Submissions from 2018
The effect of self-selected complementary therapies on cancer patients' quality of life and symptom distress: A prospective cohort study in an integrative oncology setting, N J. Stomski, A Petterson, L J. Kristjanson, Elizabeth Lobb, M B. Phillips, A Williams, P Morrison, and D Joske
A general practice street health service: Patient and allied service provider perspectives, Cecily Strange, Colleen Fisher, Wendy Chan She Ping-Delfos, Diane Arnold-Reed, and Tom Brett
Perceptions of shared care among survivors of colorectal cancer from non-English-speaking and English-speaking backgrounds: A qualitative study, Lawrence Tan, Gisselle Gallego, Thi T.C Nguyen, Les Bokey, and Jennifer Reath
ICare-ACS (Improving Care Processes for Patients With Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome): A study of cross-system implementation of a national clinical pathway, Martin P. Than, John W. Pickering, Jeremy M. Dryden, Sally J. Lord, S Andrew Aitken, Sally J. Aldous, Kate E. Allan, Michael W. Ardagh, John W.N Bonning, Rosie Callender, Laura R.E Chapman, Jonathan P. Christiansen, Andre P.J Cromhout, Louise Cullen, Joanne M. Deely, Gerald P. Devlin, Katherine A. Ferrier, Christopher M. Florkowski, Christopher M.A Frampton, Peter M. George, Gregory J. Hamilton, Allan S. Jaffe, Andrew J. Kerr, G Luke Larkin, Richard M. Makower, Timothy J.E Matthews, William A. Parsonage, W Frank Peacock, Bradley F. Peckler, Niels C. van Pelt, Louise Poynton, Mark Richards, Anthony G. Scott, Mark B. Simmonds, David Smyth, Oliver P. Thomas, Andrew C.Y To, Stephen A. Du Toit, Richard W. Troughton, and Kim M. Yates
Association of mechanical bowel preparation and oral antibiotics before elective colorectal surgery with surgical site infection: A network meta-analysis, James W. Toh, Kevin Phan, Kerry Hitos, Nimalan Pathma-Nathan, Toufic El-Khoury, Arthur J. Richardson, Gary Morgan, Alexander Engel, and Grahame Ctercteko
Etiology of community-acquired pneumonia in Western Australian metropolitan hospitals: Missed opportunities for pneumococcal vaccination, Adam Trytell, Kathryn Hird, Peter Bremner, and Eli Gabbay
Does implementation matter if comprehension is lacking? A qualitative investigation into perceptions of advance care planning in people with cancer, Anna Ugalde, Clare O'Callaghan, Clem Byard, Samantha Brean, Jenelle MacKay, Anna Boltong, Sondra Davoren, Deborah Lawson, Phillip Parente, N Michael, and Patricia Livingstone
Feedback from activity trackers improves daily step count after knee and hip arthroplasty: A randomized controlled trial, Neill Van der Walt, Lucy J. Salmon, Benjamin Gooden, Matthew C. Lyons, Michael O'Sullivan, Kaka Martina, Leo A. Pinczewski, and Justin P. Roe
Reduced mortality and subsequent fracture risk associated with oral bisphosphonate recommendation in a fracture liaison service setting: A prospective cohort study, Tineke A. van Geel, Dana Bliuc, Piet P. Geusens, Jacqueline R. Center, Geert-Jan Dinant, Thach Tran, Joop P. van den Bergh, Alastair R. McLellan, and John A. Eisman
Existential distress in cancer: Alleviating suffering from fundamental loss and change, Sigrun Vehling and David Kissane
Physicians' perspectives on clinical pharmacy services in Northern Sweden: A qualitative study, Charlotta Vinterflod, Maria Gustafsson, Sofia Mattsson, and Gisselle Gallego
Indigenous youth peer-led health promotion in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States: A systematic review of the approaches, study designs, and effectiveness, Daniel Vujcich, Jessica Thomas, Katy Crawford, and James Ward
