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Patient Outcomes In Pain Management: Enterprise One Paediatric Pain Management Service, 2020 Mid Year Report For 1 July 2019 To 30 June 2020, Samuel F. Allingham, Karen Quinsey, Meredith P. Bryce, Kate V. Cameron, Hilarie Tardif

Australian Health Services Research Institute

No abstract provided.

Patient Outcomes In Pain Management: Enterprise One Pain Management Service, 2018 Annual Report For 1 January To 31 December 2018, Megan B. Blanchard, Janelle M. White, Meredith P. Bryce, Julie A. Blacklock, Karen Quinsey, Hilarie Tardif

Australian Health Services Research Institute

ePPOC aims to assist services to improve the quality of the pain management they provide through the analysis and benchmarking of patient outcomes. In this report, data submitted for patients active during the period 1 January to 31 December 2018 are summarised to enable participating services to assess their performance and compare this with outcomes achieved by other services.

Electronic Persistent Pain Outcomes Collaboration Annual Data Report 2018, Hilarie Tardif, Megan B. Blanchard, Karen Quinsey, Meredith P. Bryce, Janelle M. White, Julie A. Blacklock, Kathy Eagar

Australian Health Services Research Institute

ePPOC is a program that aims to improve services and outcomes for people experiencing persistent pain. It involves specialist pain services collecting a standard set of information to measure outcomes for their patients as a result of treatment. Pain services use the information to triage, monitor and plan treatment for individual clients, and also send non-identifiable information to ePPOC for analysis. The results of these analyses are fed back to participating services every six months, allowing pain management services to assess their results, and compare their patients, services and outcomes to other pain management services. ePPOC also uses the information …

Patient Outcomes In Pain Management: Enterprise One Paediatric Pain Management Service, 2018 Annual Report For 1 January To 31 December 2018, Megan B. Blanchard, Meredith P. Bryce, Janelle M. White, Julie A. Blacklock, Karen Quinsey, Hilarie Tardif

Australian Health Services Research Institute

ePPOC aims to assist services to improve the quality of the pain management they provide through the analysis and benchmarking of patient outcomes. In this report, data submitted for patients active during the period 1 January to 31 December 2018 are summarised to enable participating services to assess their performance and compare this with outcomes achieved by other services.

Comparability Of The Australian National Cancer Symptom Trials (Cst) Group's Study Populations To National Referrals To Non-Cst Specialist Palliative Care Services Participating In The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration, Hiromichi Matsuoka, Samuel F. Allingham, Belinda Fazekas, Linda Brown, Zac Vandersman, Katherine Clark, Meera Agar, David C. Currow

Australian Health Services Research Institute

Using the results of Phase III studies in clinical practice depends on how representative study participants are of the clinical population to whom the results will be applied. The closer the characteristics between the subgroup who participate in a clinical trial and the whole population, the easier it is for clinicians to apply the results directly to the patient that he/she is treating. Trial participation is generally more happenstance than a systematic sampling of a population and is limited by eligibility criteria that do not reflect the entire clinical population. Phase III study populations tend to be younger with fewer …

Heterogeneous Effects Of High School Peers On Educational Outcomes, Silvia Mendolia, Alfredo R. Paloyo, Ian Walker

Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)

We investigate peer ability effects on high-stakes test scores at ages 16 and 18, and on the probability of university attendance. To account for endogeneity in peer ability, we use the average ability of the primary school peers of one's secondary school peers, excluding those from the same primary school of the individual, as an instrumental variable for average secondary school peer ability. Our results show that average peer quality has a small effect on an individual's test scores, and a larger proportion of low-quality peers has a significantly detrimental effect on achievements of an average student. Furthermore, peer ability …

Heterogeneous Effects Of High School Peers On Educational Outcomes, Silvia Mendolia, Alfredo R. Paloyo, Ian Walker

Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)

