Academic grants, publications and reports

Journals

Bizuneh AD, Joham AE, Teede H, Mousa A, Earnest A, Hawley JM, Smith L, Azziz R, Arlt W, Tay CT. Evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of androgen measurement in polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and diagnostic meta-analysis to inform evidence-based guidelines. Hum Reprod Update 2025 (Accepted 2024); 31: 48-63 doi: 10.1093-humupd/dmae028

Brown WA, Brown DL, Holland JF, Campbell A, Cottrell J, Ahern S, Reilly J, Garduce P, Wetter J, Hamdorf JM, Talbot M, Baker S, MacCormick AD, Caterson IA. Metabolic bariatric surgery generates substantial, sustained weight loss and health improvement in a real-world setting. ANZ J Surg 2025 (Accepted 2024); 95: 895-903 doi: 10.1111/ans.19378

Camoes-Costa V, Taylor B, Barton C, Chakraborty S, Hewitt A, Lin X, Brijnath B. Mental health outcomes of family carers after admission to aged care: A cross-sectional survey study. Australas J Ageing 2024; 43: 616-627 doi: 10.111/ajag.13314

Cooter R, Chopra S, Farrell G, Ahern S. History of the Australian Breast Device Registry. 2024; 7: 1-6 doi: 10.34239/ajops.73942

Hamblin PS, Earnest A, Russell AW, Talic S, Zomer E, Zoungas S. The impact of sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists on insulin utilisation and costs in Australia: a national retrospective observational cross-sectional study. Lancet Reg Health West Pac 2024; 52: 101207 doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101207

Hamblin PS, Earnest A, Russell AW, Talic S, Zomer E, Zoungas S. Utilization and cost of non-insulin glucose-lowering drugs in Australia from 2013 to 2023. Diabetes Obes Metab 2024; 26: 4924-4932 doi: 10.1111/dom.15893

Hansen J, Pourghaderi AR, Ahern S, Earnest A. Evaluating methods of outlier detection when benchmarking clinical registry data – a simulation study. Health Serv Outcomes Res Method 2024; doi: 10.1007/s10742-024-00338-1

Harley F, Ruseckaite R, Fong E, Yao HH-I, Hashim H, O’Connell HE. Guidelines for robotic credentialling in reconstructive and functional urology. Consensus study. BJUI Compass 2024; 6: e467 doi: 10.1002/bco2.467

Herbert D, Ahern S, Walker M, Farrell G, Hopper I, Ruseckaite R. Reconceptualizing patient-reported outcomes measures in the Australian Breast Device Registry. 2025 (accepted 2024); 13: e6685 doi: 10/1097/GOX.0000000000006685

Hoque SS, Ahern S, O’Connell HE, Romero L, Ruseckaite R. Comparing patient-reported outcome measures for pain in women with pelvic floor disorders: a scoping review. J Pain 2024; 25: 104454 doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2023.12.011

Jayasinghe RT, Ahern S, Maharaj AD, Romero L, Ruseckaite R. Identifying existing guidelines, frameworks, checklists, and recommendations for implementing Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: protocol for a scoping review. JMIR Res Protoc 2024; 13: e52572 doi: 10.2196/52572

Kartik A, Heriot N, Ahern S. The Australasian Pelvic Floor Procedure Registry: monitoring pelvic floor procedure outcomes. ANZ Cont J 2024; 30: doi: 10.33235/anzcj.30.2.30

Kartik A, Ruseckaite R, Daly JO, O’Connell HE, King J, Bach F, Gallagher E, Yin J, Melon J, Karantanis E, Keck J, Short J, Ahern S. Impact and implications of changing practice in pelvic floor procedures: results from a registry survey. ANZCJ 2024; 30: 46-59 doi: 10.33235/anzcj.30.3.46-59

Keast S, Broatch JR, Chung S, Dixon R, Dongol R, Emerson L, Hayes A, Iuliano S, Levinger I, Lin X, McKnight E, Moore K, Nagano H, Parker AG, Said CM, Sales M, Thomas R, White C, Zanker J, Gilmarin-Thomas J. Best practice in dementia health care: Key clinical practice pointers from a national conference and innovative opportunities for pharmacy practice. Res Social Adm Pharm 2024; 20: 1014-1021 doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2024.07.005

Lee DYX, Yau CE, Pek MPP, Xu H, Lim DYZ, Earnest A, Ong MEH, Ho AFW. Socioeconomic disadvantage and long-term survival duration in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients: A population-based cohort study. Resusc Plus 2024; 18: 100610 doi: 10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100610

Lin X, Ward SA, Brodaty H, Honardoost MA, Wallis K, Tsui A, Rowe CC, Anstey KJ, Brodtmann AG, Chong TTJ, Daly S, Darling G, Inacio MCS, Jeon Y-H, Kain B, Loi SM, Naismith SL, Natarajan K, Newton L, Phelan M, Piestch A, Quirke L, Stokes K, Veevers B, Yates M, McAloney K, Rahja M, Tan S, Ahern SF. Australian Dementia Network Registry: 2023 Annual Report. Monash University 2024; 66 pp doi: 10.26180/26984689

Merenda M, Earnest A, Ruseckaite R, Tse WC, Elder E, Hopper I, Ahern S. Patient-reported outcome measures in high-risk medical device registries: a scoping review. Aesthet Surg J Open Forum 2024; 6: ojae015 doi: 10.1093/asjof/ojae015

Ruseckaite R, Chang C-H. Update to state of the Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes. J Patient Rep Outcomes 2024; 8: 59 doi: 10.1186/s41687-024-00715-x

Semenchuk J, Naito Y, Charman SC, Carr SB, Cheng SY, Marshall BC, Faro A, Elbert A, Gutierrez HH, Goss CH, Karadag B, Burgel P-R, Colombo C, Salvatore M, Padoan R, Daneau G, Harutyunyan S, Kashirskaya N, Kirwan L, Middleton PG, Ruseckaite R, de Monestrol I, Naehrlich L, Mondejar-Lopez P, Jung A, van Rens J, Bakkeheim E, Orenti A, Zomer-van Ommen D, da Silva-Filho LVRF, Fernandes FF, Zampoli M, Stephenson AL, on behalf of the Global CF Registry Collaboration. Impact of COVID-19 infection on lung function and nutritional status amongst individuals with cystic fibrosis: A global cohort study. JCF 2024; 23: 815-822 doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2024.07.019

Sluggett JK, Caughey GE, Air T, Cations M, Lang CE, Ward SA, Ahern S, Lin X, Wallis K, Crotty M, Inacio MC. National surveillance using a clinical quality indicator for prolonged antipsychotic use among older Australians with dementia who access aged care services. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2024; 39: e6089 doi: 10.1002/gps.6089

Tesema GA, Stirling RG, Tessema ZT, Heritier S, Earnest A. Patient- and areal-level risk factors associated with lung cancer mortality in Victoria, Australia: A Bayesian spatial survival analysis. Cancer Med 2024; 13: e70293 doi: 10.1002/cam4.70293

Tesema GA, Tessema ZT, Heritier S, Stirling RG, Earnest A. Timeliness of lung cancer care and area-level determinants in Victoria: A Bayesian spatiotemporal analysis. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2025 (Accepted 2024); 34: 308-316 doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-24-0205

Tessema ZT, Ahern S, Millar J, Papa N, Tesema GA, Earnest A. Bayesian spatio-temporal modelling of depressive feelings among patients who underwent surgery for prostate cancer in Victoria, Australia. J Hosp Manag Health Policy 2024; 8: 25 doi: 10.21037/jhmhp-24-83

Tessema ZT, Tesema GA, Wah W, Ahern S, Papa N, Millar JL, Earnest A. Bayesian spatio-temporal multilevel modelling of patient-reported quality of life following prostate cancer surgery. Healthcare 2024; 12: 1093 doi: 10.3390/healthcare12111093

Vrolijk JJ, Becherer BE, Garduce P, Pourghaderi AR, Young-Afat DA, van der Hulst RRJW, Farrell G, Walker M, Tansley P, Mureau MAM, Earnest A, Ahern S, Rakhorst HA. Comparing international revision incidence of commonly used breast implants. JAMA Surgery 2025 (Accepted 2024); 160: 415-422 doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.6933

Journals

Ahern S. Clinical registries: Not yet perfect, but essential for a high-functioning health system. Respirology. 2023 Nov;28(11):983-985. doi: 10.1111/resp.14562.

Alty J, Lawler K, Salmon K, McDonald S, Stuart K, Cleary A, Ma J, Rudd K, Wang X, Chiranakorn-Costa S, Collins J, Merl H, Lin X, Vickers JC. A new one-stop interdisciplinary cognitive clinic model tackles rural health inequality and halves the time to diagnosis: Benchmarked against a national dementia registry. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2023 Aug;38(8):e5988. doi: 10.1002/gps.5988.

Cooter R, Chopra S, Farrell G, Ahern S. History of the Australian Breast Device Registry. AJOPS. 2023;7:1-6. doi: 10.34239/ajops.73942.

