Sydney School of Public Health: Recent submissions
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Incremental benefits and harms of the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association high blood pressure guideline.
Published 2018The recent recommendations from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) to lower the thresholds for defining hypertension and for treating higher-risk patients1 have been controversial. ...Article -
Monitoring Adherence to Medication by Measuring Change in Blood Pressure.
Published 2010After starting antihypertensives, blood pressure is monitored for several reasons, including assessment of adherence. We aimed to estimate the accuracy of blood pressure monitoring for detecting early nonadherence. We ...Open AccessArticle -
Optimizing the frequency of follow-up visits for patients treated for localized primary cutaneous melanoma
Published 2011To develop more evidence-based guidelines for the frequency of patient follow-up after treatment of localized (American Joint Committee on Cancer [AJCC] stage I or II) melanoma. Methods: We used data from Melanoma Institute ...Open AccessArticle -
Value of routine monitoring of bone mineral density after starting bisphosphonate treatment: secondary analysis of trial data.
Published 2009To assess the value of monitoring response to bisphosphonate treatment by means of measuring bone mineral density. In this paper we investigate the effects of alendronate on bone density at the individual level. We compare ...Open AccessArticle -
Depression Following Major Life Transitions in Women: A Review and Theory
Published 2020Depression can occur due to common major life transitions, such as giving birth, menopause, retirement, empty-nest transition, and midlife crisis. Although some of these transitions are perceived as positive (e.g., giving ...Article