We investigate the relationship between peers' abilities and educational outcomes at the end of high school using data from the rich Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE) matched to the National Pupil Database of children in state schools in England. In particular, we focus on the effect of peers' abilities, measured through achievements in Key Stage 3 (Age 14), on high powered test scores at Ages 16 and 18, and on the probability of attending university. Our identification strategy is based on a measure of the peers of peers' ability. In particular, for each individual, we look at …

Fostering Effective Early Learning: A Review Of The Current International Evidence Considering Quality In Early Childhood Education And Care Programmes - In Delivery, Pedagogy And Child Outcomes, Iram Siraj, Denise Kingston, Cathrine Marguerite Neilsen-Hewett, Steven J. Howard, Edward Melhuish, Marc De Rosnay, Elisabeth Duursma, Betty Luu

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Executive Summary There is a large body of international academic research literature which examines the relationship between (i) early childhood education and care (ECEC) and (ii) children's developmental and learning outcomes. Decades of sustained international research by many different research groups demonstrate that children who attend ECEC are likely to experience better behavioural and learning outcomes than those who do not attend. The research findings are, of course, not always consistent, and are more robust over shorter measurement periods. Nevertheless, major national surveys (e.g. OECD, 2011) and ambitious longitudinal research projects (e.g. the EPPSE study, Sylva et al., 2014) document …

Physical Activity And Fitness Outcomes Of A Lifestyle Intervention For Primary Care Patients With Depression And Anxiety: A Randomised Controlled Trial, Adrienne Forsyth, Frank P. Deane, Peter G. Williams

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Patients currently being treated for depression and/or anxiety were referred by their GP and randomised to a 12-week individually tailored diet and exercise lifestyle intervention or an attention control group. Assessments at baseline and 12 weeks included the Active Australia Survey for self-reported physical activity, chair stands, arm curls and a 3-min step test to measure physical fitness. Intent-to-treat analyses using linear mixed modelling showed both groups significantly improved participation in physical activity and muscular endurance. There were no significant differences in improvement between groups. The only group by time interaction was found for body mass index and indicated greater …

Leading School Communities To Implement A Sustainable School-Wide Model Leading To Enhancing Learning Outcomes For Students With Asd, Amanda A. Webster, Jane Wilkinson

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

The crucial role of school leaders in inclusive schools for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has received more attention in recent years. A pilot study was conducted in three Australian/Queensland schools to trial a shared model of school leadership in implementing a whole school approach for students with ASD. Schools established an ASD leadership team, which was headed up by the school principal and head of special education (HOSE) but also included a classroom teacher, and a parent of a child with ASD. Together the principal and HOSE led the team in assessing their current practices and establishing an …

Comparison Of Rehabilitation Outcomes For Long Term Neurological Conditions: A Cohort Analysis Of The Australian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre Dataset For Adults Of Working Age, Lynne Turner-Stokes, Roxana Vanderstay, Tara L. Stevermuer, Frances D. Simmonds, Fary Khan, Kathy Eagar

Australian Health Services Research Institute

Objective

To describe and compare outcomes from in-patient rehabilitation (IPR) in working-aged adults across different groups of long-term neurological conditions, as defined by the UK National Service Framework.

Design

Analysis of a large Australian prospectively collected dataset for completed IPR episodes (n = 28,596) from 2003-2012.

Methods

De-identified data for adults (16–65 years) with specified neurological impairment codes were extracted, cleaned and divided into ‘Sudden-onset’ conditions: (Stroke (n = 12527), brain injury (n = 7565), spinal cord injury (SCI) (n = 3753), Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) (n = 805)) and ‘Progressive/stable’ conditions (Progressive (n = 3750) and Cerebral palsy (n = …

Participatory Or Deliberative Democracy? Exploring The Mediation Effects Of Perceived Online Deliberation And Online Interactive Activities On Social Outcomes, Kyung Han You, Jeong Kyu Lee, Hyunjin Kang, Eun Go

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Using the structural equation modeling method (N = 811), this study explores the structural relationships among online news consumption, political participation and social trust, with a focus on the mediating effects of online users' deliberative perceptions and news-related online interactive activities. The analysis confirms that users' perceptions of online deliberation exert a significant mediating effect on users' levels of news consumption, political participation, and social trust. Users' interactive civic messaging behaviors, on the other hand, solely enhance participatory intentions. The findings also show that the consumption of political news and the consumption of entertainment news have different effects on users' …

Outcomes Of Rehabilitation For Reconditioning: Falls, Frailty, Care Service Requirements - What Does The National Data Tell Us?, Jacquelin T. Capell, Tara L. Stevermuer, Alexander Tome

Australian Health Services Research Institute

Presentation Outline

• What is AROC?