Coriati A, Ma X, Sykes J, Stanojevic S, Ruseckaite R, Lemonnier L, Dehillotte C, Tate J, Byrnes CA, Bell SC, Burgel PR, Stephenson AL. Beyond borders: cystic fibrosis survival between Australia, Canada, France and New Zealand. Thorax. 2023 Mar;78(3):242-248. doi: 10.1136/thorax-2022-219086.

Doherty DA, Tong SYC, Reilly J, Shrapnel J, McDonald S, Ahern S, Harris I, Tam CS, Brennan AL, Hodgson C, Wilcox L, Balagurunathan A, Butcher BE, Reid CM. Registry randomised trials: a methodological perspective. BMJ Open. 2023 Mar 1;13(3):e068057. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068057.

Doumit M, Chuang S, Middleton P, Selvadurai H, Sivam S, Ruseckaite R, Ahern S, Mallitt KA, Pacey V, Gray K, Jaffe A. Clinical outcomes of adults and children with cystic fibrosis during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 2023 May;22(3):581-586. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2022.09.006.

Earnest A, Tesema GA, Stirling RG. Machine Learning Techniques to Predict Timeliness of Care among Lung Cancer Patients. Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Oct 18;11(20):2756. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11202756.

Gilbert AS, Antoniades J, Hwang K, Gonzalez E, Hlavac J, Enticott J, Lin X, Woodward-Kron R, Low LF, LoGiudice D, White J, Cavuoto MG, Brijnath B. The MINDSET Study: Co-Designing Training for Interpreters in Dementia and Cognitive Assessments. Dementia (London). 2023 Oct;22(7):1604-1625. doi: 10.1177/14713012231190578.

Hansen J, Ahern S, Earnest A. Evaluations of statistical methods for outlier detection when benchmarking in clinical registries: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 2023 Jul 14;13(7):e069130. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069130.

Hoque SS, Ahern S, O'Connell HE, Romero L, Ruseckaite R. Comparing Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Pain in Women With Pelvic Floor Disorders: A Scoping Review. The Journal of Pain. 2023 Dec 22:S1526-5900(23)00651-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2023.12.011.

Jayasinghe RT, Ruseckaite R, Dean J, Kartik A, Wickremasinghe AC, Daly O, O'Connell HE, Craig A, Duggan A, Vasiliadis D, Karantanis E, Gallagher E, Holme G, Keck J, Williams J, King J, Yin J, Short J, Sketcher-Baker K, Brennan P, Rayner S, Ahern S. Establishment and initial implementation of the Australasian Pelvic Floor Procedure Registry. International Urogynecology Journal. 2023 Aug;34(8):1697-1704. doi: 10.1007/s00192-022-05435-8.

Kartik A. Clinical quality indicators using Australasian Pelvic Floor Procedure Registry clinical data. ANZCJ. 2023;29:109. doi: 10.33235/anzcj.29.4.109.

Lin X, Ward SA, Pritchard E, Ahern S, Gardam M, Brodaty H, Ryan J, McNeil J, Tsindos T, Wallis K, Jeon YH, Robinson S, Krysinska K, Ayton D. Carer-reported measures for a dementia registry: A systematic scoping review and a qualitative study. Australasian Journal of Ageing. 2023 Mar;42(1):34-52. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13148.

Naismith SL, Michaelian JC, Santos C, Mehrani I, Robertson J, Wallis K, Lin X, Ward SA, Martins R, Masters CL, Breakspear M, Ahern S, Fripp J, Schofield PR, Sachdev PS, Rowe CC. Tackling Dementia Together via The Australian Dementia Network (ADNeT): A Summary of Initiatives, Progress and Plans. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 2023;96(3):913-925. doi: 10.3233/JAD-230854.

Quigley M, Apos E, Truong TA, Ahern S, Johnson MA. Comorbidity data collection across different spine registries: an evidence map. European Spine Journal. 2023 Mar;32(3):753-777. doi: 10.1007/s00586-023-07529-3.

Ralphsmith M, Ahern S, Dean J, O'Connell HE, Ruseckaite R. Development of a conceptual framework for a new patient-reported outcome measure for pain in women following mesh surgery for pelvic floor disorders: a qualitative study. International Urogynecology Journal. 2023 Jul;34(7):1541-1550. doi: 10.1007/s00192-022-05425-w.

Ruseckaite R, Caruso M, Mudunna C, Helwani F, Millis N, Ahern S. Informing a national rare disease registry strategy in Australia: a mixed methods study. BMC Health Services Research. 2023 Oct 31;23(1):1187. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-10049-x.

Ruseckaite R, Jayasinghe R, Bavor C, Dean J, Daly O, Ahern S. Evaluation and acceptability of patient-reported outcome measures in women following pelvic organ prolapse procedures. BMC Health Services Research. 2023 Jun 13;23(1):624. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09540-2.

Ruseckaite R, Mudunna C, Caruso M, Ahern S. Response rates in clinical quality registries and databases that collect patient reported outcome measures: a scoping review. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2023 Jul 11;21(1):71. doi: 10.1186/s12955-023-02155-5.

Ruseckaite R, Mudunna C, Caruso M, Helwani F, Millis N, Lacaze P, Ahern S. Current state of rare disease registries and databases in Australia: a scoping review. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 2023 Jul 27;18(1):216. doi: 10.1186/s13023-023-02823-1.

Sluggett JK, Air T, Cations M, Caughey GE, Lang CE, Ward SA, Ahern S, Lin X, Wallis K, Crotty M, Inacio MC. Clinical Quality Indicators for Monitoring Hospitalizations Among Older People with Dementia Accessing Aged Care Services. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 2023;96(4):1747-1758. doi: 10.3233/JAD-230730.

Tesema GA, Tessema ZT, Heritier S, Stirling RG, Earnest A. A Systematic Review of Joint Spatial and Spatiotemporal Models in Health Research. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023 Mar 28;20(7):5295. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20075295.

Tessema ZT, Tesema GA, Ahern S, Earnest A. A Systematic Review of Areal Units and Adjacency Used in Bayesian Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Conditional Autoregressive Models in Health Research. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023 Jul 1;20(13):6277. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20136277.

Thompson A, Fitzsimons J, Killackey E, Ahern S, Amminger P, Alvarez-Jimenez M, Berk M, Cotton S, McNeil J, McGorry P, Nelson B, O'Donoghue B, Ratheesh A, Rickwood D, Yung A, Wood S. The Australian Early Psychosis Collaborative Consortium (AEPCC): Improving Clinical Care in Early Psychosis. Australasian Psychiatry. 2023 Jun;31(3):306-308. doi: 10.1177/10398562231174691.

von Fritschen U, Rakhorst HA, Stark B, Ahern S, Prantl L, Fricke A. The Mandatory German Breast Implant Registry Law: A Model for Sustainable Implant Registries. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. 2023 Oct 13;43(11):NP858-NP865. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjad242.

Zhao M, Zhang H, Lin X, You E, Wang H, Lautenschlager NT. Attitudes towards dementia among Chinese adults aged 50 years and older: a comparative study of immigrants living in Melbourne and nonimmigrants living in Beijing. International Psychogeriatrics. 2023 Jan;35(1):29-42. doi: 10.1017/S1041610222000527.

Journals

Awoke MA, Wycherley TP, Earnest A, Skouteris H, Moran LJ. The Profiling of Diet and Physical Activity in Reproductive Age Women and Their Association with Body Mass Index. Nutrients. 2022 Jun 23;14(13):2607. doi: 10.3390/nu14132607.

Ahern S, Gabbe BJ, Green S, Hodgson CL, Wood EM, Zalcberg OAM JR, Zazryn T. Realising the potential: leveraging clinical quality registries for real world clinical research. The Medical Journal of Australia. 2022 Apr 4;216(6):273-277. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51443.

Ahmadi SJ, Jobson L, Earnest A, McAvoy D, Musavi Z, Samim N, Sarwary SAA. Prevalence of Poor Mental Health Among Adolescents in Kabul, Afghanistan, as of November 2021. JAMA Network Open. 2022 Jun 1;5(6):e2218981. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.18981.

Bismantara H, Ahern S, Teede HJ, Liew D. Academic health science centre models across the developing countries and lessons for implementation in Indonesia: a scoping review. BMJ Open. 2022 Sep 6;12(9):e051937. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051937.

Brijnath B, Gonzalez E, Hlavac J, Enticott J, Woodward-Kron R, LoGuidice D, Low L-F, Antoniades J, White J, Hwang K, Lin X, Gilbert AS. The impact of training on communication quality during interpreter-mediated cognitive assessments: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Alzheimer's Dement (N Y). 2022 Aug 30;8(1):e12349. doi: 10.1002/trc2.12349.

Brown WA, Ahern S, MacCormick AD, Reilly JR, Smith JA, Watters DA. Clinical quality registries: urgent reform is required to enable best practice and best care. ANZ Journal of Surgery. 2022 Jan;92(1-2):23-26. doi: 10.1111/ans.17438.

Bryant J, Sellars M, Waller A, Detering K, Sinclair C, Ruseckaite R, White B, Nolte L. Bryant J, Sellars M, Waller A, Detering K, Sinclair C, Ruseckaite R, White B, Nolte L. Advance care planning participation by people with dementia: a cross-sectional survey and medical record audit. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. 2021 Mar 3;12(e3):e464–8. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2020-002550.

