Publications 2018
Research Articles
- Elshami, M.S., Alkhatib, M., Elshami, A., Abu-Nemer, K., Qandeel, A., Hana, M., Alshorbassi, N., Matar, G., Baraka, O., Elblbessy, M. and Albarqouni, L., 2018. 1568PD Public awareness of cancer in the Gaza-Strip: A cross-sectional study. Annals of Oncology, 29(suppl_8), pp.mdy297-012.
- Albarqouni, L., Elessi, K. and Abu-Rmeileh, N.M., 2018. A comparison between health research output and burden of disease in Arab countries: evidence from Palestine. Health research policy and systems, 16(1), 25.
- Price, A., Albarqouni, L., Kirkpatrick, J., Clarke, M., Liew, S.M., Roberts, N., Burls, A., 2018. Patient and public involvement in the design of clinical trials: An overview of systematic reviews. Journal of evaluation in clinical practice, 24(1), 240-253.
- Rasmussen, M., Platell, C., Jones, M., 2018. Monitoring excess unplanned return to theatre following colorectal cancer surgery. ANZ journal of surgery, 88(11), 1168-1173.
- Kelly, J., Reidlinger, D., Hoffmann, T., Campbell, K., 2018. Patient experiences of dietary management in chronic kidney disease: a focus group study. Journal of Renal Nutrition, S1051-2276(17): 30192-9.
- Soon, J., Traeger, A.C., Elshaug, A.G., Cvejic, E., Maher, C.G., Doust, J.A., Mathieson, S., McCaffery, K. and Bonner, C., 2018. Effect of two behavioural ânudgingâ interventions on management decisions for low back pain: a randomised vignette-based study in general practitioners. BMJ Qual Saf, bmjqs-2018-008659.
- Thomas, R., Spence, M., Roy, R. and Beller, E., 2018. 62 A randomised on-line survey to explore how disease labels, psychological traits and illness risk perceptions affect behavioural intentions. BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, 23(Suppl_2), A29.
- Ewald, B., Del Mar, C., & Hoffmann, T., 2018. Quantifying the benefits and harms of various preventive health activities. Australian Journal of General Practice, 47(12), 842-845.
- Fitzpatrick, T., Perrier, L., Shakik, S., Cairncross, Z., Tricco, A.C., Lix, L., Zwarenstein, M., Rosella, L. and Henry, D., 2018. Assessment of Long-term Follow-up of Randomized Trial Participants by Linkage to Routinely Collected Data: A Scoping Review and Analysis. JAMA network open, 1(8), e186019.
- Furuya-Kanamori, L., Walker, R.M., Gillespie, B.M., Clark, J., Doi, S.A. and Thalib, L., 2018. Effectiveness of Different Topical Treatments in the Healing of Pressure Injuries: A Network Meta-analysis. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, S1525-8610(18)30583-8
- Stehlik, P., Frotjold, A., & Schneider, C. R., 2018. Effect of hospital simulation tutorials on nursing and pharmacy student perception of interprofessional collaboration: Findings from a pilot study. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 32(1), 115-117.
- Scanlan, J. N., Lannin, N. A., Hoffmann, T., Stanley, M., & Mcdonald, R., 2018. Impact of adjusting for inter-rater variability in conference abstract ranking and selection processes. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 65(1), 54-62.
- Chalmers, I., Oxman, A.D., Austvoll-Dahlgren, A., Ryan-Vig, S., Pannell, S., Sewankambo, N., Semakula, D., Nsangi, A., Albarqouni, L., Glasziou, P. and Mahtani, K., 2018. Key concepts for informed health choices: A framework for helping people learn how to assess treatment claims and make informed choices. Evidence-Based Medicine, 23(1), 29-33.
