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How Much Physiotherapy, Chiropractic, and Osteopathy Care Do Compensated Australian Workers with Low Back Pain Receive? A Retrospective Cohort Study – Michael Di Donato et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-06-04T12:39:57+10:00Insurance, Low back pain, Musculoskeletal, Pain, Physiotherapy, Publications|

We identified that over 80% of Australian workers with accepted workers’ compensation claims for low back pain longer than 2 weeks attended physiotherapists, chiropractors, and/or osteopaths in the first 2 years of their claim. Nearly 90% of these workers only attended physiotherapists, approximately two percent solely attended [...]

Development of a patient decision aid for children and adolescents following anterior cruciate ligament rupture: an international mixed-methods study – Andrew R Gamble et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-06-04T12:31:31+10:00Clinical guidelines, Decision aids, Health literacy, Knee, Musculoskeletal, Publications, Shared decision making, Surgery, Treatment|

Our aim was to develop and user-test a patient decision aid for children and adolescents following ACL rupture to be used with parents and health professionals that presents evidence-based information on treatment options. Patient decision aids are resources that present balanced information on the benefits [...]

How do general practitioners manage patient health literacy differences in cardiovascular disease prevention consultations? An interview study – Shannon McKinn et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-06-04T12:24:39+10:00Cardiovascular disease, General Practice, Health literacy, Prescribing, Primary Care, Publications, Treatment|

Low health literacy is associated with worse health outcomes, including for cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, general practitioners (GPs) have limited support to identify and address patient health literacy needs in CVD prevention consultations. This study explored GPs’ experiences of patient health literacy needs during CVD [...]

Kidney trajectory charts improve GP management of patients with reduced kidney function: a randomised controlled vignette study – Michelle Guppy et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-06-04T12:22:26+10:00Ageing, Health professionals, Kidney, Overdiagnosis, Primary Care, Publications|

This randomised case vignette study showed that having access to a chart that graphs percentile kidney function (eGFR) by age was associated with more appropriate management review periods for the patient cases with reduced kidney function. In the case of the older woman with stable [...]

Aspirin as Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Arthroplasty Patients: An Analysis of Clinical Practice Guidelines Recommendations – Kimberley K. Lun et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-06-04T12:16:58+10:00Cardiovascular disease, Clinical guidelines, Hip, Knee, Musculoskeletal, Publications, Surgery|

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a recognized postoperative complication of hip or knee arthroplasty and incurs major morbidity and mortality. While anticoagulants are the mainstay of chemoprophylaxis, aspirin has recently emerged as a popular prophylactic agent. However, there is a lack of high-quality evidence comparing aspirin [...]

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 – Deonna M. Ackermann et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-06-04T12:14:37+10:00Cancer, Clinical trials, Melanoma, Patient-led surveillance, Publications, Randomised Control Trial (RCT), Research|

Adherence to self-management interventions is critical in both clinical settings and trials to ensure maximal effectiveness. This study reports how the Behaviour Change Wheel may be used to assess barriers to self-management behaviours and develop strategies to maximise adherence in a trial setting (the MEL-SELF [...]

The impact of delayed diagnosis and treatment due to COVID-19 on Australian thyroid cancer patients: a qualitative interview study – Bianka D’souza et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-06-04T12:12:34+10:00Cancer, COVID-19, Publications, Thyroid cancer, Treatment|

The ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a global public health response. In Australia, an increased burden on the healthcare system and resource needs resulted in non-urgent elective surgery being postponed from March 2020. In response to COVID-19 case numbers, there was varying easing and tightening [...]

Breast cancer highlights from 2023: Knowledge to guide practice and future research – Maria-Joao Cardoso et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-06-04T12:10:04+10:00Breast cancer, Cancer, Publications, Women's health|

This narrative work highlights a selection of published work from 2023 with potential implications for breast cancer practice. We feature publications that have provided new knowledge immediately relevant to patient care or for future research. We also highlight guidelines that have reported evidence-based or consensus [...]

Systematic review and meta-analysis of prognostic characteristics for breast cancers in populations with digital vs film mammography indicate the transition may have increased both early detection and overdiagnosis – Rachel Farber et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-06-03T15:58:10+10:00Breast cancer, Cancer, Imaging, Overdiagnosis, Publications, Screening, Women's health|

Film mammography has been replaced by digital mammography in breast screening programs globally. This led to a small increase in the rate of detection, but whether the detection of clinically important cancers increased is uncertain. We aimed to assess the impact on tumor characteristics of [...]

Nurses’ Anxiety Mediates the Relationship between Clinical Tolerance to Uncertainty and Antibiotic Initiation Decisions in Residential Aged-Care Facilities – Saniya Singh et al.

Lucia Marcello2024-06-03T14:49:32+10:00Ageing, Antibiotics, End of life, Ethical considerations, Overuse, Prescribing, Publications, Risk|

Diagnostic uncertainty, risk perceptions, time constraints, and pressure from resident/family members and nurses have been identified as potential barriers to reducing antibiotic prescribing in residential aged-care facilities. The current study investigated the relationship between nurses’ anxiety, clinical tolerance of uncertainty, and behaviors that favor antimicrobial [...]

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