
Madeleen van der MerweBond University · Institute for Evidence Based Healthcare
Madeleen van der Merwe
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Introduction
Education
January 2019 - June 2021
Publications
Publications (8)
Objective: To determine the validity of telephone or video interviews, compared to face-to-face, for psychiatric diagnosis. Data Sources: We searched MEDLINE, Embase, and PsycINFO from inception to June 22, 2023, and performed backward and forward citation analysis on all included studies on August 3, 2023. Study Selection: We included primary stud...
Objective:
We compared the impact of accessing healthcare (1) by telehealth (via telephone or video) vs face-to-face; and (2) by telephone vs video telehealth care, on escalation to emergency care.
Methods:
We searched Medline, Embase and Cochrane CENTRAL to 24 July 2023; and conducted a citation analysis on 19 September 2023. We included random...
Background
Of over 8,000 recorded randomised trials addressing COVID-19, around 80% were of treatments, and 17% have reported results. Approximately 1% were adaptive or platform trials, with 25 having results available, across 29 journal articles and 10 preprint articles.
Methods
We conducted an extensive literature review to address four question...
Objective
To identify healthcare professionals' knowledge, self‐reported use, and documentation of clinical decision aids (CDAs) in a large ED in Australia, to identify behavioural determinants influencing the use of CDAs, and healthcare professionals preferences for integrating CDAs into the electronic medical record (EMR) system.
Methods
Healthc...
Objective:
The objective of this study was to determine the association between gender and perceived gender equity in the critical care workforce and other health specialties.
Design and setting:
We conducted an online cross-sectional survey between September and November 2020. Data on demographics and perceptions of equity including the represe...
Objective:
Clinical decision aids (CDAs) can help clinicians with patient risk assessment. However, there is little data on CDA calculation, interpretation and documentation in real-world ED settings. The ABCD2 score (range 0-7) is a CDA used for patients with transient ischaemic attack (TIA) and assesses risk of stroke, with a score of 0-3 being...
Shared decision making near end of life is a balancing act of communicating prognosis to patients and their surrogates/families and engaging them in considering value-concordant management choices. This cross-sectional survey aimed to determine the format in which older patients with chronic illnesses would prefer to receive prognostic information...