The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders in China: A comprehensive meta-analysis, Fei Wang, Li Lu, Shi-Bin Wang, Ling Zhang, Chee H. Ng, Gabor S. Ungvari, Xiao-Lan Cao, Jian-Ping Lu, Cai-Lan Hou, Fu-Jun Jia, and Yu-Tao Xiang
The association between post-stroke depression, aphasia, and physical independence in stroke patients at 3-month follow-up, Shuo Wang, Chun-Xue Wang, Ning Zhang, Yu-Tao Xiang, Yang Yang, Yu-Zhi Shi, Yi-Ming Deng, Mei-Fang Zhu, Fei Liu, Ping Yu, Gabor S. Ungvari, and Chee H. Ng
Improving the validity of Script Concordance Testing by optimising and balancing items, Michael Wan, Elina Tor, and Judith Nicky Hudson
Standard setting in Australian medical schools, Helena Ward, Neville Chiavaroli, James Fraser, Kylie Mansfield, Darren Starmer, Laura Surmon, Martin Veysey, and Deborah O'Mara
Comorbidities only account for a small proportion of excess mortality after fracture: A record linkage study of individual fracture types, Chen Weiwen, Judy Simpson, Lynette March, Fiona Blyth, Dana Bliuc, Thach Tran, Tuan Nguyen, John A. Eisman, and Jacqueline Center
The association between urinary Alzheimer-associated neuronal thread protein and cognitive impairment in late-life depression: A controlled pilot study, Qing-E Zhang, Sihai Ling, Peng Li, Saina Zhang, Chee H. Ng, Gabor S. Ungvari, Liang-Jen Wang, Sheng-Yu Lee, Gang Wang, and Yu-Tao Xiang
Depressive symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome: A meta-analysis of comparative studies, Qing-E Zhang, Fei Wang, Geng Qin, Wei Zheng, Chee H. Ng, Gabor S. Ungvari, Zhen Yuan, Songli Mei, Gang Wang, and Yu-Tao Xiang
Adjunctive Peony-Glycyrrhiza decoction for antipsychotic-induced hyperprolactinaemia: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials, Wei Zheng, Dong-Bin Cai, Hai-Yan Li, Yu-Jie Wu, Chee H. Ng, Gabor S. Ungvari, Shan-Shan Xie, Zhan-Ming Shi, Xiao-Min Zhu, Yu-Ping Ning, and Yu-Tao Xiang
Prevalence of insomnia symptoms and their associated factors in patients treated in outpatient clinics of four general hospitals in Guangzhou, China, Wei Zheng, Xin-Ni Luo, Hai-Yan Li, Xiao-Yin Ke, Qing Dai, Chan-Juan Zhang, Chee H. Ng, Gabor S. Ungvari, Yu-Tao Ziang, and Yu-Ping Ning
Meta-analysis of the efficacy and safety of adjunctive rosuvastatin for dyslipidemia in patients with schizophrenia, Wei Zheng, Wei Yang, Qing-E Zhang, Xin-Hu Yang, Dong-Bin Cai, Jin-Qing Hu, Gabor S. Ungvari, Chee H. Ng, Marc De Hert, Yu-Ping Ning, and Yu-Tao Xiang
Submissions from 2017
Childhood obesity: An approach to management, Shirley Alexander
Single-stage osseointegrated reconstruction and rehabilitation of lower limb amputees: the Osseointegration Group of Australia Accelerated Protocol-2 (OGAAP-2) for a prospective cohort study, Munjed Al Muderis, William Lu, Kevin Tetsworth, Belinda Bosley, and Jiao Jiao Li
Orthopedic surgeons' attitudes to osteoporosis investigation and management after minimal trauma fracture, J Anderson-Wurf, J McGirr, A Seal, and C Harding
Detection and management of familial hypercholesterolaemia in primary care in Australia: protocol for a pragmatic cluster intervention study with pre-post intervention comparisons, Diane Arnold-Reed, Tom Brett, Lakkhina Troeung, Alistair Vickery, Jacquie Garton-Smith, Damon Bell, Jing Pang, Tegan Grace, Caroline Bulsara, Iain Li, Max Bulsara, and Gerald F. Watts
Understanding practitioner professionalism in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health: lessons from student and registrar placements at an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care service, D Askew, V Lyall, S Ewen, D Paul, and M Wheeler
