Flinders Clinical Effectiveness - Collected Works
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The implementation of intentional rounding using participatory action research
(Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd, 2013-07-08)‘Intentional’/’hourly rounding’ is defined as regular checks of individual patients carried out by health professionals at set intervals, rather than a response to a summons via a call bell. Intentional rounding places ... -
Current Advance Directive Use in South Australia: Results from the 2012 Spring South Australian Health Omnibus Survey
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2013)Background: Advance directives enable autonomous decision-making for future healthcare and welfare and are an integral part of many advance care planning programs. Current evidence of use of these instruments in South ... -
Use of advance directives by South Australians: Results from the Health Ominbus Survey Spring 2012.
(Australasian Medical Publishing Company Ltd, 2014)Objective: To determine the prevalence of completion of advance directives (ADs) and wills by South Australians aged 15 years and over. Design, setting and participants: Statewide population-based survey of a single member ... -
Dilemmas in assessing performance on fieldwork education placements
(Sense Publishers, 2010)Our students value fieldwork placements and their fieldwork educators highly. They enter our university programs with the goal of joining us in our practice. Competency-based assessment based on observed performance of ... -
Checklist of parent Lidcombe Program administration
(Speech Pathology Australia, 2012)This article outlines the development of a checklist to document parent and child behaviours when implementing Lidcombe Program treatment during structured conversations. We present item development and reliability testing ... -
Estrogen defines the dynamics and destination of transactivated EGF receptor in breast cancer cells: role of S1P3 receptor and Cdc42
(Elsevier, 2013-02-15)Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) receptors mediate transactivation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) by estrogen (E2). Here we report that the amount of intracellular EGFR remains elevated after stimulation of MCF-7 ... -
How effective are programs at managing transition from hospital to home? A case study of the Australian transition care program
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2012-03-14)An increasing demand for acute care services due in part to rising proportions of older people and increasing rates of chronic diseases has led to new models of post-acute care for older people that offer coordinated ... -
Acupuncture to improve live birth rates for women undergoing in vitro fertilization: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2012-05-18)IVF is a costly treatment option for women, their partners, and the public. Therefore new therapies that improve reproductive and health outcomes are highly desirable. There is a growing body of research evaluating the ... -
The relationship between quality of life, health and care transition: an empirical comparison in an older post-acute population
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2012-06-15)Background: The aim of this study was to explore, via empirical comparison, the relationship between quality of life, as measured by the ICECAP-O capability index (a new instrument designed to measure and value quality of ... -
The immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) -related factors are increased in synovial tissue and vasculature of rheumatoid arthritic joints
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2012-11-12)The immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) pathway provides osteoclast co-stimulatory signals and regulates proliferation, survival and differentiation of effector immune cells. In the osteoclast, the receptors ... -
The FLASSH study: protocol for a randomised controlled trial evaluating falls prevention after stroke and two sub-studies
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2009)This randomised controlled trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a multi-factorial falls prevention program for stroke survivors who are at high risk of falling when they return home after rehabilitation. Intervention ... -
Dietary intervention to lower serum cholesterol
(The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, 2009)Interventions that lower LDL-C lower the risk of cardiovascular disease. Comprehensive dietary intervention is indicated in all patients with an absolute 5 year risk for coronary disease of 10% or greater. Short term trials ...
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