Gillian Lancaster
Biographic Data
| ID | 4238711 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gillian Lancaster |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gillian |
| FAMILY NAME | Lancaster |
| SIGNATURE | LANCASTER G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Keele University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6957-6177 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Enhancing comparability in early child development assessment with the D-score
The lack of a valid and interpretable score to track early child development over time is a primary reason for neglecting child development in policymaking. Many instruments exist, but there is no accepted method for comparing their scores across different ages, samples, and instruments. This paper aims (1) to enhance the Development Score (D-score), a unidimensional scale for early child development, to compare measurements across ages, samples,…
Development and validation of a short form psychometric tool assessing the caregiving Challenge of Living with Cystic Fibrosis (CLCF-SF) in a child
Objective Caring for a child with cystic fibrosis (CF) is a rigorous daily commitment for caregivers and treatment burden is a major concern. We aimed to develop and validate a short form version of a 46-item tool assessing the Challenge of Living with Cystic Fibrosis (CLCF) for clinical or research use.Design A novel genetic algorithm based on ‘evolving’ a subset of items from a pre-specified set of criteria, was applied to optimise the tool, us…
Exploring General Practitioners' Management of Self‐Harm in Young People
BACKGROUND: General practitioners (GPs) are key to the frontline assessment and treatment of young people after self-harm. Young people value GP-led self-harm care, but little is known about how GPs manage young people after self-harm. AIM: This study aimed to understand the approaches of GPs to self-harm in young people and explore their perspectives on ways they might help young people avoid repeat self-harm. METHODS: We conducted semi-structur…
Development and preliminary validation of the challenges of living with cystic fibrosis (CLCF) questionnaire
OBJECTIVE: Treatments for cystic fibrosis (CF) are complex, labour-intensive, and perceived as highly burdensome by caregivers of children with CF. An instrument assessing burden of care is needed. DESIGN: A stepwise, qualitative design was used to create the CLCF with caregiver focus groups, participant researchers, a multidisciplinary professional panel, and cognitive interviews. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: ). RESULTS: = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS: The CLC…
Validation of the Infant and Young Child Development (Iycd) Indicators in Three Countries
The IYCD is a simple-to-use caregiver report tool enabling population level assessment of child development for children aged 0-3 years which performs well across three countries on three continents to provide reliable estimates of young children's developmental status
Consort 2010 statement
The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement is a guideline designed to improve the transparency and quality of the reporting of randomised controlled trials (RCTs). In this article we present an extension to that statement for randomised pilot and feasibility trials conducted in advance of a future definitive RCT. The checklist applies to any randomised study in which a future definitive RCT, or part of it, is conducted on …
Child Disability and the Dynamics of Family Poverty, Hardship and Financial Strain
Disabled children are significantly more likely to grow up in poverty than their non-disabled peers. We used longitudinal data from Waves 3-7 (2001-2005) of the UK Families and Children Study to explore the relationship between the presence of a disabled child in the family and poverty transitions. When compared to other families, families supporting a disabled child are more likely to be exposed to persistent or recurrent poverty, less likely to…
Linkage of survey data with district-level lung cancer registrations
Objective: To investigate a stratified ecological method for reducing ecological bias in studies that use aggregate data, by incorporating information on individual-level risk factors into the analysis. Design: Cross-sectional study investigating associations between socioeconomic risk factors and lung cancer in the north of England, using 1991 UK Census Small Area Statistics and Sample of Anonymised Records with lung cancer registrations from th…
Design and analysis of pilot studies
Pilot studies play an important role in health research, but they can be misused, mistreated and misrepresented. In this paper we focus on pilot studies that are used specifically to plan a randomized controlled trial (RCT). Citing examples from the literature, we provide a methodological framework in which to work, and discuss reasons why a pilot study might be undertaken. A well‐conducted pilot study, giving a clear list of aims and objectives …
Variations in use of tertiary cardiac services in part of North-West England
Does the offer of cervical screening with breast screening encourage older women to have a cervical smear test
OBJECTIVE--The aim was to determine what effect the offer of a cervical smear test when attending for breast screening has on the uptake of cervical and breast screening. DESIGN--The study involved randomisation to compare uptake in those women invited for cervical screening in advance with their breast screening invitation (group 1) with those invited for breast screening only and then offered a smear test upon arrival for breast screening (grou…
Variations in use of tertiary cardiac services in part of North-West England
Child Disability and the Dynamics of Family Poverty, Hardship and Financial Strain
Disabled children are significantly more likely to grow up in poverty than their non-disabled peers. We used longitudinal data from Waves 3-7 (2001-2005) of the UK Families and Children Study to explore the relationship between the presence of a disabled child in the family and poverty transitions. When compared to other families, families supporting a disabled child are more likely to be exposed to persistent or recurrent poverty, less likely to…