Camões-Costa V, Loganathan J, Barton C, Chakraborty S, Hewitt A, Lin X, Brijnath B. Factors contributing to the mental health outcomes of carers during the transition of their family member to residential aged care: a systematic search and narrative review. BMC Geriatrics. 2022 May 17;22(1):433. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-03105-4.

Campion TSD, Daly JO, Wake M, Ahern S, Said JM. The role of Australian clinical quality registries in pregnancy care: A scoping review. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2022 Aug;62(4):472-482. doi: 10.1111/ajo.13540.

Carr SB, McClenaghan E, Elbert A, Faro A, Cosgriff R, Abdrakhmanov O, Brownlee K, Burgel P-R, Byrnes CA, Cheng SY, Colombo C, Corvol H, Daneau G, Goss CH, Gulmans V, Gutierrez H, Harutyunyan S, Helmick M, Jung A, Kashirskaya N, McKone E, Melo J, Middleton PG, Mondejar-Lopez P, de Monestrol I, Nahrlich L, Padoan R, Parker M, Pastor-Vivero MD, Rizvi S, Ruseckaite R, Salvatore M, da Silva-Filho LVRF, Versmessen N, Zampoli M, Marshall BC, Stephenson AL, CF Registry Global Collaboration. Factors associated with clinical progression to severe COVID-19 in people with cystic fibrosis: A global observational study. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 2022 Jul;21(4):e221-e231. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2022.06.006.

Choo KJL, Ho AFW, Gui H, Tay PJM, Lee HY, Koh MS, Earnest A, Pek PP, Liu N, Chong S-L, Pang J, Ong MEH. Relationship between local weather, air pollution and hospital attendances for urticaria in children: Time stratified analysis of 12,002 cases. Clinical & Experimental Allergy. 2022 Jan;52(1):180-182. doi: 10.1111/cea.14015.

Clapin HF, Earnest A, Colman PG, Davis EA, Jefferies C, Anderson K, Chee M, Bergman P, de Bock M, Kao K-T, Fegan PG, Holmes-Walker DJ, Johnson S, King BR, Mok MT, Narayan K, Vargas ASP, Sinnott R, Wheeler BJ, Zimmermann A, Craig ME, Couper JJ; ADDN Study Group. Diabetic Ketoacidosis at Onset of Type 1 Diabetes and Long-term HbA1c in 7,961 Children and Young Adults in the Australasian Diabetes Data Network. Diabetes Care. 2022 Dec 1;45(12):2918-2925. doi: 10.2337/dc22-0853.

Coriati A, Ma X, Sykes J, Stanojevic S, Ruseckaite R, Lemonnier L, Dehillotte C, Tate J, Byrnes CA, Bell SC, Burgel PR, Stephenson AL. Beyond borders: cystic fibrosis survival between Australia, Canada, France and New Zealand. Thorax. 2023 Mar;78(3):242-248. doi: 10.1136/thorax-2022-219086.

Dawson LP, Dinh DT, Stub D, Ahern S, Bloom JE, Duffy SJ, Lefkovits J, Brennan A, Reid CM, Oqueli E; Victorian Cardiac Outcomes Registry. Health-related quality of life following percutaneous coronary intervention during the COVID-19 pandemic. Quality of Life Research. 2022 Aug;31(8):2375-2385. doi: 10.1007/s11136-021-03056-0.

Galvin JC, Earnest A, Egwunye J, Essex RW, Fung AT, Australian and New Zealand Society of Retinal Specialists Retinal Surgery Registry Group. Cryotherapy versus Laser Does Not Influence Anatomic Success after Vitrectomy for Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Repair: Registry Analysis of 2413 Patients. Ophthalmology Retina. 2022 Nov;6(11):985-991. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2022.05.025.

Hansen J, Ahern S, Gartoulla P, Khu Y, Elder E, Moore C, Farrell G, Hopper I, Earnest A. Identification of Predictive Factors for Patient-Reported Outcomes in the Prospective Australian Breast Device Registry. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. 2022 Apr 12;42(5):470-480. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjab314.

Heathcote K, Devlin A, McKie E, Cameron P, Earnest A, Morgan G, Gardiner B, Campbell D, Wullschleger M, Warren J. Rural and urban patterns of severe injuries and hospital mortality in Australia: An analysis of the Australia New Zealand Trauma Registry: 2015-2019. Injury. 2022 Jun;53(6):1893-1903. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2022.03.044.

Hoque SS, Ahern S, O’Connell H, Romero L, Ruseckaite R. A systematic review comparing patient-reported outcome measures for pain in women with pelvic floor disorders. International Journal of Urology 2022 Oct;29(S1):76. 193. doi: 10.111/iju.15019.

Hoque SS, Zhou J, Gartoulla P, Hansen J, Farrell G, Hopper I. Comparing Direct-to-Implant and Two-Stage Breast Reconstruction in the Australian Breast Device Registry. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2023 May 1;151(5):927-937. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000010066.

Ioannou LJ, Maharaj AD, Zalcberg JR, Loughnan JT, Croagh DG, Pilgrim CH, Goldstein D, Kench JG, Merrett ND, Earnest A, Burmeister EA, White K, Neale RE, Evans SM. Prognostic models to predict survival in patients with pancreatic cancer: a systematic review. HPB (Oxford). 2022 Aug;24(8):1201-1216. doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2022.01.011.

Jayasinghe RT, Ruseckaite R, Dean J, Kartik A, Wickremasinghe AC, Daly O, O’Connell HE, Craig A, Duggan A, Vasiliadis D, Karantanis E, Gallagher E, Holme G, Keck J, Williams J, King J, Yin J, Short J, Sketcher-Baker K, Brennan P, Rayner S, Ahern S. Establishment and initial implementation of the Australasian Pelvic Floor Procedure Registry. International Urogynecology Journal. 2023 Aug;34(8):1697-1704. doi: 10.1007/s00192-022-05435-8.

Jayasinghe RT, Ruseckaite R, Gartoulla P, Elder E, Hopper I. Patient Reported Outcome Measures After Breast Augmentation - Using the BREAST-Q IS. Patient Related Outcome Measures. 2022 Jan 11;13:1-8. doi: 10.2147/PROM.S330163.

Johnson SR, Holmes-Walker DJ, Chee M, Earnest A, Jones TW, ANDA Study Group: Craig M, Anderson K, Ambler G, Barrett H, Batch J, Bergman P, Cameron F, Colman P, Conwell L, Cooper C, Couper J, Davis E, de Bock M, Donaghue K, Fairchild J, Fegan G, Fourlanos S, Glastras S, Gray L, Hamblin S, Hofman P, Holmes-Walker DJ, Howard N, Jack M, James S, Jefferies C, Johnson S, Kao J, King BR, Lafferty A, Martin M, McCrossin R, Pascoe M, Paul R, Pawlak D, Pena A, Price S, Price D, Rodda C, Simmons D, Sinnott R, Sive A, Smart C, Stone M, Stranks S, Tham E, Verge C, Ward G, Wheeler B, Williams J, Woodhead H, Woolfield N, Zimmermann A. Universal Subsidized Continuous Glucose Monitoring Funding for Young People With Type 1 Diabetes: Uptake and Outcomes Over 2 Years, a Population-Based Study. Diabetes Care. 2022 Feb 1;45(2):391-397. doi: 10.2337/dc21-1666.

Kiconco S, Teede HJ, Earnest A, Loxton D, Joham AE. Menstrual cycle regularity as a predictor for heart disease and diabetes: Findings from a large population-based longitudinal cohort study. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2022 Apr;96(4):605-616. doi: 10.1111/cen.14640.

Lacaze PA, Tiller J, Winship I; DNA Screen Investigator Group – Lacaze P, Tiller J, Winship I, Brotchie A, McNeil J, Zalcberg J, Thomas D, Milne R, James P, Delatycki M, Young M-A, Nowak K, Nguyen-Dumont T, Southey M, Ademi Z, Bruinsma F, Riaz M, Terrill B, Kirk J, Tucker K, Andrews L, Pachter N, Susman R, Poplawski N, Wallis M, Watts G, Nicholls S, Macrae F, Sturm A, Green R, Ahern S, Revote J, Von Saldern S, Powell S, Rice T. Population DNA screening for medically actionable disease risk in adults. The Medical Journal of Australia. 2022 Apr 4;216(6):278-280. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51454.

Lin X, Ward SA, Pritchard E, Ahern S, Gardam M, Brodaty H, Ryan J, McNeil J, Tsindos T, Wallis K, Jeon Y-H, Robinson S, Krysinska K, Ayton D. Carer-reported measures for a dementia registry: A systematic scoping review and a qualitative study. Australasian Journal on Ageing. 2023 Mar;42(1):34-52. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13148.

Maharaj AD, Evans SM, Ioannou LJ, Croagh D, Earnest A, Holland JF, Pilgrim CHC, Neale RE, Goldstein D, Kench JG, Merrett ND, White K, Burmeister EA, Evans PM, Hayes TM, Houli N, Knowles B, Leong T, Nikfarjam M, Philip J, Quinn M, Shapiro J, Smith MD, Spillane JB, Wong R, Zalcberg JR. The association between quality care and outcomes for a real-world population of Australian patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. HPB (Oxford). 2022 Jun;24(6):950-962. doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2021.11.005.

