Submissions from 2020
QUality improvement in primary care to prevent hospitalisations and improve Effectiveness and efficiency of care for people Living with coronary heart disease (QUEL): Protocol for a 24-month cluster randomised controlled trial in primary care, Julie Redfern, Nashid Hafiz, Karice Hyun, Andrew Knight, Charlotte Hespe, Clara K. Chow, Tom Briffa, Robyn Gallagher, Christopher Reid, David L. Hare, Nicholas Zwar, Mark Woodward, Stephen Jan, Emily R. Atkins, Tracey-Lea Laba, Elizabeth Halcomb, Laurent Billot, Tracey Johnson, and Timothy Usherwood
What influences trainee decisions to practise in rural and regional Australia?, Alexa Seal, Catherine Harding, and Joe McGirr
A preliminary report on the awareness and knowledge of seafood-borne parasitic diseases among medical doctors in Australia, Alexa Seal, Catherine Harding, and Shokoofeh Shamsi
Transdiagnostic clinical staging in youth mental health: A first international consensus statement, Jai L. Shah, Jan Scott, Patrick D. McGorry, Shane P.M Cross, Matcheri S. Keshavan, Barnaby Nelson, Stephen J. Wood, Steven Marwaha, Alison R. Yung, Elizabeth M. Scott, Dost Öngür, Philippe Conus, Chantal Henry, and Ian B. Hickie
Utility of preoperative blood screening before hip and knee arthroplasty, Sarah Shumborski, Benjamin Gooden, Lucy J. Salmon, Michael O'Sullivan, Leo Pinczewski, Justin P. Roe, Kaka Martina, Sarthak Chopra, Colin Maclean, and Matthew C. Lyons
Allograft donor characteristics significantly influence graft rupture after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in a young active population, Sarah Shumborski, Lucy J. Salmon, Claire Monk, Emma Heath, Justin P. Roe, and Leo A. Pinczewski
Epidemiology of soccer‐related head injury in children 5–14 years in Victoria, Australia, Amy E. Smith, Catherine Krejany, and Moyez Jiwa
Acupuncture or acupressure for pain management during labour, Caroline A. Smith, Carmel T. Collins, Kate M. Levett, Mike Armour, Hannah G. Dahlen, Aiden L. Tan, and Bita Mesgarpour
Parents' experiences of information-seeking and decision-making regarding complementary medicine for children with autism spectrum disorder: A qualitative study, Caroline A. Smith, Chloe Parton, Marlee King, and Gisselle Gallego
Parents' ability to access community health occupational therapy services in a disadvantaged area: A proof of concept study, Rachel Smith and Gisselle Gallego
Benchmarking single-arm studies against historical controls from non-small cell lung cancer trialsan empirical analysis of bias, Kelli Snyders, Doah Cho, Jun Hee Hong, Sally Lord, Rebecca Asher, ian Marschner, and Chee Khoon Lee
Flight-associated transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 corroborated by whole-genome sequencing, Hollie Speake, Anastasia Phillips, Tracie Chong, Chisha Sikazwe, Avram Levy, Jessica Lang, Benjamin Scalley, David J. Speers, David W. Smith, Paul Effler, and Suzanne P. McEvoy
Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy for unilateral breast cancer in women at average risk: Systematic review of patient reported outcomes, Amilee Srethbhakdi, Meagan E. Brennan, Geaty Hamid, and Kathy Flitcroft
The challenge of an expanded therapeutic window in pulmonary hypertension, Simon Stewart, Geoffrey A. Strange, and David Playford
Is intimate partner violence more common in pregnant women with severe mental illness? A retrospective study, Liana Suparare, Stuart J. Watson, Ray Binns, Jacqueline Frayne, and Megan Galbally
Adult survivors of childhood trauma: Complex trauma, complex needs, Wei-May Su and Louise Stone
Improving mental health and reducing suicide risk: How GPs can help during the COVID-19 pandemic, Wei-May Su, Louise Stone, and Grant Blashki
