Connect
MJA
MJA

Statistics, epidemiology and research design

2018

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 Lube, 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): 1 Free

Research

Sepsis incidence and mortality are underestimated in Australian intensive care unit administrative data

Manon Heldens, Marinelle Schout, Naomi E Hammond, Frances Bass, Anthony Delaney and Simon R Finfer

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (6): 255-260 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

Perspectives

Priorities for preventing a concentrated HIV epidemic among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

James S Ward, Karen Hawke and Rebecca J Guy

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (1): 56 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): 1 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

Distributions and what to do when they are non-normal

Alan Taylor

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (1): 1013

2017

Letters

Cortisone injections for tennis elbow should be an “avoid”, rather than a recommended procedure

John W Orchard and Bill Vicenzino

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (10): 453

Systematic review

Determining the contribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae to community-acquired pneumonia in Australia

J Kevin Yin, Sanjay H Jayasinghe, Patrick G Charles, Catherine King, Clayton K Chiu, Robert I Menzies and Peter B McIntyre

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (9): 396-400

Research

The prevalence of monogenic diabetes in Australia: the Fremantle Diabetes Study Phase II

Timothy ME Davis, Ashley E Makepeace, Sian Ellard, Kevin Colclough, Kirsten Peters, Andrew Hattersley and Wendy A Davis

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (8): 344-347 Free

Medical education / Key research skills

Statistical and clinical significance

Ian A Scott

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (5): 187-189

Medical education / Key research skills

Understanding statistical hypothesis tests and power

Michael P Jones, Alissa Beath, Christopher Oldmeadow and John R Attia

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (4): 148-150

Medical education / Key research skills

Understanding statistical principles in correlation, causation and moderation in human disease

Michael P Jones, Marjorie M Walker and John R Attia

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (3): 104-106

Short Report

Risks of using medical record and administrative data for prognostic models

Marliese Alexander, Sue M Evans, Rory Wolfe, David L Ball and Kate Burbury

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (3): 126 Free