The Out-and-About Trial: Improving Quality Of Life By Increasing Outdoor Journeys After Stroke
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$586,009.00
Summary
Many stroke patients cannot walk well when they leave hospital nor use public transport. Escorted outdoor journeys with a rehabilitation therapist can improve outcomes and quality of life after stroke. Yet not many stroke patients do not receive this type of community rehabilitation. This project aims to evaluate an implementation program to change therapists' practice and increase outdoor journeys after stroke. Benefits include improved quality of life and well being for peope with stroke.
Q Fever: How Common Is It And How Can We Best Prevent It? Research To Inform Q Fever Vaccine Policy In Australia And Internationally
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$743,376.00
Summary
Q fever is a disease of worldwide importance which has special significance for Australia where outbreaks continue to occur. We will measure the burden of Q fever in the Australian population for the first time, measure how long immunity lasts following vaccination, collect extra information on adverse events in young adults and survey knowledge and attitudes of Q fever disease and vaccine. The results will inform policies for the control of Q fever in Australia and internationally.
The Sexual Health And Attitudes Of Australian Prisoners
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,605,706.00
Summary
The second Sexual Health and Attitudes of Australian Prisoners study will be the largest population-based survey of prisoners’ sexual health, attitudes and behaviour undertaken in Australia. it has been nearly 10 years since the first survey. The 2nd survey will expand survey coverage and examine vulnerable prisoner subgroup, and provide up-to-date evidence essential to sexual and reproductive health policy and practice for this growing and disadvantaged population.
Television Advertising To Promote NHMRC Guidelines For Low Risk Alcohol Consumption: Experimental Study
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$670,013.00
Summary
This project aims to experimentally assess the impact of television advertising that promotes the 2009 NHMRC Guidelines on alcohol consumption, on adults' (aged 18-64) estimates of drinking levels that incur an increased risk of short and long term harm. The Guidelines advise that adults should limit consumption to 2 standard drinks/day to reduce the risk of lifetime harm, and to 4 standard drinks on any single drinking occasion to reduce the risk of short-term harm from that occasion.
Sexual And Reproductive Health And Behaviours Of Young Offenders (14-18 Years) In NSW & Qld
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$869,730.00
Summary
Young Indigenous and non-Indigenous offenders in Australia aged 14 and 15 years have never been systematically surveyed regarding their sexual and reproductive health in Australia. Thus we have little information on which to base education and policy initiatives. To address this knowledge gap we will systematically survey young people in contact with the juvenile justice system aged 14-18 years to provide a comprehensive picture of their sexual and reproductive behaviours and needs.
Stepping Up To Insulin: A Cluster Randomised Trial Of Team-based Transition To Insulin In Primary Care For Patients With Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$796,751.00
Summary
Helping people control their diabetes through the best possible medical care is important. Most people with diabetes eventually need insulin yet this is a step in treatment that is often resisted by patients and GPs. This study will help GPs and Practice Nurses work with patients who have reached this stage make the change to insulin treatment in a safe, effective, convenient and timely way. This will have enormous benefits through reduced diabetes complications and improved quality of life.
The SAVE Trial: Securing All IntraVenous Devices Effectively In Hospitals. A Randomised Controlled Trial
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$980,393.00
Summary
Going to hospital usually means having an IV drip in your hand or arm vein. Almost half of all IV drips fall out or fail because they are not well secured to the skin. This means patients miss out on treatment and have additional painful needlesticks to insert new devices. Serious infections can also occur. This study will find the best dressings to use on IV drips. Patients will have their drips glued in with medical superglue, or have one of two new dressings, compared with current usual care.
Peripherally InSerted CEntral Catheter Securement: The PISCES Trial
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$1,101,717.00
Summary
Cancer treatment often requires a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) for chemotherapy, transfusions, medicines, fluids, nutrition and/or blood sampling. Current PICC dressing and securement products are not preventing the 30% of PICCs that develop infection, occlusion, thrombosis or dislodgement. New products are available that may reduce complications. This trial will test their effectiveness, costs, comfort and practicality, working closely with patients, nurses and doctors.
Sedation Practice In Intensive Care Evaluation (SPICE) Randomised Controlled Trial.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,752,725.00
Summary
Almost every patient in intensive care needs sedating drugs for comfort and provision of life-saving treatment. However, sedation causes side effects including coma, delirium and agitation. There is no high-level evidence to help doctors decide which sedatives to choose and the best way to administer them. The SPICE trial will test a new approach called Early Goal-Directed Sedation based on an alternative sedative agent to see whether it delivers safer, targeted light sedation with less delirium ....Almost every patient in intensive care needs sedating drugs for comfort and provision of life-saving treatment. However, sedation causes side effects including coma, delirium and agitation. There is no high-level evidence to help doctors decide which sedatives to choose and the best way to administer them. The SPICE trial will test a new approach called Early Goal-Directed Sedation based on an alternative sedative agent to see whether it delivers safer, targeted light sedation with less delirium.Read moreRead less
Is Lactic Acid Concentration In Amniotic Fluid A New Predictor Of Labour Dystocia?
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$682,538.00
Summary
This study will establish whether higher concentrations of lactate in the amniotic fluid of labouring women can be used as a surrogate marker to improve diagnoses of presence or absence of dystocia. Labour dystocia is a serious problem experienced during childbirth, and is one of the main indications for emergency caesarean section or forceps or vacuum delivery. Although dystocia is a common clinical problem, the current lack of a precise definition leads to considerable variation in practice.