Dynamic simulation modelling of policy responses to reduce alcohol-related harms: Rationale and procedure for a participatory approach, Jo-An Atkinson, Eloise O'Donnell, John Wiggers, Geoff McDonnell, Jo Mitchell, Louise Freebairn, Devon Indig, and Lucie Rychetnik
Effectiveness and efficiency of training in digital healthcare packages: Training doctors to use digital medical record keeping software, Nicola Benwell, Kathryn Hird, Nicholas Thomas, Erin Furness, Mark Fear, and Greg Sweetman
Abdominal pressure and gastrointestinal function: an inseparable couple?, Annika Reintam Blaser, Manu L.N.G Malbrain, and Adrian Regli
Beneficial effects on pregnancy outcomes of thyroid hormone replacement for subclinical hypothyroidism, N. Blumenthal and C. Eastman
Planned early birth versus expectant management for women with preterm prelabour rupture of membranes prior to 37 weeks' gestation for improving pregnancy outcome, Diana M. Bond, Philippa Middleton, Kate M. Levett, David P. van der Ham, Caroline A. Crowther, Sarah L. Buchanan, and Jonathan Morris
Identification of NuoX and NuoY Ligand binding specificity in the Campylobacter Jejuni Complex I, Lirio I. Calderon-Gomez, Christopher J. Day, Lauren E. Hartley-Tassell, Jennifer C. Wilson, George L. Mendz, and Victoria Korolik
The prevalence of insomnia in the general population in China: A meta-analysis, X. Cao, S. Wang, B. Zhong, L. Zhang, G. Ungvari, N. Chee, L. Lu, H. Chiu, G. Lok, J. Lu, F. Jia, and Y. Xiang
Extreme heat threatens the health of Australians, Marion G. Carey, Mark P. Monaghan, and Fiona J. Stanley
Undetectable mannose binding lectin and corticosteroids increase serious infection risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Graeme J. Carroll, Krista Makin, Maxine Garnsey, Max Bulsara, Bronwyn V. Carroll, Shona M. Curtin, Erin M. Allan, Andrew McLean-Tooke, Christine Bundell, Monica L. Kemp, Pooja Deshpande, Dana Ihdayhid, Sophie Coleman, Tracie Easter, James Triplett, Timothy Disteldorf, C Helen Marsden, and Michaela Lucas
The normal ranges of cardiovascular parameters measured using the ultrasonic cardiac output monitor, Giles N. Cattermole, P.Y Mia Leung, Grace Y.L Ho, Peach W.S Lau, Cangel P.Y Chan, Stewart S.W Chan, Brendan E. Smith, Colin A. Graham, and Timothy H. Rainer
Evidence for a comprehensive approach to Aboriginal tobacco control to maintain the decline in smoking: An overview of reviews among Indigenous peoples, Catherine Chamberlain, Susan Perlan, Sue Brennan, Lucie Rychetnik, David Thomas, Raglan Maddox, Noore Alam, Emily Banks, Andrew Wilson, and Sandra Eades
Clinical equipoise for trials of novel biologic therapies, therapeutic success rates, and predictors of success: A meta-analysis, Doah Cho, Felicia T. Roncolato, Johnathan Man, John Simes, and Sarah J. Lord
Use and outcomes of targeted therapies in early and metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer in Australia: Protocol detailing observations in a whole of population cohort, Benjamin Daniels, Sarah J. Lord, Belinda E. Kiely, Nehmat Houssami, Philip Haywood, Christine Y. Lu, Robyn L. Ward, and Sally-Anne Pearson
Plasmodial Hsp40s: New avenues for antimalarial drug discovery, M Daniyan and G Blatch
Prevention of osteoporotic refractures in regional Australia, E Davidson, A Seal, Z Doyle, K Fielding, and J McGirr
Establishing contemporary trends in hepatitis B sero-epidemiology in an indigenous population, Jane Davies, Shu Qin Li, Steven Y. Tong, Rob W. Baird, Miles Beaman, Geoff Higgins, Benjamin C. Cowie, John R. Condon, and Joshua S. Davis