• AROC data collection

• AROC reconditioning impairment specific data:

• Question -> does the data show any association between level of frailty, falls or weight loss and outcomes (LOS, function, services required)?

Electronic Persistent Pain Outcomes Collaboration National Report 2014, Hilarie Tardif, Megan B. Blanchard, Nicholas Fenwick, Cheryl M. Blissett, Kathy Eagar

Australian Health Services Research Institute

ePPOC is a program which aims to improve services and outcomes for people experiencing chronic pain. It involves specialist pain services collecting a standard set of information to measure outcomes for their patients as a result of treatment. Deidentified information is sent to ePPOC for analysis, and results are fed back to participating services every six months. The information collected by services will also be used to develop a national benchmarking system to set goals and identify best practice within the sector, and will allow a coordinated approach to research into the management of chronic pain in Australasia. ePPOC is …

Early In-Session Cognitive-Emotional Problem-Solving Predicts 12-Month Outcomes In Depression With Personality Disorder, Kye L. Mccarthy, Erhardt Mergenthaler, Brin F. S Grenyer

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Therapist-patient verbalizations reveal complex cognitive-emotional linguistic data. How these variables contribute to change requires further research. Emotional-cognitive text analysis using the Ulm cycles model software was applied to transcripts of the third session of psychotherapy for 20 patients with depression and personality disorder. Results showed that connecting cycle sequences of problem-solving in the third hour predicted 12-month clinical outcomes. Therapist-patient dyads most improved spent significantly more time early in session in connecting cycles, whilst the least improved moved into connecting cycles late in session. For this particular sample, it was clear that positive emotional problem-solving in therapy was beneficial.

The Effects Of Fathers' And Mothers' Reading To Their Children On Language Outcomes Of Children Participating In Early Head Start In The United States, Anna E. Duursma

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

It is well known that reading aloud affects children 's language and literacy development. Little is known though, about fathers reading to their children. This study examined paternal and maternal bookreading frequency among 430 low-income families and investigated whether paternal bookreading and maternal bookreading predicted children 's early language and cognitive development and emergent literacy skills. Results demonstrated that mothers read more frequently to their toddlers than fathers but approximately 55% of fathers reported reading at least weekly to their children. Paternal bookreading at 24 and 36 months significantly predicted children's language and cognitive skills at age 36 months as …

South Australia: Patient Outcomes In Palliative Care: July - December 2013: Report 16, Alanna M. Holloway, Samuel Allingham, Carol Hope, Sabina Clapham, Linda Foskett

Australian Health Services Research Institute

The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) assists services to improve the quality of the palliative care they provide through the analysis and benchmarking of patient outcomes. In this, the sixteenth PCOC report, data submitted for the July to December 2013 period are summarised and patient outcomes benchmarked to enable participating services to assess their performance and identify areas in which they may improve.

New South Wales: Patient Outcomes In Palliative Care: July - December 2013: Report 16, Alanna M. Holloway, Samuel Allingham, Carol Hope, Sabina Clapham, Linda Foskett

Australian Health Services Research Institute

The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) assists services to improve the quality of the palliative care they provide through the analysis and benchmarking of patient outcomes. In this, the sixteenth PCOC report, data submitted for the July to December 2013 period are summarised and patient outcomes benchmarked to enable participating services to assess their performance and identify areas in which they may improve.

