Professor Robin Turner

2025

Journal - Research Article

Widyastuti, T. N., Turner, R., Harcombe, H., & McLean, R. (2025). Body Mass Index-z score trajectories of Indonesian children and adolescents between 1993-2014 and associated risk factors. Public Health Nutrition. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1017/s1368980025100499

Barak, Y., Rothschild-Eliasi, G., Glue, P., & Turner, R. (2025). Are Baby Boomers hazardous drinkers as they age? An exploratory interRAI study. Australasian Psychiatry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/10398562251346622

Sullivan, T. A., Wyeth, E. H., Turner, R. M., Hansen, P., Ombler, F., Devlin, N. J., & Derrett, S. (2025). Can adolescents value the EQ-5D-Y-5L and EQ-5D-5L, and how do the values compare? A feasibility study. Value in Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2025.02.013

Miller, R., Turner, R., Davie, G., Stokes, T., Crengle, S., McLeod, A., … Nixon, G. (2025). Is there a difference in ischaemic heart disease deaths that occur without a preceding hospital admission in people who live in rural compared with urban areas of Aotearoa New Zealand? An observational study. BMJ Open, 15, e088691. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088691

Journal - Research Other

Medcalf, E., Stanaway, F., Turner, R. M., Espinoza, D., & Bell, K. J. L. (2025). Using the counterfactual framework to estimate non-intention-to-treat estimands in randomised controlled trials: A methodological scoping review. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 153, 107912. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2025.107912

Ackermann, D. M., Bracken, K., Hersch, J. K., Janda, M., Turner, R. M., & Bell, K. J. L. (2025). Participant recruitment and retention in randomised controlled trials of melanoma surveillance: A scoping review. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 44, 101461. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2025.101461

2024

Journal - Research Article

Samaranayaka, A., Turner, R., & Cameron, C. (2024). Health related surveys: Sampling weights [Invited feature: Statistics primer]. New Zealand Medical Student Journal, (38). doi: 10.57129/001c.127913

Ackermann, D., Hersch, J., Jordan, D., Clinton-Gray, E., Bracken, K., Janda, M., Turner, R., & Bell, K. (2024). Participant motivators and expectations in the MEL-SELF randomized clinical trial of patient-led surveillance for recurrent melanoma: Content analysis of survey responses. JMIR Dermatology, 7, e58136. doi: 10.2196/58136

Samaranayaka, A., Turner, R. M., & Cameron, C. (2024). Health related surveys: Sampling methods [Invited feature: Statistics primer]. New Zealand Medical Student Journal, (37), 40-42. doi: 10.57129/001c.122998

Turner, R., Glue, P., & Barak, Y. (2024). Effects of changing criteria on improving interRAI assessment for elder abuse: Analysis of a national dataset from Aotearoa New Zealand. BMJ Open, 14, e081791. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081791

Sullivan, T., McCarty, G., Ombler, F., Turner, R., Mulhern, B., & Hansen, P. (2024). Creating an SF-6Dv2 social value set for New Zealand. Social Science & Medicine, 354, 117073. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117073

Medcalf, E., Turner, R. M., Espinoza, D., He, V., & Bell, K. J. L. (2024). Addressing missing outcome data in randomised controlled trials: A methodological scoping review. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 143, 107602. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107602

Ackermann, D. M., Hersch, J. K., Janda, M., Bracken, K., Turner, R. M., & Bell, K. J. L. (2024). Using the Behaviour Change Wheel to identify barriers and targeted strategies to improve adherence in randomised clinical trials: The example of MEL-SELF trial of patient-led surveillance for melanoma. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 140, 107513. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107513

Conner, T. S., Teah, G. E., Sibley, C. G., Turner, R. M., Scarf, D., & Mason, A. (2024). Psychological predictors of vaping uptake among non-smokers: A longitudinal investigation of New Zealand. Drug & Alcohol Review, 43(5), 1132-1142. doi: 10.1111/dar.13822

Newall, A. T., Nazareno, A. L., Muscatello, D. J., Boettiger, D., Viboud, C., Simonsen, L., & Turner, R. M. (2024). The association between influenza vaccination uptake and influenza and pneumonia-associated deaths in the United States. Vaccine, 42(8), 2044-2050. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.01.089

Journal - Research Other

Shanmugalingam, R., Munn, Z., Barker, T. H., Barrett, H. L., Beech, A., Bowyer, L., … Turner, R., & Makris, A. (2024). Developing the Society of Obstetric Medicine Australia and New Zealand (SOMANZ) Hypertension in Pregnancy Guideline 2023: Guideline development approaches, challenges and contextual considerations. Clinical & Public Health Guidelines, 1, e70000. doi: 10.1002/gin2.70000

Shanmugalingam, R., Barrett, H. L., Beech, A., Bowyer, L., Crozier, T., Davidson, A., … Turner, R., & Makris, A. (2024). A summary of the 2023 Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (SOMANZ) hypertension in pregnancy guideline. Medical Journal of Australia, 220(11), 582-591. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52312

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Sullivan, T., McCarty, G., Ombler, F., Turner, R., Mulhern, B., & Hansen, P. (2024). Use of an online valuation tool to create an SF-62Dv2 social value set for Aotearoa New Zealand. Proceedings of the 13th Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand (HSRAANZ) Conference. 58. Retrieved from https://www.hsraanz.org/

Ackermann, D., Turner, R., Janda, M., Hersch, J., & Bell, K. (2024). Comparing polarised and non-polarised dermatoscopes in the MEL-SELF trial of patient-led surveillance: A randomised study within a trial. Proceedings of the 13th Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand (HSRAANZ) Conference. 301. Retrieved from https://www.hsraanz.org/

Ackermann, D., Hersch, J., Janda, M., Bracken, K., Turner, R., & Bell, K. (2024). Using the Behaviour Change Wheel to develop strategies to improve adherence in randomised clinical trials: The example of MEL-SELF trial of patient-led surveillance for melanoma. Proceedings of the 13th Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand (HSRAANZ) Conference. 307. Retrieved from https://www.hsraanz.org/

Ackermann, D., Hersch, J., Janda, M., Bracken, K., Turner, R., & Bell, K. (2024). Strategies to improve adherence to skin self-examination and other self-management practices in people at high risk of melanoma: A scoping review of randomised clinical trials. Proceedings of the 13th Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand (HSRAANZ) Conference. 302. Retrieved from https://www.hsraanz.org/

Turner, R. (2024). The interRAI assessment for elder abuse: We can do better? Lessons from the Elder Abuse Prevention Fund Project in New Zealand. Proceedings of the 13th Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand (HSRAANZ) Conference. 278. Retrieved from https://www.hsraanz.org/

Mason, A., Scarf, D., Turner, R., & Rapsey, C. (2024). Understanding prevalence and onset of suicidal thoughts, plans, and attempts in university students in Aotearoa. Proceedings of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) 11th Asia Pacific Conference. (pp. 181). Retrieved from https://dev.new.iasp.info

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Paul, J., Russell, B. R., Turner, R., & Harrison, O. K. (2024, August-September). Investigating the effect of exercise on physiological and perceptual hypercapnic responses in anxiety. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Research Week (QRW) Mental Health Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Turner, R., Glue, P., & Barak, Y. (2024, March). The interRAI assessment for elder abuse: We can do better: Lessons from the Elder Abuse Prevention Fund Project in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the 4th interRAI Knowledge Exchange, Wellington, New Zealand.

