To determine the effectiveness of commercially available magnetic bracelets for pain control in osteoarthritis of the knee.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness of commercially available magnetic bracelets for pain control in osteoarthritis of the knee.
SETTING: Five rural general practices.
PARTICIPANTS: 194 men and women aged 45-80 years with osteoarthritis of the knee. These participants were allocated to intervention group (n = 98) or the control group (n = 96) based on their respective postcodes (their residential suburbs).
INTERVENTION: Wearing a standard strength static bipolar magnetic bracelet or a non-magnetic (dummy) bracelet for 12 weeks.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Function test and visual analogue scale for pain after 12 weeks. RESULTS: Pain scores were reduced in the standard magnet group than in the dummy group (mean difference 2.5 points, 95% CI: 1.2 – 4.0). Function scores was slightly better in the standard magnet group than in the dummy group (mean difference 0.7 points, 95% CI: 0.2 – 2.4). Overall though there were no significant difference between the two groups (p = 0.74).
CONCLUSION: Magnetic bracelets may not have a beneficial effect on osteoarthritis of the knee.
1. Please state the research design of this study, the research category (e.g. diagnostic, intervention) and the level of evidence it belongs to in the NHMRC hierarchy of evidence (you are welcome to refer to the NHMRC hierarchy of evidence). Justify your answer.
2. Please state what is the null and alternative hypothesis for the research as outlined in the abstract.
3. Based on the p-value reported in the abstract, were magnetic bracelets found to be beneficial for patients with osteoarthritis? Please also interpret the confidence intervals provided.
Please read the following abstract and answer the following questions:
TITLE: Male Breast Cancer: An International Population-Based Study.
PURPOSE: Male breast cancer is a rare disease with an incidence rate less than 1% of that of female breast cancer. Given its low incidence, few studies have assessed risk, disease characteristics and patient profile.
METHODS: This population-based study, included 459,846 women and 2,665 men diagnosed with breast cancer in Denmark, Finland, Geneva, Norway, Singapore, and Sweden. This research used data that were collected in the past over various periods of time and from varied sources (such as disease registries). From these existing data sources trends in incidence, relative survival, and relative excess mortality between the sexes were compared.
RESULTS: World standardized incidence rates of breast cancer were 66.7 per 10(5) person-years in women and 0.40 per 10(5) person-years in men. Women were diagnosed at a younger median age (61.7 years) than men (69.6 years).
CONCLUSION: Male patients with breast cancer have later onset of disease and more advanced disease than female patients.
Please state the research design of this study, the research category (e.g. diagnostic, intervention) and the level of evidence it belongs to in the NHMRC hierarchy of evidence (you are welcome to refer to the NHMRC hierarchy of evidence). Justify your answer.
You have graduated from UniSA and you are now working at the Lyell McEwin Hospital. As you consult with patients, you remember your lecturer telling you about the importance of patient-centred care.
Describe strategies that you could use to incorporate patient centred care as part of your routine health care?
Please read the following abstract and answer the following questions:
CoVID-19: Parent and caregiver concerns about reopening New Zealand schools
Aim: Children generally have a milder CoVID-19 disease course and better prognosis than adults. Many countries have closed schools as part of measures to limit transmission and this has had a considerable impact on children world-wide. This includes New Zealand (NZ), where rates of CoVID-19 have been very low. The aims of this study were to investigate parents’ and caregivers’ knowledge of CoVID-19 in children, to understand their levels of concern and to identify their most trusted sources of information.
Methods: Participants were recruited via NZ parenting support and interest groups on Facebook.com. Knowledge was assessed by way of a self-administered questionnaire during the 10 days prior to NZ schools reopening on 18 May 2020.
Results: Of the 1191 study participants, 721 (60%) expressed some level of worry (14.5% very or extremely worried) that their child would catch CoVID-19 at school. A high proportion (79%, 941) thought it likely or very likely that their child would catch CoVID-19 at school if there were to be widespread community transmission. Fear scores for CoVID-19 were generally high, and 828 (80%) of participants said they would vaccinate their child if a newly developed vaccine were available.
Conclusions: Parents and caregivers were generally fearful of their children acquiring CoVID-19 at school. This was despite messaging from multiple trusted sources that transmission in schools is unlikely, and the number of NZ CoVID-19 cases being extremely low. These findings have implications for policy development and public health messaging both in NZ and in countries with ongoing community transmission of CoVID-19.
1. Please state the research design used in this research. Justify your answer.
2. Participants were recruited via parenting support and interest groups on Facebook.com which was accessible to the researchers. What type of bias does this sampling introduce and provide two alternate sampling strategies that could be used instead.
3. As knowledge was assessed by way of a self-administered questionnaire in this research, methodological bias needs to be considered. What strategies could the researchers undertake to eliminate methodological bias in this instance?
You are working as a trainer for a local netball club. The netballers at this club recently have had a number of ankle sprains and so the netball club is considering providing their netballers with ankle braces. However, before they invest in the ankle braces, the netball club wants you to find out about the effectiveness of the ankle brace for preventing ankle sprains and minimising injuries among their netballers when compared to taping of the ankle.
1. Please outline the PICO framework for this scenario
2. Using the PICO framework, please develop an answerable clinical/review question for this scenario
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