Patterns of service provision in older people's mental health care in Australia, Hossein Tabatabaei-Jafari, Jose A. Salinas-Perez, Mary Anne Furst, Nasser Bagheri, John Mendoza, David Burke, Peter McGeorge, and Luis Salvador-Carulla
Depression after subarachnoid hemorrhage: A systematic review, Wai Kwong Tang, Lisha Wang, George Kwok Wong, Gabor S. Ungvari, Fumihiko Yasuno, Kelvin K.F Tsoi, and Jong S. Kim
Burning soles of the feet, Peter R. Vale
Association between vertebral fractures and coronary artery calcification in current and former smokers in the ECLIPSE cohort, M J. van Dort, J H. M Driessen, P Geusens, E A. P. M Romme, F W. J. M Smeenk, B M. Rahel, John A. Eisman, E F. M Wouters, and J P. W van den Bergh
How do advisory groups contribute to healthy public policy research?, Helen van Eyk, Sharon Friel, Peter Sainsbury, Tessa Boyd-Caine, Patrick Harris, Colin MacDougall, Toni Delany-Crowe, Connie Musolino, and Fran Baum
Three tools for managing vertigo in the frontline, Vincent A. Van Vugt, Allison S. Young, Andrew P. Bradshaw, Benjamin Nham, Margot Woods, and Miriam S. Welgampola
"[It's] more than just medicine": The value and sustainability of mandatory, non-clinical, short-term rural placements in a Western Australian medical school, Daniel Vujcich, Sandy Toussaint, and Donna B. Mak
Older adults at high risk of HIV infection in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies, Yuan-Yuan Wang, Yuan Yang, Chang Chen, Ling Zhang, Chee H. Ng, Gabor S. Ungvari, Xiaohua Douglas Zhang, and Yu-Tao Xiang
Cognitive behavioural therapy monotherapy for insomnia: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, Yuan-Yuan Wang, Yuan Yang, Wen-Wang Rao, Shu-Fang Zhang, Liang-Nan Zeng, Wei Zheng, Chee H. Ng, Gabor S. Ungvari, Ling Zhang, and Yu-Tao Xiang
Examining response process validity of script concordance testing: A think-aloud approach, Michael Siu Hong Wan, Elina Tor, and Judith N. Hudson
The effect of L-theanine incorporated in a functional food product (mango sorbet) on physiological responses in healthy males: A pilot randomised controlled trial, Jackson Williams, Andrew J. McKune, Ekavi N. Georgousopoulou, Jane Kellett, Nathan M. D'Cunha, Domenico Sergi, Duane Mellor, and Nenad Naumovski
Researchers' views on, and experiences with, the requirement to obtain informed consent in research involving human participants: A qualitative study, Antonia Xu, Melissa Therese Baysari, Sophie Stocker, Liang Leow, Richard Day, and Jane Carland
Internet addiction among adolescents in Macau and mainland China: Prevalence, demographics and quality of life, Dan-Dan Xu, Ka-In Lok, Huan-Zhong Liu, Xiao-Lan Cao, Feng-Rong An, Brian J. Hall, Gabor S. Ungvari, Si-Man Lie, and Yu-Tao Xiang
Prevalence of poor sleep quality in perinatal and postnatal women: A comprehensive meta-analysis of observational studies, Yuan Yang, Wen Li, Tian-Jiao Ma, Ling Zhang, Brian Hall, Gabor S. Ungvari, and Yu-Tao Xiang
Prevalence of depression among empty-nest elderly in China : A meta-analysis of observational studies, Hong-He Zhang, Yuan-Yuan Jiang, Wen-Wang Rao, Qing-E Zhang, Ming-Zhao Qin, Chee H. Ng, Gabor S. Ungvari, and Yu-Tao Xiang
Psychometric properties of the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Self-Report (QIDS-SR) in depressed adolescents, Wu-Yang Zhang, Yan-Jie Zhao, Yao Zhang, Fan He, Hong-Qing Pan, Teris Cheung, Gabor S. Ungvari, Shu-Ying Li, and Yu-Tao Xiang
Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of poor sleep quality among older adults in Hebei province, China, Yun-Shu Zhang, Yu Jin, Wen-Wang Rao, Yuan-Yuan Jiang, Li-Jun Cui, Jian-Feng Li, Lin Li, Gabor S. Ungvari, Chee H. Ng, Ke-Qing Li, and Yu-Tao Xiang