2023

Journal - Research Article

Turner, R. M., Cameron, C., & Samaranayaka, A. (2023). How to collaborate with a biostatistician [Invited feature: Statistics primer]. New Zealand Medical Student Journal, (36), 36-38. doi: 10.57129/001c.88020

Miller, R., Nixon, G., Turner, R. M., Stokes, T., Keenan, R., Jiang, Y., … Kerr, A. (2023). Investigation and treatment after non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome for patients presenting to rural or urban hospitals in Aotearoa New Zealand: ANZACS-QI 75. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1585), 85-102. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Miller, R., Nixon, G., Turner, R. M., Stokes, T., Keenan, R., Grey, C., … Kerr, A. (2023). Outcomes and access to angiography following non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes in patients who present to rural or urban hospitals: ANZACS-QI 72. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1573), 27-54. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Widyastuti, T. N., Turner, R., Harcombe, H., & McLean, R. (2023). Trends in BMI of Indonesian adults between 1993 and 2014: A longitudinal population-based study. Public Health Nutrition, 26(7), 1394-1402. doi: 10.1017/s1368980023000472

Sullivan, T., McCarty, G., Wyeth, E., Turner, R. M., & Derrett, S. (2023). Describing the health-related quality of life of Māori adults in Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu (New Zealand). Quality of Life Research, 32, 2117-2126. doi: 10.1007/s11136-023-03399-w

Cameron, C., Samaranayaka, A., & Turner, R. (2023). The review process from a biostatistics perspective [Invited feature: Statistics primer]. New Zealand Medical Student Journal, (35), 34-36.

Lewis, E. T., Hammill, K., Culbert, R., van der Merwe, M., Sahay, A., Turner, R., & Cardona, M. (2023). Delivering prognostic news to older people with chronic disease: What format preference and level of involvement in decision making? A hospital survey. Healthcare, 11, 444. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11030444

Journal - Research Other

Reynolds, A. N., Hood, F., Wilson, R., Ross, A., Neumann, S., Turner, R., Iosua, E., Katare, R., Shahin, A., Kok, Z.-y., … Coffey, S., & Mann, J. (2023). Healthy grocery delivery in the usual care for adults recovering from an acute coronary event: protocol for a three-arm randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 13, e074278. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074278

Ackermann, D. M., Bracken, K., Janda, M., Turner, R. M., Hersch, J., Drabarek, D., & Bell, K. J. L. (2023). Strategies to improve adherence to skin self-examination and other self-management practices in people at high risk of melanoma: A scoping review of randomized clinical trials. JAMA Dermatology, 159(4), 432-440. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2022.6478

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Yap, J. M., Wall, C., Turner, R., Meredith-Jones, K., Osborne, H., & Schultz, M. (2023). Inflammatory Bowel Disease exercise and diet (IBDeat) habits study: Exploring lifestyle habits and cardiometabolic disease risk factors. Proceedings of the Annual Scientific Meeting of the New Zealand and Australian Nutrition Societies: Nutrition and Wellbeing in Oceania. (pp. 106). Retrieved from https://nsnzconference.org.nz/

Cooper, J. R. H., Turner, R., & Conner, T. S. (2023). Health behaviours and wellbeing: Insights from surveys and Fitbit data. Proceedings of the Joint Conference of the Society for Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP) and the Australasian Congress on Personality and Individual Differences (ACPID). (pp. 136). Retrieved from https://sasp-acpid.org

Gray, A., & Turner, R. (2023). What is biostatisticalityness? Proceedings of the New Zealand Biostatistics Conference. Retrieved from https://events.otago.ac.nz/2023-biostatistics-conference

Turner, R., Glue, P., & Barak, Y. (2023). The interRAI assessment for elder abuse: We can do better? Lessons from the Elder Abuse Prevention Fund project in New Zealand. Proceedings of the New Zealand Biostatistics Conference. Retrieved from https://events.otago.ac.nz/2023-biostatistics-conference

Widyastuti, N., Turner, R., Harcombe, H., & McLean, R. (2023). Trends in body mass index z-score of Indonesian children and adolescents between 1993 and 2014: A longitudinal population-based study. Proceedings of the New Zealand Biostatistics Conference. Retrieved from https://events.otago.ac.nz/2023-biostatistics-conference

Nanayakkara, S., Zeng, J., Turner, R., Parry, M., & Sywak, M. (2023). Development and internal validation of clinical risk prediction models for structural recurrence disease of thyroid cancer. Proceedings of the New Zealand Biostatistics Conference. Retrieved from https://events.otago.ac.nz/2023-biostatistics-conference

Medcalf, E., He, V., Espinoza, D., Turner, R., & Bell, K. (2023). Handling missing data in randomised controlled trials (RCTs): A methodological scoping review. Proceedings of the New Zealand Biostatistics Conference. Retrieved from https://events.otago.ac.nz/2023-biostatistics-conference

Medcalf, E., Espinoza, D., Turner, R., & Bell, K. (2023). Using the counterfactual framework to estimate non-ITT estimands in randomised controlled trials: A methodological scoping review. Proceedings of the New Zealand Biostatistics Conference. Retrieved from https://events.otago.ac.nz/2023-biostatistics-conference

Miller, R., Nixon, G., Stokes, T., Turner, R., Jiang, Y., Keenan, R., … Kerr, A. (2023). Outcomes and access to angiography following non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes in patients that present to rural or urban hospitals. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1585), (pp. 121-122). Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Turner, R. (2023, November). What to expect from a biostatistics supervisor? Invited presentation at the New Zealand Biostatistics Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Other Research Output

Turner, R. (2023, April). Approaching significance. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Inaugural Professorial Lecture].

Gray, A., & Turner, R. (2023, July). Practical questionnaire design (and some analysis). Biostatistics Centre Forum, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].

2022

Journal - Research Article

Smith-Lickess, S. K., Stefanic, N., Shaw, J., Shepherd, H., Naehrig, D., Turner, R. M., … Dhillon, H. M. (2022). What is the effect of a low literacy talking book on patient knowledge, anxiety and communication before radiation therapy starts? A pilot study. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 69, 463-472. doi: 10.1002/jmrs.606

Gray, A. R., Cameron, C., Samaranayaka, A., & Turner, R. M. (2022). What statistical software should I use? And does it actually matter? [Invited feature: Statistics primer]. New Zealand Medical Student Journal, (34), 38-40. doi: 10.57129/GADB4864

Sly, N., Soomro, M., Withall, A., Cullen, P., Turner, R. M., & Flahive, S. R. (2022). Players', parents' and staffs' perceptions of injury prevention exercise programmes in youth rugby union. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 8, e001271. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001271

Robinson, C., Turner, R. M., & Potter, J. (2022). A retrospective analysis of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography investigating gallstones in a contemporary surgical setting. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 92, 2174-2179. doi: 10.1111/ans.17875

Nazareno, A. L., Muscatello, D. J., Turner, R. M., Wood, J. G., Moore, H. C., & Newall, A. T. (2022). Modelled estimates of hospitalisations attributable to respiratory syncytial virus and influenza in Australia, 2009-2017. Influenza & Other Respiratory Viruses, 16, 1082-1090. doi: 10.1111/irv.13003

Tafuna'i, M., Turner, R., Matalavea, B., Voss, D., Hazelman, L., Richards, R., & Walker, R. (2022). Results of a community-based screening programme for chronic kidney disease and associated risk factors, (obesity, diabetes and hypertension) in a Samoan cohort. BMJ Open, 12(4), e056889. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056889

Robinson, C., Hepburn, A., Turner, R. M., & Zarrabi, A. D. (2022). The role of intra-operative void score during transurethral resection of prostate as a marker of efficacy: A feasibility study. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 92, 1492-1497. doi: 10.1111/ans.17664

