17 results match your criteria: "4334University of Sydney[Affiliation]"
Percept Mot Skills
April 2023
Motor Behavior Department, 185142Sport Sciences Research Institute (SSRI) of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
Motor competence (MC) has been extensively examined in children and adolescents, but has not been studied among adults nor across the lifespan. The Test of Motor Competence (TMC) assesses MC in people aged 5-85 years. Among Iranians, aged 5-85 years, we aimed to determine the construct validity and reliability of the TMC and to examine associations between TMC test items and the participants' age, sex, and body mass index (BMI).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDementia (London)
November 2022
Health Behaviour Research Collaborative, School of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medicine, 5982University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
Introduction: High quality research involving Indigenous people with cognitive impairment and dementia is critical for informing evidence-based policy and practice. We examined the volume, scope and ethical considerations of research related to dementia with Indigenous populations globally from January 2000-December 2021.
Methods: Studies were included if they were published in English from 2000 to 2021 and provided original data that focused on cognitive impairment or dementia in any Indigenous population.
Dementia (London)
November 2022
School of Psychology and Brain & Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, 4334Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Objectives: Receiving a diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorder is life changing. Primary progressive aphasia is one such disease. Understanding how receiving this diagnosis impacts on individuals may help plan support services.
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December 2022
School of Health Sciences and Social Work, 97562Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.
In this study we investigated the effects of variously derived sources of low-dose caffeine on mood/arousal and cognitive performance. Twenty-two participants (15 men, 7 women; age: 28.2, 9.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAustralas Psychiatry
December 2022
Brain and Mind Centre, 4334University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Objective: Youth with early-onset mood or psychotic disorders are occasionally prescribed metformin to manage cardiometabolic risk. This retrospective study explores the demographic, clinical and metabolic factors associated with metformin prescription youth with mood or psychotic disorders.
Method: Participants included 72 youth with mood or psychotic disorders from a young adult mental health inpatient unit, of which 18 (33%) were newly prescribed metformin, and 54 (66%) were not prescribed metformin.
Australas Psychiatry
December 2022
Brain & Mind Centre, 4334University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Objective: To describe a recent process by which mental health service sector leaders identified key elements of strategic, systemic and structural mental health reform. These elements could guide an incoming Federal government.
Method: The paper describes the process undertaken by the Sydney Mental Health Policy Forum between 2019 and 2022.
Am J Rhinol Allergy
November 2022
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, 8539Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Background: Nonallergic rhinitis (NAR) is characterized by rhinorrhea, nasal obstruction, and sneezing, in the absence of systemic sensitization to allergens. For cases refractory to medical therapy and conservative surgical interventions, more targeted procedures, such as endoscopic vidian neurectomy (EVN) and posterior nasal neurectomy (PNN), including surgical (SPNN) and cryoablative (CPNN) methods, may reduce symptoms of NAR.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy, side effect profile, and complication rate between EVN and PNN for NAR.
Health Informatics J
April 2022
Central Clinical School, 4334University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
With increasing accessibility of the World Wide Web, patients are using it to obtain patient education materials (PEM). With this in mind, our group (surgeons, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, nursing, allied health professionals and academic researchers) developed a comprehensive information resource for patients with head and neck cancer (HNC), the Head and Neck Cancer Australia, formerly Beyond Five website. The aim of this study was to determine patient usability of the Head and Neck Cancer Australia website.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFViolence Against Women
December 2022
4334University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
There is significant global evidence that highlights both the high rates of domestic and family violence (DFV) for women with disabilities and the challenges they can face when navigating and responding to DFV. The purpose of this study was to understand women with physical disabilities' experiences of help-seeking when they did not access generalist DFV services. Presented are the participants' lived experiences of navigating and responding to DFV.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Child Psychol Psychiatry
July 2022
School of Psychology, 4334University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
J Palliat Care
January 2022
Australian Health Services Research Institute, 8691University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Choice and preference are fundamental to person-centered care and supporting personal choice at the end of life should be a priority. This study analyzed the relationship between a person's preferred place of death and other individual variables that might influence their actual place of death by examining the activity of 2 specialist community palliative care services in Australia. This was a cross-sectional study of 2353 people who died between 01 August 2016-31 August 2018; 81% died in their preferred place.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Aging Health
October 2021
Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Hearing loss is associated with higher health expenditures and poor healthcare utilization. This study aims to build on these findings by characterizing the association between hearing status and healthcare-seeking behaviors among Medicare beneficiaries. Cross-sectional log-binominal regression was used to assess the association between self-report hearing and healthcare-seeking behaviors (avoidance or delay of care, personal health concerns, and sharing health status) using the 2016 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey ( = 12,140).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Preoperative malnutrition is common in surgical oncology patients and can have negative effects on postoperative outcomes. Pelvic exenteration is major surgery associated with high morbidity rates. Associations between preoperative malnutrition, determined using the patient-generated subjective global assessment, and postoperative outcomes in this patient cohort has not yet been investigated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPerit Dial Int
March 2021
Department of Nephrology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Background: Beta-trace protein (BTP) is a novel marker for residual kidney function (RKF) without need for urinary collection. We aimed to examine its utility as a tool for estimating RKF in incident peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients.
Methods: This was a post hoc analysis of incident PD patients from the balANZ trial cohort.
Clin EEG Neurosci
July 2021
Department of Neuroscience, 27106Karolinska Institute, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden.
Changes in EEG when moving from an eyes-closed to an eyes-open resting condition result from bottom-up sensory processing and have been referred to as activation. In children, activation is characterized by a global reduction in alpha, frontally present reductions for delta and theta, and a frontal increase for beta. The present study aimed to replicate frontal EEG activation effects using single-channel, dry-sensor EEG, and to extend current understanding by examining developmental change in children.
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September 2020
Division of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, 3925University of Tasmania, Australia.
Background: Peritonitis is a common and serious complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD). PD-associated peritonitis (PDAP) caused by is usually resistant to most antibiotics, resulting in high failure rates. Ceftolozane/tazobactam (C/T) has been shown to be effective in treating urinary tract and intra-abdominal infections caused by beta-lactam resistant and other gram-negative bacteria.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol
November 2020
Faculty of Medicine and Health, Brain and Mind Centre and Central Clinical School, 4334University of Sydney, Camperdown, Sydney, Australia.
Cognitive fluctuations (CFs) are a core diagnostic feature of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Detection of CF is still mostly based on subjective reports from the patient or informant; more quantitative measures are likely to improve the accuracy for the diagnosis of DLB. The purpose of the current study is to test whether performance on the Sustained Attention Response Task (SART) could distinguish those patients with DLB with and without CF.
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