- Scott, A.M., Beller, E.M., Clark, J., Roos, K., Grimwood, K., Little, P. and Del Mar, C.B., 2018. Probiotics for preventing acute otitis media in children (protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD012941
- SchĂŒnemann, H., Montori, V., Glasziou, P. and Guyatt, G., 2018. When Can We Be Confident about Estimates of Treatment Effects? The Medical Roundtable General Medicine Edition, 1(3): 178-184
- Simes, J., Robledo, K.P., White, H.D., Espinoza, D., Stewart, R.A., Sullivan, D.R., Zeller, T., Hague, W., Nestel, P.J., Glasziou, P.P. and Keech, A.C., 2018. D-dimer predicts long-term cause-specific mortality, cardiovascular events and cancer in stable coronary heart disease patients: the LIPID study. Circulation, 138:712-723
- Albarqouni, L., Glasziou, P. and Hoffmann, T., 2018. Completeness of the reporting of evidenceâbased practice educational interventions: a review. Medical education, 52(2), 161-170.
- Furuya-Kanamori, L., Sedrakyan, A., Onitilo, A.A., Bagheri, N., Glasziou, P. and Doi, S.A., 2018. Differentiated thyroid cancer: millions spent with no tangible gain? Endocrine-related cancer, 25(1), 51-57.
- Bonner, C., Bell, K., Jansen, J., Glasziou, P., Irwig, L., Doust, J. and McCaffery, K., 2018. Should heart age calculators be used alongside absolute cardiovascular disease risk assessment? BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 18(1), 19.
- Al-Barqouni, N., Al Shorafa, A., Dabour, B., Abed, S. and Albarqouni, L., 2018. Management of acute meningococcal septicaemia in Al-Nasser Paediatric Hospital: a retrospective cohort study. The Lancet, 391, S27.
- Albarqouni, L., Abu-Rmeileh, N., Elessi, K., Obeidallah, M., Bjertness, E. and Chalmers, I., 2018. The quality of medical and public health research from Palestinian institutions: a survey-based study. The Lancet, 391, S16.
- Jolliffe, L., Lannin, N.A., Cadilhac, D.A. and Hoffmann, T., 2018. Systematic review of clinical practice guidelines to identify recommendations for rehabilitation after stroke and other acquired brain injuries. BMJ open, 8(2), e018791.
- Nickel, B., Brito, J.P., Moynihan, R., Barratt, A., Jordan, S. and McCaffery, K., 2018. Patientsâ experiences of diagnosis and management of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: a qualitative study. BMC cancer, 18(1), 242.
- Hoffmann, T., Jansen, J. and Glasziou, P., 2018. The importance and challenges of shared decision making in older people with multimorbidity. PLoS Med, 15(3), e1002530.
- Ranakusuma, R.W., Pitoyo, Y., Safitri, E.D., Thorning, S., Beller, E.M., Sastroasmoro, S. and Del Mar, C., 2018. Systemic corticosteroids for acute otitis media in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev., 3, CD012289.
- Albarqouni, L., Elessi, K. and Abu-Rmeileh, N., 2018. The relation between health research output and burden of disease in Palestine: a systematic review. The Lancet, 391, S23.
- Traeger, A.C., Reed, B.J., OâConnor, D.A., Hoffmann, T.C., Machado, G.C., Bonner, C., Maher, C.G. and Buchbinder, R., 2018. Clinician, patient and general public beliefs about diagnostic imaging for low back pain: protocol for a qualitative evidence synthesis. BMJ open, 8(2), e019470.
- Pathirana, T.I. and Jackson, C.A., 2018. Socioeconomic status and multimorbidity: a systematic review and metaâanalysis. Aust N Z J Public Health, 42(2), 186-194.
- Alyacoubi, S., Abuowda, Y., Albarqouni, L., Böttcher, B. and Elessi, K., 2018. Inpatient management of community-acquired pneumonia at the European Gaza Hospital: a clinical audit. The Lancet, 391, S40.
- Alkhatib, M.N., Abd-Alghafoor, T., Elmassry, A., Albarqouni, L., Böttcher, B. and Alfaqawi, M., 2018. Management of acute ischaemic stroke at Nasser Hospital, Gaza Strip: a clinical audit. The Lancet, 391, S28.