Miller, R., Nixon, G., Pickering, J. W., Stokes, T., Turner, R. M., Young, J., Gutenstein, M., Smith, M., … Watson, A., George, P., … Than, M. (2022). A prospective multi-centre study assessing the safety and effectiveness following the implementation of an accelerated chest pain pathway using point-of-care troponin for use in New Zealand rural hospital and primary care settings. European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care, 11(5), 418-427. doi: 10.1093/ehjacc/zuac037

Hall, Y., Smith, J., Turner, R. M., Greco, P., Hau, K., & Barak, Y. (2022). Creating opportunities to improve detection of older adult abuse: A national interRAI study. BMC Geriatrics, 22, 220. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-02938-3

Dieng, M., Turner, R. M., Lord, S. J., Weinstein, A. J., Menzies, A. M., Saw, R. P. M., … Morton, R. L. (2022). Cost-effectiveness of PET/CT surveillance schedules to detect distant recurrence of resected stage III melanoma. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 19, 2331. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19042331

Dieng, M., Lord, S. J., Turner, R. M., Nieweg, O. E., Menzies, A. M., Saw, R. P. M., … Morton, R. L. (2022). The impact of surveillance imaging frequency on the detection of distant disease for patients with resected stage IIII melanoma. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 29, 2871-2881. doi: 10.1245/s10434-021-11231-3

Ackermann, D. M., Dieng, M., Medcalf, E., Jenkins, M. C., van Kemenade, C. H., Janda, M., Turner, R. M., … Bell, K. J. L. (2022). Assessing the potential for patient-led surveillance after treatment of localized melanoma (MEL-SELF): A pilot randomized clinical trial. JAMA Dermatology, 158(1), 33-42. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.4704

Tafuna'i, M., Turner, R. M., Richards, R., Sopoaga, F., & Walker, R. (2022). The prevalence of chronic kidney disease in Samoans living in Auckland, New Zealand. Nephrology, 27(3), 248-259. doi: 10.1111/nep.13990

Au, E. H., Wong, G., Howard, K., Chapman, J. R., Castells, A., Rodger, S. D., … Turner, R., … Cross, N., … Craig, J. C. (2022). Factors associated with advanced colorectal neoplasia in patients with CKD. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 79(4), 549-560. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2021.07.011

Journal - Research Other

Park, H. R. P., Williams, L. M., Turner, R. M., & Gatt, J. M. (2022). TWIN-10: Protocol for a 10-year longitudinal twin study of the neuroscience of mental well-being and resilience. BMJ Open, 12, e058918. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058918

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Sullivan, T., McCarty, G., Wyeth, E., Turner, R., & Derrett, S. (2022). Health-related quality of life of Māori adults in Aotearoa New Zealand. Proceedings of the 12th Health Services and Policy Research Conference. 357. Retrieved from https://www.hsraanz.org

Ackermann, D., Dieng, M., Medcalf, E., van Kemenade, C., Jenkins, M., Turner, R., … Bell, K. (2022). Melanoma surveillance on their own device: Can patients identify subsequent new primary or recurrent melanoma? The incremental value of patient-led surveillance for detection of subsequent primary melanoma or recurrence: Evaluation of a pilot randomised trial of alternative surveillance models following treatment of localised melanoma. Proceedings of the 12th Health Services and Policy Research Conference. 71. Retrieved from https://www.hsraanz.org

Widyastuti, N., McLean, R., Turner, R., & Harcombe, H. (2022). Trends, determinants, and health consequences of overweight and obesity in Indonesia: A longitudinal study. Medical Sciences Forum, 9, 36. doi: 10.3390/msf2022009036

2021

Journal - Research Article

Cameron, C., Turner, R., & Samaranayaka, A. (2021). Understanding confidence intervals and why they are so important [Invited feature: Statistics primer]. New Zealand Medical Student Journal, (33), 42-43.

Muscatello, D. J., Nazareno, A. L., Turner, R. M., & Newall, A. T. (2021). Influenza-associated mortality in Australia, 2010 through 2019: High modelled estimates in 2017. Vaccine, 39, 7578-7583. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.11.019

Lewis, E. T., Hammill, K. A., Ticehurst, M., Turner, R. M., Greenaway, S., Hillman, K., … Cardona, M. (2021). How do patients with life-limiting illness and caregivers want end-of-life prognostic information delivered? A pilot study. Healthcare, 9(7), 784. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9070784

Sullivan, T., Turner, R. M., Derrett, S., & Hansen, P. (2021). New Zealand population norms for the EQ-5D-5L constructed from the personal value sets of participants in a national survey. Value in Health, 24(9), 1308-1318. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2021.04.1280

Samaranayaka, A., Cameron, C., & Turner, R. M. (2021). Sample size in health research [Invited feature: Statistics primer]. New Zealand Medical Student Journal, (32), 52-54. doi: 10.57129/XPSC9819

Appleton, K., Whittaker, E., Cohen, Z., Rhodes, H. M., Dunn, C., Murphy, S., Gaastra, M., Galletly, A., Dougherty, S., Haren, A., Sukumaran, N., Aluzaite, K., Dockerty, J. D., Turner, R. M., & Schultz, M. (2021). Attitudes towards and use of cannabis in New Zealand patients with inflammatory bowel disease: An exploratory study. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1530), 38-47. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Van Der Pol-Harney, E., Turner, R., McCaffery, K., & Bonner, C. (2021). The effects of communicating cardiovascular disease risk as 'fitness age' on behavioral intentions and psychological outcomes. Patient Education & Counseling, 104, 1704-1711. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2020.12.030

Turner, R. M., Dieng, M., Khanna, N., Nguyen, M., Zeng, J., Nijhuis, A. A. G., … Morton, R. L. (2021). Performance of long-term CT and PET/CT surveillance for detection of distant recurrence in patients with resected stage IIIA-D melanoma. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 28, 4561-4569. doi: 10.1245/s10434-020-09270-3

Journal - Research Other

Dieng, M., Lord, S. J., Nieweg, O. E., Saw, R. P. M., Weinstein, A. J., Nijhuis, A. A. G., Turner, R. M., … Morton, R. L. (2021). Reply to: CT and PET/CT surveillance in stage IIIA-D melanoma results in more false-positive than true-positive findings and should not be routinely recommended, by Nicholas Taylor et al. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 28, S819-S820. doi: 10.1245/s10434-021-09821-2

Ackermann, D. M., Smit, A. K., Janda, M., van Kemenade, C. H., Dieng, M., Morton, R. L., Turner, R. M., … Bell, K. J. L. (2021). Can patient-led surveillance detect subsequent new primary or recurrent melanomas and reduce the need for routinely scheduled follow-up? A protocol for the MEL-SELF randomised controlled trial. Trials, 22(1), 324. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05231-7

Chua, H., Sardana, D., Turner, R., Ting, G., & Ekambaram, M. (2021). Effectiveness of oral health education methods on oral hygiene in children and adolescents with visual impairment: A systematic review. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 31, 724-741. doi: 10.1111/ipd.12788

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Ackermann, D., Dieng, M., Medcalf, E., van Kemenade, C. H., Jenkins, M., Janda, M., Turner, R. M., … Bell, K. J. L. (2021). Melanoma surveillance on their own device: Can patients identify subsequent melanoma? Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 17(Suppl. 5), (pp. 70-71). doi: 10.1111/ajco.13652

Li, J., Zeng, J., Turner, R., Nylén, C., & Sywak, M. (2021). Thyroid cancer recurrence prediction using regression approaches. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1537), (pp. 117). Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Turner, R. (2021, November). A career in biostatistics: Communication, creativity and a lot of logistic regression. Keynote presentation at the University of Otago Biostatistics Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2020

Journal - Research Article

Tafuna'i, M., Matalavea, B., Voss, D., Turner, R. M., Richards, R., Sopoaga, F., … Walker, R. (2020). Kidney failure in Samoa. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 5, 100058. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2020.100058

Ayre, J., Cvejic, E., Bonner, C., Turner, R. M., Walter, S. D., & McCaffery, K. J. (2020). Effects of health literacy, screening, and participant choice on action plans for reducing unhealthy snacking in Australia: A randomised controlled trial. PLoS Medicine, 17(11), e1003409. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003409

Krishnan, A., Teixeira-Pinto, A., Lim, W. H., Howard, K., Chapman, J. R., Castells, A., … Cross, N., … Turner, R., … Craig, J. C. (2020). Health-related quality of life in people across the spectrum of CKD. Kidney International Reports, 5, 2264-2274. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2020.09.028

Cameron, C., Samaranayaka, A., & Turner, R. M. (2020). P values: What are their significance? [Invited feature: Statistics primer]. New Zealand Medical Student Journal, (31), 48-49.