Improving National Hospice/Palliative Care Service Symptom Outcomes Systematically Through Point-Of-Care Data Collection, Structured Feedback And Benchmarking, David Currow, Samuel Allingham, Patsy Yates, Claire Johnson, Katherine Clark, Kathy Eagar

Sydney Business School - Papers

Purpose Every health care sector including hospice/palliative care needs to systematically improve services using patient-defined outcomes. Data from the national Australian Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration aims to define whether hospice/palliative care patients' outcomes and the consistency of these outcomes have improved in the last 3 years.

Methods Data were analysed by clinical phase (stable, unstable, deteriorating, terminal). Patient-level data included the Symptom Assessment Scale and the Palliative Care Problem Severity Score. Nationally collected point-of-care data were anchored for the period July-December 2008 and subsequently compared to this baseline in six 6-month reporting cycles for all services that submitted data in …

The Feasibility Of Telephone Follow-Up Interviews For Monitoring Treatment Outcomes Of Australian Residential Drug And Alcohol Treatment Programs, Frank Deane, Peter James Kelly, Trevor Crowe, Geoffrey Lyons, Elizabeth Kate Cridland

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Background: Telephone follow-up interviewing is one method of monitoring treatment outcomes of individuals involved in drug and alcohol treatment programs. The present study is the first to examine the feasibility and generalizability of data obtained from telephone follow-up interviews after drug and alcohol treatment in Australia. Methods: Participants attended 1 of 8 Salvation Army Recovery Service Centres where staff administered outcome measures at intake. Three-month postdischarge telephone follow-up interviews were conducted by researchers from the Illawarra Institute for Mental Health, University of Wollongong. Results: A sample of 700 clients was obtained for follow-up (582 males; 118 females). A 51% follow-up …

Disinvestment Policy And The Public Funding Of Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Outcomes Of Deliberative Engagements With Three Key Stakeholder Groups, Katherine Hodgetts, Janet E. Hiller, Jackie M. Street, D Carter, Annette J. Braunack-Mayer, Amber M. Watt, John R. Moss, Adam Elshaug

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Background

Measures to improve the quality and sustainability of healthcare practice and provision have become a policy concern. In addition, the involvement of stakeholders in health policy decision-making has been advocated, as complex questions arise around the structure of funding arrangements in a context of limited resources. Using a case study of assisted reproductive technologies (ART), deliberative engagements with a range of stakeholder groups were held on the topic of how best to structure the distribution of Australian public funding in this domain.

Methods

Deliberative engagements were carried out with groups of ART consumers, clinicians and community members. The forums …

National Report On Patient Outcomes In Palliative Care In Australia: July - December 2013, Alanna M. Holloway, Samuel Allingham, Carol Hope, Sabina Clapham, Linda Foskett

Australian Health Services Research Institute

The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) assists services to improve the quality of the palliative care they provide through the analysis and benchmarking of patient outcomes. In this, the sixteenth PCOC report, data submitted for the July to December 2013 period are summarised and patient outcomes benchmarked to enable participating services to assess their performance and identify areas in which they may improve.

Queensland: Patient Outcomes In Palliative Care: July - December 2013: Report 16, Alanna M. Holloway, Samuel Allingham, Carol Hope, Sabina Clapham, Linda Foskett

Australian Health Services Research Institute

The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) assists services to improve the quality of the palliative care they provide through the analysis and benchmarking of patient outcomes. In this, the sixteenth PCOC report, data submitted for the July to December 2013 period are summarised and patient outcomes benchmarked to enable participating services to assess their performance and identify areas in which they may improve.

Victoria: Patient Outcomes In Palliative Care: July - December 2013: Report 16, Alanna M. Holloway, Samuel Allingham, Carol Hope, Sabina Clapham, Linda Foskett

Australian Health Services Research Institute

The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) assists services to improve the quality of the palliative care they provide through the analysis and benchmarking of patient outcomes. In this, the sixteenth PCOC report, data submitted for the July to December 2013 period are summarised and patient outcomes benchmarked to enable participating services to assess their performance and identify areas in which they may improve.