Adjunctive reboxetine for schizophrenia: Meta-analysis of randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled trials, Wei Zheng, Xian-Bin Li, Zhan-Ming Shi, Xin-Hu Yang, Dong-Bin Cai, Chee H. Ng, Gabor S. Ungvari, Wei-Jian Liu, Yu-Jie Wu, Yuan-Yuan Wang, Yu-Ping Ning, and Yu-Tao Xiang
Prevalence and correlates of fatigue and its association with quality of life among clinically stable older psychiatric patients during the COVID-19 outbreak: A cross-sectional study, Siyun Zou, Zi-Han Liu, Xiaona Yan, Huan Wang, Yulong Li, Xiuying Xu, Xiangdong Du, Lan Zhang, Qinge Zhang, Todd Jackson, Gabor S. Ungvari, and Yu-Tao Xiang
Submissions from 2019
Reviewing the preclinical curriculum in a problem based learning driven medical program: Challenges and strategies, Manori Amarasekera, Paul S. Noakes, and Brian D. Power
Eliminating hepatitis C: Part 5. Practical steps in your practice, David Baker, Anne Balcomb, Joss O'Loan, and Jessica Howell
The 2019 report of the MJA-Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: A turbulent year with mixed progress, Paul J. Beggs, Ying Zhang, Hilary Bambrick, Helen L. Berry, Martina K. Linnenluecke, Stefan Trueck, Peng Bi, Sinead M. Boylan, Donna Green, Yuming Guo, Ivan C. Hanigan, Fay H. Johnston, Diana L. Madden, Arunima Malik, Geoffrey G. Morgan, Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Lucie Rychetnik, Mark Stevenson, Nick Watts, and Anthony G. Capon
Combining unassisted and robot-guided practice benefits motor learning for a golf putting task, Stephen R. Bested, Gerome A. Manson, and Luc Tremblay
Reduced bone loss is associated with reduced mortality risk in subjects exposed to nitrogen bisphosphonates: A mediation analysis, Dana Bliuc, Thach Tran, Tineke van Geel, Jonathan D. Adachi, Claudie Berger, Joop van den Bergh, John A. Eisman, Piet Geusens, David Golzman, David A. Hanley, Robert Josse, Stephanie Kaiser, Christopher S. Kovacs, Lisa Langsetmo, Jerilynn C. Prior, Tuan V. Nguyen, Jaqueline R. Center, and for the CaMOS Research Group
Mortality risk reduction differs according to bisphosphonate class: A 15-year observational study, D Bliuc, T Tran, T van Geel, J D. Adachi, C Berger, J van den Bergh, John A. Eisman, P Geusens, D Golzman, D A. Hanley, R G. Josse, S Kaiser, C S. Kovacs, L Langsetmo, J C. Prior, T V. Nguyen, and J R. Center
My patients prepared me well, Meagan E. Brennan
Familial hypercholesterolaemia: A guide for general practice, Tom Brett and Diane Arnold-Reed
Eliminating hepatitis C: Part 4. Ongoing care after hepatitis C treatment, Kico Chan, Michelle Gooey, Margaret Hellard, Belinda Greenwood-Smith, Richard Chaney, David Baker, Alisa Pedrana, Joseph Doyle, and Jessica Howell
Exposure to second hand smoke and 10-year (2002–2012) incidence of cardiovascular disease in never smokers: The ATTICA cohort study, Elena Critselis, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Ekavi N. Georgousopoulou, Paraskevi Katsaounou, Christina Chrysohoou, and Christos Pitsavos
Exploring associations between early substance use and longitudinal socio-occupational functioning in young people engaged in a mental health service, Jacob J. Crouse, Kate M. Chitty, Frank Iorfino, Django White, Alissa Nichles, Natalia Zmicerevska, Adam J. Guastella, Ahmed A. Moustafa, Daniel F. Hermens, Elizabeth Scott, and Ian B. Hickie
How does the duration of consults vary for upper respiratory tract infections in general practice where an antibiotic has been prescribed?, Phoebe R. Darlison Shepherd, Catherine J. Krejany, and Moyez Jiwa
Psychophysiological responses in people living with dementia after an art gallery intervention: An exploratory study, Nathan M. D'Cunha, Andrew J. McKune, Stephen Isbel, Jane Kellett, Ekavi N. Georgousopoulou, and Nenad Naumovski
