5 results match your criteria: "Royal Women's and Brisbane Hospital[Affiliation]"

Introduction: While the efficacy of telehealth in musculoskeletal physiotherapy has been supported, its cost effectiveness has not been established. Therefore, the objective of this review was to ascertain the health economic impact of outpatient musculoskeletal physiotherapy delivered by telehealth and describe methodology utilized to date.

Methods: Electronic searching of PubMed, CINHAL, PEDro, and Web of Science databases was undertaken alongside handsearching for publications comprising: population: adults with musculoskeletal disorders managed in any type of outpatient ambulatory setting; intervention: physiotherapy delivered by telehealth comparison: traditional in-person physiotherapy; and, outcomes: economic analyses reporting costs and consequences.

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Accounting for the association of family conflict and heavy alcohol use among adolescent girls: the role of depressed mood.

J Stud Alcohol Drugs

May 2013

Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, University of Queensland, Royal Women's and Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Objective: Heavy alcohol use increases dramatically at age 14, and there is emerging cross-sectional evidence that when girls experience family conflict at younger ages (11-13 years) the risk of alcohol use and misuse is high. This study evaluated the role of family conflict and subsequent depressed mood in predicting heavy alcohol use among adolescent girls.

Method: This was a three-wave longitudinal study with annual assessments (modal ages 12, 13, and 14 years).

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Quality of life among patients with a brain tumor and their carers.

J Psychosom Res

December 2007

School of Public Health and Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Women's and Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Objective: This study assessed the quality of life and psychosocial well-being of brain tumor patients and their carers.

Methods: A cross-sectional postal survey was completed by 75 patients and 70 carers (response rate=29.8%) who were listed in a community-based brain tumor support group database.

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Total laparoscopic hysterectomy: the Brisbane learning curve.

Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol

February 2007

Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer, Royal Women's and Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Background: Total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) is becoming more commonly used for gynaecological malignancies.

Aims: To describe our experience with TLH since its introduction to our tertiary referral centre for gynaecological cancer in 2003.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of the first 120 consecutive cases of TLH performed at our gynaecological cancer centre.

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