Queensland Health

Measurement, meaning and the limits of research methods in mental health: a case for methodological pluralism

Purpose This paper explores the limits of current research methods in mental health. Quantitative methods are useful for diagnosis, measurement and treatment outcomes, but they do not fully capture patient experience, meaning and cultural context. The aim of this study is to high...

Measuring Safer Opioid Use in Hospitals: Development of Consensus-Based Safety and Quality Indicators - a modified Delphi study

BACKGROUND: A significant contributor to preventable medication related harm is opioids. Within Australian hospitals, opioids have contributed to deaths, hospital admissions, and in-hospital related harm. Given these harms, there is a need to ensure opioids are used safely and th...

Factors associated with bowel cancer screening participation among First Nations Peoples receiving home health care services in New South Wales, Australia

First Nations Australians consistently exhibit lower bowel screening participation rates than non-First Nations Australians. However, limited studies have been conducted to understand the factors associated with bowel cancer screening participation among First Nations Australians...

Development and validation of a real-time polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Haycocknema perplexum.

dilution (Ct value 39.6) for SSU-PCR, making the latter a more sensitive assay for detecting lower concentrations of organism in the patient biopsy. The sensitivity of fresh frozen samples was superior to FFPE samples. All but one sample was negative following treatment. Feasibil...