Linkage of survey data with district-level lung cancer registrations
Objective: To investigate a stratified ecological method for reducing ecological bias in studies that use aggregate data, by incorporating information on individual-level risk factors into the analysis. Design: Cross-sectional study investigating associations between socioeconomic risk factors and lung cancer in the north of England, using 1991 UK Census Small Area Statistics and Sample of Anonymised Records with lung cancer registrations from th…
Does the offer of cervical screening with breast screening encourage older women to have a cervical smear test
OBJECTIVE--The aim was to determine what effect the offer of a cervical smear test when attending for breast screening has on the uptake of cervical and breast screening. DESIGN--The study involved randomisation to compare uptake in those women invited for cervical screening in advance with their breast screening invitation (group 1) with those invited for breast screening only and then offered a smear test upon arrival for breast screening (grou…
Variations in use of tertiary cardiac services in part of North-West England
Design and analysis of pilot studies
Pilot studies play an important role in health research, but they can be misused, mistreated and misrepresented. In this paper we focus on pilot studies that are used specifically to plan a randomized controlled trial (RCT). Citing examples from the literature, we provide a methodological framework in which to work, and discuss reasons why a pilot study might be undertaken. A well‐conducted pilot study, giving a clear list of aims and objectives …
Linkage of survey data with district-level lung cancer registrations
Objective: To investigate a stratified ecological method for reducing ecological bias in studies that use aggregate data, by incorporating information on individual-level risk factors into the analysis. Design: Cross-sectional study investigating associations between socioeconomic risk factors and lung cancer in the north of England, using 1991 UK Census Small Area Statistics and Sample of Anonymised Records with lung cancer registrations from th…
Child Disability and the Dynamics of Family Poverty, Hardship and Financial Strain
Disabled children are significantly more likely to grow up in poverty than their non-disabled peers. We used longitudinal data from Waves 3-7 (2001-2005) of the UK Families and Children Study to explore the relationship between the presence of a disabled child in the family and poverty transitions. When compared to other families, families supporting a disabled child are more likely to be exposed to persistent or recurrent poverty, less likely to…
Consort 2010 statement
The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement is a guideline designed to improve the transparency and quality of the reporting of randomised controlled trials (RCTs). In this article we present an extension to that statement for randomised pilot and feasibility trials conducted in advance of a future definitive RCT. The checklist applies to any randomised study in which a future definitive RCT, or part of it, is conducted on …
Validation of the Infant and Young Child Development (Iycd) Indicators in Three Countries
The IYCD is a simple-to-use caregiver report tool enabling population level assessment of child development for children aged 0-3 years which performs well across three countries on three continents to provide reliable estimates of young children's developmental status
Development and preliminary validation of the challenges of living with cystic fibrosis (CLCF) questionnaire
OBJECTIVE: Treatments for cystic fibrosis (CF) are complex, labour-intensive, and perceived as highly burdensome by caregivers of children with CF. An instrument assessing burden of care is needed. DESIGN: A stepwise, qualitative design was used to create the CLCF with caregiver focus groups, participant researchers, a multidisciplinary professional panel, and cognitive interviews. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: ). RESULTS: = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS: The CLC…
Exploring General Practitioners' Management of Self‐Harm in Young People
BACKGROUND: General practitioners (GPs) are key to the frontline assessment and treatment of young people after self-harm. Young people value GP-led self-harm care, but little is known about how GPs manage young people after self-harm. AIM: This study aimed to understand the approaches of GPs to self-harm in young people and explore their perspectives on ways they might help young people avoid repeat self-harm. METHODS: We conducted semi-structur…
Enhancing comparability in early child development assessment with the D-score
The lack of a valid and interpretable score to track early child development over time is a primary reason for neglecting child development in policymaking. Many instruments exist, but there is no accepted method for comparing their scores across different ages, samples, and instruments. This paper aims (1) to enhance the Development Score (D-score), a unidimensional scale for early child development, to compare measurements across ages, samples,…
Development and validation of a short form psychometric tool assessing the caregiving Challenge of Living with Cystic Fibrosis (CLCF-SF) in a child
Objective Caring for a child with cystic fibrosis (CF) is a rigorous daily commitment for caregivers and treatment burden is a major concern. We aimed to develop and validate a short form version of a 46-item tool assessing the Challenge of Living with Cystic Fibrosis (CLCF) for clinical or research use.Design A novel genetic algorithm based on ‘evolving’ a subset of items from a pre-specified set of criteria, was applied to optimise the tool, us…
Medicine (9 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (3 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · Internal Medicine (3 works) · Psychometrics (3 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Convergent validity (2 works)