Publications by authors named "D Berkovic"
Background: Living guidelines contain continually updated, and potentially changing, clinical recommendations. The implications of living guidelines for consumers (e.g.
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- - This study forecasts the future prevalence of arthritis in Australia up to 2040, which helps in planning health services and policies based on expected population growth and aging trends.
- - Data was sourced from national health surveys to project specific arthritis types, estimating that 5.39 million people will have arthritis by 2040, marking a 31% increase from 2025.
- - The projections include anticipated numbers for osteoarthritis (3.11 million), rheumatoid arthritis (749,000), and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (about 8,500), highlighting the importance of addressing this growing health issue.
Background: Internationally, person-centred care (PCC) is embedded in the language of regulations and mandated to be practised in residential aged care (RAC). Despite this, PCC has not been fully adopted in RAC in Australia and internationally, and concerns about the quality of care persist. Over the past 2 decades, Montessori for dementia and ageing has been introduced in RAC to support and inform a cultural change towards PCC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: We aimed to systematically review contemporary evidence on the barriers and enablers to implementing and sustaining short-stay arthroplasty programs for elective primary total hip and knee replacement from the perspectives of patients, health professionals, carers, healthcare administrators, funders and policymakers and to map the findings to the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF).
Methods: Medline, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were searched (up to 19 August 2023). Primary qualitative or mixed-methods studies reporting on perspectives relating to the review aims that utilised a short-stay programme were eligible for inclusion.
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- A study was conducted to explore the workload perceptions of intensive care nurses caring for patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in a high-volume ECMO center in Australia.* -
- Utilizing qualitative interviews with 30 ECMO-trained nurses, three main themes were identified: opportunities for professional growth, the importance of knowledge and responsibilities, and the impact of systems on nurses' workload.* -
- The findings highlight the need for advanced clinical skills among ECMO nurses, emphasizing their motivation for skill acquisition and the necessity for a well-trained nursing workforce to manage critically ill patients effectively.*