Nguyen, A. T. V., Tran, S., Hamdan, T. A., Turner, R., Sadek, A.-R., Lui, D., & Montgomery, A. S. (2020). Does anticoagulant thromboprophylaxis increase bleeding complications in spinal surgery and spinal cord injury? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Basrah Journal of Surgery, 26(1), 9-20.

McBride, D., Dockerty, J., Turner, R., Austin, G., Calvert, T., Fasi, N., … Jackson, S., … Theis, N. (2020). The New Zealand nuclear veteran and families study, exploring the options to assess heritable health outcomes. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1515), 70-78. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Aik, J., Turner, R. M., Kirk, M. D., Heywood, A. E., & Newall, A. T. (2020). Evaluating food safety management systems in Singapore: A controlled interrupted time-series analysis of foodborne disease outbreak reports. Food Control, 117, 107324. doi: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107324

Turner, R., Samaranayaka, A., & Cameron, C. (2020). Parametric vs nonparametric statistical methods: Which is better, and why? [Invited feature: Statistics primer]. New Zealand Medical Student Journal, (30), 61-62.

Moa, A. M., Muscatello, D. J., Turner, R. M., & MacIntyre, C. R. (2020). Estimated hospitalisations attributable to seasonal and pandemic influenza in Australia: 2001- 2013. PLoS ONE, 15(4), e0230705. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230705

MacIntyre, C. R., Adams, D. C., Turner, R., Chughtai, A. A., & Engells, T. (2020). Public awareness, acceptability and risk perception about infectious diseases dual-use research of concern: A cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open, 10(1), e029134. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029134

Alexander, J. W., Karantanis, E., Turner, R. M., Faasse, K., & Watt, C. (2020). Patient attitude and acceptance towards episiotomy during pregnancy before and after information provision: A questionnaire. International Urogynecology Journal, 31, 521-528. doi: 10.1007/s00192-019-04003-x

Journal - Research Other

Dieng, M., Khanna, N., Nguyen, M. T. H., Turner, R., Lord, S. J., Menzies, A. M., … Morton, R. L. (2020). Cost-effectiveness analysis of PET/CT surveillance imaging to detect systemic recurrence in resected stage III melanoma: study protocol. BMJ Open, 10(11), E037857. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037857

Miller, R., Young, J., Nixon, G., Pickering, J. W., Stokes, T., Turner, R., … Gutenstein, M., … George, P. M., … Than, M. (2020). Study protocol for an observational study to evaluate an accelerated chest pain pathway using point-of-care troponin in New Zealand rural and primary care populations. Journal of Primary Health Care, 12(2), 129-138. doi: 10.1071/HC19059

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Sullivan, T., Turner, R., Derrett, S., & Yeo, H. Y. (2020). Deriving New Zealand population norms for the EQ-5D-5L using individual VALUE SETS. Value in Health, 23(Suppl. 2), (pp. S684). doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2020.08.1703

Sullivan, T., Turner, R., Derrett, S., & Yeo, H. Y. (2020). Chronic disease and health-related quality of life as measured on the EQ-5D-5L: A New Zealand population study. Value in Health, 23(Suppl. 2), (pp. S682). doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2020.08.1690

Richard, L., Fanian, S., Jaye, C., Wyeth, E., Derrett, S., Turner, R., & Stokes, T. (2020). Understanding refugees' perspectives on priority health needs following resettlement: What did we learn from a New Zealand survey? Australian Journal of Primary Health, 26(4), (pp. xliii). doi: 10.1071/PYv26n4abs

2019

Journal - Research Article

Samaranayaka, A., Turner, R., & Cameron, C. (2019). Kaplan-Meier plots [Features: Statistics primer]. New Zealand Medical Student Journal, (28), 45-46.

Turner, R. M., Cameron, C., & Samaranayaka, A. (2019). Understanding receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves [Features: Statistics primer]. New Zealand Medical Student Journal, (29), 50-51.

Leong, R. N. F., Wood, J. G., Turner, R. M., & Newall, A. T. (2019). Estimating seasonal variation in Australian pertussis notifications from 1991 to 2016: Evidence of spring to summer peaks. Epidemiology & Infection, 147, e155. doi: 10.1017/s0950268818003680

Muscatello, D. J., Leong, R. N. F., Turner, R. M., & Newall, A. T. (2019). Rapid mapping of the spatial and temporal intensity of influenza. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 38, 1307-1312. doi: 10.1007/s10096-019-03554-7

Wong, G., Hope, R. L., Howard, K., Chapman, J. R., Castells, A., Roger, S. D., … Turner, R., … Cross, N. B., … Craig, J. C. (2019). One-time fecal immunochemical screening for advanced colorectal neoplasia in patients with CKD (DETECT Study). Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 30(6), 1061-1072. doi: 10.1681/asn.2018121232

Nijhuis, A. A. G., Dieng, M., Khanna, N., Lord, S. J., Dalton, J., Menzies, A. M., Turner, R. M., … Morton, R. L. (2019). False-positive results and incidental findings with annual CT or PET/CT surveillance in asymptomatic patients with resected stage III melanoma. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 26, 1860-1868. doi: 10.1245/s10434-019-07311-0

Walter, S. D., Turner, R. M., & Macaskill, P. (2019). Optimising the two-stage randomised trial design when some participants are indifferent in their treatment preferences. Statistics in Medicine, 38, 2317-2331. doi: 10.1002/sim.8119

Cardona, M., O'Sullivan, M., Lewis, E. T., Turner, R. M., Garden, F., Alkhouri, H., … Breen, D. (2019). Prospective validation of a checklist to predict short-term death in older patients after emergency department admission in Australia and Ireland. Academic Emergency Medicine, 26(6), 610-620. doi: 10.1111/acem.13664

Smith, S. K., Cabrera-Aguas, M., Shaw, J., Shepherd, H., Naehrig, D., Meiser, B., … Turner, R. M., … Dhilon, H. M. (2019). A low literacy targeted talking book about radiation therapy for cancer: Development and acceptability. Supportive Care in Cancer, 27, 2057-2067. doi: 10.1007/s00520-018-4446-0

Bates, L. J., Melon, J., Turner, R., Chan, S. S. C., & Karantanis, E. (2019). Prospective comparison of obstetric anal sphincter injury incidence between an Asian and Western hospital. International Urogynecology Journal, 30(3), 429-437. doi: 10.1007/s00192-018-3649-8

Journal - Research Other

Wong, G., Hope, R. L., Howard, K., Chapman, J. R., Castells, A., Roger, S. D., … Turner, R., … Cross, N., … Craig, J. C. (2019). Authors' reply. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 30, 2275-2277. doi: 10.1681/asn.2019090889

Hauser, M. I., Muscatello, D. J., Soh, A. C. Y., Dwyer, D. E., & Turner, R. M. (2019). An indirect comparison meta-analysis of AS03 and MF59 adjuvants in pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 vaccines. Vaccine, 37(31), 4246-4255. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.06.039

Ayre, J., Cvejic, E., Bonner, C., Turner, R. M., Walter, S. D., & McCaffery, K. J. (2019). Accounting for health literacy and intervention preferences when reducing unhealthy snacking: Protocol for an online randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 9(5), e028544. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028544

Walter, S. D., Macaskill, P., Turner, R., Guyatt, G., Cook, R., & Prasad, K. (2019). Comment to the reply letter: Letter to the Editor: Preference option randomized design (PORD) for comparative effectiveness research: Statistical power for testing comparative effect, preference effect, selection effect, intent-to-treat effect, and overall effect (SMMR, Vol. 28, Issue 2, 2019). Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 28(5), 1603-1605. doi: 10.1177/0962280218768107

Walter, S. D., Macaskill, P., Turner, R., Guyatt, G., & Prasad, K. (2019). Letter to the editor: Preference option randomized design (PORD) for comparative effectiveness research: Statistical power for testing comparative effect, preference effect selection effect intent-to-treat effect, and overall effect (SMMR, Vol.28 Issue 2, 2019). Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 28(5), 1597-1599. doi: 10.1177/0962280218767691

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Turner, R., & Mealing, N. (2019). Teaching biostatistics to clinical researchers. Proceedings of the New Zealand Statistical Association Conference. (pp. 39-40). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/nzsa/programme-and-speakers/

Sullivan, T., Derrett, S., & Turner, R. (2019). Do people's EQ-5D-5L preferences vary according to their chronic disease status? Proceedings of the 11th Health Services and Policy Research Conference (HSRAANZ): Addressing Health Service Inequities to Improve Health System Performance. Retrieved from www.healthservicesconference.com.au

Turner, R. (2019). Assessing overdiagnosis and overtreatment to reduce low-value care across all healthcare settings. Proceedings of the 11th Health Services and Policy Research Conference (HSRAANZ): Addressing Health Service Inequities to Improve Health System Performance. Retrieved from www.healthservicesconference.com.au

2018

Journal - Research Article

Cardona, M., Lewis, E. T., Kristensen, M. R., Skjøt-Arkil, H., Addy Ekmann, A., Nygaard, H. H., … Turner, R. M., … Brabrand, M. (2018). Predictive validity of the CriSTAL tool for short-term mortality in older people presenting at emergency departments: A prospective study. European Geriatric Medicine, 9(6), 891-901. doi: 10.1007/s41999-018-0123-6

Cardona, M., Turner, R. M., Chapman, A., Alkhouri, H., Lewis, E. T., Jan, S., … Hillman, K. (2018). Who benefits from aggressive rapid response system treatments near the end of life? A retrospective cohort study. Joint Commission Journal on Quality & Patient Safety, 44(9), 505-513. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2018.04.001

Lim, W.-Y., Turner, R. M., Morton, R. L., Jenkins, M. C., Irwig, L., Webster, A. C., … Bell, K. J. L. (2018). Use of shared care and routine tests in follow-up after treatment for localised cutaneous melanoma. BMC Health Services Research, 18, 477. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3291-7

Aik, J., Heywood, A. E., Newall, A. T., Ng, L.-C., Kirk, M. D., & Turner, R. (2018). Climate variability and salmonellosis in Singapore: A time series analysis. Science of the Total Environment, 639, 1261-1267. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.254

Foo, E., Turner, R., Wang, K.-C., Aniss, A., Gill, A. J., Sidhu, S., … Sywak, M. (2018). Predicting malignancy in adrenal incidentaloma and evaluation of a novel risk stratification algorithm. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 88(3), E173-E177. doi: 10.1111/ans.13868

Whelan, B., Welgampola, M., McGarvie, L., Makhija, K., Turner, R. M., Holloway, L., … Keall, P. (2018). Patient reported outcomes of slow, single arc rotation: Do we need rotating gantries? Journal of Medical Imaging & Radiation Oncology, 62(4), 553-561. doi: 10.1111/1754-9485.12688

Journal - Research Other

Somes, M. P., Turner, R. M., Dwyer, L. J., & Newall, A. T. (2018). Estimating the annual attack rate of seasonal influenza among unvaccinated individuals: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Vaccine, 36(23), 3199-3207. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.04.063

Cardona, M., Lewis, E. T., Turner, R. M., Alkhouri, H., Asha, S., Mackenzie, J., … Brabrand, M. (2018). Efficacy of a tool to predict short-term mortality in older people presenting at emergency departments: Protocol for a multi-centre cohort study. Archives of Gerontology & Geriatrics, 76, 169-174. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2018.02.014

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Turner, R., Cameron, C., Iosua, E., & Samaranayaka, A. (2018). Establishing a Biostatistics Unit at the University of Otago. Proceedings of the Australasian Applied Statistics (AASC) Conference. (pp. 10). Retrieved from https://www.aasc.nz/

Soomro, M., Withall, A., Cohen, A., & Turner, R. (2018). The evolving definition of concussion over time. Journal of Science & Medicine in Sport, 21(Suppl. 1), (pp. S96). doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2018.09.217

Other Research Output

Turner, R. (2018, March). The new Biostatistics Unit: Who are we, what do we do and how can you contact us? Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].

2017

Journal - Research Article

Cardona-Morrell, M., Benfatti-Olivato, G., Jansen, J., Turner, R. M., Fajardo-Pulido, D., & Hillman, K. (2017). A systematic review of effectiveness of decision aids to assist older patients at the end of life. Patient Education & Counseling, 100(3), 425-435. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2016.10.007

Bell, J. C., Raynes-Greenow, C., Turner, R., Bower, C., Dodson, A., Nicholls, W., & Nassar, N. (2017). School performance for children with cleft lip and palate: A population-based study. Child: Care, Health & Development, 43(2), 222-231. doi: 10.1111/cch.12388

Bell, J., Raynes-Greenow, C., Turner, R., Bower, C., Dodson, A., Hancock, K., & Nassar, N. (2017). School absence and its effect on school performance for children born with orofacial clefts. Birth Defects Research, 109(13), 1048-1056. doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1041

Houssami, N., Turner, R. M., & Morrow, M. (2017). Meta-analysis of pre-operative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and surgical treatment for breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research & Treatment, 165(2), 273-283. doi: 10.1007/s10549-017-4324-3

Bell, K. J. L., Mehta, Y., Turner, R. M., Morton, R. L., Dieng, M., Saw, R., … Webster, A. C. (2017). Fear of new or recurrent melanoma after treatment for localised melanoma. Psycho-Oncology, 26(11), 1784-1791. doi: 10.1002/pon.4366

Nickel, B., Dodd, R. H., Turner, R. M., Waller, J., Marlow, L., Zimet, G., … McCaffery, K. (2017). Factors associated with the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination across three countries following vaccination introduction. Preventive Medicine Reports, 8, 169-176. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.10.005

Walter, S. D., Turner, R. M., Macaskill, P., McCaffery, K. J., & Irwig, L. (2017). Estimation of treatment preference effects in clinical trials when some participants are indifferent to treatment choice. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 17(1), 29. doi: 10.1186/s12874-017-0304-x

