MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

Cohort profile: the BangladEsh Longitudinal Investigation of Emerging Vascular and nonvascular Events (BELIEVE) cohort study.

Chowdhury R, Khan N, Pennells L, Iurilli MLC, Uddin Miah MT, Monower MM, Rahman KMT, Samin S, Saqeeb KN, Tasmin I, Farrow E, Farrow S, Michielsen A, Perry C, Spackman S, van Coeverden C, Walker M, Ahmed T, Ajioka J, Awal KAA, Butterworth AS, Chatzidiakou E, Feldmann J, Fenner R, Flora MS, Haque T, Hawkes S, Islam SS, Islam S, Jones RL, Kaptoge S, Khan KH, King L, Luhar S, Malik A, Malik FT, Naved RT, Naheed A, Popoola O, Raqib R, Shirin T, Sutton S, van Daalen KR, Wood A, Griffin S, Mascie Taylor N, Khalequzzaman M, Khan MA, Choudhury SR, Di Angelantonio E, Danesh J, BELIEVE Study BELIEVE Study

BMJ Open. Jan 2025

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088338)

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Randomised controlled trial of population screening for atrial fibrillation in people aged 70 years and over to reduce stroke: protocol for the SAFER trial.

Mant J, Modi RN, Dymond A, Armstrong N, Burt J, Calvert P, Cowie M, Ding WY, Edwards D, Freedman B, Griffin SJ, Hoare S, Hobbs FDR, Johnson R, Kaptoge S, Lip GYH, Lobban T, Lown M, Lund J, McManus RJ, Mills MT, Morris S, Powell A, Proietti R, Sutton S, Sweeting M, Thom H, Williams K, SAFER author group SAFER author group

BMJ Open. Apr 2024

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082047)

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Cluster randomised controlled trial of screening for atrial fibrillation in people aged 70 years and over to reduce stroke: protocol for the pilot study for the SAFER trial.

Williams K, Modi RN, Dymond A, Hoare S, Powell A, Burt J, Edwards D, Lund J, Johnson R, Lobban T, Lown M, Sweeting MJ, Thom H, Kaptoge S, Fusco F, Morris S, Lip G, Armstrong N, Cowie MR, Fitzmaurice DA, Freedman B, Griffin SJ, Sutton S, Hobbs FR, McManus RJ, Mant J, Safer Authorship Group T

BMJ Open. Jan 2023

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065066)

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Behavioural interventions to promote physical activity in a multiethnic population at high risk of diabetes: PROPELS three-arm RCT.

Khunti K, Griffin S, Brennan A, Dallosso H, Davies M, Eborall H, Edwardson C, Gray L, Hardeman W, Heathcote L, Henson J, Morton K, Pollard D, Sharp S, Sutton S, Troughton J, Yates T

Health technology assessment (Winchester, England). Jan 2022

(DOI : 10.3310/hta25770)

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Promoting physical activity in a multi-ethnic population at high risk of diabetes: the 48-month PROPELS randomised controlled trial.

Khunti K, Griffin S, Brennan A, Dallosso H, Davies MJ, Eborall HC, Edwardson CL, Gray LJ, Hardeman W, Heathcote L, Henson J, Pollard D, Sharp SJ, Sutton S, Troughton J, Yates T

BMC medicine. Mar 2021

(DOI : 10.1186/s12916-021-01997-4)

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The feasibility of the PAM intervention to support treatment-adherence in people with hypertension in primary care: a randomised clinical controlled trial.

Kassavou A, Mirzaei V, Shpendi S, Brimicombe J, Chauhan J, Bhattacharya D, Naughton F, Hardeman W, Eborall H, Van Emmenis M, De Simoni A, Takhar A, Gupta P, Patel P, Mascolo C, Prevost AT, Morris S, Griffin S, McManus RJ, Mant J, Sutton S

Scientific reports. Aug 2020

(DOI : 10.1038/s41598-021-88170-2)

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Incorporating a brief intervention for personalised cancer risk assessment to promote behaviour change into primary care: a multi-methods pilot study.

Mills K, Paxton B, Walter FM, Griffin SJ, Sutton S, Usher-Smith JA

BMC Public Health. Apr 2020

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-021-10210-3)

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Development and usability testing of a very brief intervention for personalised cancer risk assessment to promote behaviour change in primary care using normalisation process theory.

Mills K, Griffin SJ, Sutton S, Usher-Smith JA

Primary health care research & development. Jan 2020

(DOI : 10.1017/S146342361900080X)

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Effectiveness of Minimal Contact Interventions: An RCT.

Hajna S, Sharp SJ, Cooper AJM, Williams KM, van Sluijs EMF, Brage S, Griffin SJ, Sutton S

American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Dec 2019

(DOI : 10.1016/j.amepre.2020.10.010)

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A randomised controlled trial of the effect of providing online risk information and lifestyle advice for the most common preventable cancers.

Masson G, Mills K, Griffin SJ, Sharp SJ, Klein WMP, Sutton S, Usher-Smith JA

Preventive medicine. Sep 2019

(DOI : 10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106154)

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Evaluation of a very brief pedometer-based physical activity intervention delivered in NHS Health Checks in England: The VBI randomised controlled trial.

Hardeman W, Mitchell J, Pears S, Van Emmenis M, Theil F, Gc VS, Vasconcelos JC, Westgate K, Brage S, Suhrcke M, Griffin SJ, Kinmonth AL, Wilson ECF, Prevost AT, Sutton S, VBI Research Team

PLoS Medicine. Aug 2019

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003046)

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Effect of interventions including provision of personalised cancer risk information on accuracy of risk perception and psychological responses: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Bayne M, Fairey M, Silarova B, Griffin SJ, Sharp SJ, Klein WMP, Sutton S, Usher-Smith JA

Patient education and counseling. Apr 2019

(DOI : 10.1016/j.pec.2019.08.010)

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Acceptability of the Medication Adherence for Patients Support intervention to improve adherence to patients prescribed medications for hypertension or comorbidities, as an adjunct to primary care: A qualitative study.

Kassavou A, Houghton V, Edwards S, Brimicombe J, Wilson E, Griffin SJ, Sutton S

Journal of health psychology. Dec 2018

(DOI : 10.1177/1359105318819051)

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A randomised controlled trial of the effect of providing online risk information and lifestyle advice for the most common preventable cancers: study protocol.

Usher-Smith JA, Masson G, Mills K, Sharp SJ, Sutton S, Klein WMP, Griffin SJ

BMC Public Health. Jun 2018

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-018-5712-2)

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Differences in objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour between white Europeans and south Asians recruited from primary care: cross-sectional analysis of the PROPELS trial.

Biddle GJH, Edwardson CL, Rowlands AV, Davies MJ, Bodicoat DH, Hardeman W, Eborall H, Sutton S, Griffin SJ, Khunti K, Yates T

BMC Public Health. Mar 2018

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-018-6341-5)

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Exploring equity in uptake of the NHS Health Check and a nested physical activity intervention trial.

Attwood S, Morton KL, Sutton S

Journal of public health (Oxford, England). Oct 2016

(DOI : 10.1093/pubmed/fdv070)

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Lifestyle Advice Combined with Personalized Estimates of Genetic or Phenotypic Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, and Objectively Measured Physical Activity: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Godino JG, Van Sluijs EM, Marteau TM, Sutton S, Sharp SJ, Griffin SJ

PLoS Medicine. Jul 2016

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002185)

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Reasons for non-participation in a primary care-based physical activity trial: a qualitative study.

Attwood S, Morton KL, Mitchell J, Van Emmenis M, Sutton S

BMJ Open. May 2016

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011577)

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The effect of a brief action planning intervention on adherence to double-blind study medication, compared to a standard trial protocol, in the Atorvastatin in Factorial with Omega EE90 Risk Reduction in Diabetes (AFORRD) clinical trial: A cluster randomised sub-study.

Farmer AJ, Oke J, Hardeman W, Tucker L, Sutton S, Kinmonth AL, Griffin SJ, Holman RR

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. Apr 2016

(DOI : 10.1016/j.diabres.2016.07.004)

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The impact of communicating genetic risks of disease on risk-reducing health behaviour: systematic review with meta-analysis.

