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View article: Australian General Practitioners' Use of Diagnostic Lumbar Spine Imaging for Patients With Acute Low Back Pain: A Qualitative Study
Australian General Practitioners' Use of Diagnostic Lumbar Spine Imaging for Patients With Acute Low Back Pain: A Qualitative Study Open
Background General practitioners (GPs) use of imaging for acute low back pain (LBP) is above guideline recommendations, and the reasons for this remain under‐researched. We examined the perspectives, expectations and information needs of A…
View article: Developing a Collaborative Virtual Biobank to Support Infectious Disease Research
Developing a Collaborative Virtual Biobank to Support Infectious Disease Research Open
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of biospecimens in driving new research, disease understanding and the development of diagnostic tests and treatments. Many infectious disease studies collect samples in an isolated mann…
View article: 39O Four years and 1400+ patient referrals: Achievements of the Australian Rare Cancer Portal
39O Four years and 1400+ patient referrals: Achievements of the Australian Rare Cancer Portal Open
Patients diagnosed with rare cancers (RC, incidence < 6/100,000 person-years) face challenges in accessing RC care and clinical trials. Clinicians are often uncertain how to seek expert guidance. RC trials and research programs have diffic…
View article: Which clinical research questions are the most important? Development and preliminary validation of the Australia & New Zealand Musculoskeletal (ANZMUSC) Clinical Trials Network Research Question Importance Tool (ANZMUSC-RQIT)
Which clinical research questions are the most important? Development and preliminary validation of the Australia & New Zealand Musculoskeletal (ANZMUSC) Clinical Trials Network Research Question Importance Tool (ANZMUSC-RQIT) Open
Background and aims High quality clinical research that addresses important questions requires significant resources. In resource-constrained environments, projects will therefore need to be prioritized. The Australia and New Zealand Muscu…
View article: Dataset for the development of the Australian and New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trials (ANZMUSC) network Research Question Importance Tool (RQIT2.0).
Dataset for the development of the Australian and New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trials (ANZMUSC) network Research Question Importance Tool (RQIT2.0). Open
The datasets come from (1) a web-based survey of ANZMUSC members and (2) an analysis of 200 research papers using the tools developed in this project More description is found in the README file.
View article: Barriers and enablers to monitoring and deprescribing opioid analgesics for chronic non-cancer pain: protocol for a qualitative evidence synthesis using the Theoretical Domains Framework
Barriers and enablers to monitoring and deprescribing opioid analgesics for chronic non-cancer pain: protocol for a qualitative evidence synthesis using the Theoretical Domains Framework Open
Introduction The over-prescription and overuse of opioid analgesics for chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) is a growing issue. Synthesis of evidence about the barriers and enablers to reducing long-term opioid prescribing and use will enable t…
View article: Early development of the Australia and New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trials Network
Early development of the Australia and New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trials Network Open
The Australia and New Zealand Musculoskeletal (ANZMUSC) Clinical Trials Network was formed to build capacity and infrastructure for high‐quality musculoskeletal clinical trials in our region. The purpose of this paper is to describe the st…
View article: Scoping review of priority setting of research topics for musculoskeletal conditions
Scoping review of priority setting of research topics for musculoskeletal conditions Open
Objective Describe research methods used in priority-setting exercises for musculoskeletal conditions and synthesise the priorities identified. Design Scoping review. Setting and population Studies that elicited the research priorities of …
View article: Differences in health literacy profiles of patients admitted to a public and a private hospital in Melbourne, Australia
Differences in health literacy profiles of patients admitted to a public and a private hospital in Melbourne, Australia Open
Our finding of lower health literacy among patients who had received care at a public hospital in comparison to a private hospital, even after adjustment for sociodemographic and language differences, suggests that private hospitals may po…