Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences, Monash University, Notting Hill, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: janeane.dart@monash.edu.
School of Health Sciences, College of Health, Medicine, and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia; Monash Centre for Scholarship in Health Education, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Science and Health, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia.
Biosecurity Research Program and Training Centre, Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia.
School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Science and Health, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia.
School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Science and Health, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia.
There is evidence that most people are aware of the importance of healthy eating and have a broad understanding regarding types of food that enhance or detract from health. However, greater health lit...
Three group discussions were conducted with a total of 23 participants: (1) young women aged 18-24 with no children; (2) women aged 35-45 with primary school aged children; and (3) men aged 35-50 livi...
We found that food choice was complex, with all five determinants evident from the discussions. However, the "Social environment" sub-category of "Food-external factors", which included family, work, ...
We found that decisions regarding what, when, and how much to eat are seen as heavily influenced by factors outside the control of the individual. It appears, therefore, that a key to improving people...
This study aimed to measure patient-reported health-related quality of life amongst post-partum women in Queensland, Australia....
Patient-reported health-related quality of life data was prospectively collected from 134 post-partum women using the EQ-5D-5L at weekly intervals during the first six weeks following birth. Data acro...
Gestation at birth and weeks post-partum were significantly associated with utility values when considered in a multivariate linear mixed model. Mean utility values increased by 0.01 for every week in...
Maternity services can use our data and methods to establish norms for their own service, and researchers and maternity services can partner to conduct cost-effectiveness analysis using our more relev...
Many Australian adults are not receiving timely or effective diabetes management to prevent or delay the onset of diabetes related complications. Integrated care, a worldwide trend in healthcare refor...
Seventy-two general practice sites (clusters) in New South Wales, Australia received the Diabetes Alliance intervention, creating a non-randomised open cohort stepped wedge trial. The intervention com...
Compared to before Diabetes Alliance, the odds of all practice patients receiving screening tests at or above the recommended intervals were significantly higher for all recommended tests after Diabet...
Integrated care delivered to a small subset of patients with type 2 diabetes across a large geographic region has spillover benefits that improve the process measures and clinical outcomes for all pra...
ACTRN12622001438741; 10th November 2022, retrospectively registered: https://www.anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12622001438741.aspx ....
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a rapid adoption of telehealth care services as a public health strategy to maintain access to essential health care. In Australia, there has been increasing op...
Leveraging data collected by The Sax Institute's 45 and Up COVID Insights study between November 2020 and April 2022, the objective of this study was to identify and describe the sociodemographic and ...
A repeated cross-sectional design was used. The relationships between telehealth use (classified as low, moderate, or high) and selected sociodemographic and health-related characteristics were assess...
Of the 21,830 participants aged ≥65 years, the proportion who indicated adopting telehealth ranged from 50.77% (11,082/21,830) at survey 1 in 2020 to 39.4% (7401/18,782) at survey 5 in 2022. High leve...
This research contributes to the broader understanding of telehealth adoption and use among older adults. As telehealth models of care expand, there is an opportunity to tailor these services to the n...
Vegan and vegetarian dietary patterns are known to beneficially modulate risk factors for cardiovascular disease; however, the current literature does not differentiate between various plant-based die...
A cross-sectional study of Australian adults (n = 230) aged 30-75yrs habitually consuming the following were recruited: vegan, lacto-vegetarian, pesco-vegetarian, semi-vegetarian, or regular meat-eate...
Compared to regular meat-eaters, vegans had significantly lower total cholesterol (-0.77mmol/L,95% CI -1.15, -0.39, P < 0.001), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C, -0.71mmol/L, 95% CI -1.05, -...
Plasma lipaemic and glycaemic measures as a collective were more favourable among vegans, whereas among lacto-ovo vegetarians and semi-vegetarians, only some measures were favourable....
ACTRN12621000743864. Date 6/11/2021....
Centralisation of lung cancer treatment can improve outcomes, but may result in differential access to care for those who do not reside within treatment centres....
We used national-level cancer registration and health care access data and used Geographic Information Systems (GIS) methods to determine the distance and time to access first relevant surgery and fir...
We found that Māori tend to need to travel further (with longer travel times) to access both surgery (median travel distance: Māori 57 km, European 34 km) and radiation therapy (Māori 75 km, European ...
Centralisation of care may often improve treatment outcomes, but it also makes accessing treatment even more difficult for populations who are more likely to live rurally and in deprivation, such as M...
Yeast extract spreads and tomato-based sauces (i.e., ketchup) are consumed regularly by the Australian population. Therefore, there is a need to explore the contribution of these condiments to nutrien...
The present study comprises a secondary analysis of data from the 2011-2012 Australian National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey. Dietary intake data were undertaken for 12,153 Australians aged ...
In total, 19.6% (n = 2384) of the population sample consumed yeast extract spreads and/or tomato-based sauces during the 24-h recall. The percentage contribution of yeast extract spreads to daily inta...
Consumption of yeast extracts and tomato-based sauces contribute to greater intake of key nutrients, such as B-vitamins and beta-carotene, and may assist in meeting key nutrient reference values. Howe...
Cardiovascular disease guidelines recommend that patients with established peripheral artery disease (PAD) are prescribed antihypertensive, lipid-lowering, and antiplatelet medication to reduce cardio...
This was a retrospective observational cohort study of patients in the Midland region of NZ, that underwent PAD-related percutaneous and surgical intervention between 1st January 2010 and 31st Decembe...
There were 2547 patients included. Antihypertensive prescription occurred in 80.7%, lipid-lowering in 77.4% and antithrombotic in 89.9%. Concomitant ischaemic heart disease increased prescription of c...
This study highlights areas of deficiency in prescribing of cardioprotective medication in this high-risk group. These could be targets for national quality improvement initiatives....
Occupational therapists working in low vision rehabilitation make recommendations for assistive technology (AT) and provide training in AT use for people with vision impairment (PVI) to support partic...
This study aimed to explore the perspectives, needs, and recommendations of PVI from Australia and Singapore on smartphone training methods....
An online survey collected data between November 2020 to February 2021. Participants were recruited from Australia and Singapore using purposeful sampling. The survey had three sections: (i) demograph...
Sixty-eight PVI responded to the survey, with 34 (50%) participants from each country. There were more Australians (n = 19/34, 55.9%) who had accessed formal training compared to Singaporeans (n = 11/...
Findings such as providing individualised training, ensuring increased awareness of formal training, and using both formal and informal training methods can be considered by occupational therapists to...
Consumers were involved at the development stage. Three people with vision impairment reviewed and provided feedback on the survey's accessibility and content....
Care transitions from hospital to home for older adults with malnutrition present a period of elevated risk; however, minimal data exist describing the existing practice. This study aimed to describe ...
