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Further Validation Of The Perceptions Of Uncertainties In Genome Sequencing Scale Among Patients With Cancer Undergoing Tumor Sequencing, Kendall L. Umstead, Rachel Campbell, Christine E. Napier, Nicole Bartley, Megan C. Best, Phyllis N. Butow, Barbara B. Biesecker Jan 2022

Further Validation Of The Perceptions Of Uncertainties In Genome Sequencing Scale Among Patients With Cancer Undergoing Tumor Sequencing, Kendall L. Umstead, Rachel Campbell, Christine E. Napier, Nicole Bartley, Megan C. Best, Phyllis N. Butow, Barbara B. Biesecker

IES Papers and Journal Articles

It is important to understand how individuals perceive uncertainties and the consequent impact on their psychological well-being and health behavior. The Perceptions of Uncertainties in Genome Sequencing (PUGS) scale measures clinical, affective, and evaluative uncertainties about information from sequencing. The PUGS scale has been shown to be valid and reliable among individuals receiving results about their genomes. This study assessed whether its validity generalized to patients with cancer undergoing tumor sequencing. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted on data from the Molecular Screening and Therapeutics Program (n = 310) to identify a measurement model. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was …


What Is The Role Of Spiritual Care Specialists In Teaching Generalist Spiritual Care? The Perspectives Of Pastoral Care Staff In A Large Catholic Health And Aged Care Organisation, Kate Fiona Jones, Jennifer Washington, Matthew Kearney, Megan C. Best Jan 2022

What Is The Role Of Spiritual Care Specialists In Teaching Generalist Spiritual Care? The Perspectives Of Pastoral Care Staff In A Large Catholic Health And Aged Care Organisation, Kate Fiona Jones, Jennifer Washington, Matthew Kearney, Megan C. Best

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The value of spiritual care training for all staff working in health and aged care has been demonstrated. This study investigated how spiritual care specialists (SCSs) perceive their role in delivering spiritual care education to other staff. Fourteen SCSs participated in three online focus groups. Two key themes were identified: First, SCSs build upon existing capacity of staff by: (i) recognising existing strengths and capabilities; (ii) using relevant stories; (iii) using language which makes spiritual care accessible; (iv) making training relevant and practical; (v) tapping into staff vocation or calling; and (vi) building awareness of one’s own spirituality. Second, SCSs …


Enablers And Barriers To Non-Dispensing Pharmacist Integration Into The Primary Health Care Teams Of Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Services, Aaron Drovandi, Deborah Smith, Robyn Preston, Lucy Morris, Priscilla Page, Lindy Swain, Erik Biros, Megan Tremlett, Hannah Loller, Mike Stephens, Alice Nugent, Fran Vaughan, Sophia Couzos Jan 2022

Enablers And Barriers To Non-Dispensing Pharmacist Integration Into The Primary Health Care Teams Of Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Services, Aaron Drovandi, Deborah Smith, Robyn Preston, Lucy Morris, Priscilla Page, Lindy Swain, Erik Biros, Megan Tremlett, Hannah Loller, Mike Stephens, Alice Nugent, Fran Vaughan, Sophia Couzos

Nulungu Journal Articles

Background: The primary health care management of chronic disease affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples requires healthcare quality and equity demands to be met, and systems that foster better team-based care. Non-dispensing pharmacists (NDPs) integrated within primary healthcare settings can enhance the quality of patient care, although factors that enable or challenge integration within these settings need to be better understood.

Objectives: To investigate enabling factors and barriers influencing integration of NDPs within Aboriginal community-controlled health services delivering primary health care. This was achieved through qualitative evaluation of the Integrating Pharmacists within Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (IPAC) Trial …


Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is A Risk Factor For Lower-Limb And Back Injury In Law Enforcement Officers Commencing Their Basic Training: A Prospective Cohort Study, Myles C. Murphy, Nicole Merrick, Andrea B. Mosler, Garth Allen, Paola Chivers, Nicolas H. Hart Jan 2022

Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is A Risk Factor For Lower-Limb And Back Injury In Law Enforcement Officers Commencing Their Basic Training: A Prospective Cohort Study, Myles C. Murphy, Nicole Merrick, Andrea B. Mosler, Garth Allen, Paola Chivers, Nicolas H. Hart