Mazza D, McCarthy E, Camoes-Costa V, Mansfield E, Bryant J, Waller A, Lin X, Piterman L. Prioritising national dementia guidelines for general practice: A Delphi approach. Australasian Journal on Ageing. 2022 Jun;41(2):247-257. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13012.

Moore EC, Ioannou L, Ruseckaite R, Serpell J, Ahern S. Hereditary Endocrine Tumor Registries. Journal of the Endocrine Society. 2022 Dec 23;7(3):bvac194. doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvac194.

Quigley M, Earnest A, Andrikopoulos S, Wischer N, Green S, Zoungas S. ANDA-Evaluating Facilitated Feedback Enhancement - a Cluster randomised Trial (ANDA-EFFECT): protocol for a cluster randomised trial of audit feedback augmented with education and support, compared to feedback alone, on acceptability, utility and health outcomes in diabetes centres in Australia. Trials. 2022 Dec 5;23(1):976. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06910-9.

Quigley M, Earnest A, Szwarcbard N, Wischer N, Andrikopoulos S, Green S, Zoungas S. Exploring HbA1c variation between Australian diabetes centres: The impact of centre-level and patient-level factors. PLoS One. 2022 Feb 4;17(2):e0263511. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263511.

Rahja M, Air T, Ahern S, Ward SA, Caughey GE, Sluggett JK, Cations M, Lin X, Wallis K, Crotty M, Inacio MC. Primary and Secondary Care Related Quality Indicators for Dementia Care Among Australian Aged Care Users: National Trends, Risk Factors, and Variation. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 2022;88(4):1511-1522. doi: 10.3233/JAD-220336.

Ralphsmith M, Ahern S, Dean J, Ruseckaite R. Patient-reported outcome measures for pain in women with pelvic floor disorders: a systematic review. International Urogynecology Journal. 2022 Sep;33(9):2325-2334. doi: 10.1007/s00192-022-05126-4.

Robertson CA, Earnest A, Chee M, Craig ME, Colman P, Barrett HL, Bergman P, Cameron F, Davis EA, Donaghue KC, Fegan PG, Hamblin PS, Holmes-Walker DJ, Jefferies C, Johnson S, Mok MT, King BR, Sinnott R, Ward G, Wheeler BJ, Zimmermann A, Jones TW, Couper JJ, ADDN Study Group. Longitudinal audit of assessment and pharmaceutical intervention for cardiovascular risk in the Australasian Diabetes Data Network. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism. 2022 Feb;24(2):354-361. doi: 10.1111/dom.14584.

Ruseckaite R, Bavor C, Marsh L, Dean J, Daly O, Vasiliadis D, Ahern S. Evaluation of the acceptability of patient-reported outcome measures in women following pelvic floor procedures. Quality of Life Research. 2022 Jul;31(7):2213-2221. doi: 10.1007/s11136-022-03099-x.

Ruseckaite R, Maharaj AD, Dean J, Krysinska K, Ackerman IN, Brennan AL, Budija L, Carter H, Earnest A, Forrest CB, Harris IA, Sansoni J, Ahern S. Preliminary development of recommendations for the inclusion of patient-reported outcome measures in clinical quality registries. BMC Health Services Research. 2022 Mar 1;22(1):276. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-07657-4.

Ruseckaite R, Salimi F, Earnest A, Bell SC, Douglas T, Frayman K, Keatley L, King S, Kotsimbos T, Middleton PG, Morey S, Mulrennan S, Schultz A, Wainwright C, Ward N, Wark P, Ahern S. Survival of people with cystic fibrosis in Australia. Scientific Reports. 2022 Nov 17;12(1):19748. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-24374-4.

Shum BOV, Sng LMF, Ruseckaite R, Henner I, Twine N, Bauer DC, Wilgen U, Pretorius C, Barahona P, Ungerer JPJ, Bennett G. The inequity of targeted cystic fibrosis reproductive carrier screening tests in Australia. Prenatal Diagnosis. 2023 Jan;43(1):109-116. doi: 10.1002/pd.6285.

Sun S, Zivanovic S, Earnest A, Roehr CC, Tan K. Respiratory management and bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely preterm infants: a comparison of practice between centres in Oxford and Melbourne. Journal of Perinatology. 2022 Jan;42(1):53-57. doi: 10.1038/s41372-021-01274-5.

Tait JL, Drain JR, Bulmer S, Gastin PB, Main LC. Factors Predicting Training Delays and Attrition of Recruits during Basic Military Training. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022 Jun 14;19(12):7271. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19127271.

Tessema ZT, Tesema GA, Ahern S, Earnest A. Bayesian spatio-temporal modelling of child anemia in Ethiopia using conditional autoregressive model. Scientific Reports. 2022 Nov 24;12(1):20297. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-24475-0.

Wah W, Papa N, Ahern S, Earnest A. Forecasting of overall and aggressive prostate cancer incident counts at the small area level. Public Health. 2022 Oct;211:21-28. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2022.06.029.

Zimbudzi E, Lo C, Ranasinha S, Earnest A, Teede H, Usherwood T, Polkinghorne KR, Fulcher G, Gallagher M, Jan S. Cass A, Walker R, Russell G, Johnson G, Kerr PG, Zoungas S. A co-designed integrated kidney and diabetes model of care improves mortality, glycaemic control and self-care. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 2022 Jul 26;37(8):1472-1481. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfab230.

Journals

Ahern S, Dean J, Liman J, Ruseckaite R, Burke N, Gollan M, Keatley L, King S, Kotsimbos T, Middleton PG, Schultz A, Wainwright C, Wark P, Bell S. Redesign of the Australian Cystic Fibrosis Data Registry: A multidisciplinary collaboration. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews. 2021 Mar;37:37-43. doi: 10.1016/j.prrv.2020.03.001.

Alsenani M, Alaklobi FA, Ford J, Earnest A, Hashem W, Chowdhury S, Alenezi A, Fitzgerald M, Cameron P. Comparison of trauma management between two major trauma services in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Melbourne, Australia. BMJ Open. 2021 May 18;11(5):e045902. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045902.

Awoke MA, Earnest A, Joham AE, Hodge AM, Teede HJ, Brown WJ, Moran LJ. Weight gain and lifestyle factors in women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome. Human Reproduction. 2021 Dec 27;37(1):129-141. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deab239.

Ayton DR, Gardam ML, Pritchard EK, Ruseckaite R, Ryan J, Robinson SJ, Brodaty H, Ward SA, Ahern S. Patient-Reported Outcome Measures to Inform Care of People With Dementia – A Systematic Scoping Review. The Gerontologist. 2021 Jul 13;61(5):e185-e194. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnz179.

Carr SB, Cosgriff R, Harutyunyan S, Middleton PG, Ruseckaite R, Ahern S, Daneau G, da Silva Filho LVRF, Stephenson AL, Cheng SY, Melo J, Corvol H, Burgel P-R, Nahrlich L, McKone E, Colombo C, Salvatore M, Padoan R, Abdrakhmanov O, Gulmans V, Byrnes CA, Amelina E, Kondratyeva E, Zhekayte E, Kashirskaya N, Zampoli M, Pastor-Vivero MD, Mondejar-Lopez P, de Monestrol I, Jung A, McClenaghan E, Brownlee K, Rizvi S, Goss CH, Elbert A, Faro A, Gutierrez H, Marshall BC. COVID-19 vaccine prioritisation for people with cystic fibrosis. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 2021 Jul;20(4):715-716. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2021.03.028.

Cations M, Lang C, Ward SA, Caughey GE, Crotty M, Whitehead C, Ahern S, Maddison J, Inacio MC. Using data linkage for national surveillance of clinical quality indicators for dementia care among Australian aged care users. Scientific Reports. 2021 May 21;11(1):10674. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-89646-x.

Earnest A, Palmer C, O’Reilly G, Burrell M, McKie E, Rao Sudhakar, Curtis K, Cameron P. Development and validation of a risk-adjustment model for mortality and hospital length of stay for trauma patients: a prospective registry-based study in Australia. BMJ Open. 2021 Aug 23;11(8):e050795. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050795.

Joham AE, Kakoly NS, Teede HJ, Earnest A. Incidence and Predictors of Hypertension in a Cohort of Australian Women With and Without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 2021 May 13;106(6):1585-1593. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgab134.

Khomami MB, Earnest A, Loxton D, Teede HJ, Joham AE. Predictors of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy in women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome: The Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health. Clinical Endocrinology (Oxf). 2021 Aug;95(2):323-331. doi: 10.1111/cen.14451.

Lin X, Wallis K, Ahern S, Brodaty H, Rowe C, Kain B, Lambourne S, McNeil J, Ward SA. Optimising participation of persons with cognitive impairment in a national dementia registry: challenges and solutions. Internal Medicine Journal. 2021 Jun;51(6):988-992. doi: 10.1111/imj.15357.

Merenda M, Vishwanath S, Ng S, Parker E, Earnest A, Klassen A, Pusic A, Hopper I. Test-Retest Reliability of the BREAST-Q IS in the Australian Breast Device Registry. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. 2021 Mar 12;41(4):NP177-NP184. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjaa342.