- Karmali, K.N., Lloyd-Jones, D.M., van der Leeuw, J., Goff Jr, D.C., Yusuf, S., Zanchetti, A., Glasziou, P., et al., 2018. Blood pressure-lowering treatment strategies based on cardiovascular risk versus blood pressure: A meta-analysis of individual participant data. PLoS Med, 15(3), e1002538.
- Djulbegovic, B., Glasziou, P., Klocksieben, F.A., Reljic, T., VanDenBergh, M., Mhaskar, R., Ioannidis, J.P. and Chalmers, I., 2018. Larger effect sizes in nonrandomized studies are associated with higher rates of EMA licensing approval. J Clin Epidemiol, 98, 24-32.
- Byambasuren, O., Sanders, S., Beller, E., Glasziou, P., 2018. Prescribable mHealth apps identified from an overview of systematic reviews. npj Digital Medicine, 1: 12
- Wangdi, K., Furuya-Kanamori, L., Clark, J., Barendregt, J.J., Gatton, M.L., Banwell, C., Kelly, G.C., Doi, S.A., Clements, A.C., 2018. Comparative effectiveness of malaria prevention measures: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Parasites & Vectors, 11(1), 210.
- Scott, A.M., Beller, E., Glasziou, P., Clark, J., Ranakusuma, R.W., Byambasuren, O., Bakhit, M., Page, S.W., Trott, D., Del Mar, C., 2018. Is antimicrobial administration to food animals a direct threat to human health? A rapid systematic review. International journal of Antimicrobial Agents.
- Cusack, L., Del Mar, C.B., Chalmers, I., Gibson, E. and Hoffmann, T.C., 2018. Educational interventions to improve peopleâs understanding of key concepts in assessing the effects of health interventions: a systematic review. Systematic reviews, 7(1), 68.
- Doiron, K.A., Hoffmann, T.C. and Beller, E.M., 2018. Early intervention (mobilization or active exercise) for critically ill adults in the intensive care unit. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 3, CD010754.
- Wenke, R.J., Thomas, R., Hughes, I. and Mickan, S., 2018. The effectiveness and feasibility of TREAT (Tailoring Research Evidence and Theory) journal clubs in allied health: a randomised controlled trial. BMC Medical Education, 18(1), 104.
- Bonner, C., McKinn, S., Lau, A., Jansen, J., Doust, J., Trevena, L. and McCaffery, K., 2018. Heuristics and biases in cardiovascular disease prevention: How can we improve communication about risk, benefits and harms?. Patient Education and Counseling, 101(5), 843-853.
- Cleo, G., Hersch, J. and Thomas, R., 2018. Participant experiences of two successful habit-based weight-loss interventions in Australia: a qualitative study. BMJ open, 8(5), e020146.
- Tsafnat, G., Glasziou, P., Karystianis, G. and Coiera, E., 2018. Automated screening of research studies for systematic reviews using study characteristics. Systematic reviews, 7(1), 64.
- Beller, E., Clark, J., Tsafnat, G., Adams, C., Diehl, H., Lund, H., Ouzzani, M., Thayer, K., Thomas, J., Turner, T., Xia, J., Robinson, K., Glasziou, P. 2018. Making progress with the automation of systematic reviews: principles of the International Collaboration for the Automation of Systematic Reviews (ICASR). Systematic reviews, 7(1), 77.
- Lum, E.P., Page, K., Whitty, J.A., Doust, J. and Graves, N., 2018. Antibiotic prescribing in primary healthcare: Dominant factors and trade-offs in decision-making. Infection, Disease & Health, 23(2), 74-86.
- Ho, C.L.B., Breslin, M., Doust, J., Reid, C.M. and Nelson, M.R., 2018. Effectiveness of blood pressure-lowering drug treatment by levels of absolute risk: post hoc analysis of the Australian National Blood Pressure Study. BMJ open, 8(3), e017723.