Physiotherapy Papers and Journal Articles

We aimed to report the epidemiology of lower-limb and lumbosacral injuries in Police Force recruits. We performed a cohort study of Police Force recruits undergoing a six-month training program with prospective injury data collected between 2018 and 2021. Cardiorespiratory fitness was quantified by the beep-test and police-specific-functional-capacity was quantified using a specifically designed physical performance evaluation (PPE) tool. Injury frequency and prevalence were reported. Fifteen percent (n = 180) of study Police Force recruits (n = 1,181) sustained a lower-limb or lumbosacral injury. The six-month training program significantly improved cardiorespiratory fitness (p < 0.001) and functional capacity (p < 0.001). Increased cardiorespiratory fitness at baseline decreased injury risk (OR = 0.8, 95%CI: 0.66–0.97, p = 0.019). Injury rates decreased over time and females were injured significantly earlier than males (HR = 0.70, 95%CI: 0.52 to 0.95, p = 0.021). Interventions that can pre-condition Police Force recruits prior to the commencement of their basic physical training may reduce the number of lower-limb and lumbosacral injuries.


Teaching And Assessment Of Clinical Diagnostic Reasoning In Medical Students, Lucy Gilkes, Narelle Kealley, Jacqueline Frayne Jan 2022

Teaching And Assessment Of Clinical Diagnostic Reasoning In Medical Students, Lucy Gilkes, Narelle Kealley, Jacqueline Frayne

Medical Papers and Journal Articles

Background: Teaching diagnostic reasoning and giving feedback has an important role in medical education. Clinicians who teach may recognise errors, but be unfamiliar with the terminology used to describe them, leading to a lack of consistent and useful student feedback.

Objective: This prospective project evaluation study aimed to develop an examiner training package regarding errors in diagnostic reasoning, utilising consistent language and feedback tool, and report on diagnostic reasoning errors in second year medical students over the transition from preclinical to early clinical training at objective structured clinical exams (OSCEs).

Results: Likert questionnaire regarding examining, assessment and feedback pre- and …


Using Audio-Visual Simulation To Elicit Nursing Students’ Noticing And Interpreting Skills To Assess Pain In Culturally Diverse Patients, Michelle A. Kelly, Susan Slatyer, Helen Myers, Shelley Gower, Jaci Mason, Kathie Lasater Jan 2022

Using Audio-Visual Simulation To Elicit Nursing Students’ Noticing And Interpreting Skills To Assess Pain In Culturally Diverse Patients, Michelle A. Kelly, Susan Slatyer, Helen Myers, Shelley Gower, Jaci Mason, Kathie Lasater

Nursing Papers and Journal Articles

Background: Pain is a complex and multi-dimensional phenomenon. Nurses play a vital role in assessing and managing pain and must use sound clinical reasoning to accurately make clinical judgments to notice, interpret and respond to patients’ pain.

Method: Exploratory research on the impact of a newly developed AV simulation on nursing students’ Noticing and Interpreting skills in assessing pain of culturally diverse patients. Data were collected via self-administered pre and post–intervention surveys.

Findings: The majority of participants were able to identify that the patient was in greater pain than reported, however some participants were unable to notice and interpret the …


Neurological Patient And Informal Caregiver Quality Of Life, And Caregiver Burden: A Cross-Sectional Study Of Postdischarge Community Neurological Nursing Recipients, Judith Dianne Pugh, Kathleen Mccoy, Anne M. Williams, Catherine A. Pienaar, Brenda Bentley, Leanne Monterosso Jan 2022

Neurological Patient And Informal Caregiver Quality Of Life, And Caregiver Burden: A Cross-Sectional Study Of Postdischarge Community Neurological Nursing Recipients, Judith Dianne Pugh, Kathleen Mccoy, Anne M. Williams, Catherine A. Pienaar, Brenda Bentley, Leanne Monterosso

Nursing Papers and Journal Articles

Background: Neurological conditions produce considerable disease burden.

Aims: To describe quality of life in patients with neurological conditions and informal caregivers receiving postdischarge generic community neurological nursing services, and caregiver burden.

Method: A descriptive cross-sectional design was used with researchers administering the WHOQOL-BREF Australian Version questionnaire and Zarit Burden Interview.

