Publications by authors named "Richard L Hockey"
Background: Previous studies of lifestyle characteristics and risk of miscarriage have mostly been retrospective and failed to account for induced abortions. We examine whether pre-pregnancy body-mass index, alcohol intake and smoking influence the risk of miscarriage after accounting for induced abortions.
Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study of 9213 women with 26,594 pregnancies participating in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health.
Study Design: Descriptive design with a prospective cohort.
Introduction: Little is known about the long-term relationship between the duration of treatment using dynamic orthoses (splints), and contracture resolution in the stiff proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint.
Purpose Of The Study: To examine the long-term relationship between weeks of treatment using dynamic orthoses and contracture resolution, in both flexion and extension deficits of the PIP joint.
Objective: To investigate whether overweight women are more likely to have a hysterectomy and whether hysterectomy leads to increased weight gain.
Methods: Survey data of middle-aged women participating in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's health in 1996 (ages 45-50 y; n = 13,125), 1998 (n = 10,612), 2001 (n = 10,293), and 2004 (n = 9309) included self-reported height, weight, and hysterectomy. First, we conducted a cohort analysis, comparing body mass index (BMI) of women categorized according to hysterectomy status.