Tiffany Atkins

Bond University · Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare

Background A culturally responsive health workforce is essential to ensure the delivery of culturally safe health services that meet Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples needs. In partnership with universities, placement providers play an essential role in creating opportunities for immersive experiences that enable students to develop the...

Background There is an increasing demand for the provision of speech language pathology (SLP) services via telehealth. Therefore, we systematically reviewed randomized controlled trials comparing telehealth to face-to-face provision of SLP services. Methods We searched Medline, Embase and Cochrane, clinical trial registries, and conducted a citati...

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 There is an increasing demand for the provision of speech language pathology (SLP) services via telehealth. Therefore, we systematically reviewed randomized controlled trials comparing telehealth to face-to-face provision of SLP services. