Publications

Methodology to align the timestamps of two commonly used techniques to monitor sleep (polysomnography and actigraphy)

Trevenen, ML, Murray, K, Turlach, BA, Straker, LM, Eastwood, PR.

Publication date: March 2018

Keywords actigraphy, alignment, Polysomnography, sleep measurements, sleep monitoring, timing

Bladder symptoms in 22 year-old women of the Raine Study

Stockil L, Thompson J, Briffa K, Smith A, Beales D, Straker L, O'Sullivan P, Jacques A.

Publication date: Dec 2018

Keywords lower urinary tract symptoms, mental health, prevalence, quality of life, urinary incontinence, urogenital pain

Accelerometer-derived activity patterns in young adults

Howie, E. K., Smith, A. L., McVeigh, J. A., Straker, L. M.

Publication date: Oct 2018

Keywords accelerometer, health behaviour, health outcomes, longitudinal, phenotypes, physical activity, Sedentary

Association of environmental bisphenol A (BPA), which was present in the blood during pregnancy of the mothers within the Raine Study, upon the functioning of their son’s testicles at aged 20 years

Hart RJ, Frederiksen H, Doherty DA, Keelan JA, Skakkebaek NE, Minaee NS, McLachlan R, Newnham JP, Dickinson JE, Pennell CE, Norman RJ, Main KM.

Publication date: 04 Jun 2018

Keywords endocrine disrupter, phthalate, raine study, sex hormones, sperm count, testicle, testicular volume

Validation of a new automated sleep scoring algorithm for a wrist-worn sleep watch

Dunican, I. C., Murray, K., Slater, J. A., Maddison, K. J., Jones, M. J., Dawson, B., Eastwood, P. R.

Publication date: 2018

Keywords actigraphy, algorithm, Polysomnography, sleep, technology, validation

Do ear infections in childhood affect how children behave later in life? Results from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study

Da Costa C, Eikelboom RH, Jacques A, Swanepoel DW, Whitehouse AJO, Jamieson SE, Brennan-Jones CG.

Publication date: 2018

Keywords behaviour, child development, Otitis media, raine study

Fetal head growth and autistic traits

Blanken LME, Dass A, Alvares G, van der Ende J, Schoemaker NK, El Marroun H,Hickey M, Pennell C, White S, Maybery MT, Dissanayake C, Jaddoe VWV, Verhulst FC, Tiemeier H, McIntosh W, White T, Whitehouse A.

Publication date: 2018

Keywords brain growth, head circumference, pregnancy, prenatal, Ultrasound

Work productivity loss in young workers is linked to spinal pain and mental ill-health

Beales D, Kyaw-Myint S, Smith A, OʼSullivan P, Pransky G, Linton S, Job J, Straker L.

Publication date: 2017

Keywords absenteeism, anxiety, back pain, Depression, neck pain, presenteeism