Hollands GJ, French DP, Griffin SJ, Prevost AT, Sutton S, King S, Marteau TM

BMJ (Clinical research ed.). Mar 2016

(DOI : 10.1136/bmj.i1102)

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A randomised controlled trial of three very brief interventions for physical activity in primary care.

Pears S, Bijker M, Morton KL, Vasconcelos J, Parker RA, Westgate K, Brage S, Wilson E, Prevost AT, Kinmonth AL, Griffin SJ, Sutton S, Hardeman W

BMC Public Health. Feb 2016

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-016-3684-7)

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Exploring equity in primary-care-based physical activity interventions using PROGRESS-Plus: a systematic review and evidence synthesis.

Attwood S, van Sluijs E, Sutton S

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Nov 2015

(DOI : 10.1186/s12966-016-0384-8)

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A Text-Messaging and Pedometer Program to Promote Physical Activity in People at High Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: The Development of the PROPELS Follow-On Support Program.

Morton KL, Sutton S, Hardeman W, Troughton J, Yates T, Griffin SJ, Davies M, Khunti K, Eborall H

JMIR mHealth and uHealth. Aug 2015

(DOI : 10.2196/mhealth.5026)

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Is the intention-behaviour gap greater amongst the more deprived? A meta-analysis of five studies on physical activity, diet, and medication adherence in smoking cessation.

Vasiljevic M, Ng YL, Griffin SJ, Sutton S, Marteau TM

British journal of health psychology. May 2015

(DOI : 10.1111/bjhp.12152)

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Protocol for Get Moving: a randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of three minimal contact interventions to promote fitness and physical activity in working adults.

Cooper AJ, Dearnley K, Williams KM, Sharp SJ, Van Sluijs EM, Brage S, Sutton S, Griffin SJ

BMC Public Health. Mar 2015

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-015-1654-0)

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PRomotion Of Physical activity through structured Education with differing Levels of ongoing Support for people at high risk of type 2 diabetes (PROPELS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Yates T, Griffin S, Bodicoat DH, Brierly G, Dallosso H, Davies MJ, Eborall H, Edwardson C, Gillett M, Gray L, Hardeman W, Hill S, Morton KL, Sutton S, Troughton J, Khunti K

Trials. Mar 2015

(DOI : 10.1186/s13063-015-0813-z)

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Which behavior change techniques are associated with changes in physical activity, diet and body mass index in people with recently diagnosed diabetes?

Hankonen N, Sutton S, Prevost AT, Simmons RK, Griffin SJ, Kinmonth AL, Hardeman W

Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. May 2014

(DOI : 10.1007/s12160-014-9624-9)

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Does electronic monitoring influence adherence to medication? Randomized controlled trial of measurement reactivity.

Sutton S, Kinmonth AL, Hardeman W, Hughes D, Boase S, Prevost AT, Kellar I, Graffy J, Griffin SJ, Farmer A

Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Feb 2014

(DOI : 10.1007/s12160-014-9595-x)

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Understanding perceived risk of type 2 diabetes in healthy middle-aged adults: a cross-sectional study of associations with modelled risk, clinical risk factors, and psychological factors.

Godino JG, Van Sluijs EM, Sutton S, Griffin SJ

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. Feb 2014

(DOI : 10.1016/j.diabres.2014.10.004)

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Awareness of physical activity in healthy middle-aged adults: a cross-sectional study of associations with sociodemographic, biological, behavioural, and psychological factors.

Godino JG, Watkinson C, Corder KL, Sutton S, Griffin SJ, Van Sluijs EM

BMC Public Health. Feb 2014

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2458-14-421)

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Multiple behaviour change intervention and outcomes in recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes: the ADDITION-Plus randomised controlled trial.

Griffin SJ, Simmons RK, Prevost AT, Williams KM, Hardeman W, Sutton S, Brage S, Ekelund U, Parker RA, Wareham NJ, Kinmonth AL

Diabetologia. Dec 2013

(DOI : 10.1007/s00125-014-3236-6)

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Impact of personalised feedback about physical activity on change in objectively measured physical activity (the FAB study): a randomised controlled trial.

