|
Research project |
Institution on whose behalf the research is
being undertaken |
Researcher |
Description |
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Outcome and cost
analysis of physiotherapist-fabricated temporary prostheses for
amputee rehabilitation. |
Nepean Hospital; Port Kembla Hospital;
Newcastle
Hospital. |
Fitzsimmons T. |
To determine the
cost and outcome results of the temporary prosthesis program
conducted at many rehabilitation centres in NSW. |
|
Frequency and
characteristics of chest discomfort following coronary
angioplasty and stent implantation in cardiac rehabilitation
attendees. |
The Sutherland
Hospital. |
Lynch F. |
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Does the use of
pedometers increase physical activity in Illawarra residents who
are referred to outpatient cardiac rehabilitation? |
The Illawarra Health Promotion Unit; NSW Heart Foundation;
Public Health;
Epidemiology
Department, University of NSW. |
Furber S. |
A qualitative
study on the perceptions of cardiac rehabilitation participants
on the usefulness of pedometers for promoting physical activity.
Oxygen gas analysis will be used to accurately measure a
person’s level of fitness at each point in the study. |
|
Albury
Telehealth Chronic Pain Management Program. |
Psychology
Department, Port Kembla Hospital. |
Bliokas V. |
This project is
an expansion of the existing outreach pain management programs
to regional centres that lack this service. It consists of three
chronic pain management programs, which are transmitted via
telehealth to Albury Base Hospital. The project also involves
the development and implementation of an education program to
Albury Base Hospital staff. |
|
Bega Telehealth
Chronic Pain Management Program. |
Psychology
Department, Port Kembla Hospital. |
Bliokas V. |
This project is an
expansion of the existing outreach pain management programs to
regional centres that lack this service. It consists of three
chronic pain management programs, which are transmitted via
telehealth to
Bega Hospital.
The project also involves the development and implementation of
an education program to Albury Base Hospital staff. |
|
Coledale
Telehealth Neuropsychological Assessment Program. |
Psychology
Department, Port Kembla Hospital. |
Bliokas V. |
This project consists of
a neuropsychological assessment program, which is transmitted
via telehealth between Port Kembla and Coledale Hospitals. |
|
Effectiveness of
a graded exposure pain management program. |
Psychology
Department, Port Kembla Hospital. |
Bliokas V. |
The project is a
prospective study investigating the effectiveness of a graded
exposure pain management program, targeting fear avoidance
behaviour in a chronic pain population, compared to standard
cognitive behavioural programs and wait list controls. |
|
Review of
depression following limb amputation. |
Northern
Illawarra Rehabilitation, Aged and Extended Care (RAEC). |
Quinlan . |
This
pilot study involves serial monitoring of mental state, pain
scores and depression scores in patients following limb
amputation. |
|
Is there a
relationship between nutritional status and the functional
independence measure in rehabilitation inpatients? |
Nutrition
Department. |
Lambert K. |
The study aims to assess whether a relationship exists between
nutritional status and functional independence, to determine the prevalence of malnutrition
amongst the patients admitted to rehabilitation in the Northern
Illawarra and to investigate if a relationship also exists
between the nutritional status score and length of stay,
diagnosis and the costs of hospitalisation.
|
|
Individual
medication effectiveness tests using Gabapentin for neuropathic
pain. |
University of
Queensland. |
Poulos
J, Bashford
G.
|
To examine the
utility of using individual medication effectiveness tests in the management of patients with chronic neuropathic pain
using the drug Gabapentin. |
|
The interface
between acute Care and rehabilitation care. |
Northern Illawarra RAEC; University of
Wollongong.
|
Poulos J. |
To test the
utility of the InterQual clinical utilisation review tool in
assessing patient appropriateness of acute and rehabilitation
care at Wollongong Hospital. |
|
Ergonomic
strategies to prevent patient falls when transferring to and
from bed. |
Northern
Illawarra RAEC. |
Murray G. |
Using video
technology to determine whether strategies such as assessing bed
orientation, bed height and single upright rail will improve
safety of independent transfer to and from bed. |
|
Consequences of
falls in hospital causing
fractures to the
neck of the femur. |
Northern Illawarra RAEC.
|
Murray G. |
Retrospective
review of files. |
|
Cochrane review
of interventions to prevent falls in hospitals and nursing
homes. |
Northern Illawarra RAEC;
Cochrane Collaberation.
|
Murray G. |
Review of
randomised control trials
on interventions that may prevent falls. |
Analysis of
transfers into and
out of bed by elderly hospital patients. |
Northern Illawarra RAEC; University of
Wollongong.
|
Murray G. |
Filming
independent transfers by patients at high risk of falls. |
|
Video monitoring
to prevent elderly patients falling in hospital. |
Northern Illawarra RAEC; University of
Sydney.
|
Murray G. |
Provides alarm
and real time recording relayed to nurses station when at risk
patients attempt transfers without supervision. |
|
Talking together:
does sn-service education improve the identification of language
difficulties in the early childhood setting? |
Speech Pathology
Department, Port Kembla Hospital. |
Collier J. |
Examination of
the effectiveness of a training tool to improve early childhood
staff skills to identify language difficulties on children at
their centres. |
|
An open-label extension to evaluate the safety and efficacy of
Pregabalin for treatment of chronic
central
neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury. |
Northern
Illawarra RAEC. |
Bashford G. |
Investigating the use of Pregabalin for
pain management following spinal cord injury. |
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