Results: Most patients and caregivers rated quality of life as 'Good'. The patients’ physical, psychological and environment domain scores, and caregivers’ physical domain scores, were below norms. Half of the caregivers experienced burden and 42% had risk for depression.

Conclusion: A heterogeneous group of patients with neurological conditions had …


Stakeholder Perspectives Of A Pilot Multicomponent Delirium Prevention Intervention For Adult Patients With Advanced Cancer In Palliative Care Units: A Behaviour Change Theory-Based Qualitative Study, Anna Green, Annmarie Hosie, Jane L. Phillips, Slavica Kochovska, Beverly Noble, Meg Brassil, Anne Cumming, Peter G. Lawlor, Shirley H. Bush, Jan M. Davis, Layla Edwards, Jane Hunt, Julie Wilcock, Carl Phillipson, Eugene Wesley Ely, Cynthia Parr, Melanie Lovell, Meera Agar Jan 2022

Stakeholder Perspectives Of A Pilot Multicomponent Delirium Prevention Intervention For Adult Patients With Advanced Cancer In Palliative Care Units: A Behaviour Change Theory-Based Qualitative Study, Anna Green, Annmarie Hosie, Jane L. Phillips, Slavica Kochovska, Beverly Noble, Meg Brassil, Anne Cumming, Peter G. Lawlor, Shirley H. Bush, Jan M. Davis, Layla Edwards, Jane Hunt, Julie Wilcock, Carl Phillipson, Eugene Wesley Ely, Cynthia Parr, Melanie Lovell, Meera Agar

Nursing Papers and Journal Articles

Background: Theory-based and qualitative evaluations in pilot trials of complex clinical interventions help to understand quantitative results, as well as inform the feasibility and design of subsequent effectiveness and implementation trials.

Aim: To explore patient, family, clinician and volunteer (‘stakeholder’) perspectives of the feasibility and acceptability of a multicomponent non-pharmacological delirium prevention intervention for adult patients with advanced cancer in four Australian palliative care units that participated in a phase II trial, the ‘PRESERVE pilot study’.

Design: A trial-embedded qualitative study via semi-structured interviews and directed content analysis using Michie’s Behaviour Change Wheel and the Theoretical Domains Framework.

Setting/participants: Thirty-nine …


The Impact Of Covid-19 On Cancer Patients, Their Carers And Oncology Health Professionals: A Qualitative Study, P Butow, P E. Havard, Z Butt, I Juraskova, H Sharpe, H Dhillon, L Beatty, P Beale, M Cigolini, B Kelly, R J. Chan, L Kirsten, Megan Best, J Shaw Jan 2022

The Impact Of Covid-19 On Cancer Patients, Their Carers And Oncology Health Professionals: A Qualitative Study, P Butow, P E. Havard, Z Butt, I Juraskova, H Sharpe, H Dhillon, L Beatty, P Beale, M Cigolini, B Kelly, R J. Chan, L Kirsten, Megan Best, J Shaw

IES Papers and Journal Articles

Objective: Cancer patients, carers and oncology health professionals have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in many ways, but their experiences and psychosocial responses to the pandemic are still being explored. This study aimed to document the experience of Australians living with cancer, family carers, and Oncology health professionals (HPs) when COVID-19 first emerged.

Methods: In this qualitative study, participants (cancer patients currently receiving treatment, family carers and HPs) completed a semi-structured interview exploring their experiences of COVID-19 and the impact it had on cancer care. Participants also completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (patients) and the Depression, Anxiety …


End Stage Kidney Disease Patient Experiences Of Renal Supportive Care In An Australian Teaching Hospital: A Qualitative Study, Eloise Sobels, Megan Best, Steve Chadban, Riona Pais Jan 2022

End Stage Kidney Disease Patient Experiences Of Renal Supportive Care In An Australian Teaching Hospital: A Qualitative Study, Eloise Sobels, Megan Best, Steve Chadban, Riona Pais

IES Papers and Journal Articles

Context

Renal Supportive Care Services (RSCS) were introduced in Australia to provide patient-centred care with a focus on better symptom management and improved quality of life in end stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients managed with or without dialysis. While RSCS have demonstrated clinical benefits with reduced length of hospital stay and symptom burden, there is a gap in understanding the experience of patients referred to RSCS.

Objectives

To identify patient attitudes, beliefs, and perspectives on the RSCS.