Moore EC, Ioannou L, Ruseckaite R, Serpell J, Ahern S. Hereditary Endocrine Tumors and Associated Syndromes: A Narrative Review for Endocrinologists and Endocrine Surgeons. Endocrine Practice. 2021 Nov;27(11):1165-1174. doi: 10.1016/j.eprac.2021.07.002.

Ningrum EH, Evans S, Soh SE, Earnest A. Perception of safety climate among Indonesian nurses: A cross-sectional survey. Journal of Public Health Research. 2021 Apr 14;10(2):2182. doi: 10.4081/jphr.2021.2182.

Ooi GJ, Meikle PJ, Huynh K, Earnest A, Roberts SK, Kemp W, Parker BL, Brown W, Burton P, Watt MJ. Hepatic lipidomic remodeling in severe obesity manifests with steatosis and does not evolve with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Journal of Hepatology. 2021 Sep;75(3):524-535. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.04.013.

Quigley M, Earnest A, Szwarcbard N, Wischer N, Zoungas S. Impact of COVID-19 on Diabetes Health Care and Service Provision in Australian Diabetes Centers. Diabetes Care. 2021 Aug;44(8):e163-e164. doi: 10.2337/dc21-0129.

Ratnayake I, Ahern S, Ruseckaite R. Acceptability of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) in a cystic fibrosis data registry. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 2021 Jul;8(1):e000927. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2021-000927.

Ruseckaite R, Daly JO, Dean J, Ahern S. Outcomes collected in female pelvic floor surgical procedure registries and databases: a scoping review. International Urogynecology Journal. 2021 Dec;32(12):3113-3130. doi: 10.1007/s00192-021-04839-2.

Soh S-E, Morello R, Ayton D, Ahern S, Scarborough R, Zammit C, Brand M, Stirling RG, Zalcberg J. Measurement properties of the 12-item Short Form Health Survey version 2 in Australians with lung cancer: a Rasch analysis. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2021 May 31;19(1):157. doi: 10.1186/s12955-021-01794-w.

Sung V, Williams K, Perlow E, Hu YJ, Ahern S, Said JM, Karanatsios B, Hopper JL, McNeil JJ, Donnan L, Goldfeld S, Wake M. Enhancing Value and Uptake for Whole-Population Cohorts of Children and Parents: Methods to Integrate Registries into the Generation Victoria Cohort. Children (Basel). 2021 Apr 7;8(4):285. doi: 10.3390/children8040285.

Taylor S, Salimi F, Earnest A, Heriot AG, Zalcberg JR, Ahern S. The short to medium term benefits of the Australian colorectal cancer screening program. The Medical Journal of Australia. 2021 Feb;214(2):90-92. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50859.

Tracy LM, Cameron PA, Singer Y, Earnest A, Wood F, Cleland H, Gabbe BJ. Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis practice and its association with outcomes in Australia and New Zealand burns patients. Burns & Trauma. 2021 Feb 11;9:tkaa044. doi: 10.1093/burnst/tkaa044.

Vishwanath S, Pellegrini B, Parker E, Earnest A, Kalbasi S, Gartoulla P, Elder E, Farrell G, Moore C, Cooter RD, Ahern S, McNeil JJ, Hopper I. Breast Device Surgery in Australia: Early Results from the Australian Breast Device Registry. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. 2021 Oct;74(10):2719-2730. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2021.03.035.

Wah W, Ahern S, Evans S, Millar J, Evans M, Earnest A. Geospatial and temporal variation of prostate cancer incidence. Public Health. 2021 Jan;190:7-15. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2020.10.032.

Wah W, Papa N, Evans M, Ahern S, Earnest A. A multi-level spatio-temporal analysis on prostate cancer outcomes. Cancer Epidemiology. 2021 Jun;72:101939. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2021.101939.

Wah W, Stirling RG, Ahern S, Earnest A. Forecasting of Lung Cancer Incident Cases at the Small-Area Level in Victoria, Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021 May 11;18(10):5069. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18105069.

Wah W, Stirling RG, Ahern S, Earnest A. Influence of timeliness and receipt of first treatment on geographic variation in non-small cell lung cancer mortality. International Journal of Cancer. 2021 Apr 15;148(8):1828-1838. doi: 10.1002/ijc.33343.

Xiang AS, Szwarcbard N, Gasevic D, Earnest A, Pease A, Andrikopoulos S, Wischer N, Davis W, Zoungas S. Trends in glycaemic control and drug use in males and females with type 2 diabetes: Results of the Australian National Diabetes Audit from 2013 to 2019. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism. 2021 Dec;23(12):2603-2613. doi: 10.1111/dom.14506.

Journals

Ahern S, Dean J, Liman J, Ruseckaite R, Burke N, Gollan M, Keatley L, King S, Kotsimbos T, Middleton PG, Schultz A, Wainwright C, Wark P, Bell S. Redesign of the Australian Cystic Fibrosis Data Registry: A multidisciplinary collaboration. Paediatr Respir Rev. 2020 Mar 26;S1526-0542(20)30028-2. doi: 10.1016/j.prrv.2020.03.001

Ahern S, Feiler R, Sdrinis S. Maximising the value of clinical registry information through integration with a health service clinical governance framework: A care study. Aust Health Rev. 2020; 44: 421-426. doi: 10.1071/AH19004

Ayton DR, Gardam ML, Pritchard EK, Ruseckaite R, Ryan J, Robinson SJ, Brodaty H, Ward SA, Ahern S. Patient-reported outcome measures to inform care of people with dementia – a systematic scoping review. Gerontologist. 2020; gnz179. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnz179

Ayton D, Gardam M, Ward S, Brodaty H, Pritchard E, Earnest A, Krysinska K, Banaszak-Holl J, McNeil J, Ahern S. How can quality of dementia care be measured? The development of clinical quality indicators for an Australian Pilot Dementia Registry. JAD. 2020; 75: 923-936. doi: 10.3233/JAD-191044

Ayton D, O’Donnell R, Vicary D, Bateman C, Moran C, Srikanth VK, Lustig J, Banaszak-Holl J, Hunter P, Pritchard E, Morris H, Savaglio M, Parikh S, Skouteris H. Psychosocial volunteer support for older adults with cognitive impairment: development of MyCare Ageing using a codesign approach via action research. BMJ Open. 2020; 10: e036449. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036449

Ayton D, Soh S-E, Morello R, Ahern S, Earnest A, Brennan A, Lefkovits J, Evans S, Reid C, Ruseckaite R, McNeil J. Development of a percutaneous coronary intervention patient level composite measure for a clinical quality registry. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020; 20: 44. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4814-6

Burrell AJC, Pellegrini B, Salimi F, Begum H, Broadley T, Campbell LT, Cheng AC, Cheung W, Cooper DJ, Earnest A, Erickson SJ, French CJ, Kaldor JM, Litton E, Murthy S, McAllister R, Nichol A, Palermo A, Plummer M, Ramanan M, Reddi B, Reynolds C, Trapani T, Webb SAR, Udy A. Outcomes of COVID-19 patients admitted to Australian intensive care units during the early phase of the pandemic. Med J Aust. 2021 Jan;214(1):23-30. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50883. Epub 2020 Dec 15. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50883

Chan SL, Ho AF, Ding H, Liu N, Earnest A, Koh MS, Chuah JS, Lau ZY, Tan KB, Zheng H, Morgan GG, Ong ME. Impact of air pollution and trans-boundary haze on nation-wide emergency department visits and hospital admissions in Singapore. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2020; 49: 78-87. Link

Cosgriff R, Ahern S, Bell SC, Brownlee K, Burgel P-R, Byrnes C, Corvol H, Cheng SY, Elbert A, Faro A, Goss CH, Gulmans V, Marshall BC, McKone E, Middleton PG, Ruseckaite R, Stephenson AL, Carr SB. A multinational report to characterise SARS-CoV-2 infection in people with cystic fibrosis. J Cyst Fibrosis. 2020; 19: 355-358. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2020.04.012

Earnest A, Salimi F, Wainwright CE, Bell SC, Ruseckaite R, Ranger T, Kotsimbos T, Ahern S. Lung function over the life course of paediatric and adult patients with cystic fibrosis from a large multi-centre registry. Sci Rep. 2020; 10: 17421. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-74502-1

Ho AFW, Zheng H, Cheong KH, En WL, Pek PP, Zhao X, Morgan GG, Earnest A, Tan BYQ, Ng YY, Foo LL, Ong MEH. The relationship between air pollution and all-cause mortality in Singapore. Atmosphere. 2020; 11: 9. doi: 10.3390/atmos11010009

Hoy RF, Glass DC, Dimitriadis C, Hansen J, Hore-Lacy F, Sim MR. Identification of early-stage silicosis through health screening of stone benchtop industry workers in Victoria, Australia. Occup Environ Med. 2020. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2020-106897

Hoy RD, Hansen J, Glass DC, Dimitriadis C, Hore-Lacy F, Sim MR. Serum angiotensin converting enzyme elevation in association with artificial stone silicosis. Respir Med. 2020; 177: 106289. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2020.106289