Moa, A. M., Muscatello, D. J., Turner, R. M., & MacIntyre, C. R. (2017). Epidemiology of influenza B in Australia: 2001-2014 influenza seasons. Influenza & Other Respiratory Viruses, 11(2), 102-109. doi: 10.1111/irv.12432

Mahady, S., Wong, G., Turner, R. M., Mitchell, P., Macaskill, P., Craig, J. C., & George, J. (2017). Elevated liver enzymes and mortality in older individuals: A prospective cohort study. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 51(5), 439-445. doi: 10.1097/MCG.0000000000000622

Walter, S. D., Turner, R., Macaskill, P., McCaffery, K. J., & Irwig, L. (2017). Beyond the treatment effect: Evaluating the effects of patient preferences in randomised trials. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 26(1), 489-507. doi: 10.1177/0962280214550516

2016

Journal - Research Article

Duong, C. M., Turner, R., & McLaws, M.-L. (2016). Shewhart charts and two-monthly screening interval to monitor hepatitis C and hepatitis B virus infections in two-year prospective cohort study of hemodialysis patients in Vietnam. Journal of Nephrology & Urology Research, 4, 5-14. doi: 10.12970/2310-984X.2016.04.01.3

Cardona-Morrell, M., Chapman, A., Turner, R. M., Lewis, E., Gallego-Luxan, B., Parr, M., & Hillman, K. (2016). Pre-existing risk factors for in-hospital death among older patients could be used to initiate end-of-life discussions rather than Rapid Response System calls: A case-control study. Resuscitation, 109, 76-80. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2016.09.031

Eslick, E. M., Bailey, D. L., Fitzharris, B., Kipritidis, J., Stevens, M., Li, B. T., … Turner, R., … Keall, P. J. (2016). Measurement of preoperative lobar lung function with computed tomography ventilation imaging: Progress towards rapid stratification of lung cancer lobectomy patients with abnormal lung function. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 49(4), 1075-1082. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezv276

Bell, J. C., Nassar, N., Bower, C., Turner, R. M., & Raynes-Greenow, C. (2016). Long-term survival for infants born with orofacial clefts in Western Australia. Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology, 106(3), 172-177. doi: 10.1002/bdra.23473

Phillips, K., Hersch, J., Turner, R., Jansen, J., & McCaffery, K. (2016). The influence of the ‘cancer effect’ on young women's responses to overdiagnosis in cervical screening. Patient Education & Counseling, 99(10), 1568-1575. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2016.04.002

Moa, A. M., Chugtai, A. A., Muscatello, D. J., Turner, R. M., & MacIntyre, C. R. (2016). Immunogenicity and safety of inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Vaccine, 34(35), 4092-4102. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.06.064

Bell, J., Nassar, N., Turner, R., Bower, C., Gillett, D., McBain, W., & Raynes-Greenow, C. (2016). Hospitalisations up to adulthood for children born with orofacial clefts. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 52(4), 441-448. doi: 10.1111/jpc.13024

Cardona-Morrell, M., Prgomet, M., Turner, R. M., Nicholson, M., & Hillman, K. (2016). Effectiveness of continuous or intermittent vital signs monitoring in preventing adverse events on general wards: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 70(10), 806-824. doi: 10.1111/ijcp.12846

Sladakovic, J., Jansen, J., Hersch, J., Turner, R., & McCaffery, K. (2016). The differential effects of presenting uncertainty around benefits and harms on treatment decision making. Patient Education & Counseling, 99(6), 974-980. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2016.01.009

Howell, M. L., Wong, G., Turner, R. M., Teck Tan, H., Tong, A., Craig, J. C., & Howard, K. (2016). The consistency and reporting of quality-of-life outcomes in trials of immunosuppressive agents in kidney transplantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 67(5), 762-774. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2015.11.006

Wong, G., Staplin, N., Emberson, J., Baigent, C., Turner, R., Chalmers, J., … Craig, J. (2016). Chronic kidney disease and the risk of cancer: An individual patient data meta-analysis of 32,057 participants from six prospective studies. BMC Cancer, 16(1), 488. doi: 10.1186/s12885-016-2532-6

Au, C. P. Y., Raynes-Greenow, C. H., Turner, R. M., Carberry, A. E., & Jeffery, H. E. (2016). Antenatal management of gestational diabetes mellitus can improve neonatal outcomes. Midwifery, 34, 66-71. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2016.01.001

Journal - Research Other

Jansen, J., Naganathan, V., Carter, S. M., McLachlan, A. J., Nickel, B., Irwig, L., … Turner, R., & McCaffery, K. (2016). Too much medicine in older people? Deprescribing through shared decision making. BMJ, 353(i2893). doi: 10.1136/bmj.i2893

Houssami, N., & Turner, R. M. (2016). Rapid review: Estimates of incremental breast cancer detection from tomosynthesis (3D-mammography) screening in women with dense breasts. Breast, 30, 141-145. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2016.09.008

2015

Journal - Research Article

Wong, G., Hon Lim, W., Lewis, J., Craig, J. C., Turner, R., Zhu, K., … Prince, R. (2015). Vitamin D and cancer mortality in elderly women. BMC Cancer, 15, 106. doi: 10.1186/s12885-015-1112-5

Wang, L. W., Masson, P., Turner, R. M., Lord, S. W., Baines, L. A., Craig, J. C., & Webster, A. C. (2015). Prognostic value of cardiac tests in potential kidney transplant recipients: A systematic review. Transplantation, 99(4), 731-745. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000000611

O'Brien, C. M., Arbuckle, S., Thomas, S., Rode, J., Turner, R., & Jeffery, H. E. (2015). Placental inflammation is associated with rural and remote residence in the Northern Territory, Australia: A cross-sectional study. BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 15, 32. doi: 10.1186/s12884-015-0458-7

Fancellu, A., Turner, R. M., Dixon, J. M., Pinna, A., Cottu, P., & Houssami, N. (2015). Meta-analysis of the effect of preoperative breast MRI on the surgical management of ductal carcinoma in situ. British Journal of Surgery, 102(8), 883-893. doi: 10.1002/bjs.9797

Burgess, L., McCaffery, K., Powell, H., Murphy, V. E., Gibson, P. G., & Turner, R. M. (2015). The influence of asthma control on psychosocial outcomes for pregnant women with asthma. Journal of Asthma, 52(10), 1013-1019. doi: 10.3109/02770903.2015.1038833

Memari, N., Hayen, A., Bell, K. J. L., Rychetnik, L., Morton, R. L., McCaffery, K., … Turner, R. M. (2015). How often do patients with localized melanoma attend follow-up at a specialist center? Annals of Surgical Oncology, 22(Suppl. 3), 1164-1171. doi: 10.1245/s10434-015-4589-x

Debono, J. C., Poulos, A. E., Houssami, N., Turner, R. M., & Boyages, J. (2015). Evaluation of radiographers' mammography screen-reading accuracy in Australia. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 62(1), 15-22. doi: 10.1002/jmrs.59

Masson, P., Webster, A. C., Hong, M., Turner, R., Lindley, R. I., & Craig, J. C. (2015). Chronic kidney disease and the risk of stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 30(7), 1162-1169. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfv009

Kaltoft, M. K., Turner, R., Cunich, M., Salkeld, G., Nielsen, J. B., & Dowie, J. (2015). Addressing preference heterogeneity in public health policy by combining Cluster Analysis and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis: Proof of method. Health Economics Review, 5, 10. doi: 10.1186/s13561-015-0048-4

Journal - Research Other

Houssami, N., Turner, R. M., & Cody, III, H. S. (2015). Reply to Letter: "Preoperative ultrasound-guided needle biopsy of axillary nodes in invasive breast cancer:. Annals of Surgery, 262(1), e22-e23. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000415

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Turner, R. (2015, September). How to describe your statistical analysis in grant applications, and when to get a biostatistician on board as a collaborator. Verbal presentation at the Biological Psychiatry Australia, Sydney, Australia.