Methods

Qualitative interviews were conducted with 20 participants from both dialysis and conservative treatment pathways. Transcripts were then thematically analysed and primary themes …


Exploring Barriers To Domestic Violence Screening Among Culturally And Linguistically Diverse And Migrant Women In A Regional Midwifery Setting, Priscilla Peters, Catherine Harding, Sandra Forde, Narelle Heckendorf, Alexa Seal Jan 2022

Exploring Barriers To Domestic Violence Screening Among Culturally And Linguistically Diverse And Migrant Women In A Regional Midwifery Setting, Priscilla Peters, Catherine Harding, Sandra Forde, Narelle Heckendorf, Alexa Seal

Nursing Papers and Journal Articles

Background: Women are at an increased risk of experiencing domestic violence (DV) from an intimate partner during the antenatal and post-partum period, contributing to poorer health outcomes for mother and baby. The antenatal period presents a critical window of opportunity for screening and intervention. In Australia, screening guidelines vary across state and territory health departments. NSW Health has introduced compulsory antenatal DV screening, however, screening appears to be more commonly deferred for women of CALD and non-English speaking backgrounds suggesting barriers to screening.

Aim: To identify barriers to undertaking DV screening of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) and migrant women …


Cognitive Continuum Theory: Can It Contribute To The Examination Of Confidentiality And Risk-Actuated Disclosure Decisions Of Nurses Practising In Mental Health?, Darren Conlon, Toby Raeburn, Timothy Wand Jan 2022

Cognitive Continuum Theory: Can It Contribute To The Examination Of Confidentiality And Risk-Actuated Disclosure Decisions Of Nurses Practising In Mental Health?, Darren Conlon, Toby Raeburn, Timothy Wand

Nursing Papers and Journal Articles

Nurses practising in mental health are faced with challenging decisions concerning confidentiality if a patient is deemed a potential risk to self or others, because releasing pertinent information pertaining to the patient may be necessary to circumvent harm. However, decisions to withhold or disclose confidential information that are inappropriately made may lead to adverse outcomes for stakeholders, including nurses and their patients. Nonetheless, there is a dearth of contemporary research literature to advise nurses in these circumstances. Cognitive Continuum Theory presents a single-system intuitive-analytical approach to examining and understanding nurse cognition, analogous to the recommended single-system approach to decision-making in …


Ars Moriendi: An Overview Of Approaches To The Art Of Dying, Grief And Loss For Nurses Working In Mental Health, Meagan G.A. Dickerson, Darren Conlon, Toby Raeburn Jan 2022

Ars Moriendi: An Overview Of Approaches To The Art Of Dying, Grief And Loss For Nurses Working In Mental Health, Meagan G.A. Dickerson, Darren Conlon, Toby Raeburn

Nursing Papers and Journal Articles

This historical discussion paper is an overview for nurses working in mental health of medieval and Early Modern texts known as Ars Moriendi literature, which focuses on the art of dying, grief and loss. Primary and secondary historical documents are used to describe Ars Moriendi literature and how historical understandings of death and dying were shaped within a spiritual context. Ars Moriendi concepts are compared with modern Western secularised and medicalised notions to prompt reflection on historical versus modern approaches to dying, grief and loss.


Psychological Predictors Of Advanced Cancer Patients' Preferences For Return Of Results From Comprehensive Tumor Genomic Profiling, Bettina Meiser, Phyllis Butow, Grace Davies, Christine Napier, Timothy Schlub, Nicci Bartley, Ilona Juraskova, Mandy Ballinger, David M. Thomas, Kathy Tucker, David Goldstein, Barbara Biesecker, Megan Best Jan 2022

Psychological Predictors Of Advanced Cancer Patients' Preferences For Return Of Results From Comprehensive Tumor Genomic Profiling, Bettina Meiser, Phyllis Butow, Grace Davies, Christine Napier, Timothy Schlub, Nicci Bartley, Ilona Juraskova, Mandy Ballinger, David M. Thomas, Kathy Tucker, David Goldstein, Barbara Biesecker, Megan Best

