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Open AccessANDA-Evaluating Facilitated Feedback Enhancement - a Cluster randomised Trial (ANDA-EFFECT): protocol for a cluster randomised trial of audit feedback augmented with education and support, compared to feedback alone, on acceptability, utility and health outcomes in diabetes centres in Australia
People living with diabetes must manage a range of factors for optimal control of glycaemia and to minimise the risk of diabetes-related complications. Diabetes practitioners are expected to follow guidelines ...
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Open AccessBayesian spatio-temporal modelling of child anemia in Ethiopia using conditional autoregressive model
Anemia is a common health problem for women and under five children in low income countries. According to the WHO, anemia is considered a serious public health problem when the prevalence is greater than 40%. ...
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Open AccessSurvival of people with cystic fibrosis in Australia
Survival statistics, estimated using data from national cystic fibrosis (CF) registries, inform the CF community and monitor disease progression. This study aimed to estimate survival among people with CF in A...
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Open AccessPreliminary development of recommendations for the inclusion of patient-reported outcome measures in clinical quality registries
Clinical quality registries (CQRs) monitor compliance against optimal practice and provide feedback to the clinical community and wider stakeholder groups. Despite a number of CQRs having incorporated the pati...
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Respiratory management and bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely preterm infants: a comparison of practice between centres in Oxford and Melbourne
Considerable variation in the care of extremely low gestational age infants (ELGAN) contributes to the variation in incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). We compared management and outcomes of two neo...
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Open AccessUpdated adolescent diagnostic criteria for polycystic ovary syndrome: impact on prevalence and longitudinal body mass index trajectories from birth to adulthood
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is challenging to diagnose. While the 2003 Rotterdam criteria are widely used for adults, the 2018 international PCOS guideline recommended updated Rotterdam criteria with both...
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Open AccessLung function over the life course of paediatric and adult patients with cystic fibrosis from a large multi-centre registry
A key measure of lung function in people with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is Forced Expiratory Volume in the first second FEV1 percent predicted (FEV1pp). This study aimed to address challenges in identifying predictors...
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Open AccessCost-effectiveness of health technologies in adults with type 1 diabetes: a systematic review and narrative synthesis
With the rapid development of technologies for type 1 diabetes, economic evaluations are integral in guiding cost-effective clinical and policy decisions. We therefore aimed to review and synthesise the curren...
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Bariatric Surgery in Patients with Severe Heart Failure
Obesity and cardiac failure are globally endemic and increasingly intersecting. Bariatric surgery may improve cardiac function and act as a bridge-to-transplantation. We aim to identify effects of bariatric su...
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A systematic review of Bayesian spatial–temporal models on cancer incidence and mortality
This study aimed to review the types and applications of fully Bayesian (FB) spatial–temporal models and covariates used to study cancer incidence and mortality.
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Cancer patients’ perceptions of palliative care
Despite clear benefits of early integration of palliative care (PC) and oncology, concerns remain about negative perceptions of PC. Our aim was to explore current knowledge and perceptions of PC in cancer pati...
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Open AccessDevelopment of a percutaneous coronary intervention patient level composite measure for a clinical quality registry
Composite measures combine data to provide a comprehensive view of patient outcomes. Despite composite measures being a valuable tool to assess post-intervention outcomes, the patient perspective is often miss...
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Outcomes of people with severe hypoglycaemia requiring prehospital emergency medical services management: a prospective study
The aim of this work was to investigate clinical outcomes following severe hypoglycaemia requiring prehospital emergency medical services (EMS) management.
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A randomised controlled trial comparing completeness of responses of three methods of collecting patient-reported outcome measures in men diagnosed with prostate cancer
The purpose of the study was to compare completeness, timeliness and cost of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) collection using telephone, email and post in men with prostate cancer.
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Effect of Body Mass Index, Metabolic Health and Adipose Tissue Inflammation on the Severity of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Bariatric Surgical Patients: a Prospective Study
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), driven by the obesity epidemic, has become the most common form of liver disease. Despite this, there is controversy regarding the prevalence and severity of NAFLD in...
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Evaluating feasibility and accuracy of non-invasive tests for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in severe and morbid obesity
In obese individuals, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is common but often goes undiagnosed, and therefore untreated. The presence of significant fibrosis is a key determinant of NAFLD progression, and...
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Open AccessRisk-adjustment of diabetes health outcomes improves the accuracy of performance benchmarking
Benchmarking clinical performance by comparing diabetes health outcomes across healthcare providers drives quality improvement. Non-care related patient risk factors are likely to confound clinical performance...
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Open AccessBurden of cardiovascular risk factors and disease among patients with type 1 diabetes: results of the Australian National Diabetes Audit (ANDA)
Cardiovascular risk stratification is complex in type 1 diabetes. We hypothesised that traditional and diabetes-specific cardiovascular risk factors were prevalent and strongly associated with cardiovascular d...
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Detailed Description of Change in Serum Cholesterol Profile with Incremental Weight Loss After Restrictive Bariatric Surgery
Dyslipidemia affects up to 75% of morbidly obese individuals and is a key driver of cardiovascular disease. Weight loss is an established strategy to improve metabolic risk, including dyslipidemia. We aimed to...
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Open AccessGeographical variation of diabetic emergencies attended by prehospital Emergency Medical Services is associated with measures of ethnicity and socioeconomic status
Geographical variation of diabetic emergencies attended by prehospital emergency medical services (EMS) and the relationship between area-level social and demographic factors and risk of a diabetic emergency w...