- Campbell, M., Katikireddi, S.V., Hoffmann, T., Armstrong, R., Waters, E. and Craig, P., 2018. TIDieR-PHP: a reporting guideline for population health and policy interventions. BMJ, 361, k1079.
- Alser, O., Tahboub, H., Al-Slaibi, I., Abuowda, Y., Elshami, M. R., and Albarqouni, L., 2018. Epidemiology of surgical site infections after gastrointestinal surgery in gaza strip & west bank, palestine: A multi-centre, prospective cohort study. International Journal of Surgery, 55: S39
- Scott, A.M., Clark, J., Dooley, L., Jones, A., Jones, M. and Del Mar, C., 2018. Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Groupâs Stakeholder Engagement Project identified systematic review priority areas. Journal of clinical epidemiology, 102:63-68.
- Cardona, M., Kellett, J., Lewis, E., Brabrand, M. and NĂ ChrĂłinĂn, D., 2018. Truth disclosure on prognosis: Is it ethical not to communicate personalised risk of death?. International journal of clinical practice, e13222.
- Albarqouni, L., Hoffmann, T., Glasziou P., 2018. Evidence-based practice educational intervention studies: A systematic review of what is taught and how it is measured. BMC Medical Education. 18(1):177.
- Howick, J., Hoffmann, T. (2018). How placebo characteristics can influence estimates of intervention effects in trials. CMAJ, 190(30), E908-E911.
- Bakhit, M., Hoffmann, T., Scott, A. M., Beller, E., Rathbone, J., & Del Mar, C., 2018. Resistance decay in individuals after antibiotic exposure in primary care: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Medicine, 16(1), 126.
- Nickel, B., Moynihan, R., Barratt, A., Brito, J. P., & McCaffery, K., 2018. Renaming low risk conditions labelled as cancer. BMJ, 362:k3322
- Nickel, B., Howard, K., Brito, J.P., Barratt, A., Moynihan, R., McCaffery, K., 2018. Association of Preferences for Papillary Thyroid Cancer Treatment With Disease Terminology: A Discrete Choice Experiment. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg.
- Wood, E., Albarqouni, L., Tkachuk, S., Green, C.J., Ahamad, K., Nolan, S., McLean, M., Klimas, J., 2018. Will This Hospitalized Patient Develop Severe Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome?: The Rational Clinical Examination Systematic Review. JAMA, 320(8), 825-833.
- Vernooij, R.W., Lytvyn, L., Pardo-Hernandez, H., Albarqouni, L., Canelo-Aybar, C., Campbell, K. and Agoritsas, T., 2018. Values and preferences of men for undergoing prostate-specific antigen screening for prostate cancer: a systematic review. BMJ open, 8(9), e025470.
- Degeling, C., Barratt, A., Aranda, S., Bell, R., Doust, J., Houssami, N., Hersch, J., Sakowsky, R., Entwistle, V. and Carter, S.M., 2018. Should women aged 70â74 be invited to participate in screening mammography? A report on two Australian community juries. BMJ open, 8(6), e021174.
- Jones, M., Tett, S. E., & Del Mar, C., 2018. Psychiatric adverse events in oseltamivir prophylaxis trials: Novel comparative analysis using data obtained from clinical study reports.Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 27(11), 1217-1222
- Nickel, B., Barratt, A., McGeechan, K., Brito, J. P., Moynihan, R., Howard, K., & McCaffery, K., 2018. Effect of a Change in Papillary Thyroid Cancer Terminology on Anxiety Levels and Treatment Preferences: A Randomized Crossover Trial. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 144(10): 867-874
- Bakhit, M., Del Mar, C., Gibson, E. and Hoffmann, T., 2018. Shared decision making and antibiotic benefit-harm conversations: an observational study of consultations between general practitioners and patients with acute respiratory infections. BMC Family Practice, 19(1), 165.