Largey G, Briggs P, Davies H, Underhill C, Ross C, Harvey K, Blum R, Parker C, Guthrie C, Parente P, Trevorah B, Torres J, Mott C, Lancaster C, Brand M, Earnest A, Pellegrini B, Reed M, Zalcberg J, Stirling R. The Victorian Lung Cancer Service redesign project: Impacts of a quality improvement collaborative on timeliness and management in lung cancer. Intern Med J 2020. doi: 10.1111/imj.15043

Lim SL, Smith K, Dyson K, Chan SP, Earnest A, Nair R, Bernard S, Leong BS-H, Arulanandam S, Ng YY, Ong MEH. Incidence and outcomes of Out-of-Hospital cardiac arrest in Singapore and Victoria: A collaborative study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020; 9: e015981. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.015981

Lin X, Wallis K, Ward SA, Brodaty H, Sachdev PS, Naismith SL, Krysinska K, McNeil J, Rowe CC, Ahern S. The protocol of a clinical quality registry for dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI): the Australian dementia network (ADNeT) Registry. BMC Geriatrics. 2020; 20: 330. doi: 10.1186/s12877-020-01741-2

McClenaghan E, Cosgriff R, Brownlee K, Ahern S, Burgel PR, Byrnes CA, Colombo C, Corvol H, Cheng SY, Daneau G, Elbert A, Faro A, Goss CH, Gulmans V, Gutierrez H, de Monestrol I, Jung A, Justus LN, Kashirskaya N, Marshall BC, McKone E, Middleton PG, Mondejar-Lopez P, Pastor-Vivero MD, Padoan R, Rizvi S, Ruseckaite R, Salvatore M, Stephenson AL, da Silva Filho LVR, Melo J, Zampoli M, Carr SB. The global impact of SARS-CoV-2 in 181 people with cystic fibrosis. J Cystic Fibrosis. 2020; 19: 868-871. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2020.10.003

Merenda M, Vishwanath S, Ng S, Parker E, Ernest A, Klassen A, Pusic A, Hopper I. Test-retest reliability of the BREAST-Q IS in the Australian Breast Device Registry. Aesthet Surg J. 2020; sjaa342. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjaa342

Moore EM, King TA, Wood EM, Ruseckaite R, Klarica D, Spencer A, Ho PJ, Quach H, Prince HM, McQuilten ZK. Patient-reported outcome measures in multiple myeloma: Real-time reporting to improve care (My-PROMPT) – a pilot randomized controlled trial. Am J Hematol. 2020; 95: E178-E181. doi: 10.1002/ajh.25815

O’Donnell R, Savaglio M, Skouteris H, Banaszak-Holl J, Moran C, Morris H, Vicary D, Ayton D. The effectiveness of transition interventions to support older patients from hospital to home: A systematic scoping review. J Appl Gerontol. 2020. doi: 10.1177/0733464820968712

Panayiotou A, Hwang K, Williams S, Chong TWH, LoGiudice D, Haralambous B, Lin X, Zucchi E, Mascitti-Meuter M, Goh AMY, You E, Batchelor F. The perceptions of translation apps for everyday health care in healthcare workers and older people: A multi-method study. JCN 2020; 29: 3516-3526. doi: 10.1111/jocn.15390

Pease A, Lo C, Earnest A, Kiriakova V, Liew D, Zoungas S. The efficacy of technology in Type 1 diabetes: A systematic review, network meta-analysis, and narrative synthesis. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2020; 22: 411-421. doi: 10.1089/dia.2019.0417

Pease A, Lo C, Earnest A, Kiriakova V, Liew D, Zoungas S. Time in range for multiple technologies in Type 1 diabetes: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. Diabetes Care. 2020; 43: 1967-1975. doi: 10.2337/dc19-1785

Pease A, Zomer E, Liew D, Earnest A, Soldatos G, Ademi Z, Zoungas S. Cost-effectiveness analysis of a hybrid closed-loop system versus multiple daily injections and capillary glucose testing for adults with Type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2020; 22: 812-821. doi: 10.1089/dia.2020.0064

Pease A, Zomer E, Liew D, Lo C, Earnest A, Zoungas S. Cost-effectiveness of health technologies in adults with type 1 diabetes: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. Syst Rev. 2020; 9: 171. doi: 10.1186/s13643-020-01373-y

Ratnayake I, Ahern S, Ruseckaite R. A systematic review of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in cystic fibrosis. BMJ Open. 2020; 10: e033867. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033867

Ratnayake I, Ahern S, Ruseckaite R. Patient-reported outcome measures in cystic fibrosis: Protocol for a systematic review. JMIR Res Protoc. 2020; 9: e15467. doi: 10.2196/15467

Ruseckaite R, Richards C, Rutherford C, Team V, Turnour L, Franks P, Weller C. A conceptual framework of patient-reported outcomes in people with venous leg ulcers. Wound Repair Regen. 2020; 28: 355-363. doi: 10.1111/wrr.12787

Samoborec S, Simpson P, Hassani-Mahmooei B, Ruseckaite R, Giummarra M, Ayton D, Evans S. Impact of comorbidity on health outcome after a transport-related injury. Inj Prev. 2020; 26: 254-261. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043195

Samoborec S, Simpson P, Ruseckaite R, Ayton D, Evans S. Biopsychosocial factors associated with poor health-related quality of life after minor to moderate transport-related injuries: Insights into the Victorian compensable population. J Rehabil Med. 2020; 52: jrm00018. doi: 10.2340/16501977-2616

Sellars M, Detering KM, Sinclair C, White BP, Buck K, Ruseckaite R, Clayton JM, Nolte L. Personal and interpersonal factors and their associations with advance care planning documentation: A cross-sectional survey of older adults in Australia. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020; 59: 1212-1222.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.12.371

Shuman CJ, Ehrhart MG, Torres EM, Veliz P, Kath LM, VanAntwerp K, Banaszak-Holl J, Titler MG, Aarons GA. EBP implementation leadership of frontline nurse managers: Validation of the implementation leadership scale in acute care. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2020; 17: 82-91. doi: 10.1111/wvn.12402

Spronk PER, Begum H, Vishwanath S, Crosbie A, Earnest A, Elder E, Lumenta DB, Marinac-Dabic D, Moore CCM, Mureau MAM, Perks G, Pusic AL, Stark B, von Fritschen U, Klein H, Cooter RD, Rakhorst HA, Hopper I. Toward international harmonization of Breast Implant Registries: International collaboration of Breast Registry activities global common data set. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2020; 146: 255-267. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000006969

Szwarcbard N, Villani M, Earnest A, Flack J, Andrikopoulos S, Wischer N, Soldatos G, Gasevic D, Zoungas S. The association of smoking status with glycemic control, metabolic profile and diabetic complications – results of the Australian National Diabetes Audit (ANDA). J Diabetes Complications. 2020; 34: 107626. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2020.107626

Tay CT, Hart RJ, Hickey M, Moran LJ, Earnest A, Doherty DA, Teede HJ, Joham AE. Updated adolescent diagnostic criteria for polycystic ovary syndrome: impact on prevalence and longitudinal body mass index trajectories from birth to adulthood. BMC Medicine. 2020; 18. doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01861-x

Wah W, Ahern S, Earnest A. A systematic review of Bayesian spatial-temporal models on cancer incidence and mortality. Int J Public Health. 2020; 65: 673-682. doi: 10.1007/s00038-020-01384-5

Wah W, Stirling R, Ahern S, Earnest A. Association between receipt of guideline-concordant lung cancer treatment and individual- and area-level factors: A spatio-temporal analysis. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2020; 29: 2669-2679. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-0709

Wah W, Stirling R, Ahern S, Earnest A. Influence of timeliness and receipt of first treatment on geographic variation in non-small cell lung cancer mortality. Int J Cancer. 2020; 1-11. doi: 10.1002/ijc.33343

Yang TWW, Johari Y, Burton PR, Earnest A, Shaw K, Hare JL, Brown WA. Bariatric surgery in patients with severe heart failure. Obes Surg. 2020; 30: 2863-2869. doi: 10.1007/s11695-020-04612-2

Journals

Ahern S, Evans S, Hopper I, Zalcberg J. Towards a strategy for clinical quality registries in Australia. Aust Health Rev 2019; 43: 284-287. doi: 10.1071/AH17201

Ahern S, Hopper I, Loh E. Qualified privilege legislation to support clinician quality assurance: balancing professional and public interests. MJA 2019; 210: 313-346. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50124

Ahern S, Ruseckaite R, Dean J. Emerging Registry uses requires adaptable systems: reinventing the Australian Cystic Fibrosis Data Registry. J Cystic Fibrosis 2019; 18: S80. doi: 10.1016/S1569-1993(19)30375-3

Ayton D, Ayton S, Barker AL, Bush AI, Warren N. Parkinson’s disease prevalence and the association with rurality and agricultural determinants. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2019; 61: 198-202. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2018.10.026

Ayton D, Moran C, Berkovic D, Bateman C, Anderson K, Blair A, Soh S-E, Morello R, Lim YY, Liew D. The Volunteer Dementia and Delirium Care (VDDC)©: A pre-implementation study exploring perceived acceptability to implementing the program in an acute and subacute metropolitan hospital. Australas J Ageing 2019. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12725