P450 oxidoreductase deficiency: A systematic review and meta-analysis of genotypes, phenotypes and their relationships, Benjamin Dean, Georgina L. Chrisp, Maria Quartararo, Ann M. Maguire, Shihab Hameed, Bruce R. King, Craig F. Munns, David J. Torpy, Henrik Falhammar, and R Louise Rushworth
P450 oxidoreductase deficiency: A systematic review and meta-analysis of genotypes, phenotypes, and their relationships, Benjamin Dean, Georgina Chrisp, Maria Quartararo, Anne Quartararo, Shihab Hameed, Bruce King, Craig Munns, David Torpy, and Henrik Falhammar
Citizens' juries can bring public voices on overdiagnosis into policy making, Chris Degeling, Rae Thomas, and Lucie Rychetnik
Impulse control disorders in dopamine agonist-treated hyperprolactinemia: Prevalence and risk factors, Sunita M.C De Sousa, John Baranoff, R Louise Rushworth, Jessica Butler, Jane Sorbello, Juanita Vorster, Tanya Thompson, Ann I. McCormack, Warrick J. Inder, and David J. Torpy
A paediatric jaw lump: Desmoid tumour, Jason Diab, David David, and Benjamin Grave
Prevalence of suicide attempts in bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies, Min Dong, Li Lu, Ling Zhang, Qinge Zhang, Gabor S. Ungvari, Chee H. Ng, Zhen Yuan, Yifan Xiang, Gang Wang, and Yu-Tao Xiang
Eliminating hepatitis C Part 1. Finding your patients with hepatitis C, Bridget Draper, Chloe Layton, Joseph Doyle, Jessica Howell, David Baker, Mark Stoove, and Alisa Pedrana
Investigating risk factors and predicting complications in deep brain stimulation surgery with machine learning algorithms, Farrokh Farrokhi, Quinlan D. Buchlak, Matt Sikora, Nazanin Esmaili, Maria Marsans, Pamela McLeod, Jamie Mark, Emily Cox, Christine Bennett, and Jonathan Carlson
Primary open abductor reconstruction - a 5-10 year study, Olivia J.K Fox, Graeme Wertheimer, and Michael Walsh
Turning conceptual systems maps into dynamic simulation models: An Australian case study for diabetes in pregnancy, Louise Freebairn, Jo-An Atkinson, Nathaniel D. Osgood, Paul M. Kelly, Geoff McDonnell, and Lucie Rychetnik
Advances in screening for undiagnosed atrial fibrillation for stroke prevention and implications for patients with obstructive sleep apnoea: A literature review and research agenda, Nestor Gahungu, Christopher Judkins, Eli Gabbay, and David Playford
Trans-generational stress regulation: Mother-infant cortisol and maternal mental health across the perinatal period, Megan Galbally, Elisabeth F.C van Rossum, Stuart J. Watson, Edo Ronald de Kloet, and Andrew J. Lewis
The role of trauma and partner support in perinatal depression and parenting stress: An Australian pregnancy cohort study, Megan Galbally, Stuart J. Watson, Phillip Boyce, and Andrew J. Lewis
Attitudes and factors involved in decision-making around complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) by older Australians: A qualitative study, Gisselle Gallego, Saira Gugnani, Mike Armour, Caroline A. Smith, and Esther Chang
Pre-hospital management of acute Addison’s Disease – Audit of patients attending a referral hospital in a regional area, Thomas Goubar, David J. Torpy, Shaun McGrath, and R Louise Rushworth
Prehospital management of acute Addison Disease: Audit of patients attending a referral hospital in a regional area, Thomas Goubar, David Torpy, Shaun McGrath, and Rosemary Louise Rushworth
The effect of juicing methods on the phytochemical and antioxidant characteristics of the Purple Prickly Pear (Opuntia ficus indica)—Preliminary findings on juice and pomace, Caroline Gouws, Ekavi Georgousopoulou, Duane D. Mellor, and Nenad Naumovski