2014

Journal - Research Article

Turner, R. M., Walter, S. D., Macaskill, P., McCaffery, K. J., & Irwig, L. (2014). Sample size and power when designing a randomized trial for the estimation of treatment, selection, and preference effects. Medical Decision Making, 34(6), 711-719. doi: 10.1177/0272989X14525264

Ma, M. K. M., Lim, W. H., Turner, R. M., Chapman, J. R., Craig, J. C., & Wong, G. (2014). The risk of cancer in recipients of living-donor, standard and expanded criteria deceased donor kidney transplants: A registry analysis. Transplantation, 98(12), 1286-1293. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000000375

Iff, S., Craig, J. C., Turner, R., Chapman, J. R., Wang, J. J., Mitchell, P., & Wong, G. (2014). Reduced estimated GFR and cancer mortality. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 63(1), 23-30. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.07.008

Thompson, A. M., Turner, R. M., Hayen, A., Aniss, A., Jalaty, S., Learoyd, D. L., … Sywak, M. (2014). A preoperative nomogram for the prediction of ipsilateral central compartment lymph node metastases in papillary thyroid cancer. Thyroid, 24(4), 675-682. doi: 10.1089/thy.2013.0224

Bell, J. C., Raynes-Greenow, C., Turner, R. M., Bower, C., Nassar, N., & O'Leary, C. M. (2014). Maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy and the risk of orofacial clefts in infants: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Paediatric & Perinatal Epidemiology, 28(4), 322-332. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12131

Houssami, N., Turner, R., Macaskill, P., Turnbull, L. W., McCready, D. R., Tuttle, T. M., … Solin, L. J. (2014). An individual person data meta-analysis of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging and breast cancer recurrence. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 32(5), 392-401. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2013.52.7515

Jansen, J., Bonner, C., McKinn, S., Irwig, L., Glasziou, P., Doust, J., … Turner, R., & McCaffery, K. (2014). General practitioners' use of absolute risk versus individual risk factors in cardiovascular disease prevention: An experimental study. BMJ Open, 4(5), e004812. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-004812

Chung, R., Howard, K., Craig, J. C., Chapman, J. R., Turner, R., & Wong, G. (2014). Economic evaluations in kidney transplantation: Frequency, characteristics, and quality: A systematic review. Transplantation, 97(10), 1027-1033. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000000079

Sundercombe, S. L., Raynes-Greenow, C. H., Turner, R. M., & Jeffery, H. E. (2014). Do neonatal hypoglycaemia guidelines in Australia and New Zealand facilitate breast feeding? Midwifery, 30(12), 1179-1186. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2014.04.004

Lim, W. H., Lewis, J. R., Wong, G., Turner, R. M., Lim, E. M., Thompson, P. L., & Prince, R. L. (2014). Comparison of estimated glomerular filtration rate by the chronic kidney disease epidemiology collaboration (CKD-EPI) equations with and without cystatin c for predicting clinical outcomes in elderly women. PLoS ONE, 9(9), e106734. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106734

Houssami, N., Diepstraten, S. C. E., Cody, III, H. S., Turner, R. M., & Sever, A. R. (2014). Clinical utility of ultrasound-needle biopsy for preoperative staging of the axilla in invasive breast cancer. Anticancer Research, 34(3), 1087-1097.

Donnelley, E. L., Raynes-Greenow, C. H., Turner, R. M., Carberry, A. E., & Jeffery, H. E. (2014). Antenatal predictors and body composition of large-for-gestational-age newborns: Perinatal health outcomes. Journal of Perinatology, 34(9), 698-704. doi: 10.1038/jp.2014.90

Lim, W. H., Turner, R. M., Chapman, J. R., Ma, M. K. M., Webster, A. C., Craig, J. C., & Wong, G. (2014). Acute rejection, T-cell-depleting antibodies, and cancer after transplantation. Transplantation, 97(8), 817-825. doi: 10.1097/01.TP.0000442773.38510.32

Journal - Research Other

Houssami, N., & Turner, R. M. (2014). Staging the axilla in women with breast cancer: the utility of preoperative ultrasound-guided needle biopsy. Cancer Biology & Medicine, 11(2), 69-77. doi: 10.7497/j.issn.2095-3941.2014.02.001

Wong, G., Medway, M., Didsbury, M., Tong, A., Turner, R., Mackie, F., … Craig, J. C. (2014). Health and wealth in children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease (K-CAD study). BMC Public Health, 14(1), 307. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-307

2013

Journal - Research Article

Dieng, M., Trevena, L., Turner, R. M., Wadolowski, M., & McCaffery, K. (2013). What Australian women want and when they want it: Cervical screening testing preferences, decision-making styles and information needs. Health Expectations, 16(2), 177-188. doi: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011.00707.x

Wong, G., Turner, R. M., Chapman, J. R., Howell, M., Lim, W. H., Webster, A. C., & Craig, J. C. (2013). Time on dialysis and cancer risk after kidney transplantation. Transplantation, 95(1), 114-121. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31827743b4

Myint, T. M. M., Turner, R. M., Craig, J. C., Cross, N. B., Kable, K., Nankivell, B. J., … Wong, G. (2013). Test performance characteristics of quantitative nucleic acid testing for polyomaviruses in kidney and kidney-pancreas transplant recipients. Clinical Transplantation, 27(5), E571-E579. doi: 10.1111/ctr.12195

Lucas, N., Macaskill, P., Irwig, L., Moran, R., Rickards, L., Turner, R., & Bogduk, N. (2013). The reliability of a quality appraisal tool for studies of diagnostic reliability (QAREL). BMC Medical Research Methodology, 13, 111. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-111

Houssami, N., Turner, R., & Morrow, M. (2013). Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging in breast cancer: Meta-analysis of surgical outcomes. Annals of Surgery, 257(2), 249-255. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31827a8d17

Carberry, A. E., Raynes-Greenow, C. H., Turner, R. M., Askie, L. M., & Jeffery, H. E. (2013). Is body fat percentage a better measure of undernutrition in newborns than birth weight percentiles? Pediatric Research, 74(6), 730-736. doi: 10.1038/pr.2013.156

Wong, G., Li, M. W. Y., Howard, K., Hua, D. K., Chapman, J. R., Bourke, M., Turner, R., … Craig, J. C. (2013). Health benefits and costs of screening for colorectal cancer in people on dialysis or who have received a kidney transplant. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 28(4), 917-926. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfs490

Au, C. P., Raynes-Greenow, C. H., Turner, R. M., Carberry, A. E., & Jeffery, H. (2013). Fetal and maternal factors associated with neonatal adiposity as measured by air displacement plethysmography: A large cross-sectional study. Early Human Development, 89(10), 839-843. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2013.07.028

Bell, J. C., Raynes-Greenow, C., Bower, C., Turner, R. M., Roberts, C. L., & Nassar, N. (2013). Descriptive epidemiology of cleft lip and cleft palate in Western Australia. Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology, 97(2), 101-108. doi: 10.1002/bdra.23110

Carberry, A. E., Raynes-Greenow, C. H., Turner, R. M., & Jeffery, H. E. (2013). Customized versus population-based birth weight charts for the detection of neonatal growth and perinatal morbidity in a cross-sectional study of term neonates. American Journal of Epidemiology, 178(8), 1301-1308. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwt176

