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Chris Todd is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their work is primarily situated within the field of medicine, with significant contributions across subfields such as physiology, general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, psychiatry and mental health, and geriatrics and gerontology.

The researcher's publications focus on several key topics including frailty in older adults, nutrition and health in aging, cerebral palsy and movement disorders, physical activity and health, balance, gait, and falls prevention, palliative care and end-of-life issues, as well as health disparities and outcomes.

Chris Todd has published extensively, with notable frequent venues including Age and Ageing, BMJ Open, PLoS ONE, BMC Geriatrics, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). This demonstrates a consistent presence in journals focused on aging, general medicine, and health sciences.

Some of the recent significant papers affiliated with Chris Todd's collaborative network include:

  • World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults: a global initiative, 2022, Age and Ageing
  • Evaluation of Clinical Practice Guidelines on Fall Prevention and Management for Older Adults, 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of hospital-based specialist palliative care for adults with advanced illness and their caregivers, 2020, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • The longitudinal relationship between loneliness, social isolation, and frailty in older adults in England: a prospective analysis, 2021, The Lancet Healthy Longevity
  • Promotion of Physical Activity in Older People Using mHealth and eHealth Technologies: Rapid Review of Reviews, 2020, Journal of Medical Internet Research

Chris Todd frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Lisa McGarrigle
  • Helen Hawley-Hague
  • Barbara Hanratty
  • Elisabeth Boulton
  • Alex Hall

The scope of Chris Todd's research covers vital areas relevant to aging populations and clinical interventions, particularly focusing on improving health outcomes related to frailty, physical activity, and falls prevention among older adults.

Best Publications

  • Development and initial validation of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I)

    Lucy Yardley;Nina Beyer;Klaus Hauer;Gertrudis Kempen

  • The development of an individualized questionnaire measure of perceived impact of diabetes on quality of life: the ADDQoL

    C. Bradley;C. Todd;T. Gorton;E. Symonds

  • The Short FES-I: a shortened version of the falls efficacy scale-international to assess fear of falling

    Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen;Lucy Yardley;Jolanda C. M. Van Haastregt;G. A. Rixt Zijlstra

  • Incidence of vertebral fracture in europe: results from the European Prospective Osteoporosis Study (EPOS).

    Felsenberg D;Silman Aj;Lunt M

  • Systematic review of definitions and methods of measuring falls in randomised controlled fall prevention trials

    Klaus Hauer;Sarah E. Lamb;Ellen C. Jorstad;Chris Todd

  • Quality of Life in Patients with Vertebral Fractures: Validation of the Quality of Life Questionnaire of the European Foundation for Osteoporosis (QUALEFFO)

    P. Lips;C. Cooper;D. Agnusdei;F. Caulin

  • Prediction of appropriate timing of palliative care for older adults with non-malignant life-threatening disease: a systematic review

    Peter A. Coventry;Gunn E. Grande;David A. Richards;Chris J. Todd

  • Older people's views of advice about falls prevention: a qualitative study

    L. Yardley;Margaret Donovan-Hall;Karen Francis;C. Todd

  • What are the main risk factors for falls amongst older people and what are the most effective interventions to prevent these falls? How should interventions to prevent falls be implemented?

    C. Todd;DA Skelton

  • Part 2: Home based family caregiving at the end of life: a comprehensive review of published qualitative research (1998 - 2008)

    Laura Funk;Kelli I Stajduhar;Caroline Toye;S. Aoun

  • Differences in mortality after fracture of hip: the east Anglian audit.

    C J Todd;C J Freeman;C Camilleri-Ferrante;C R Palmer

  • Not another questionnaire! Maximizing the response rate, predicting non-response and assessing non-response bias in postal questionnaire studies of GPs

    Stephen Barclay;Chris Todd;Ilora Finlay;Gunn Grande

  • Patient empowerment: The need to consider it as a measurable patient-reported outcome for chronic conditions

    Marion McAllister;Graham Dunn;Katherine Payne;Linda Davies

  • Evaluating complex interventions in End of Life Care: the MORECare Statement on good practice generated by a synthesis of transparent expert consultations and systematic reviews

    Irene J Higginson;Catherine J Evans;Gunn Grande;Nancy Preston;Nancy Preston

  • Place of death and access to home care services: are certain patient groups at a disadvantage?

    G.E Grande;J.M Addington-Hall;C.J Todd

  • Older People's Views of Falls-Prevention Interventions in Six European Countries

    Lucy Yardley;Felicity L. Bishop;Nina Beyer;Klaus Hauer

  • Pre-operative Nutrition Support in Patients Undergoing Gastrointestinal Surgery.

    Sorrel Burden;Chris Todd;James Hill;Simon Lal

  • Stress in UK intensive care unit doctors

    S. Coomber;C. Todd;C. Todd;G. Park;P. Baxter

  • Determinants of incident vertebral fracture in men and women: results from the European Prospective Osteoporosis Study (EPOS).

    D.K. Roy;T.W. O'Neill;J.D. Finn;M. Lunt

  • World Health Organisation Global Report on Falls Prevention in Older Age

    A Kalache;D Fu;S Yoshida;W Al-Faisal

Frequent Co-Authors

Terence W. O'Neill
Terence W. O'Neill University of Manchester
Lucy Yardley
Lucy Yardley University of Bristol
Alan J. Silman
Alan J. Silman University of Oxford
Irene J Higginson
Irene J Higginson King's College London
Anthony D. Woolf
Anthony D. Woolf Royal Cornwall Hospital
Mark Lunt
Mark Lunt University of Manchester
Gordon C Jayson
Gordon C Jayson University of Manchester
Cyrus Cooper
Cyrus Cooper University of Southampton
J S Reeve
J S Reeve University of Oxford
Olof Johnell
Olof Johnell Malmö University

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