Outputs (25)

Anti-osteoporosis medication dispensing by clinical commissioning groups in England – an ecological study of variability in practice and of the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic (2022)
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Toh, L. S., Johansen, A., Sami, A., Janjua, S. S., Boardman, H. F., Janjua, S. S., Boardman, H. F., Sami, A., Johansen, A., Toh, L. S., & Javaid, M. K. (2023). Anti-osteoporosis medication dispensing by clinical commissioning groups in England – an ecological study of variability in practice and of the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 32(2), 248-255. https://doi.org/10.1002/pds.5544

Purpose: To investigate whether the rate of Anti-Osteoporosis Medication (AOM) dispensing was related to prevalence of risk factors and hip fracture incidence in the local population. Methods: The Open Prescribing database was used to analyse dispens... Read More about Anti-osteoporosis medication dispensing by clinical commissioning groups in England – an ecological study of variability in practice and of the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Community health literacy outcome measurement practices: A scoping review of recent interventions (2022)
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Sawyers, L., Anderson, C., Aslani, P., Duncan, G., Janjua, S. S., & Toh, L. S. (2022). Community health literacy outcome measurement practices: A scoping review of recent interventions. Health Science Reports, 5(5), Article e810. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.810

Introduction: Evidence suggests that, while a preference for functional Health Literacy (HL) outcome measurement exists, researchers are converging towards more all-encompassing instruments. While this claim is present in the HL field, minimal resear... Read More about Community health literacy outcome measurement practices: A scoping review of recent interventions.

Routine omics collection is a golden opportunity for European human research in space and analog environments (2022)
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Cope, H., Willis, C. R., MacKay, M. J., Rutter, L. A., Toh, L. S., Williams, P. M., Herranz, R., Borg, J., Bezdan, D., Giacomello, S., Muratani, M., Mason, C. E., Etheridge, T., & Szewczyk, N. J. (2022). Routine omics collection is a golden opportunity for European human research in space and analog environments. Patterns, 3(10), Article 100550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2022.100550

Widespread generation and analysis of omics data have revolutionized molecular medicine on Earth, yet its power to yield new mechanistic insights and improve occupational health during spaceflight is still to be fully realized in humans. Nevertheless... Read More about Routine omics collection is a golden opportunity for European human research in space and analog environments.

Supporting patients to get the best from their osteoporosis treatment: a rapid realist review of what works, for whom, and in what circumstance (2022)
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Paskins, Z., Babatunde, O., Sturrock, A., Toh, L. S., Horne, R., Maidment, I., & on behalf of the Effectiveness Working Group of the Royal Osteoporosis Society Osteoporosis, Bone Research Academy. (2022). Supporting patients to get the best from their osteoporosis treatment: a rapid realist review of what works, for whom, and in what circumstance. Osteoporosis International, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-022-06453-4

Summary: Systematic reviews that examine effectiveness of interventions to improve medicines optimisation do not explain how or why they work. This realist review identified that interventions which effectively optimise medicines use in osteoporosis... Read More about Supporting patients to get the best from their osteoporosis treatment: a rapid realist review of what works, for whom, and in what circumstance.

Space Medicines for Space Health (2022)
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Tran, Q. D., Tran, V., Toh, L. S., Williams, P. M., Tran, N. N., & Hessel, V. (2022). Space Medicines for Space Health. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 13(8), 1231–1247. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.1c00681

Scientists from around the world are studying the effects of microgravity and cosmic radiation via the “off-Earth” International Space Station (ISS) laboratory platform. The ISS has helped scientists make discoveries that go beyond the basic understa... Read More about Space Medicines for Space Health.

Astropharmacy: Pushing the boundaries of the pharmacists’ role for sustainable space exploration (2022)
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Sawyers, L., Anderson, C., Boyd, M. J., Hessel, V., Wotring, V., Williams, P. M., & Toh, L. S. (2022). Astropharmacy: Pushing the boundaries of the pharmacists’ role for sustainable space exploration. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2022.02.002

Background: Human physiology undergoes extensive changes in space potentially leading to alterations in the way a medication functions. Understanding the efficacy behind Pharmacological Countermeasures (PCMs) and deliverable pharmacy services is impe... Read More about Astropharmacy: Pushing the boundaries of the pharmacists’ role for sustainable space exploration.

Utility of unidimensional and functional pain assessment tools in adult postoperative patients: a systematic review (2022)
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Baamer, R. M., Iqbal, A., Lobo, D. N., Knaggs, R. D., Levy, N. A., & Toh, L. S. (2022). Utility of unidimensional and functional pain assessment tools in adult postoperative patients: a systematic review. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 128(5), 874-888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2021.11.032

Background: We aimed to appraise the evidence relating to the measurement properties of unidimensional tools to quantify pain after surgery. Furthermore, we wished to identify the tools used to assess interference of pain with functional recovery. Me... Read More about Utility of unidimensional and functional pain assessment tools in adult postoperative patients: a systematic review.

The association between incident vertebral deformities, health-related quality of life and functional impairment: a 10.7-year cohort study (2021)
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Shah, A., Wu, F., Jones, G., Cicuttini, F., Toh, L., & Laslett, L. (2021). The association between incident vertebral deformities, health-related quality of life and functional impairment: a 10.7-year cohort study. Osteoporosis International, 32(11), 2247-2255. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-021-06004-3

We aimed to describe longitudinal changes in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measures associated with incident vertebral deformities (VDs) over 10.7 years. Incident VDs are associated with clinically significant functional impairment in men, a... Read More about The association between incident vertebral deformities, health-related quality of life and functional impairment: a 10.7-year cohort study.

Role of pharmacists in optimising opioid therapy for chronic non-malignant pain; A systematic review (2020)
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Iqbal, A., Knaggs, R. D., Anderson, C., & Toh, L. S. (2022). Role of pharmacists in optimising opioid therapy for chronic non-malignant pain; A systematic review. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 18(3), 2352-2366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2020.11.014

Background: Opioid optimisation is a global issue in Chronic Non-malignant Pain (CNMP) management. Objective: This systematic review aims to assess the effectiveness of interventions delivered by pharmacists in outpatient clinical settings, community... Read More about Role of pharmacists in optimising opioid therapy for chronic non-malignant pain; A systematic review.

Updating and validating quality prescribing indicators for use in Australian general practice (2019)
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Phuong Linh Dang, C., Shean Toh, L., Cooling, N., Jackson, S., Curtain, C., Thompson, A., & Peterson, G. (2020). Updating and validating quality prescribing indicators for use in Australian general practice. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 26(1), 31-42. https://doi.org/10.1071/PY19060

© 2019 La Trobe University. This study aims to update and validate quality prescribing indicators (QPIs) for Australian general practice. The study comprised two phases: (1) developing preliminary potential QPIs based on the 2006 National Prescribing... Read More about Updating and validating quality prescribing indicators for use in Australian general practice.