Perceptions of recent medical graduates and their workplace supervisors towards a medical school clinical audit program, Stephanie Davis, Ilse O'Ferrall, Samuel Hoare, Caroline Bulsara, and Donna B. Mak
Interventions for neurocognitive dysfunction, J Ellero, M Lubomski, and B Brew
Using electronic medical records to assess the rate of treatment for osteoporosis in Australia, M Elliott-Rudder, C Harding, J McGirr, A Seal, and L Pilotto
Pharmacy students' attitudes and perceptions of "Virtual Worlds" as an instructional tool for clinical pharmacy teaching, C Englund, M Gustafsson, and G Gallego
Extended "Timed Up and Go" assessment as a clinical indicator of cognitive state in Parkinson's disease, T Evans, A Jefferson, M Byrnes, S Walters, S Ghosh, F Mastaglia, B Power, and R Anderton
Effect of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy on fasting gastrointestinal, pancreatic, and adipose-derived hormones and on non-esterified fatty acids, John E. Farey, Tamara C. Preda, Oliver M. Fisher, Angelique J. Levert-Mignon, rebecca L. Stewart, Elisabeth Karsten, Benjamin R. Herbert, Michael M. Swarbrick, and Reginald V. Lord
Knowledge mobilisation for policy development: Implementing systems approaches through participatory dynamic simulation modelling, Louise Freebairn, Lucie Rychetnik, Jo-An Atkinson, Paul Kelly, Geoff McDonnell, Nick Roberts, Christine Whittall, and Sally Redman
Use of electroconvulsive therapy in Central-Eastern European countries: An overview, Gabor Gazdag, Jozef Dragasek, Rozalia Takacs, Margus Lookene, Tomasz Sobow, Aleksey Olekseev, and Gabor S. Ungvari
Pharmacists' satisfaction with their work: Analysis of an alumni survey, Maria Gustafsson, Sofia Mattsson, Andy Wallman, and Gisselle Gallego
Students' satisfaction with a web-based pharmacy program in a re-regulated pharmacy market, M Gustafsson, S Mattsson, and G Gallego
Electroconvulsive therapy for agitation in schizophrenia: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, Xiaojing Gu, Wei Zheng, Tong Guo, Gabor S. Ungvari, Helen F.K. Chiu, Xiaolan Cao, Carl D'Arcy, Xiangfei Meng, Yuping Ning, and Yu-Tao Xiang
General practitioner and registrar involvement in refugee health: exploring needs and perceptions, C Harding, A Seal, G Duncan, and A Gilmour
Mind the (treatment) gap: A global perspective on current and future strategies for prevention of fragility fractures, H C.W. Harvey, E V. McCloskey, Paul Mitchell, B Dawson-Hughes, D D. Pierroz, J Reginster, R Rizzoli, C Cooper, and J A. Kanis
Policymakers' experience of a capacity-building intervention designed to increase their use of research: A realist process evaluation, A Haynes, S Brennan, S Redman, A Williamson, S Makkar, G Gallego, and P Butow
Perceptions of cancer of unknown primary site: A national survey of Australian medical oncologists, C Karapetis, L Guccione, M Tattersall, H Gooden, C Vajdic, S Lambert, M Robotin, L Mileshkin, and P Schofield
Be well: A systems-based wellness intervention using mindfulness in the workplace – A case study, Kate M. Levett, Sharyn Coughlan, Sharon Longridge, Violet Roumeliotis, and Jon Adams
Association of cerebral small vessel disease burden and health-related quality of life after acute ischemic stroke, Yan Liang, Yang-Kun Chen, Min Deng, Vincent C.T. Mok, De-Feng Wang, Gabor S. Ungvari, Chiu-wing W. Chu, Akane Kamiya, and Wai-Kwong Tang
Beta-blocker under-use in COPD patients, Kuan Pin Lim, Sarah Loughrey, Michael Musk, Melanie Lavender, and Jeremy P. Wrobel
