MA, MSc, PhD
Senior Research Fellow
- About
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- 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
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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.
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
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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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Is there an increase in the incidence of uterine carcinosarcoma in north-east Scotland?: A 19 years population-based cohort study
Scottish Medical Journal, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 88-94Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0036933013482637
Epidemiology Of Angioid Streaks-Associated Choroidal Neovascular Membranes In the United Kingdom
Cureus, vol. 5, no. 9, e138Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRetinal pigment epithelial atrophy in patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration undergoing anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy
Retina, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 13-22Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/IAE.0b013e3182657fff
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Comparing health status in Belarus between 2001 and 2010: a novel method using survey with different response categories
European Journal of Public Health, vol. 23, no. 5Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cks139
Using databases in medical education research: AMEE Guide No. 77
Medical Teacher, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. e1103-e1122Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3109/0142159X.2013.785632
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Comparing higher order models for the EORTC QLQ-C30
Quality of Life Research, vol. 21, no. 9, pp. 1607-1617Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-011-0082-6
Early diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging can predict survival in women with locally advanced cancer of the cervix treated with combined chemo-radiation
European Radiology, vol. 22, no. 11, pp. 2319-2327Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-012-2496-0
Chronic preoperative pain and psychological robustness predict acute postoperative pain outcomes after surgery for breast cancer
British Journal of Cancer, vol. 107, no. 6, pp. 937-946Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2012.341
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4788/1/chronic.pdf
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Coblation tonsillectomy: is it inherently bloody?
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology , vol. 269, no. 2, pp. 579-583Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-011-1609-8
Evaluation of perifacet injections and paraspinal muscle rehabilitation in treatment of low back pain: A randomised controlled trial
Ortopedia Traumatologia Rehabilitacja, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 251-259Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5604/15093492.1002264
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Seasonal symptoms in bipolar and primary care patients
Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 132, no. 1-2, pp. 200-208Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2011.02.018
The seasonality of bipolar affective disorder: Comparison with a primary care sample using the Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire
Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 132, no. 1-2, pp. 289-292Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2011.02.015
In Vivo Safety of Trypan Blue Use in Vitreoretinal Surgery
Retina, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 1122-1127Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/IAE.0b013e3182003adb
Perimetric progression in open angle glaucoma and the visual field index (VFI)
Journal of Glaucoma, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 223-227Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181e08137
Is film-reading performance related to the number of films read?: The Scottish experience
Clinical Radiology, vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 99-102Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crad.2010.10.006
Small bowel lymphangiectasia and angiodysplasia: a positive association; novel clinical marker or shared pathophysiology?
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, vol. 44, no. 9, pp. 610-614Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181dd9c3f
Differential item functioning (DIF) analyses of health-related quality of life instruments using logistic regression
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, vol. 8, 81Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/81
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-8-81
Interpretation of differential item functioning analyses using external review
Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 253-258Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1586/erp.10.22
A Case-Control Study of Parkinson's Disease and Tobacco Use: Gene-Tobacco Interactions
Movement Disorders, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. 912-919Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.22980
Relationship between arterial stiffness and Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire disability in rheumatoid arthritis patients without overt arterial disease
Journal of Rheumatology, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 946-952Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.091052
Arterial stiffness and cumulative inflammatory burden in rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology, vol. 48, no. 12, pp. 1606-1612Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kep305
The practical impact of differential item functioning analyses in a health-related quality of life instrument
Quality of Life Research, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 1125-1130Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-009-9521-z
Differential item functioning (DIF) in the EORTC QLQ-C30: a comparison of baseline, on-treatment and off-treatment data
Quality of Life Research, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 381-388Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-009-9453-7
A simulation study provided sample size guidance for differential item functioning (DIF) studies using short scales
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, vol. 62, no. 3, pp. 288-295Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.06.003
EORTC Quality of Life Group translation procedure
EORTC Quality of Life Group, Brussels, Belgium. 32 pagesBooks and Reports: Books