Sydney School of Health Sciences: Recent submissions
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Development of a patient decision aid for people with chronic low back pain and degenerative disc disease considering lumbar fusion: A mixed-methods study
Published 2025OBJECTIVES: To develop and user-test a patient decision aid providing evidence-based information for people with chronic low back pain (LBP) and degenerative disc disease considering lumbar fusion. DESIGN: Convergent ...Article -
The Clinical Course of Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis in Adults Attending Two Hospital Outpatient Physiotherapy Clinics in NSW: An Evaluation of the Osteoarthritis Chronic Care Program (OACCP)
Published 2025BACKGROUND: Osteoarthritis (OA) affects over 700,000 individuals in NSW, with projections estimating an increase to 1 million by 2030. This has led to a significant rise in joint replacement surgeries and associated ...Article -
People With Acute Low Back Pain Have Concerns That May Not Be Addressed by Guideline-Recommended Advice: A Mixed-Methods Study
Published 2024OBJECTIVE: To investigate what concerns people with acute low back pain (LBP) and explore whether demographic and clinical factors were associated with having concerns about LBP. DESIGN: Mixed-methods study. METHODS: We ...Article -
Overview of the Drivers of Low-Value Care Comment on "Key Factors that Promote Low-Value Care: Views of Experts From the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands"
Published 2022Verkerk and colleagues explored the key drivers of low-value care from the perspective of 18 policy-makers and researchers who had led and evaluated at least one initiative to reduce low-value care or had been responsible ...Article