IES Papers and Journal Articles

This study assessed the psychological predictors of preferences for return of comprehensive tumor genomic profiling (CTGP) results in patients with advanced cancers, enrolled in the Molecular Screening and Therapeutics Program. Patients completed a questionnaire prior to undergoing CTGP. Of the 1434 who completed a questionnaire, 96% would like to receive results that can guide treatment for their cancer, and preference for receiving this type of result was associated with lower tolerance of uncertainty. Sixty-four percent would like to receive results that cannot guide treatment, and lower tolerance of uncertainty, self-efficacy, and perceived importance were associated with this preference. Fifty-nine …


Validation Of The Knowledge Of Genome Sequencing (Kogs) Scale In Cancer Patients, P Butow, C Napier, R Campbell, N Bartley, Megan Best, M L. Ballinger Jan 2022

Validation Of The Knowledge Of Genome Sequencing (Kogs) Scale In Cancer Patients, P Butow, C Napier, R Campbell, N Bartley, Megan Best, M L. Ballinger

IES Papers and Journal Articles

Introduction: The Knowledge of Genome Sequencing (KOGS) questionnaire was recently developed to measure knowledge of genomic sequencing (GS), with preliminary psychometric data supporting its reliability and validity. The aim of this study was to test the reliability and validity of the KOGS in a larger sample, and to confirm its utility in a cancer setting.

Methods: The Genetic Cancer Risk in the Young (RisC) study recruits participants with a personal history of cancer, to investigate heritable cancer causes and future cancer risk using germline GS. Participants (n = 261) in a psychosocial substudy of RisC completed a questionnaire after consent …


Self-Reported Throwing Volumes Are Not A Valid Tool For Monitoring Throwing Loads In Elite Australian Cricket Players: An Observational Cohort Study, Zachariah Hoyne, Ashley Cripps, Andrea Britt Mosler, Christopher Joyce, Paola Chivers, Rob Chipchase, Myles Murphy Jan 2022

Self-Reported Throwing Volumes Are Not A Valid Tool For Monitoring Throwing Loads In Elite Australian Cricket Players: An Observational Cohort Study, Zachariah Hoyne, Ashley Cripps, Andrea Britt Mosler, Christopher Joyce, Paola Chivers, Rob Chipchase, Myles Murphy

Physiotherapy Papers and Journal Articles

Objectives

To determine the concurrent validity of player self-reported and independently observed throwing volume. Examine whether sex, playing position, or time to upload self-reported data post training influences the accuracy of self-reported throwing loads.

Design

Cross-sectional cohort study.

Methods

A total of 8 female and 18 male elite cricket players participated in the study. Overarm throws from 12 training sessions during the 2020–21 cricket year were observed. Player self-reported throwing volume data were retrieved post training, with the time difference between session completion and self-reported data upload recorded.

Results

A moderate positive correlation was found between self-reported and observed …


The Fit-For-Purpose Model: Conceptualizing And Managing Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain As An Information Problem, Benedict M. Wand, Aidan G. Cashin, James H. Mcauley, Matthew K. Bagg, Gemma M. Orange, G. Lorimer Moseley Jan 2022

The Fit-For-Purpose Model: Conceptualizing And Managing Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain As An Information Problem, Benedict M. Wand, Aidan G. Cashin, James H. Mcauley, Matthew K. Bagg, Gemma M. Orange, G. Lorimer Moseley

Physiotherapy Papers and Journal Articles

Chronic nonspecific low back pain (CNSLBP) is a complex and multifaceted problem. The following Perspective Piece tries to help make sense of this complexity by describing a model for the development and maintenance of persistent low back pain that integrates modifiable factors across the biopsychosocial spectrum. The Fit-for-Purpose model (FFPM) posits the view that chronic nonspecific low back pain represents a state in which the person in pain holds strong and relatively intransient internal models of an immutably damaged, fragile, and unhealthy back, and information that supports these models is more available and trustworthy than information that counters them. This …


Defining The Rate Of Nutritional And Metabolic Derangements After Pancreatic Resection, K L. Percy, Y X. Ooi, C B. Nahm, F Simpson, G Hickey, S Sahni, D Chesher, M Itchins, N Pavlakis, V H. Tsang, R Clifton-Bligh, A J. Gill, J S. Samra, A Mittal Jan 2022

Defining The Rate Of Nutritional And Metabolic Derangements After Pancreatic Resection, K L. Percy, Y X. Ooi, C B. Nahm, F Simpson, G Hickey, S Sahni, D Chesher, M Itchins, N Pavlakis, V H. Tsang, R Clifton-Bligh, A J. Gill, J S. Samra, A Mittal

Medical Papers and Journal Articles

Background and aims: Pancreatic resection is associated with pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI) leading to nutritional consequences. The Pancreatic Nutrition Clinic was established to diagnose and manage PEI through standardised nutritional assessment. In this prospective observational study, we aimed to define the rate of PEI, diabetes mellitus and nutritional abnormalities in patients who underwent pancreatic resection.

