Faculty of Medicine and Health: Recent submissions
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Asking young Aboriginal people who use illicit drugs about their healthcare preferences using audio-computer-assisted self-interviewing
Published 2019Introduction and Aims Substance use significantly contributes to increasing the disease burden experienced by young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Aboriginal) Australians. Little is known about the primary ...Open AccessArticle -
Factors influencing engagement and utilization of opium tincture-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder: A qualitative study in Tehran, Iran
Published 2021Introduction In response to a high burden of opioid use disorder (OUD), Iran established a network of opioid agonist treatment (OAT) centres beginning in 2002. To increase treatment diversity, particularly for patients ...Open AccessArticle -
Do we need to rethink the diagnoses melanoma in situ and severely dysplastic naevus?
Published 2022Many countries have seen a dramatic increase in the reported incidence of cutaneous melanoma in recent decades, largely driven by increased diagnoses of melanoma in situ and thin invasive melanoma. The incidence of thick ...Open AccessArticle -
Simulations found within-subject measurement variation in glycaemic measures may cause overdiagnosis of prediabetes and diabetes.
Published 2021The aim of this research was to determine the impact of test measurement variation on misclassification of prediabetes and diabetes in the US adult population. Data from adults with no prior diagnosis of diabetes in the ...Article -
I need an exact margin measurement for this basal cell carcinoma!
Published 2021Pathology laboratories are required to determine or estimate the measurement uncertainty for all quantitative results, but there is no literature on the uncertainty in margin measurements for skin cancer excisions. Six ...Open AccessArticle