MJA
MJA

Statistics, epidemiology and research design

Research

Recruiting general practice patients for large clinical trials: lessons from the Aspirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) study

Jessica E Lockery, Taya A Collyer, Walter P Abhayaratna, Sharyn M Fitzgerald, John J McNeil, Mark R Nelson, Suzanne G Orchard, Christopher Reid, Nigel P Stocks, Ruth E Trevaks and Robyn Woods

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (4): 168-173 Free

Research letters

Increased incidence of community‐associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections in Victoria and Western Australia, 2011–2016

Nabeel Imam, Simone Tempone, Paul K Armstrong, Rebecca McCann, Sandra Johnson, Leon J Worth and Michael J Richards

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (2): 87-88 Free

Research

Maximising data value and avoiding data waste: a validation study in stroke research

Monique F Kilkenny, Joosup Kim, Nadine E Andrew, Vijaya Sundararajan, Amanda G Thrift, Judith M Katzenellenbogen, Felicity Flack, Melina Gattellari, James H Boyd, Phil Anderson, Natasha Lannin, Mark Sipthorp, Ying Chen, Trisha Johnston, Craig S Anderson, Sandy Middleton, Geoffrey A Donnan and Dominique A Cadilhac

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (1): 27-31 Free

Book/media/app reviews

Challenges in community-based participatory research

Fran Baum

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (11): 489

Perspectives

The value of participating in clinical trials: the whole is greater than the sum of its parts

John R Zalcberg and Michael Friedlander

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (10): 424-425

Letters

Retention of medical records of patients with high-risk medical devices

Rodney D Cooter, Ingrid Hopper and John J McNeil

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (10): 461

Research

Type 2 diabetes in patients with end-stage kidney disease: influence on cardiovascular disease-related mortality risk

Wai H Lim, David W Johnson, Carmel Hawley, Charmaine Lok, Kevan R Polkinghorne, Matthew A Roberts, Neil Boudville and Germaine Wong

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (10): 440-446 Free

Perspectives

Trials and tribulations: improving outcomes for adolescents and young adults with rare and low survival cancers

Adam Walczak, Pandora Patterson and David Thomas

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (8): 330-332

Perspectives

An overview of the GRADE approach and a peek at the future

Waleed Alhazzani and Gordon Guyatt

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (7): 291-292

Research

Surveillance improves survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: a prospective population-based study

Thai P Hong, Paul J Gow, Michael Fink, Anouk Dev, Stuart K Roberts, Amanda Nicoll, John S Lubel, Ian Kronborg, Niranjan Arachchi, Marno Ryan, William W Kemp, Virginia Knight, Vijaya Sundararajan, Paul Desmond, Alexander JV Thompson and Sally J Bell

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (8): 348-354 Free

Medical education / Key research skills

Network meta-analysis in health care decision making

Bram Rochwerg, Romina Brignardello-Petersen and Gordon Guyatt

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (4): 151-154

Research letter

Delays in primary percutaneous coronary treatment for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Diem T Dinh, Yishen Wang, Angela L Brennan, Stephen J Duffy, Dion Stub, Christopher M Reid and Jeffrey Lefkovits

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (3): 130-131 Free

Medical education

Medical education research: aligning design and research goals

Jennifer A Cleland, Steven J Durning and Erik Driessen

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (11): 473-475

Medical education / Key research skills

Survival studies: competing risks, immortality and censoring

Adrian G Barnett, Christopher Oldmeadow and John R Attia

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (11): 475-477

Perspectives

Informed consent and internet-based research in epidemiology

Laura Goddard, Fiona J Bruinsma and Graham G Giles

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (10): 424

Research letter

Mortality among middle-aged Australians, 1960–2010: implications for prevention policy

Andrea J Curtis, Richard Ofori-Asenso, Manoj Gambhir and John J McNeil

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (10): 444-445 Free

Study protocol

Hyperglycaemia in early pregnancy: the Treatment of Booking Gestational diabetes Mellitus (TOBOGM) study. A randomised controlled trial

David Simmons, William M Hague, Helena J Teede, N Wah Cheung, Emily J Hibbert, Christopher J Nolan, Michael J Peek, Federico Girosi, Christopher T Cowell, Vincent W-M Wong, Jeff R Flack, Mark McLean, Raiyomand Dalal, Annette Robertson and Rohit Rajagopal

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (9): 405-406 Free

Medical education / Key research skills

Understanding statistical principles in linear and logistic regression

Alice M Richardson, Grace Joshy and Catherine A D'Este

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (8): 332-334

Letters

Clinical quality registries for clinician-level reporting: strengths and limitations

Susannah Ahern, Sue M Evans, Ingrid Hopper and Arul Earnest

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (7): 323

Letters

Clinical quality registries for clinician-level reporting: strengths and limitations

Matthew P Sypek, Matthew D Jose and Stephen P McDonald

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (7): 322-323

Book/media/app review

An accessible overview of epidemiology

John R Attia

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (5): 201

Research letter

Angioedema in Australia: hospital admission rates and fatalities, 2000–2013

Raymond J Mullins, Brynn K Wainstein, Elizabeth H Barnes and Dianne E Campbell

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (7): 308 Free

Medical education / Key research skills

Guided by the research design: choosing the right statistical test

Alissa Beath and Michael P Jones

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (4): 163-165

Book/media/app review

Understanding epidemiology and its contribution to public health

Lisa Hall

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (3): 109

Medical education / Key research skills

Standard deviation and standard error: interpretation, usage and reporting

Petra Macaskill

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 63-64