The unmet needs of Aboriginal Australians with musculoskeletal pain: A mixed method systematic review, Ivan B. Lin, Samantha Bunzli, Donna Mak, Charmaine Green, Roger Goucke, Juli Coffin, and Peter B. O'Sullivan
The psychometric properties of the quick inventory of depressive symptomatology-self-report (QIDS-SR) in patients with HBV-related liver disease, Mei Liu, Yuanyuan Wang, Jing Zhao, Sujun Zheng, Gabor S. Ungvari, Chee H. Ng, Zhong-ping Duan, and Yu-Tao Xiang
Prevalence of smoking in patients with bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder and schizophrenia and their relationships with quality of life, Xiao-Hong Li, Feng-Rong An, Gabor S. Ungvari, Chee H. Ng, Helen F.K. Chiu, Ping-Ping Wu, Xin Jin, and Yu-Tao Xiang
Management of common hepatobiliary disorders in pregnancy, Ian Lockart, Blake Knapman, Cynthuja Thilakanathan, and Chris Pokorny
Antenatal influenza and pertussis vaccine uptake among Aboriginal mothers in Western Australia, Kennia Lotter, Annette K. Regan, Tyra Thomas, Paul V. Effler, and Donna B. Mak
Isolated intractable nausea and vomiting with hiccups heralds a neuromyelitis optica area postrema syndrome, Michal Lubomski, Jacqueline Lubomski, Irene Tan, and Michael Hayes
Sleep duration and patterns in Chinese older adults: A comprehensive meta-analysis, Li Lu, Shi-Bin Wang, Wen-Wang Rao, Gabor S. Ungvari, Chee H. Ng, Helen F.K Chiu, Juan Zhang, Changgui Kou, Fu-Jun Jia, and Yu-Tao Xiang
Oesophageal adenocarcinoma: A patient and physician's perspective, Derek Maule, Mark Boccola, and Reginald V. Lord
Managing 'shades of grey': a focus group study exploring community-dwellers’ views on advance care planning in older people, N Michael, C O'Callaghan, and E Sayers
Non-invasive assessment of pulmonary vascular resistance in pulmonary hypertension: Current knowledge and future direction, P Naing, H Kuppusamy, G Scalia, G Hills, and D Playford
“Life within the person comes to the fore”: Pastoral workers’ practice wisdom on using arts in palliative care, Clare O'Callaghan, Libby Byrne, Eleni Cokalis, David Glenister, Margaret Santilli, Rose Clark, Therese McCarthy, and Natasha Michael
Extending awareness of healthcare ethics at Cabrini Health: Junior clinicians' perspectives, Clare O'Callaghan, Julia Trimboli, Xavier Symons, Margaret Staples, Emma Patterson, and Natasha Michael
Do images of a personalised future body shape help with weight loss? A randomised controlled study, Gemma Ossolinski, Moyez Jiwa, Alexandra McManus, and Richard Parsons
Gene expression analysis of bovine embryonic disc, trophoblast and parietal hypoblast at the start of gastrulation, P Pfeffer, C Smith, P Maclean, and D Berg
Editorial commentary: The acrid bioscrew in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction of the knee, Leo Pinczewski and Lucy J. Salmon
What's new in weight loss management and surgery?, Tamara C. Preda, Veronica A. Preda, and Reginald V. Lord
Trends in chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing and positivity in Western Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women 2001-2013: a population based cohort study, J. Reekie, B. Donovan, R. Guy, J. Hocking, J. Kaldor, D. Mak, S. Pearson, D. Preen, H. Wand, J. Ward, and B. Liu
An update on the perioperative management of children with upper respiratory tract infections, Adrian Regli, Karin Becke, and Britta Von Ungern-Sternberg
The respiratory pressure-abdominal volume curve in a porcine model, Adrian Regli, Bart L. De Keulenaer, Bhajan Singh, Lisen E. Hockings, Bill Noffsinger, and Peter V. van Heerden
Adrenal crises: perspectives and research directions, R Rushworth, D Torpy, and H Falhammar
