends in incidence, geographical distribution and survival

    Scott, N. W.
    Health Bulletin, vol. 56, no. 4
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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