Godino JG, Watkinson C, Corder KL, Marteau TM, Sutton S, Sharp SJ, Griffin SJ, Van Sluijs EM

PLoS ONE. May 2013

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0075398)

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Predictors of change in objectively measured and self-reported health behaviours among individuals with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes: longitudinal results from the ADDITION-Plus trial cohort.

Kuznetsov L, Simmons RK, Sutton S, Kinmonth AL, Griffin SJ, Hardeman W

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Mar 2013

(DOI : 10.1186/1479-5868-10-118)

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Socio-demographic and behavioural correlates of physical activity perception in individuals with recently diagnosed diabetes: results from a cross-sectional study.

Long GH, Brage S, Wareham NJ, Van Sluijs EM, Sutton S, Griffin SJ, Simmons RK

BMC Public Health. Jan 2013

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2458-13-678)

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Effect of communicating genetic and phenotypic risk for type 2 diabetes in combination with lifestyle advice on objectively measured physical activity: protocol of a randomised controlled trial.

Godino JG, Van Sluijs EM, Marteau TM, Sutton S, Sharp SJ, Griffin SJ

BMC Public Health. May 2012

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2458-12-444)

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An explanatory randomised controlled trial of a nurse-led, consultation-based intervention to support patients with adherence to taking glucose lowering medication for type 2 diabetes.

Farmer A, Hardeman W, Hughes D, Prevost AT, Kim Y, Craven A, Oke J, Boase S, Selwood M, Kellar I, Graffy J, Griffin SJ, Sutton S, Kinmonth AL

BMC family practice. Nov 2011

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2296-13-30)

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Predictors of suboptimal glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes patients: the role of medication adherence and body mass index in the relationship between glycaemia and age.

Nagrebetsky A, Griffin SJ, Kinmonth AL, Sutton S, Craven A, Farmer A

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. Sep 2011

(DOI : 10.1016/j.diabres.2011.12.003)

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Do increases in physical activity encourage positive beliefs about further change in the ProActive cohort?

Hardeman W, Michie S, Kinmonth AL, Sutton S, ProActive Study Group

Psychology & health. Apr 2011

(DOI : 10.1080/08870446.2010.512662)

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Adherence to hypoglycaemic medication among people with type 2 diabetes in primary care.

White AJ, Kellar I, Prevost AT, Kinmonth AL, Sutton S, Canny M, Griffin SJ

Primary care diabetes. Mar 2011

(DOI : 10.1016/j.pcd.2011.07.004)

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Protocol for the ADDITION-Plus study: a randomised controlled trial of an individually-tailored behaviour change intervention among people with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes under intensive UK general practice care.

Griffin SJ, Simmons RK, Williams KM, Prevost AT, Hardeman W, Grant J, Whittle F, Boase S, Hobbis I, Brage S, Westgate K, Fanshawe T, Sutton S, Wareham NJ, Kinmonth AL

BMC Public Health. Mar 2011

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2458-11-211)

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Predictors of anxiety and depression among people attending diabetes screening: a prospective cohort study embedded in the ADDITION (Cambridge) randomized control trial.

Paddison CA, Eborall HC, French DP, Kinmonth AL, Prevost AT, Griffin SJ, Sutton S

British journal of health psychology. Jan 2011

(DOI : 10.1348/135910710X495366)

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Theory of planned behaviour cognitions do not predict self-reported or objective physical activity levels or change in the ProActive trial.

Hardeman W, Kinmonth AL, Michie S, Sutton S

British journal of health psychology. Jan 2011

(DOI : 10.1348/135910710X523481)

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Effects of communicating DNA-based disease risk estimates on risk-reducing behaviours.

Marteau TM, French DP, Griffin SJ, Prevost AT, Sutton S, Watkinson C, Attwood S, Hollands GJ

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews. Oct 2010

(DOI : 10.1002/14651858.CD007275.pub2)

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Impact of informed-choice invitations on diabetes screening knowledge, attitude and intentions: an analogue study.

