Search Results - "Kwan, Marcella M S"

The rural pipeline to longer-term rural practice: General practitioners and specialists by Kwan, Marcella M S, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas, Ranmuthugala, Geetha, Toombs, Maree R, Nicholson, Geoffrey C

“…Rural medical workforce shortage contributes to health disadvantage experienced by rural communities worldwide. This study aimed to determine the regional…”
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Increased concern is protective for falls in Chinese older people: the chopstix fall risk study by Kwan, Marcella M S, Tsang, William W N, Lin, Sang-I, Greenaway, Mark, Close, Jacqueline C T, Lord, Stephen R

“…Chinese older people have approximately half the risk of falling as their white counterparts, but no studies to date have explained why such a disparity…”
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Comparison of faecal microbiota in Blastocystis-positive and Blastocystis-negative irritable bowel syndrome patients by Nagel, Robyn, Traub, Rebecca J, Allcock, Richard J N, Kwan, Marcella M S, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle

“…We investigated whether the carriage of Blastocystis in IBS patients was associated with differences in the faecal microbiota. Forty patients with…”
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Blastocystis specific serum immunoglobulin in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) versus healthy controls by Nagel, Robyn, Traub, Rebecca J, Kwan, Marcella M S, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle

“…Blastocystis species are common enteric human parasites and carriage has been linked to Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), particularly diarrhoea-predominant IBS…”
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Development and validation of a Chinese version of the Falls Efficacy Scale International by Kwan, Marcella M.S, Tsang, William W.N, Close, Jacqueline C.T, Lord, Stephen R

“…Abstract The FES-I is an instrument developed to assess concern about falls. The aim of this study was to develop a Chinese version of the 16-item Falls…”
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Mortality in hospital patients with and without mental disorders: A data-linkage cohort study by Karim, Rafid S., Kwan, Marcella MS, Finlay, Angus JF, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas, Toombs, Maree R., Nicholson, Geoffrey C., McGrail, Matthew, Gill, Neeraj S.

“…In the general population, people with mental disorders have increased mortality. This association, however, has not been explored in a population who at some…”
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Preventing falls in older multifocal glasses wearers by providing single-lens distance glasses: the protocol for the VISIBLE randomised controlled trial by Haran, Mark J, Lord, Stephen R, Cameron, Ian D, Ivers, Rebecca Q, Simpson, Judy M, Lee, Bonsan B, Porwal, Mamta, Kwan, Marcella M S, Severino, Connie

“…Recent research has shown that wearing multifocal glasses increases the risk of trips and falls in older people. The aim of this study is to determine whether…”
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Effect on falls of providing single lens distance vision glasses to multifocal glasses wearers: VISIBLE randomised controlled trial by Haran, Mark J, Cameron, Ian D, Ivers, Rebecca Q, Simpson, Judy M, Lee, Bonsan B, Tanzer, Michael, Porwal, Mamta, Kwan, Marcella M S, Severino, Connie, Lord, Stephen R

“…Objective To determine whether the provision of single lens distance glasses to older wearers of multifocal glasses reduces falls.Design Parallel randomised…”
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Effect on falls of providing single lens distance vision glasses to multifocal glasses wearers: VISIBLE randomised controlled trial by Haran, Mark J, Cameron, Ian D, Ivers, Rebecca Q, Simpson, Judy M, Lee, Bonsan B, Tanzer, Michael, Porwal, Mamta, Kwan, Marcella M S, Severino, Connie, Lord, Stephen R

“…Haran et al present a randomized controlled trial determining the effect on falls of providing single lens distance vision glasses to multifocal glasses…”
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