Methods: All Pancreatic Nutrition Clinic patients were included for analysis. Clinical data were prospectively obtained at initial assessment. Biochemical data included micronutrient levels, faecal elastase-1 and haemoglobin A1c. Bone mineral density and nutritional assessment were undertaken.

Results: Ninety-eight patients were included. Fifty-nine per cent (58/98) …


Quality Improvement Initiatives In The Care And Prevention Of Fragility Fractures In The Asia Pacific Region, Paul J. Mitchell, Seng Bin Ang, Leilani Basa Mercado-Asis, Reynaldo Rey-Matias, Wen-Shiang Chen, Leon Flicker, Edward Leung, David Choon, Sankara Kumar Chandrasekaran, Jacqueline Clare Therese Close, Hannah Seymour, Cyrus Cooper, Philippe Halbout, Robert Daniel Blank, Yanling Zhao, Jae-Young Lim, Irewin Tabu, Maoyi Tian, Aasis Unnanuntana, Ronald Man Yeung Wong, Noriaki Yamamoto, Ding-Cheng Chan, Joon Kiong Lee, On Behalf Of The Asia Pacific Fragility Fracture Alliance Jan 2022

Quality Improvement Initiatives In The Care And Prevention Of Fragility Fractures In The Asia Pacific Region, Paul J. Mitchell, Seng Bin Ang, Leilani Basa Mercado-Asis, Reynaldo Rey-Matias, Wen-Shiang Chen, Leon Flicker, Edward Leung, David Choon, Sankara Kumar Chandrasekaran, Jacqueline Clare Therese Close, Hannah Seymour, Cyrus Cooper, Philippe Halbout, Robert Daniel Blank, Yanling Zhao, Jae-Young Lim, Irewin Tabu, Maoyi Tian, Aasis Unnanuntana, Ronald Man Yeung Wong, Noriaki Yamamoto, Ding-Cheng Chan, Joon Kiong Lee, On Behalf Of The Asia Pacific Fragility Fracture Alliance

Medical Papers and Journal Articles

Summary: This narrative review summarises ongoing challenges and progress in the care and prevention of fragility fractures across the Asia Pacific region since mid-2019. The approaches taken could inform development of national bone health improvement Road Maps to be implemented at scale during the United Nations ‘Decade of Healthy Ageing’.

Purpose: This narrative review summarises recent studies that characterise the burden of fragility fractures, current care gaps and quality improvement initiatives intended to improve the care and prevention of fragility fractures across the Asia Pacific region.

Methods: The review focuses on published studies, reports and quality improvement …


Physiotherapy For Pain And Disability In Adults With Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (Crps) Types I And Ii, Keith M. Smart, Michael C. Ferraro, Benedict M. Wand, Neil E. O'Connell Jan 2022

Physiotherapy For Pain And Disability In Adults With Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (Crps) Types I And Ii, Keith M. Smart, Michael C. Ferraro, Benedict M. Wand, Neil E. O'Connell

Physiotherapy Papers and Journal Articles

Background: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a painful and disabling condition that usually manifests in response to trauma or surgery and is associated with significant pain and disability. CRPS can be classified into two types: type I (CRPS I) in which a specific nerve lesion has not been identified and type II (CRPS II) where there is an identifiable nerve lesion. Guidelines recommend the inclusion of a variety of physiotherapy interventions as part of the multimodal treatment of people with CRPS. This is the first update of the review originally published in Issue 2, 2016

Objectives: To determine the …


Repeat Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury And Return To Sport In Australian Soccer Players After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With Hamstring Tendon Autograft, Jonathan R. Manara, Lucy J. Salmon, Faisal M. Kilani, Gerardo Zelaya De Camino, Claire Monk, Keran Sundaraj, Leo A. Pinczewski, Justin P. Roe Jan 2022

Repeat Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury And Return To Sport In Australian Soccer Players After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With Hamstring Tendon Autograft, Jonathan R. Manara, Lucy J. Salmon, Faisal M. Kilani, Gerardo Zelaya De Camino, Claire Monk, Keran Sundaraj, Leo A. Pinczewski, Justin P. Roe

Medical Papers and Journal Articles

Background: Soccer is the most commonly played team sport in the world and a high-risk sport for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and subsequent ACL reconstruction (ACLR).