Ayton D, Moran C, Berkovic D, Bateman C, Anderson K, Blair A, Soh S-E, Morello R, Lim YY, Liew D. The Volunteer Dementia and Delirium Care (VDDC)©: An exploration of perceived barriers and enablers to implementation in an acute and subacute metropolitan hospital. Australas J Ageing 2019. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12726

Ayton D, Pritchard E, Tsindos T. Acquired brain injury in the context of family violence: A systematic scoping review of incidence, prevalence, and contributing factors. Trauma Violence Abuse 2019; 16: 1524838018821951. doi: 10.1177/1524838018821951

Barker A, Cameron P, Flicker L, Arendts G, Brand C, Etherton-Beer C, Forbes A, Haines T, Hill A-M, Hunter P, Lowthian J, Nyman SR, Redfern J, Smit DV, Waldron N, Boyle E, MacDonald E, Ayton D, Morello R, Hill K. Evaluation of RESPOND, a patient-centred program to prevent falls in older people presenting to the emergency department with a fall: A randomised controlled trial. PLoS Med 2019. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002807

Begum H, Vishwanath S, Merenda M, Tacey M, Dean N, Elder E, Mureau M, Bezic R, Carter P, Cooter RD, Deva A, Earnest A, Higgs M, Klein H, Magnusson M, Moore C, Rakhorst H, Saunders C, Stark B, Hopper I. Defining quality indicators for breast device surgery: Using registries for global benchmarking. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 2019; 7: e2348. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000002348

Bunzli S, O’Brien P, Ayton D, Dowsey M, Gunn J, Choong P, Manski-Nankervis J-A. Misconceptions and the acceptance of evidence-based nonsurgical interventions for knee osteoarthritis. A qualitative study. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2019; 477: 1975-1983. doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000000784

Cameron PA, Fitzgerald MC, Curtis K, McKie E, Gabbe B, Earnest A, Christey G, Clarke C, Crozier J, Dinh M, Ellis DY, Howard T, Joseph AP, McDermott K, Matthew J, Ogilvie R, Pollard C, Rao S, Reade M, Rushworth N, Zalstein S, Australian Trauma Quality Improvement Program (AusTQIP) collaboration. Over view of major traumatic injury in Australia – Implications for trauma system design. Injury 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2019.09.036

Chosich B, Burgess M, Earnest A, Franco M, Runacres F, William L, Poon P, Yoong J. Cancer patients’ perceptions of palliative care. Support Care Cancer 2019. doi: 10.1007/s00520-019-04917-8

Coady V, Warren N, Bilkhu, Ayton D. Preferences for rural specialist health care in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease: Exploring the role of community-based nursing specialists. Aust J Prim Health 2019; 25: 49-53. doi: 10.1071/PY17119

Daly JO, Ahern S, Herkes R, O’Connell HE. The Australasian Pelvic Floor Procedure Registry: Not before time. ANZJOG 2019; 59: 473-476. doi: 10.1111/ajo.13030

Earnest A, Evans SM, Sampurno F, Millar JL. Forecasting annual incidence and mortality rate for prostate cancer in Australia until 2022 using autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models. BMJ Open 2019; 9: e031331. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031331

Ho AFW, Zheng H, Earnest A, Cheong KH, Pek PP, Seok JY, Liu N, Kwan YH, Tan JWC, Wong TH, Hausenloy DJ, Foo LL, Tan BYQ, Ong MEH. Time-stratified case crossover study of the association of outdoor ambient air pollution with the risk of acute myocardial infarction in the context of seasonal exposure to the Southeast Asian haze problem. J Am Heart Assoc 2019; 8: e011272. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.011272

Hopper I, Parker E, Pellegrini B, Mulvany C, Pase M, Ahern S, Earnest A, Cooter R, Elder E, Moore CC, McNeil JJ. Australian Breast Device Registry: 2017 Annual Report. Monash University 2019; 52 pp. ABDR-2017-report.pdf

Hopper I, Parker E, Pellegrini B, Mulvany C, Pase M, Ahern S, Earnest A, Cooter R, Farrell G, Elder E, Moore C, McNeil J, on behalf of the Australian Breast Device Registry. Australian Breast Device Registry: 2018 Annual Report. Monash University 2019; 72 pp. ABDR-2018-report.pdf

Hoque EME, Earnest A, Ruseckaite R, Lorgelly P, Sampurno F, Evans M, Evans SM. A randomised controlled trial comparing completeness of responses of three methods of collecting patient-reported outcome measures in men diagnosed with prostate cancer. Qual Life Res 2019; 28: 687-694. doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-2061-7

Ierano C, Thursky K, Peel T, Rajkhowa A, Marshall C, Ayton D. Influences on surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis decision making by surgical craft groups, anaesthetists, pharmacists and nurses in public and private hospitals. PLoS One 2019; 14: e0225011. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225011

Ioannou LJ, Serpell J, Dean J, Bendinelli C, Gough J, Lisewski D, Miller JA, Meyer-Rochow W, Sidhu S, Topliss D, Walters D, Zalcberg J, Ahern S. Development of a binational thyroid cancer clinical quality registry: a protocol paper. BMJ Open 2019; 9: e023723. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023723

Kakoly NS, Earnest A, Teede HJ, Moran LJ, Joham AE. The impact of obesity on the incidence of type 2 diabetes among women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Diabetes Care 2019; 42: 560-567. doi: 10.2337/dc18-1738

Kannan A, Kirkman M, Ruseckaite R, Evans SM. Prostate care and prostate cancer from the perspectives of undiagnosed men: a systematic review of qualitative research. BMJ Open 2019; 9: e022842. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022842

Morello RT, Soh S-E, Behm K, Egan A, Ayton D, Hill K, Flicker L, Etherton-Beer CD, Arendts G, Waldron N, Redfern J, Haines T, Lowthian J, Nyman SR, Cameron P, Fairhall N, Barker AL. Multifactorial falls prevention programmes for older adults presenting to the Emergency Department with a fall: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Inj Prev 2019; 25: 557-564. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043214

Morris RL, Hill KD, Ackerman IN, Ayton D, Arendts G, Brand C, Cameron P, Etherton-Beer CD, Flicker L, Hill A-M, Hunter P, Lowthian JA, Morello R, Nyman SR, Redfern J, Smit DV, Barker AL. A mixed methods process evaluation of a person-centred falls prevention program. BMC Health Serv Res 2019; 19: 906. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4614-z

O’Brien P, Bunzli S, Ayton D, Dowsey MM, Gunn J, Manski-Nankervis J-A. What are the patient factors that impact on decisions to progress to total knee replacement? A qualitative study involving patients with knee osteoarthritis. BMJ Open 2019; 9: e031310. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031310

Ooi GJ, Burton PR, Bayliss J, Raajendiran A, Earnest A, Laurie C, Kemp WW, McLean CA, Roberts SK, Watt MJ, Brown WA. Effect of body mass index, metabolic health and adipose tissue inflammation on the severity of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in bariatric surgical patients: A prospective study. Obes Surg 2019; 29: 99-108. doi: 10.1007/s11695-018-3479-2

Pritchard E, Tsindos T, Ayton D. Practitioner perspectives on the nexus between acquired brain injury and family violence. Health Soc Care Community 2019; 27: 1283-1294. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12770

Ruseckaite R, Maharaj AD, Krysinska K, Dean J, Ashern S. Developing a preliminary conceptual framework for guidelines on inclusion of Patient Reported-Outcome Measures (PROMs) in clinical quality registries. Patient Relat Outcome Meas 2019; 10: 355-372. doi: 10.2147/PROM.S229569

Ruseckaite R, Ahern S, Earnest A, King S, Schultz A, Middleton P, Bell S. Survival of patients with cystic fibrosis in Australia. J Cystic Fibrosis 2019; 18: S18-S19. doi: 10.1016/S1569-1993(19)30175-4

Samoborec S, Ayton D, Ruseckaite R, Evans SM. Biopsychosocial barriers affecting recovery after a minor transport-related injury: A qualitative study from Victoria. Health Expect 2019; 22: 1003-1012. doi: 10.1111/hex.12907

Samoborec S, Ayton D, Ruseckaite R, Winbolt G, Evans SM. System complexities affecting recovery after a minor transport-related injury: The need for a person-centred approach. J Rehabil Med 2019; 51: 120-126. doi: 10.2340/16501977-2500

Samoborec S, Simpson P, Hassani-Mahmooei B, Ruseckaite R, Giummarra M, Ayton D, Evans S. Impact of comorbidity on health outcome after a transport-related injury. Inj Prev 2019; injuryprev-2019-043195. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043195

Soh S-E, Barker AL, Ayton DR, Ahern S, Morello R, Lefkovits J, Brennan AL, Evans S, Zalcberg JR, Reid CM, McNeil JJ. What matters most to patients following percutaneous coronary interventions? A new patient-reported outcome measure developed using Rasch analysis. PloS One 2019; 14: e0222185. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222185

Villani M, Earnest A, Smith K, Giannopoulos D, Soldatos G, De Courten B, Zoungas S. Outcomes of people with severe hypoglycaemia requiring prehospital emergency medical services management: a prospective study. Diabetologia 2019; 62: 1868-1879. doi: 10.1007/s00125-019-4933-y