Association of waist circumference with outcomes in an acute general surgical unit, T Ryan, P Gosal, A Seal, J McGirr, and N Williams
Patient-centered family meetings in palliative care: a quality improvement project to explore a new model of family meetings with patients and families at the end of life, C Sanderson, P Cahill, J Phillips, A Johnson, and Elizabeth A. Lobb
Doctors' and nurses' perceptions of a ward-based pharmacist in rural northern Sweden, M Sjolander, M Gustafsson, and G Gallego
Models of Care for musculoskeletal pain conditions: Driving change to improve outcomes, Helen Slater and Andrew M. Briggs
An education intervention to improve health literacy and decision making about supporting self-care among older Australians: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial, C Smith, E Chang, G Gallego, and L Balneaves
A confused and febrile elderly man, Richard Sullivan, Jemma Cranney, and Gordian Fulde
Adjunctive melatonin for tardive dyskinesia in patients with schizophrenia: A meta-analysis, C. Sun, W. Zheng, X. Yang, D. Cai, C. Ng, G. Ungvari, H. Li, Y. Wu, Y. Ning, and Y. Xiang
Does the doctrine of double effect apply to the prescription of barbiturates? Syme vs the Medical Board of Australia, Xavier Symons
What is the scope to test a smoking cessation intervention aimed at young people admitted to hospital?, George Tambakis, Jonathan Darby, and Moyez Jiwa
Persistent parkinsonism after high dose intravenous methamphetamine: A case report, Ka Lam Alan Tang, Huajun Liang, Yong Lin, Chenxi Zhang, Wai Kwong Tang, Winnie Chui Wing Chu, and Gabor S. Ungvari
Population-wide impact of non-hip non-vertebral fractures on mortality, Thach Tran, Dana Bliuc, Tineke van Geel, Jonathan D. Adachi, Claudie Berger, Joop van den Bergh, John A. Eisman, Piet Geusens, David Golzman, David A. Hanley, Robert G. Josse, Stephanie M. Kaiser, Christopher S. Kovacs, Lisa Langsetmo, Jerilynn C. Prior, Tuan V. Nguyen, and Jacqueline R. Center
Association between schizophrenia and violence among Chinese female offenders, Jun Wang, Xiao-Min Zhu, Si-Mei Zhang, Jian-Song Zhou, Qiguang Li, Qun Wang, Shao-Ling Zhong, Chee H. Ng, Gabor S. Ungvari, Yu-Tao Xiang, and Xiao-Ping Wang
Association between candidate total scores and response pattern in script concordance testing of medical students, Siu Hong Wan, P Duggan, Elina Tor, and J N. Hudson
Molecular antimicrobial resistance surveillance for neisseria gonorrhoeae, Northern Territory, Australia, David Whiley, Ella Trembizki, Cameron Buckley, Kevin Freeman, Rob Baird, Miles Beaman, Marcus Chen, Basil Donovan, Ratan Kundu, Christopher Fairley, and Rebecca Guy
Recognition and management of posterior myocardial infarction: A retrospective cohort study, Leigh D. White, Joshua Wall, Thomas M. Melhuish, Ruan Vlok, and Astin Lee
Interpersonal therapy in the general practice setting, Kathleen Wilhelm and Robert May
Accuracy of minimally invasive percutaneous thoracolumbar pedicle screws using 2D fluoroscopy: a retrospective review through 3D CT analysis, Mark J. Winder and Paul M. Gilhooly
Duration of untreated bipolar disorder: A multicenter study, Ling Zhang, Xin Yu, Yi-Ru Fang, Gabor S. Ungvari, Chee H. Ng, Helen F.K. Chiu, Hui-Chun Li, Hai-Chen Yang, Qing-Rong Tan, Xiu-Feng Xu, Gang Wang, and Yu-Tao Xiang
Longitudinal changes in prospective memory and their clinical correlates at 1-year follow-up in first-episode schizophrenia, Fu-Chun Zhou, Chuan-Yue Wang, Gabor S. Ungvari, Chee H. Ng, Yan Zhou, Liang Zhang, Jingjing Zhou, David H.K. Shum, David Man, Deng-Tang Liu, Jun Li, and Yu-Tao Ziang