Faculty of Medicine and Health: Recent submissions
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Meta-analysis of prospective studies evaluating breast cancer detection and interval cancer rates for digital breast tomosynthesis versus mammography population screening
Published 2021Introduction: Breast cancer (BC) screening using digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) has been shown to increase cancer detection compared with mammography; however, it is unknown whether DBT impacts interval cancer rate ...Open AccessArticle -
Quantifying the advantages of conducting a prospective meta-analysis (PMA): a case study of early childhood obesity prevention
Published 2021BackgroundFor prospective meta-analyses (PMAs), eligible studies are identified, and the PMA hypotheses, selection criteria, and analysis methods are pre-specified before the results of any of the studies are known. This ...Open AccessArticle -
A Review of Registered Randomized Controlled Trials for the Prevention of Obesity in Infancy
Published 2021Childhood overweight and obesity is a worldwide public health issue. Our objective was to describe planned, ongoing and completed randomized controlled trials (RCTs) designed for the prevention of obesity in early childhood. ...Open AccessArticle -
Data sharing - trialists' plans at registration, attitudes, barriers and facilitators: A cohort study and cross-sectional survey
Published 2021Abstract Data unavailability impedes research transparency and is a major problem for individual participant data (IPD) meta-analyses as it reduces statistical power, increases risk of bias, and may even preclude completion. ...Open AccessArticle -
A Versatile, Secure and Sustainable All-In-One Biobank-Registry Data Solution: The A3BC REDCap Model
Published 2021Introduction: A key element in the big data revolution is large-scale biobanking and the associated development of high-quality data collections and supporting informatics solutions. As such, in establishing the Australian ...Open AccessPreprint