Ann Patricia Bowling

Professor
Ann Patricia Bowling
Born (1951-05-07) 7 May 1951 (age 73)
Surrey, England
NationalityBritish, Irish
CitizenshipBritish
Irish
OccupationResearch professor
Years active1978 to present
Known forResearch on quality of life for older people
TitleProfessor
Board member ofAgeing Research and Health Expectations (formerly), International Journal of Ageing and Human Development (formerly)
AwardsBMA Medical Book Awards – Highly Commended on Basis of Medicine 1998, 2015; Fellowship of Faculty of Public Health, Royal College of Physicians (2006)
Academic background
EducationLowestoft Grammar School
Alma materUniversities of London and Wales
ThesisDelegation in General Practice (1981)
Doctoral advisorProfessor Roy Mapes
Academic work
DisciplineSociologist
Sub-disciplinePublic Health Sociology, Social Gerontology
School or traditionSociology and Anthropology
InstitutionsUniversity of Southampton
Main interestsAgeing, quality of life, inequalities in access to health care
WebsiteU. of Southampton webpage

Ann Patricia Bowling (born 7 May 1951) is a British and Irish sociologist and academic, specializing in research on ageing, quality of life, and research methods. Bowling developed the internationally recognized[1][2][3] Older People's Quality of Life questionnaire (OPQOL).[4][5][6][citation needed] Bowling was most recently Professor of Health Sciences, University of Southampton (2012–17),[7][8][9] where she is now visiting professor.

Work

Previously Bowling was Professor of Ageing at St George's, University of London (2010–11),[10][11][12][citation needed] Professor of Health Services Research at University College London (1995–2010),[13][14][15][16][17][citation needed] Senior Lecturer promoted to Reader at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry (1986–1995)[18][19][20] and joint Senior Lecturer at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (1988–91),[21] following several research posts.[22]

Bowling's main work has focused on research and policy regarding quality of life in older age, and research methods in public health. She authored widely cited textbooks on research methods in public health Measuring Health: A Review of Quality of Life Measurement Scales[23] and Research Methods in Health: Investigating Health and Health Services.[24][25][26][27][28] Both have gone through four editions.

Bowling has been a member of various editorial boards, including the International Journal of Aging and Human Development.[29]

Honours

In July 2006, Bowling was elected Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health, of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom.[22] Measuring Health won Highly Commended in the Basis of Medicine section in the 1998 British Medical Association Medical Book Competition.[22] Research Methods in Health won Highly Commended in Basis of Medicine section in the 2015 British Medical Association Medical Book Awards.[30][31]

Academic works

Books (selected)

  • Bowling, Ann (2017). Measuring health : a review of subjective health, well-being and quality of life measurement scales (4th ed.). London: Open Univ Press. ISBN 978-0335261949. OCLC 951645229.
  • Bowling, Ann (2014). Research methods in health : Investigating health and health services (4th ed.). Milton Keynes. ISBN 9780335262755. OCLC 887254158.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Bowling, Ann Patricia (2023). Research methods in health: Investigating health and health services (5th ed.). Maidenhead Open Univ Press McGraw Hill. ISBN 9780335250936.

Journal articles (selected)