Purpose: To assess the rate of further ACL injury in patients who have undergone ACLR with hamstring tendon autograft after soccer injuries in Australia and to determine factors associated with repeat ACL injury and return to soccer.

Study Design: Case-control study; Level of evidence, 3.

Methods: From a prospectively collected database, a series of 1000 consecutive ACLRs using hamstring autografts performed in soccer players were identified. Patients were surveyed at a minimum 5 …


Gastric Bezoars And Glp-1ra Medications [Data Set], Ritesh Patel, Reginald Lord, Tamara C. Preda Jan 2022

Gastric Bezoars And Glp-1ra Medications [Data Set], Ritesh Patel, Reginald Lord, Tamara C. Preda

Medical Papers and Journal Articles

This dataset relates to journal article: Gastroparesis with bezoar formation in patients treated with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists: Potential relevance for gastric, especially bariatric, surgery.


“It’S About Our Bodies… We Have The Right To Know This Stuff”: A Qualitative Focus Group Study On Australian Women’S Perspectives On Breast Density, Brooke Nickel, Hankiz Dolan, Stacy Carter, Nehmat Houssami, Meagan E. Brennan, Jolyn Hersch, Angela Verde, Lisa Vaccaro, Kirsten Mccaffery Jan 2022

“It’S About Our Bodies… We Have The Right To Know This Stuff”: A Qualitative Focus Group Study On Australian Women’S Perspectives On Breast Density, Brooke Nickel, Hankiz Dolan, Stacy Carter, Nehmat Houssami, Meagan E. Brennan, Jolyn Hersch, Angela Verde, Lisa Vaccaro, Kirsten Mccaffery

Medical Papers and Journal Articles

Objective

This study aimed to explore Australian women’s current knowledge, perspectives and attitudes about breast density (BD); and information needs to inform effective evidence-based communication strategies.

Methods

Fourteen online focus group sessions with a total of 78 women in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia aged 40–74 years without a personal diagnosis of breast cancer were conducted. Audio-recorded data was transcribed and analysed thematically.

Results

Women had a very limited knowledge of BD. Overall, women expressed a preference for more frequent mammograms and/or supplemental screening should they be told they had dense breasts, despite being presented with information on potential …


Care Ethics Framework For Midwifery Practice: A Scoping Review, Kate Buchanan, Elizabeth Newnham, Deborah Ireson, Clare Davison, Sadie Geraghty Jan 2022

Care Ethics Framework For Midwifery Practice: A Scoping Review, Kate Buchanan, Elizabeth Newnham, Deborah Ireson, Clare Davison, Sadie Geraghty

Nursing Papers and Journal Articles

Background: As a normative theory, care ethics has become widely theorized and accepted. However, there remains a lack of clarity in relation to its use in practice, and a care ethics framework for practice. Maternity care is fraught with ethical issues and care ethics may provide an avenue to enhance ethical sensitivity.

Aim: The purpose of this scoping review is to determine how care ethics is used amongst health professions, and to collate the information in data charts to create a care ethics framework and definition for midwifery practice.

Method: The scoping review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting …


Necrosis Is An Independent Predictor Of Disease-Free And Overall Survival In Pancreatic Well-Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumours (Nets): A Proposal To Include It In Grading Systems, Talia L. Fuchs, Angela Chou, Mahsa Ahadi, Amy Sheen, Loretta Sioson, Anubhav Mittal, Jaswinder Samra, Anthony J. Gill Jan 2022

Necrosis Is An Independent Predictor Of Disease-Free And Overall Survival In Pancreatic Well-Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumours (Nets): A Proposal To Include It In Grading Systems, Talia L. Fuchs, Angela Chou, Mahsa Ahadi, Amy Sheen, Loretta Sioson, Anubhav Mittal, Jaswinder Samra, Anthony J. Gill