Mann E, Kellar I, Sutton S, Kinmonth AL, Hankins M, Griffin SJ, Marteau TM

BMC Public Health. Jul 2010

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2458-10-768)

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Impact of an informed choice invitation on uptake of screening for diabetes in primary care (DICISION): randomised trial.

Marteau TM, Mann E, Prevost AT, Vasconcelos JC, Kellar I, Sanderson S, Parker M, Griffin SJ, Sutton S, Kinmonth AL

BMJ (Clinical research ed.). May 2010

(DOI : 10.1136/bmj.c2138)

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Overestimation of physical activity level is associated with lower BMI: a cross-sectional analysis.

Watkinson C, Van Sluijs EM, Sutton S, Hardeman W, Corder KL, Griffin SJ

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity. Apr 2010

(DOI : 10.1186/1479-5868-7-68)

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Randomised controlled trial of the effects of physical activity feedback on awareness and behaviour in UK adults: the FAB study protocol [ISRCTN92551397].

Watkinson C, Van Sluijs EM, Sutton S, Marteau T, Griffin SJ

BMC Public Health. Feb 2010

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2458-10-144)

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Are people with negative diabetes screening tests falsely reassured? Parallel group cohort study embedded in the ADDITION (Cambridge) randomised controlled trial.

Paddison CA, Eborall HC, Sutton S, French DP, Vasconcelos J, Prevost AT, Kinmonth AL, Griffin SJ

BMJ (Clinical research ed.). Dec 2009

(DOI : 10.1136/bmj.b4535)

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Who will increase their physical activity? Predictors of change in objectively measured physical activity over 12 months in the ProActive cohort.

Simmons RK, Van Sluijs EM, Hardeman W, Sutton S, Griffin SJ, ProActive project team ProActive project team

BMC Public Health. Aug 2009

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2458-10-226)

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Impact of an informed choice invitation on uptake of screening for diabetes in primary care (DICISION): trial protocol.

Mann E, Prevost AT, Griffin SJ, Kellar I, Sutton S, Parker M, Sanderson S, Kinmonth AL, Marteau TM

BMC Public Health. Dec 2008

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2458-9-63)

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Protocol for SAMS (Support and Advice for Medication Study): a randomised controlled trial of an intervention to support patients with type 2 diabetes with adherence to medication.

Farmer AJ, Prevost AT, Hardeman W, Craven A, Sutton S, Griffin SJ, Kinmonth AL

BMC family practice. Mar 2008

(DOI : 10.1186/1471-2296-9-20)

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Allowing for correlations between correlations in random-effects meta-analysis of correlation matrices.

Prevost AT, Mason D, Griffin SJ, Kinmonth AL, Sutton S, Spiegelhalter D

Psychological methods. Jan 2008

(DOI : 10.1037/1082-989X.12.4.434)

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Efficacy of a theory-based behavioural intervention to increase physical activity in an at-risk group in primary care (ProActive UK): a randomised trial.

Kinmonth AL, Wareham NJ, Hardeman W, Sutton S, Prevost AT, Fanshawe T, Williams KM, Ekelund U, Spiegelhalter D, Griffin SJ

Lancet (London, England). Jan 2008

(DOI : 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60070-7)

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Psychological impact of screening for type 2 diabetes: controlled trial and comparative study embedded in the ADDITION (Cambridge) randomised controlled trial.

Eborall HC, Griffin SJ, Prevost AT, Kinmonth AL, French DP, Sutton S

BMJ (Clinical research ed.). Sep 2007

(DOI : 10.1136/bmj.39303.723449.55)

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Completing a postal health questionnaire did not affect anxiety or related measures: randomized controlled trial.

French DP, Eborall H, Griffin SJ, Kinmonth AL, Prevost AT, Sutton S

Journal of clinical epidemiology. May 2007

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.02.015)

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Evaluation of an informed choice invitation for type 2 diabetes screening.

Kellar I, Sutton S, Griffin SJ, Prevost AT, Kinmonth AL, Marteau TM

Patient education and counseling. May 2007

(DOI : 10.1016/j.pec.2008.04.005)

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