There is little evidence on the balance between potential benefits and harms of mammography screening in women 75 years and older. The aim of this systematic review was to synthesise the evidence on the outcomes of mammography screening in women aged 75 years and older.
This study used a large longitudinal community-based population cohort to identify the fertility treatment pathways used by participants with and without PCOS and investigate whether any pathways were more likely to result in a birth. Our findings are in line with previous studies showing that [...]
To our knowledge, this is the first methodological review of studies concerned with overdiagnosis in noncancer conditions. We identified 132 studies identifying or quantifying overdiagnosis of a wide range of noncancer conditions. We applied a novel framework that uses the concept of ‘‘Fair Umpires’’ to [...]
This study aimed to evaluate whether voluntary and mandatory prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) use in Victoria, Australia, had an impact on prescribing behaviour, focusing on individual patients' prescribed opioid doses and transition to prescribing of nonmonitored medications.
Thank you for the invitation to respond to a letter received about our article titled “Time to reflect on open-label placebos and their value for clinical practice.”Letter authors Ballou and Kube disagree with some of our criticisms of currently available research on open-label placebos (OLPs). [...]
The primary aim of the Back@Home study is to assess the effectiveness of a virtual hospital model of care to reduce the length of admission in people presenting to ED with musculoskeletal LBP. A secondary aim is to evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of the [...]
The Internet is a widely used source of health information, yet the accuracy of online information can be low. This is the case for low back pain (LBP), where much of the information about LBP treatment is poor. This research conducted a content analysis to [...]
The REFORM trial was a randomised, controlled non-inferiority trial in which participants were randomised to either remotely delivered physiotherapy or usual care . The assessor and statisticians were blinded. The protocol was published and the trial was prospectively registered. Participants were recruited from five public [...]
Internationally, non-traumatic low back pain (LBP) is an increasingly common presentation to ambulance services. Consequently, paramedics are often the first providers of care for people with LBP. Australian guidelines for paramedic management of LBP recommend the use of simple analgesia, hot/cold therapy and for people [...]
Most simple undisplaced fractures can be managed without surgery by immobilising the limb with a splint, prescribing medication for pain, and providing advice and early rehabilitation. Recent systematic reviews based on retrospective observational studies have reported that virtual fracture clinics can deliver follow-up care that [...]