Medical Papers and Journal Articles

Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) are currently graded using the World Health Organization (WHO) 2019 system, which is based solely on mitotic count and Ki-67 proliferative index. Although necrosis is a well-recognised adverse prognostic feature that is included in the grading systems of NETs of certain types such as pulmonary carcinoid and medullary thyroid carcinoma, there is currently insufficient evidence to support its inclusion in the grading of pancreatic NETs. Therefore, we sought to investigate the prognostic significance of tumour necrosis in our cohort of resected pancreatic NETs, with a view to providing evidence to support its incorporation into the WHO …


Health Risks From Indoor Gas Appliances, Ben Ewald, George Crisp, Marion G. Carey Jan 2022

Health Risks From Indoor Gas Appliances, Ben Ewald, George Crisp, Marion G. Carey

Medical Papers and Journal Articles

Background

Cooking and heating with gas is common in Australian homes and is a risk factor for several important health problems; however, there is little awareness of these risks among doctors or the public. Gas stove use is estimated to cause 12% of childhood asthma in Australia.

Objective

The aim of this article is to help general practitioners identify when gas combustion products such as nitrogen dioxide might be contributing to asthma in children and adults and to alert them to the risks of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, which can be hard to diagnose.

Discussion

There are excellent alternatives to …


Individual Differences And Transfer Of Visual Anticipation In Expert Female Field Hockey Goalkeepers, Khaya Morris-Binelli, Sean Muller, Fleur E.C.A. Van Rens, Allen G. Harbaugh, Simon M. Rosalie Jan 2022

Individual Differences And Transfer Of Visual Anticipation In Expert Female Field Hockey Goalkeepers, Khaya Morris-Binelli, Sean Muller, Fleur E.C.A. Van Rens, Allen G. Harbaugh, Simon M. Rosalie

Physiotherapy Papers and Journal Articles

Significance: Visual anticipation is vital for performance in several domains such as driving, military, and high-speed interceptive sports, as it enables performers to handle severe time constraints. There has been little investigation into individual differences of anticipation skill transfer within a domain, which can guide training of anticipation to improve performance.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate individual differences in the transfer of anticipation within a domain, specifically anticipation of the field hockey penalty corner drag-flick across different opponents.

Methods: Eight female Australian international and national field hockey goalkeepers participated. Goalkeepers completed female and male opponent penalty …


Fracture Liaison: A Crucial Tool In The Fight Against Fragility Fracture, Paul J. Mitchell Jan 2022

Fracture Liaison: A Crucial Tool In The Fight Against Fragility Fracture, Paul J. Mitchell

Medical Papers and Journal Articles

Over the course of the first half of the 21st century the age structure of the human population will have undergone dramatic change, leading to what has been described by the Fragility Fracture Network and the International Osteoporosis Foundation as a new demographic era. In the absence of widespread implementation of systematic approaches to chronic disease management, and prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and fragility fractures in particular, fracture rates among older people will increase significantly by mid-century. The purpose of this narrative review is to characterise the current and projected burden of fragility fractures, evaluate current gaps in delivery …


Navigating Midwifery Solidarity: A Feminist Participatory Action Research Framework, Kate Buchanan, Elizabeth Newnham, Sadie Geraghty, Lisa Whitehead Jan 2022

Navigating Midwifery Solidarity: A Feminist Participatory Action Research Framework, Kate Buchanan, Elizabeth Newnham, Sadie Geraghty, Lisa Whitehead

Nursing Papers and Journal Articles

Background: A core aspect of midwifery philosophy is the optimisation of normal physiology; however, this has been challenged as a radical idea in the medicalisation of birth. Research has demonstrated the benefits of midwifery in improving outcomes for both mothers and babies. The understanding of midwifery benefits fails to reach wider sociocultural contexts as births becomes more medicalised. Midwifery research requires an action arm, to help translate theory to practice and mobilise midwives in solidarity with women towards action and change.

Aim: The aim of this article is to describe a Feminist Participatory Action Research (FPAR) by establishing the philosophical …


Accessing Antenatal Care When You Are Rough Sleeping: Barriers And Enablers, Lisa Wood, Natalie Bogoias Jan 2022

Accessing Antenatal Care When You Are Rough Sleeping: Barriers And Enablers, Lisa Wood, Natalie Bogoias

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