Machine learning classification of human joint tissue from diffuse reflectance spectroscopy data, Rajitha Gunaratne, Issac Monteath, Joshua Goncalves, Raymond Sheh, Charles N. Ironside, Michael Kapfer, Richard Chipper, Brett Robertson, Riaz Khan, and Daniel Fick
Contact sport-induced coronary artery dissection, Richard Haber and George M. Weisz
Vitamin D metabolites are lower with active Crohn’s disease and spontaneously recover with development of remission, Craig Haifer, Ian C. Lawrance, Jacqueline R. Center, Michael W. Clarke, Prue H. Hart, John A. Eisman, Robyn Lucas, and Simon Ghaly
Developing a practice-based research agenda for grief and bereavement care, Ashton Hay, Christopher W. Hall, Margaret Sealey, Elizabeth Lobb, and Lauren J. Breen
Presumed choroidal metastasis from soft tissue myoepithelial carcinoma, Michelle M. Hui, Rohan Merani, Fiona Bonar, Angela M. Hong, and Adrian T. Fung
Transnational parent-child separation and reunion during early childhood in Chinese migrant families: An Australian snapshot, Yat Man Louise Hui, Julie Stevenson, and Gisselle Gallego
The impact of mandatory iodine fortification and supplementation on pregnant and lactating women in Australia, Stephen Hurley, Creswell J. Eastman, and Gisselle Gallego
A digital platform designed for youth mental health services to deliver personalized and measurement-based care, Frank Iorfino, Shane P. Cross, Tracey Davenport, Joanne S. Carpenter, Elizabeth Scott, Sagit Shiran, and Ian B. Hickie
The use of student narratives as research substrates, Moyez Jiwa, Catherine Krejany, Elena Angelides, Matthew Brown, Rose Clark, Pia Courtley, Julie Dao, Haissam Faraj, Meera Ghandi, Mitchell Gordon, Yi Zhao Huang, Christian La Spina, Lauren McDermott, Nina Murphy, Marie Rattenbury, Alexander Robertson, Henry Ruehland, William Thomas, Suzannah Bownes, Charlotte Krones, Robert Wells, and Gabriela Sousa Rocha
Can doctors improve the patient experience by rearranging the furniture and equipment in their office? A video recorded simulation, Moyez Jiwa, Catherine Krejany, Lee Gaedtke, Epi Kanjo, Ruthra Nagendran, Carolyn O'Shea, and Iain Greenlees
Symptom profile of patients receiving antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections in general practice: An observational study using smartphone technology, Moyez Jiwa, Catherine Krejany, Epi Kanjo, Alan Leeb, and Ian J. Peters
Where's my what? A survey of anatomical knowledge in a community in Western Melbourne, Morgan Jones, Catherine Krejany, and Moyez Jiwa
Anatomy-based MRI assessment of the iliopsoas muscle complex after pertrochanteric femoral fracture, Malwina Kaniewska, Matthias Schenkel, Karim Eid, Tobias Buhler, Rahel Kubik-Huch, and Suzanne Anderson-Sembach
Complete rupture of the flexor hallucis longus tendon in an isolated closed injury. A systematic literature and qualitative analysis, David L. Kerr, S Butler, K Thompson, and Andrew Higgs
Utilising computer based learning to complement class teaching of gross anatomy, Rudi Klein, Puspha Sinnayah, Kate Kelly, Maxwell Winchester, Gayathri Rajaraman, and Norman Eizenberg
Characteristics of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men with multiple diagnoses of infectious syphilis in British Columbia, Canada, 2005-2014, Stephanie Konrad, Donna B. Mak, Troy Grennan, Bernadette Zakher, Bobbi Brownrigg, Gina Ogilvie, Muhammad Morshed, Mark Tyndall, Mark Gilbert, Mel Krajden, and Jason Wong
Lipoprotein (a) and 10-year cardiovascular disease incidence in apparently healthy individuals: A sex-based sensitivity analysis from ATTICA Cohort Study, Matina Kouvari, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Christina Chrysohoou, Ekavi N. Georgousopoulou, Mary Yannakoulia, Dimitrios Tousoulis, and Christos Pitsavos