Wei WE, Wong CH, Matchar DB, Earnest A, Wah W, Ong MEH, Wong TH. Effect of housing type and neighborhood socioeconomic indicators on survival after low falls in older adults. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2019; 20: 646-649. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2018.12.016

Yang Y, Ling ML, Tan SB, Østbye T, Earnest A, Ng HS. The burden of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections among hospitalised patients in Singapore. Gestäo e Sociedada 2019; 13: 2650-2665. doi: 10.21171/ges.v13i34.2457

Book chapter

Ahern S. Clinical Services Planning (Ch 4). In: Textbook of Medical Administration and Leadership (1^st Edn) – Eds: Loh E, Long PW, Spurgeon P. 2019 – Springer, Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-5454-9_4

Journals

Ackerman IN, Soh S-E, Barker AL. Opportunities for cross-disciplinary care partnerships in physiotherapy. J Physiother 2018; 64: 69-71. doi:10.1016/j.jphys.2018.02.008

Ahern S, Apos E, McNeil JJ, Cunningham J, Johnson M. Monitoring outcomes in spine surgery: rationale behind the Australian Spine Registry. ANZ J Surg 2018; 88: 950-951. doi:10.1111/ans.14562

Ahern S, Evans S, Hopper I, Zalcberg J. Towards a strategy for clinical quality registries in Australia. Aust Health Rev 2018. doi:10.1071/AH17201

Ahern S, Evans SM, Hopper I, Earnest A. Clinical quality registries for clinician-level reporting: strengths and limitations. Med J Aust 2018: 208: 323. doi:10.5694/mja17.00644

Ahern S, Sims G, Earnest A, Bell SC. Optimism, opportunities, outcomes: the Australian Cystic Fibrosis Data Registry. Intern Med J 2018; 48: 721-723. doi:10.1111/imj.13807

Ayton D, Ayton S, Barker AL, Bush AI, Warren N. Parkinson’s disease prevalence and the association with rurality and agricultural determinants. Parkinsonism Relat Dis 2018. doi:10.1016/j.parkreldis.2018.10.026

Barker AL, Peeters G, Morello RT, Norman R, Ayton D, Lefkovits J, Brennan A, Evans SM, Zalcberg J, Reid C, Ahern S, Soh S-E, Stoelwinder J, McNeil JJ. Symptoms and feelings valued by patients after a percutaneous coronary intervention: a discrete-choice experiment to inform development of a new patient-reported outcome. BMJ Open 2018; 8: e023141. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023141

Blackburn J, Zheng Q, Grabowski DC, Hirth R, Intrator O, Stevenson DG, Banaszak-Holl J. Nursing home chain affiliation and its impact on specialty service designation for Alzheimer disease. Inquiry-J Health Car 2018; 55. doi:10.1177/0046958018787992

Danek E, Earnest A, Wischer N, Andrikopoulos S, Pease A, Nanayakkara N, Zoungas S. Risk-adjustment of diabetes health outcomes improves the accuracy of performance benchmarking. Sci Rep 2018; 8: 10261. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-28101-w

Detering KM, Buck K, Ruseckaite R, Kelly H, Sellars M, Sinclair C, Clayton JM, Nolte L. Prevalence and correlates of advance care directives among older Australians accessing health and residential aged care services: multicentre audit study. BMJ Open 2018; 9: e025255. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025255

Evans MA, Millar JL, Earnest A, Frydenberg M, Davis ID, Murphy DG, Kearns PA, Evans SM. Active surveillance of men with low risk prostate cancer: evidence from the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Registry – Victoria. Med J Aust 2018; 208: 439-443. doi:10.5694/mja17.00559

Ho AFW, Wah W, Earnest A, Ng YY, Xie Z, Shahidah N, Yap S, Pek PP, Ong MEH. Health impacts of the southeast Asian haze problem – A time-stratified case crossover study of the relationship between ambient air pollution and sudden cardiac deaths in Singapore. Int J Cardiol 2018; 271: 352-358. doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.04.070

Hopper I, Ahern S, Nguyen TQ, Mulvany C, McNeil JJ, Deva AK, Klein H, Stark B, Rakhorst HA, Cooter RD. Breast Implant Registries: a call to action. Aesthet Surg J 2018; 38: 807-810. doi:10.1093/asj/sjx153

Hoque DE, Earnest A, Ruseckaite R, Lorgelly P, Sampurno F, Evans M, Evans SM. A randomised controlled trial comparing completeness of responses of three methods of collecting patient-reported outcome measures in men diagnosed with prostate cancer. Qual Life Res 2018; 28: 687-694. doi:10.1007/s11136-018-2061-7

Hoque DE, Ruseckaite R, Lorgelly P, McNeil JJ, Evans SM. Cross-sectional study of characteristics of clinical registries in Australia: a resource for clinicians and policy makers. Int J Qual Health Care 2018; 30: 192-199. doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzx196

Ierano C, Peel T, Ayton D, Rajkhowa A, Marshall C, Thursky K. Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis – the evidence and understanding its impact on consensus guidelines. Infection, Disease & Health 2018; 23: 179-188. doi:10.1016/j.idh.2018.05.003

Kannan A, Kirkman M, Ruseckaite R, Evans S. Prostate cancer awareness, case-finding, and early diagnosis: interviews with undiagnosed men in Australia. PloS One 2018. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0211539

Ooi GJ, Burton PR, Earnest A, Laurie C, Kemp WW, Nottle PD, McLean CA, Roberts SK, Brown WA. Visual liver score to stratify non-alcoholic steatohepatitis risk and determine selective intraoperative liver biopsy in obesity. Obes Surg 2018; 28: 427-436. doi:10.1007/s11695-017-2859-3

Ooi GJ, Earnest A, Doyle L, Laurie C, Wentworth JM, Sikaris K, le Roux CW, Burton PR, O’Brien PE, Brown WA. Detailed description of change in serum cholesterol profile with incremental weight loss after restrictive bariatric surgery. Obes Surg 2018; 28: 1351-1362. doi:10.1007/s11695-017-3015-9

Ooi GJ, Earnest A, Kemp WW, Burton PR, Laurie C, Majeed A, Johnson N, McLean C, Roberts SK, Brown WA. Evaluating feasibility and accuracy of non-invasive tests for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in severe and morbid obesity. Int J Obes (Lond) 2018; 42: 1900-1911. doi:10.1038/s41366-018-0007-3

Pease A, Earnest A, Ranasinha S, Nanayakkara N, Liew D, Wischer N, Andrikopoulos S, Zoungas S. Burden of cardiovascular risk factors and disease among patients with type 1 diabetes: results of the Australian National Diabetes Audit (ANDA). Cardiovasc Diabetol 2018; 17: 77. doi:10.1186/s12933-018-0726-8

Pease A, Lo C, Earnest A, Liew D, Zoungas S. Evaluating optimal utilisation of technology in type 1 diabetes mellitus from a clinical and health economic perspective: protocol for a systematic review. Syst Rev 2018; 7:44. doi:10.1186/s13643-018-0706-9

Peeters G, Barker AL, Talevski J, Ackerman I, Ayton DR, Reid C, Stoelwinder JU, McNeil JJ. Do patients have a say? A narrative review of the development of patient-reported outcome measures used in elective procedures for coronary revascularisation. Qual Life Res 2018; 27: 1369-1380. doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-1795-6

Ruseckaite R, Pekin N, King S, Carr E, Ahern S, Oldroyd J, Earnest A, Wainwright C, Armstrong D. Evaluating the impact of 2006 Australasian Clinical Practice Guidelines for nutrition in children with cystic fibrosis in Australia. Resp Med 2018; 142: 7-14. doi:10.1016/j.rmed.2018.07.007

Samoborec S, Ruseckaite R, Ayton D, Evans S. Biopsychosocial factors associated with non-recovery after a minor transport-related injury: A systematic review. PLoS One 2018; 13: e0198352. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198352

Sung SC, Ma J, Earnest A, Rush AJ, Lim LEC, Ong MEH. Screening for panic-related anxiety in emergency department patients with cardiopulmonary complaints: A comparison of two self-report instruments. Psychiatry Res 2018; 263: 7-14. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2018.02.031

Sung SC, Rush AJ, Earnest A, Lim LEC, Pek MPP, Choi JMF, Ng MPK, Ong MEH. A brief interview to detect panic attacks and panic disorder in Emergency Department patients with cardiopulmonary complaints. J Psychiatr Pract 2018; 24: 32-44. doi:10.1097/PRA.0000000000000283

Villani M, Earnest A, Smith K, de Courten B, Zoungas S. Geographical variation of diabetic emergencies attended by prehospital Emergency Medical Services is associated with measures of ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Sci Rep 2018; 8: 5122. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-23457-5

Wang LL, Begashaw K, Evans M, Earnest A, Evans SM, Millar JL, Murphy DG, Moon D. Patterns of care and outcomes for men diagnosed with prostate cancer in Victoria: an update. ANZ J Surg 2018; 88: 1037-1042. doi.org/10.1111/ans.14722

Book chapter

Warren N, Ayton D. (Re)negotiating normal every day: phenomenological uncertainty in Parkinson’s disease (Ch 8). In: Disability, Normalcy and the Everyday (1st Edn) – Eds: Thomas GM, Sakellariou D. 2018 – Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, UK.