- Nayak, A., Hayen, A., Zhu, L., McGeechan, K., Glasziou, P., Irwig, L., Doust, J., Gregory, G. and Bell, K., 2018. Legacy effects of statins on cardiovascular and all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis. BMJ open, 8(9), e020584.
- Tricco, A.C., Moore, J.E., Beben, N., Brownson, R.C., Chambers, D.A., Dolovich, L.R., Edwards, A., Fairclough, L., Glasziou, P.P., et al., 2018. Sustaining knowledge translation interventions for chronic disease management in older adults: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Systematic reviews, 7(1), 140.
- Glasziou, P. and Aronson, J.K., 2018. A brief history of clinical evidence updates and bibliographic databases. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 111(8), 292-301.
- Lamberink, H.J., Otte, W.M., Sinke, M.R., Lakens, D., Glasziou, P.P., Tijdink, J.K. and Vinkers, C.H., 2018. Statistical power of clinical trials increased while effect size remained stable: an empirical analysis of 136,212 clinical trials between 1975 and 2014. Journal of clinical epidemiology, 102, 123-128.
- Keijzers, G., Fatovich, D.M., EgertonâWarburton, D., Cullen, L., Scott, I.A., Glasziou, P. and Croskerry, P., 2018. Deliberate clinical inertia: Using metaâcognition to improve decisionâmaking. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 30(4), 585-590.
- Shen, H.N., Lin, C.C., Hoffmann, T., Tsai, C.Y., Hou, W.H. and Kuo, K.N., 2018. The relationship between health literacy and perceived shared decision making in patients with breast cancer. Patient education and counseling.
- Ranakusuma, R.W., McCullough, A.R., Safitri, E.D., Pitoyo, Y., Del Mar, C.B. and Beller, E.M., 2018. Oral prednisolone for acute otitis media in children: protocol of a pilot randomised, open-label, controlled study (OPAL study). Pilot and feasibility studies, 4(1), 146.
- Holloway, K.A., Kotwani, A., Batmanabane, G., Santoso, B., Ratanawijitrasin, S. and Henry, D., 2018. Promoting quality use of medicines in South-East Asia: reports from country situational analyses. BMC health services research, 18(1), 526.
- Pyper, E., Henry, D., Yates, E.A., Mecredy, G., Ratnasingham, S., Slegers, B. and Walker, J.D., 2018. Walking the Path Together: Indigenous Health Data at ICES. Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.), 20(4), 6-9.
- Cardona, M., Lewis, E.T., Kristensen, M.R., et al., 2018. Predictive validity of the CriSTAL tool for short-term mortality in older people presenting at Emergency Departments: a prospective study. European Geriatric Medicine, 9(6): 891-901
- Glasziou, P. and Chalmers, I., 2018. Research waste is still a scandalâan essay by Paul Glasziou and Iain Chalmers. BMJ, 363, k4645.
- Jacklyn, G., McGeechan, K., Houssami, N., Bell, K., Glasziou, P.P. and Barratt, A., 2018. Overdiagnosis due to screening mammography for women aged 40 years and over.Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 7. Art. No.: CD013076.
- Elshami, M., Abu Kmeil, H., Abu-Jazar, M., âŠ, Albarquoni, L., Böttcher, B., 2018. Breast Cancer Awareness and Barriers to Early Presentation in the Gaza-Strip: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of global oncology, 4, 1-13.
- Moynihan, R., Barratt, A.L., Buchbinder, R., Carter, S.M., Dakin, T., Donovan, J., Elshaug, A.G., Glasziou, P.P., Maher, C.G., McCaffery, K.J. and Scott, I.A., 2018. Australia is responding to the complex challenge of overdiagnosis. Medical Journal of Australia, 209(8), 332-334.
- Trankle, S.A., Shanmugam, S., Lewis, E., Nicholson, M., Hillman, K. and Cardona, M., 2018. Are We Making Progress on Communication with People Who Are Near the End of Life in the Australian Health System? A Thematic Analysis. Health Communication, 1-10.