Sundercombe, S. L., Raynes-Greenow, C. H., Carberry, A. E., Turner, R. M., & Jeffery, H. E. (2013). Audit of a clinical guideline for neonatal hypoglycaemia screening. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 49(10), 833-838. doi: 10.1111/jpc.12293

Journal - Research Other

Huang, T.-S., Shyu, Y.-C., Turner, R., Chen, H.-Y., & Chen, P.-J. (2013). Diagnostic performance of alpha-fetoprotein, lens culinaris agglutinin-reactive alpha-fetoprotein, des-gamma carboxyprothrombin, and glypican-3 for the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. Systematic Reviews, 2, 37. doi: 10.1186/2046-4053-2-37

Carberry, A. E., Raynes-Greenow, C. H., Turner, R. M., & Jeffery, H. E. (2013). Breastfeeding within the first hour compared to more than one hour reduces risk of early-onset feeding problems in term neonates: A cross-sectional study. Breastfeeding Medicine, 8(6), 513-514. doi: 10.1089/bfm.2013.0041

Au, C. P., Raynes-Greenow, C. H., Turner, R. M., Carberry, A. E., & Jeffery, H. E. (2013). Body composition is normal in term infants born tomotherswith well-controlled gestational diabetes mellitus [Brief report]. Diabetes Care, 36(3), 562-564. doi: 10.2337/dc12-1557

2012

Journal - Research Article

Adelstein, B.-A., Macaskill, P., Turner, R. M., & Irwig, L. (2012). Patients who take their symptoms less seriously are more likely to have colorectal cancer. BMC Gastroenterology, 12, 130. doi: 10.1186/1471-230X-12-130

Morton, R. L., Turner, R. M., Howard, K., Snelling, P., & Webster, A. C. (2012). Patients who plan for conservative care rather than dialysis: A national observational study in Australia. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 59(3), 419-427. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2011.08.024

Walter, S. D., Turner, R. M., Macaskill, P., McCaffery, K. J., & Irwig, L. (2012). Optimal allocation of participants for the estimation of selection, preference and treatment effects in the two-stage randomised trial design. Statistics in Medicine, 31(13), 1307-1322. doi: 10.1002/sim.4486

Longman, T., Turner, R. M., King, M., & McCaffery, K. J. (2012). The effects of communicating uncertainty in quantitative health risk estimates. Patient Education & Counseling, 89(2), 252-259. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.07.010

Turner, R. M., Hayen, A., Macaskill, P., Irwig, L., & Reddel, H. K. (2012). Control charts demonstrated limited utility for the monitoring of lung function in asthma. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 65(1), 53-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.04.012

Journal - Research Other

Turner, R. (2012). [Review of the book SAS and R: Data management, statistical analysis, and graphics]. Statistics in Medicine, 31(13), 1405-1406. doi: 10.1002/sim.4489

Houssami, N., Ciatto, S., Turner, R. M., & Cody, H. S. (2012). Preoperative staging of the axilla in women with invasive breast cancer. Breast Cancer Management, 1(1), 65-72. doi: 10.2217/bmt.12.9

2011

Journal - Research Article

Adelstein, B.-A., Macaskill, P., Turner, R. M., Katelaris, P. H., & Irwig, L. (2011). The value of age and medical history for predicting colorectal cancer and adenomas in people referred for colonoscopy. BMC Gastroenterology, 11, 97. doi: 10.1186/1471-230X-11-97

Houssami, N., Ciatto, S., Turner, R. M., Cody, III, H. S., & Macaskill, P. (2011). Preoperative ultrasound-guided needle biopsy of axillary nodes in invasive breast cancer: Meta-analysis of its accuracy and utility in staging the axilla. Annals of Surgery, 254(2), 243-251. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31821f1564

Turner, R. M., Bell, K. J. L., Morton, R. L., Hayen, A., Francken, A. B., Howard, K., … Irwig, L. (2011). Optimizing the frequency of follow-up visits for patients treated for localized primary cutaneous melanoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 29(35), 4641-4646. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.34.2956

Brennan, M. E., Turner, R. M., Ciatto, S., Marinovich, M. L., French, J. R., Macaskill, P., & Houssami, N. (2011). Ductal carcinoma in situ at core-needle biopsy: Meta-analysis of underestimation and predictors of invasive breast cancer. Radiology, 260(1), 119-128. doi: 10.1148/radiol.11102368

McCaffery, K. J., Turner, R., Macaskill, P., Walter, S. D., Chan, S. F., & Irwig, L. (2011). Determining the impact of informed choice: Separating treatment effects from the effects of choice and selection in randomized trials. Medical Decision Making, 31(2), 229-236. doi: 10.1177/0272989X10379919

Turner, R. M., Hayen, A., Dunsmuir, W. T. M., & Finch, C. F. (2011). Air temperature and the incidence of fall-related hip fracture hospitalisations in older people. Osteoporosis International, 22(4), 1183-1189. doi: 10.1007/s00198-010-1306-2

2010

Journal - Research Article

Adelstein, B.-A., Irwig, L., Macaskill, P., Turner, R. M., Chan, S. F., & Katelaris, P. H. (2010). Who needs colonoscopy to identify colorectal cancer? Bowel symptoms do not add substantially to age and other medical history. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 32(2), 270-281. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2010.04344.x

Sparks, R., Carter, C., Graham, P., Muscatello, D., Churches, T., Kaldor, J. M., Turner, R., … Ryan, L. (2010). Understanding sources of variation in syndromic surveillance for early warning of natural or intentional disease outbreaks. IISE Transactions, 42(9), 613-631. doi: 10.1080/07408170902942667

McCaffery, K. J., Irwig, L., Turner, R., Chan, S. F., Macaskill, P., Lewicka, M., … Barratt, A. (2010). Psychosocial outcomes of three triage methods for the management of borderline abnormal cervical smears: An open randomised trial. BMJ, 340(7744), b4491. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b4491

Journal - Research Other

Williams, G. J., Macaskill, P., Chan, S. F., Turner, R. M., Hodson, E., & Craig, J. C. (2010). Absolute and relative accuracy of rapid urine tests for urinary tract infection in children: A meta-analysis. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 10(4), 240-250. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(10)70031-1

2009

Journal - Research Article

Turner, R. M., Hayen, A., Dunsmuir, W. T. M., & Finch, C. F. (2009). Spatial temporal modeling of hospitalizations for fall-related hip fractures in older people. Osteoporosis International, 20(9), 1479-1485. doi: 10.1007/s00198-008-0819-4

2008

Journal - Research Article

Ripley, D., Hudson, I., Turner, R., & Osman-Gani, A. (2008). Cross-national similarities and differences in employee perceptions of issues in the work environment. Performance Improvement Quarterly, 19(1), 41-66. doi: 10.1111/j.1937-8327.2006.tb00356.x

2007

Journal - Research Article

Turner, R. M., Muscatello, D. J., Zheng, W., Willmore, A., & Arendts, G. (2007). An outbreak of cardiovascular syndromes requiring urgent medical treatment and its association with environmental factors: An ecological study. Environmental Health, 6, 37. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-6-37

2004

Journal - Research Article

Byatt, D., Dalrymple, M. L., & Turner, R. M. (2004). Searching for primes in the digits of π. Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 48(3-4), 497-504. doi: 10.1016/j.camwa.2003.12.007

2003

Journal - Research Article

Turner, R. M., Hudson, I. L., Butler, P. H., & Joyce, P. R. (2003). Brain function and personality in normal males: A SPECT study using statistical parametric mapping. NeuroImage, 19, 1145-1162.