References

  1. ^ Mares, Jiri; Cigler, Hynek; Vachkova, Eva (18 June 2016). "Czech version of OPQOL-35 questionnaire: the evaluation of the psychometric properties". Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 14 (1): 93. doi:10.1186/s12955-016-0494-7. ISSN 1477-7525. PMC 4912803. PMID 27317441.
  2. ^ Kaambwa, Billingsley; Gill, Liz; McCaffrey, Nicola; Lancsar, Emily; Cameron, Ian D.; Crotty, Maria; Gray, Len; Ratcliffe, Julie (30 September 2015). "An empirical comparison of the OPQoL-Brief, EQ-5D-3 L and ASCOT in a community dwelling population of older people". Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 13 (1): 164. doi:10.1186/s12955-015-0357-7. ISSN 1477-7525. PMC 4588872. PMID 26420314.
  3. ^ Chen, Yu; Hicks, Allan; While, Alison E (1 October 2013). "Validity and reliability of the modified Chinese version of the Older People's Quality of Life Questionnaire (OPQOL) in older people living alone in China". International Journal of Older People Nursing. 9 (4): 306–316. doi:10.1111/opn.12042. ISSN 1748-3735. PMID 24118843.
  4. ^ Bowling, Ann; Hankins, Matthew; Windle, Gill; Bilotta, Claudio; Grant, Robert (1 January 2013). "A short measure of quality of life in older age: The performance of the brief Older People's Quality of Life questionnaire (OPQOL-brief)" (PDF). Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 56 (1) (published 19 September 2012): 181–187. doi:10.1016/j.archger.2012.08.012. ISSN 0167-4943. PMID 22999305.
  5. ^ "OPQOL - Older People's Quality of Life". eprovide.mapi-trust.org. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  6. ^ Bowling, Ann (2009). "The Psychometric Properties of the Older People's Quality of Life Questionnaire, Compared with the CASP-19 and the WHOQOL-OLD". Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research. 2009: 298950. doi:10.1155/2009/298950. ISSN 1687-7063. PMC 2819744. PMID 20168974.
  7. ^ "Cancer, Palliative and End of Life Care Research Projects 2012" (PDF). southampton.ac.uk. 2012.
  8. ^ Page, Thomas E.; Farina, Nicolas; Brown, Anna; Daley, Stephanie; Bowling, Ann; Basset, Thurstine; Livingston, Gill; Knapp, Martin; Murray, Joanna (1 March 2017). "Instruments measuring the disease-specific quality of life of family carers of people with neurodegenerative diseases: a systematic review". BMJ Open. 7 (3): e013611. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013611. ISSN 2044-6055. PMC 5372121. PMID 28360239.
  9. ^ Chris, Smyth (2 December 2016). "Voluntary work keeps your brain sharper". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460.
  10. ^ Bowling, Ann (2009). Research Methods in Health: Investigating Health and Health Services (About the Author). McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN 9780335233649.
  11. ^ "Research reveals keys to quality of life in old age". www.kingston.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Leading expert joins Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences". Kingston University – London. 25 November 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  13. ^ Bowling, Ann (September 1997). "Colleen L. Johnson and Barbara M. Barer. Life Beyond 85 Years: The Aura of Survivorship. Springer Publishing Company, New York, 1997, 267 pp., $33.95, ISBN 0 826 19540 7" (PDF). Ageing & Society. 17 (5): 615–626. doi:10.1017/S0144686X97246623. ISSN 1469-1779. S2CID 145787992.
  14. ^ Bowling, Ann (6 July 2009). "Rocio Fernández-Ballesteros, Active Aging: The Contribution of Psychology, Hogrefe and Huber, Gottingen, Germany, 2008, 194 pp., pbk €29.95". Ageing and Society. 29 (6): 998–999. doi:10.1017/s0144686x09008757. ISBN 978-0-88937-360-0. ISSN 0144-686X. S2CID 143063893.
  15. ^ "Ann Bowling's research while affiliated with University College London and other places". ResearchGate. 3 August 2018.
  16. ^ "Are the elderly less deserving of the best medical care?". The Telegraph. 14 February 2007. ISSN 0307-1235.
  17. ^ Hall, Celia (14 February 2007). "Shock as doctors admit to ageism". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235.
  18. ^ Bowling, Ann; Farquhar, Morag (September 1991). "Psychiatric Morbidity and Service Use Among Elderly People". Ageing & Society. 11 (3): 275–297. doi:10.1017/S0144686X00004177. ISSN 1469-1779. S2CID 71401793.
  19. ^ Bowling, Ann; Farquhar, Morag (June 1993). "The Health and Well-being of Jewish People Aged 65 to 85 Years Living at Home in the East End of London". Ageing & Society. 13 (2): 213–244. doi:10.1017/S0144686X00000866. ISSN 1469-1779. S2CID 72430657.
  20. ^ Saul, Helen (25 December 1993). "Dying swans?: Audiences expect their ballet dancers to be wraith-like graceful creatures. But the price may be too high". New Scientist. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018. A survey by Ann Bowling at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London found that almost half of all professional dancers have a chronic injury.
  21. ^ Clark, Patricia; Bowling, Ann (June 1989). "Observational Study of Quality of Life in NHS Nursing Homes and a Long-stay Ward for the Elderly". Ageing & Society. 9 (2): 123–148. doi:10.1017/S0144686X00013520. ISSN 1469-1779. S2CID 145072545.
  22. ^ a b c "Professor Ann Bowling | Health Sciences | University of Southampton". www.southampton.ac.uk. University of Southampton. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  23. ^ Bowling, Ann (2017). Measuring Health: a review of subjective health, well-being and quality of life measurement scales (4th ed.). Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education, Open University Press. ISBN 9780335261949.
  24. ^ Bowling, Ann (1 July 2014). Research Methods in health (4th ed.). Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education, Open University Press. ISBN 9780335262755.
  25. ^ "Ann Bowling - Google Scholar Page". Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  26. ^ Nyklícek, Ivan (17 November 2006) [2000]. "Research Methods in Health (Review)". Journal of Psychophysiology. 14 (2): 126–128. doi:10.1027//0269-8803.14.2.126. {{cite journal}}: External link in |doi= (help)
  27. ^ Robinson, Jill (28 July 2009) [1998]. "Book review - Research Methods in Health: Investigating Health and Health Services". Disability and Rehabilitation. 20 (11): 434. doi:10.3109/09638289809166107.
  28. ^ Foldspang, Anders (16 February 2001). "Book Review - Research Methods in Health. Investigating Health and Health Services". Statistics in Medicine. 20 (5): 819. doi:10.1002/sim.755.
  29. ^ "Message from the Editor". The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. 79 (2): 103–107. 1 September 2014. doi:10.2190/AG.79.2.a. ISSN 0091-4150. S2CID 44637402.
  30. ^ "Congratulations go to... | Health Sciences | University of Southampton". www.southampton.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  31. ^ BMA Medical Book Awards 2015 Programme and Awards Winners (PDF). British Medical Association. 2015. p. 15.