- Bakhit, M., Del Mar, C., Scott, A.M. and Hoffmann, T., 2018. An analysis of reporting quality of prospective studies examining community antibiotic use and resistance. Trials, 19(1), 656.
- Santer, M., Lalonde, A., Francis, N.A., Smart, P., Hooper, J., Teasdale, E., Del Mar, C., Chalmers, J.R. and Thomas, K.S., 2018. Management of cellulitis: current practice and research questions. Br J Gen Pract, 68(677), 595-596.
- Cardona, M., OâSullivan, M., Lewis, E.T., Turner, R.M., Garden, F., Alkhouri, H., Asha, S., Mackenzie, J., Perkins, M., Suri, S. and Holdgate, A., 2018. Prospective Validation of a Checklist to Predict Shortâterm Death in Older Patients After Emergency Department Admission in Australia and Ireland. Academic Emergency Medicine.
- Albarqouni, L., Hoffmann, T., Straus, S. E., Olsen, N. R., Young, T., Ilic, D., ⊠Glasziou, P., 2018. Core Competencies in Evidence-Based Practice for Health Professionals Consensus Statement Based on a Systematic Review and Delphi Survey. JAMA Network Open, 1(2), 180281.
- Lachaud, J., Donnelly, P., Henry, D., Kornas, K., Fitzpatrick, T., Calzavara, A., ... & Rosella, L., 2018. Characterising violent deaths of undetermined intent: a population-based study, 1999â2012. Injury prevention, 24(6), 424-430.
- Gomes, T., Jain, S., Paterson, J. M., Sketris, I., Caetano, P., Henry, D., & Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES) Investigators, 2018. Trends and uptake of new formulations of controlledârelease oxycodone in Canada. Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety, 27(5), 520-525.
- Rosella, L., Kornas, K., Huang, A., Bornbaum, C., Henry, D., & Wodchis, W.P., 2018. Accumulation of chronic conditions at the time of death increased in Ontario from 1994 To 2013. Health Affairs, 37(3), 464-472.
- Walker, J., Pyper, E., Jones, C. R., Khan, S., Chong, N., Legge, D., ... & Henry, D., 2018. Unlocking First Nations health information through data linkage. International Journal of Population Data Science, 3(1).
Other
- Doust, J., Glasziou, P., 2018. High-Sensitivity Troponin Highlights the Need for New methods to Evaluate Diagnostic Tests. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes,11:e004468
- Bell, K.J.L., Doust, J., Glasziou, P., 2018. Incremental Benefits and Harms of the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association High Blood Pressure Guideline. JAMA Intern Med, 178(6):755-757
- Carter, S.M., Barratt, A., Doust, J., Degeling, C., 2018. Defining, estimating, and communicating overdiagnosis in cancer screening. Annals of Internal Medicine, 169(11), 823-824.
- Shokraneh, F., Adams, C.E., Clarke, M., Amato, L., Bastian, H., Beller, E., Brassey, J., Buchbinder, R., Davoli, M., Del Mar, C. and Glasziou, P., 2018. Why Cochrane should prioritise sharing data. BMJ, 362, p.k3229.
- Stehlik, P., Rosella, L. and Henry, D., 2018. Commentary: Renewed controversy over cardiovascular risk with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Int J Epidemiol, 47(2): 362-367.
- Henry, D., Stehlik, P., Rosella, L., 2018. Response to authors re commentary: Renewed controversy over cardiovascular risk with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Int J Epidemiol, 47(2): 675-676
- Henry, D., Stehlik, P., Camacho, X., Pearson, S.A., 2018. Access to routinely collected data for population health research: Experiences in Canada and Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.
- Henry, D., Buajitti, E. and Rosella, L., 2018. Regional Inequalities in All-Cause and Premature Mortality in Ontario. HealthcarePapers, 17(3), 28-34.