Sex-discrete role of depressive symptomatology on 10-year first and recurrent cardiovascular disease incidence: Results from ATTICA and GREECS prospective studies, Matina Kouvari, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Christina Chrysohoou, Venetia Notara, Ekavi N. Georgousopoulou, Dimitrios Tousoulis, Christos Pitsavos, and the ATTICA & GREECS Studies Investigators
A sex-specific evaluation of predicted lean and fat mass composition and cardiovascular disease onset and progression: A combined analysis of the ATTICA and GREECS prospective epidemiological studies, Matina Kouvari, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Christina Chrysohoou, Venetia Notara, Ekavi N. Georgousopoulou, Mary Yannakoulia, Dimitrios Tousoulis, and Christos Pitsavos
Eliminating hepatitis C: Part 2. Assessing your patient for antiviral treatment, Chloe Layton, Jacqui Richmond, David Baker, Louise Owen, Gail Matthews, Erin Oliver-Landry, Jessica Howell, and Joseph Doyle
Midterm outcomes of arthroscopic reduction and internal fixation of anterior cruciate ligament tibial eminence avulsion fractures with K-Wire fixation, Murilo Leie, Emma Heath, Sarah Shumborski, Lucy Salmon, Justin Roe, and Leo Pinczewski
Homologous recombination DNA repair defects in PALB2-associated breast cancers, Anqi Li, Felipe C. Geyer, Elizabeth Lobb, and kConFab Investigators
KBG syndrome presenting with brachydactyly type E, Renata Libianto, Kathy H.C Wu, Sophie Devery, John A. Eisman, and Jackie R. Center
Exploring physicians, nurses and ward-based pharmacists working relationships in a Swedish inpatient setting: A mixed methods study, Marcia H. Lindqvist, Maria Gustafsson, and Gisselle Gallego
Transcatheter, sutureless and conventional aortic-valve replacement: A network meta-analysis of 16,432 patients, Declan Lloyd, Jessica G.Y Luc, Ben Elias Indja, Vannessa Leung, Nelson Wang, and Kevin Phan
Navigating the path to care and death at home - it is not always smooth: A qualitative examination of the experiences of bereaved family caregivers in palliative care, Elizabeth Lobb, Kristin Bindley, Christine Sanderson, Roderick MacLeod, and Jane Mowll
Metastatic breast cancer incidence, site and survival in Australia, 2001-2016: A population-based health record linkage study protocol, Sarah J. Lord, Belinda E. Kiely, Sally-Anne Pearson, Benjamin Daniels, Dianne L. O'Connell, Jane Beith, Max Bulsara, and Nehmat Houssami
Setting clinical performance specifications to develop and evaluate biomarkers for clinical use, Sarah J. Lord, Andrew St John, Patrick M.M. Bossuyt, Sverre Sandberg, Phillip J. Monaghan, Maurice O'Kane, Christa M. Cobbaert, Ralf Roddiger, Lieselotte Lennartz, Cecilia Gelfi, Andrea R. Horvath, and Test Evaluation Working Group of the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
Reducing stroke risk in atrial fibrillation: Adherence to guidelines has improved, but patient persistence with anticoagulant therapy remains suboptimal., Nicole Lowres, Katrina Giskes, Charlotte Hespe, and Ben Freedman
Parkinson's disease and the gastrointestinal microbiome, Michal Lubomski, Ai Huey Tan, Shen-Yang Lim, Andrew J. Holmes, Ryan L. Davis, and Carolyn M. Sue
Routine cervical screening by primary HPV testing: early findings in the renewed National Cervical Screening Program, Dorothy A. Machalek, Jennifer M. Roberts, Suzanne M. Garland, Julia Thurloe, Adele Richards, Ian Chambers, Terri Sivertsen, and Annabelle Farnsworth
Undetectable mannose binding lectin is associated with HRCT proven bronchiectasis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Krista Makin, Tracie Easter, Monica Kemp, Peter Kendall, Max Bulsara, Sophie Coleman, and Graeme J. Carroll