Alex McConnachie

Biographic Data

ID5487558
NAMEAlex McConnachie
GIVEN NAMESAlex
FAMILY NAMEMcConnachie
SIGNATUREMCCONNACHIE A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Glasgow
ORCID0000-0002-7262-7000
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS7
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2000
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Acceptability of a Peer‐Led Faith‐Based Intervention to Improve Breast, Bowel and Cervical Cancer Screening Uptake Among UK Muslim Women

    Open AccessRawand Jarrar, Kathryn A Robb et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2026

  • Study protocol of European Fans in Training (EuroFIT)

    Open AccessFemke Van Nassau, Hidde P van der Ploeg et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    81935608 . Registered 16 June 2015

  • Process evaluation of the Walk Well study

    Open AccessLynsay Matthews, Fiona Mitchell et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN50494254 (3(rd) April 2012)

  • Socioeconomic Deprivation and Cortical Morphology

    Rajeev Krishnadas, John Mclean et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2013

    OBJECTIVE: Neighborhood-level socioeconomic deprivation has been associated with poor cognitive function pertaining to language and the executive control. Few studies have explored the cortical morphology of regions most commonly associated with these functions. The aim of this study was to examine the association between neighborhood-level deprivation and the morphology of cortical regions associated with language and executive control in adults…

  • Walk well

    Open AccessFiona Mitchell, F L Mitchell et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    ISRCTN50494254

  • West End Walkers 65

    Open AccessFreya MacMillan, Claire Fitzsimons et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011

    West End Walkers 65+ will determine the feasibility and pilot the efficacy of delivering a pedometer-based walking intervention through primary care to Scottish adults aged 65 years. The study will also examine the effect of the intervention on the well-being of participants and gain an insight into both participant and research team member experiences of the intervention

  • Socioeconomic status and diabetes-related hospital admissions

    Sarah H Wild, John Mcknight et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2010References: 21

    BACKGROUND: Low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with adverse cardiovascular risk factor patterns and poorer outcomes for people with diabetes. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed using data for 35,925 people with diagnosed diabetes in Scotland and an area-based measure of SES using linked hospital and population-based diabetes register records. Comparisons by quintile of SES were made before (with p values presented for trend …

  • Can we evaluate population screening strategies in UK general practice? A pilot randomised controlled trial comparing postal and opportunistic screening for genital chlamydial infection

    Abiola Senok, Philip Wilson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2005References: 17

    Study objective: To assess whether opportunistic and postal screening strategies for Chlamydia trachomatis can be compared with usual care in a randomised trial in general practice. Design: Feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial. Setting: Three West of Scotland general medical practices: one rural, one urban/deprived, and one urban/affluent. Participants: 600 women aged 16–30 years, 200 from each of three participating practices sele…

  • How accurately do adult sons and daughters report and perceive parental deaths from coronary disease

    Graham Watt, Alex McConnachie et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2000Cited by: 2References: 9

    OBJECTIVES: To describe how adult sons and daughters report and perceive parental deaths from heart disease DESIGN: Two generation family study. SETTING: West of Scotland. SUBJECTS: 1040 sons and 1298 daughters aged 30-59 from 1477 families, whose fathers and mothers were aged 45-64 in 1972-76 and have been followed up for mortality over 20 years. OUTCOME: Perception of a "family weakness" attributable to heart disease. RESULTS: 26% of sons and d…

  • Social and gender variation in the prevalence, presentation and general practitioner provisional diagnosis of chest pain

    Helen Richards, Alex McConnachie et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2000Cited by: 5References: 12

    OBJECTIVES: To describe the prevalence of Rose angina and non-exertional chest pain in men and women in socioeconomically contrasting areas; to describe the proportions of men and women who present with the symptom of chest pain and who receive a provisional general practitioner diagnosis of coronary heart disease; to assess the effects of gender and deprivation. DESIGN: Two random general population samples in socially contrasting areas were sur…