Western Australia: Patient Outcomes In Palliative Care: July - December 2013: Report 16, Alanna M. Holloway, Samuel Allingham, Carol Hope, Sabina Clapham, Linda Foskett

Australian Health Services Research Institute

The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) assists services to improve the quality of the palliative care they provide through the analysis and benchmarking of patient outcomes. In this, the sixteenth PCOC report, data submitted for the July to December 2013 period are summarised and patient outcomes benchmarked to enable participating services to assess their performance and identify areas in which they may improve.

Assessment Of Psychosocial Outcomes In Adolescents And Young Adults With Cancer: A Systematic Review Of Available Instruments, Claire E. Wakefield, Pandora Patterson, Fiona Ej Mcdonald, Helen L. Wilson, Esther L. Davis, Ursula Sansom-Daly

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Given the burgeoning body of research relating to the psychosocial needs of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer, this review aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties and appropriateness of the instruments available for use in this unique population. Specifically, we reviewed published instruments developed to assess psychological distress (depression, anxiety, stress, and fear of recurrence), psychological growth (resilience, posttraumatic growth, and benefit finding), unmet needs, coping, quality of life, identity, and mindfulness-based practices and skills in AYAs with cancer. Given the dearth of validated instruments targeting AYAs with cancer, this review also provides a summary of promising measures yet …

The Impact Of Pre-School On Adolescents' Outcomes: Evidence From A Recent English Cohort, Patricia Apps, Silvia Mendolia, Ian Walker

Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)

This paper investigates the relationship between attendance at pre-school school and children's outcomes into early adulthood. In particular, we are interested in: child cognitive development at ages 11, 14 and 16; intentions towards tertiary education; economic activity in early adulthood; a group of non-cognitive outcomes such as risky health behaviour; and personality traits. Using matching methods to control for a very rich set of child and family characteristics, we find evidence that pre-school childcare moderately improves results in cognitive tests at age 11 and 14, and 16. Positive effects are especially noticeable for girls and children from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds. …

National Report On Patient Outcomes In Palliative Care In Australia: July - December 2012: Report 14, Samuel Allingham, Sonia Bird, Malcolm Masso, Maree Banfield

Australian Health Services Research Institute

PCOC aims to assist services to improve the quality of the palliative care they provide through the analysis and benchmarking of patient outcomes. In this, the fourteenth PCOC report, data submitted for the July - December 2012 period are summarised and patient outcomes benchmarked to enable participating services to assess their performance and identify areas in which they may improve.

Householders' Safety-Related Decisions, Plans, Actions And Outcomes During The 7 February 2009 Victorian (Australia) Wildfires, J Mclennan, George A. Elliott, M Omodei, Joshua Whittaker

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: Part B

This study examined decisions made by householders under wildfire threat. Data were obtained from interviews with survivors of severe wildfires in Victoria (Australia) on 7 February 2009 which killed 172 civilians and destroyed more than 2000 homes. Prior to this, Australian fire agency community wildfire safety policy was that residents should: 'Prepare, stay and defend or leave early'. Most of the 223 interviewees who stayed and defended did so because this was their wildfire safety plan, and they believed that they would be successful despite the predicted extreme fire danger weather. In 79% of cases, defence was successful; for the …

Effect Of An Office Worksite-Based Yoga Program On Heart Rate Variability: Outcomes Of A Randomized Controlled Trial, Birinder S. Cheema, Angelique Houridis, Lisa Busch, Verena Raschke-Cheema, Geoffrey W. Melville, Paul W. Marshall, Dennis Chang, Bianca Machliss, Chris Lonsdale, Julia Bowman, Ben Colagiuri

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: Part B

Background

Chronic work-related stress is an independent risk factor for cardiometabolic diseases and associated mortality, particularly when compounded by a sedentary work environment. The purpose of this study was to determine if an office worksite-based hatha yoga program could improve physiological stress, evaluated via heart rate variability (HRV), and associated health-related outcomes in a cohort of office workers.

Methods

Thirty-seven adults employed in university-based office positions were randomized upon the completion of baseline testing to an experimental or control group. The experimental group completed a 10-week yoga program prescribed three sessions per week during lunch hour (50 min per session). …