A stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a multifaceted intervention aimed at improving medicine information handover when patients are discharged from hospital back into the community

开始日期2025-10-01

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The University of Queensland

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Comparison of inguinal fist compression versus commercial windlass tourniquet for reduction in femoral artery blood flow by untrained providers: a superiority, assessor-blinded, cross-over, randomised controlled trial

开始日期2024-09-01

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Gold Coast Hospital

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ACTRN12624000957594 / Not yet recruitingN/AIIT

Effect of Wearables Integrated Technology on HbA1c level in people with Type 2 Diabetes (Wear- IT): Study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

开始日期2024-08-30

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Bond University

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2025-01-01·Journal of Affective Disorders

The effects of treatment, clinical and demographic factors on recovery of orientation after ECT: A care network study

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作者: Waite, Susan ; Sarma, Shanthi ; Branjerdporn, Grace ; Massaneda-Tuneu, Clara ; Martin, Donel M ; Zeng, Celeste ; Dong, Vanessa ; Barreiros, Ana Rita ; Loo, Colleen

BACKGROUNDTime to reorientation after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been shown to predict retrograde amnesia and is a useful measure for monitoring patients over the acute treatment course. This study investigated the effects of treatment, clinical and demographic factors on the recovery of orientation after ECT.METHODSData from 555 ECT patients across two different clinical CARE Network sites were analysed. The main outcome variable was recovery of orientation on the 10-Item Orientation Questionnaire assessed after every ECT treatment. A linear mixed-effects repeated measures model was used to predict the recovery of orientation across the ECT course based on multiple factors, including age, gender, electrode montage, ECT number and frequency, diagnosis, and baseline cognitive impairment.RESULTSType of ECT demonstrated a significant effect (F(2, 2341) = 48.414, p = 0.000): individuals who received right unilateral (RUL) ultrabrief ECT or bifrontal ECT had higher orientation scores compared to those who received RUL brief pulse ECT. Older age groups and female patients had lower orientation scores. Baseline global cognitive functioning significantly influenced orientation scores (F(3, 2339) = 43.597, p = 0.000), with individuals with no or mild cognitive impairment exhibiting higher scores.LIMITATIONSThe study involved a retrospective analysis of de-identified data, which may have introduced inherent biases with missing data.CONCLUSIONSThis large-scale retrospective, real-world study showed that recovery of orientation after ECT was most affected by ECT type, though age, gender, and baseline level cognitive impairment also affected outcomes. These findings can inform the interpretation of post ECT orientation scores, facilitating its monitoring and optimisation of patient outcomes.

2024-12-31·Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice

Exploring antimicrobial stewardship education and training support for community pharmacists in the United Kingdom

作者: Aldeyab, Mamoon A ; Martin, Sandra J ; Bakhit, Mina ; Frost, Kevin J ; Hawksworth, Gillian ; Chadwick, Sarah

2024-12-06·Accountability in Research

Is requiring Research Integrity Advisors a useful policy for improving research integrity? A census of advisors in Australia

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作者: Borg, David N ; Barnett, Adrian G ; Glasziou, Paul ; Beckett, Emma

Research Integrity Advisors are used in Australia to provide impartial guidance to researchers who have questions about any aspect of responsible research practice. Every Australian institution conducting research must provide access to trained advisors. This national policy could be an important part of creating a safe environment for discussing research integrity issues and thus resolving issues. We conducted the first formal study of advisors, using a census of every Australian advisor to discover their workload and attitudes to their role. We estimated there are 739 advisors nationally. We received responses to our questions from 192. Most advisors had a very light workload, with an median of just 0.5 days per month. Thirteen percent of advisors had not received any training, and some advisors only discovered they were an advisor after our approach. Most advisors were positive about their ability to help colleagues deal with integrity issues. The main desired changes were for greater advertising of their role and a desire to promote good practice rather than just supporting potential issues. Advisors might be a useful policy for supporting research integrity, but some advisors need better institutional support in terms of training and raising awareness.

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2022-10-26

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3 wearable health projects in Australia score federal funding

The Australian government has awarded grants to research projects working on wearable technology to improve health monitoring for Australians. A project at Curtin University, which has been provided with A$1.5 million ($950,000) funding, will develop and test wearable sensors to monitor the movement of children with cerebral palsy who are unable to walk. Another project at the University of New South Wales (A$1.9 million or $1.2 million) will try out a cuffless blood pressure device in adults with hypertension. A Bond University project (A$1.09 million or $700,000) will combine data from wearable devices and patients' medical records to help people with Type 2 diabetes set goals and monitor their progress on physical activity, blood sugar, and BP control. These projects are expected to be completed within five years, according to a media release. THE LARGER CONTEXT Last year, the Australian government set aside A$10 million ($7 million) for the Primary Health Care Research Initiative grant under the Medical Research Future Fund. The grant is supporting research projects that are testing and implementing new applications of existing wearable electronic devices and examining ways to deliver point-of-care testing in rural and remote areas. In other news, East Metropolitan Health in Western Australia is currently deploying wearable devices across emergency departments as part of its Health in a Virtual Environment service. ON THE RECORD "New health technologies and tools such as wearable health technologies and point-of-care testing have the potential to transform primary health care. By putting existing new technologies to the test, these research projects could lead to rapid improvements in health outcomes for people with chronic conditions and for First Australians and others living in remote areas," Senator Malarndirri McCarthy, Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health, commented.