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Interactions between Australian cancer physicians and the pharmaceutical industry: a qualitative study – Adrian M J Pokorny et al

2023-06-28T15:37:53+10:00Cancer, Conflicts of interest, Health professionals, Prescribing, Publications, Risk, Treatment|

Cancer physicians may have difficulty balancing the perceived need to interact with industry in modern cancer care while maintaining distance to minimise conflicts of interest. Further research is needed to assess management strategies in this area.

Surgical versus non-surgical treatment for sciatica: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials – Chang Liu et al

2023-06-27T17:16:23+10:00Low back pain, Musculoskeletal, Pain, Publications, Surgery, Treatment|

Very low to low certainty evidence suggests that discectomy was superior to non-surgical treatment or epidural steroid injections in reducing leg pain and disability in people with sciatica with a surgical indication, but the benefits declined over time. Discectomy might be an option for people [...]

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a progressive, individualised walking and education program for prevention of low back pain recurrence in adults: statistical analysis plan for the WalkBack randomised controlled trial – Natasha C. Pocovi et al.

2023-04-14T13:56:39+10:00Health system, Low back pain, Musculoskeletal, Pain, Publications, Treatment|

Exercise for the prevention of low back pain recurrences is recommended, but under-researched. The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a walking program for preventing low back pain recurrence remains unknown. This a priori statistical analysis plan describes the methods of analysis for the WalkBack trial.

Multiple Automated Health Literacy Assessments of Written Health Information: Development of the SHeLL (Sydney Health Literacy Lab) Health Literacy Editor v1 Multiple Automated Health Literacy Assessments of Written Health Information: Development of the SHeLL (Sydney Health Literacy Lab) Health Literacy Editor v1 – Julie Ayre et al.

2023-03-01T13:53:11+11:00Health literacy, Health policy, Public comprehension, Publications, Research, Treatment|

This paper outlines the development of the SHeLL (Sydney Health Literacy Lab) Health Literacy Editor, an automated tool to facilitate the implementation of health literacy guidelines for the production of easy-to-read written health information. Target users were any person or organization that develops consumer-facing education [...]

Is it time to reconsider the indications for surgery in patients with tennis elbow? – Teemu Karjalainen & Rachelle Buchbinder

2023-03-01T13:40:13+11:00Elbow, Musculoskeletal, Pain, Publications, Shared decision making, Surgery, Treatment|

Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis or lateral elbow tendinopathy) is a self-limiting condition in most patients. Surgery is often offered to patients who fail to improve with conservative treatment. However, there is no evidence to support the superiority of surgery over continued nonoperative care or no [...]

Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of antidepressants for pain in adults: overview of systematic reviews – Giovanni E Ferreira et al.

2023-03-01T13:37:15+11:00Opioids, Pain, Prescribing, Publications, Treatment|

This overview of systematic reviews summarised evidence on the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of antidepressants for 26 pain conditions. No review presented high certainty evidence on the efficacy of antidepressants. Moderate certainty evidence supported the efficacy of SNRIs, mostly duloxetine at median doses of 60-120 [...]

Surgical plating versus closed reduction for fractures in the distal radius in older patients: a cost-effectiveness analysis from the hospital perspective – Martin Howell et. al

2023-01-18T14:09:58+11:00Ageing, Musculoskeletal, Publications, Surgery, Treatment|

Given the cost differential between surgical and non-surgical management of distal radius fractures, we aimed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of surgical compared with non-surgical treatment of distal radius fractures in a cohort of older patients.

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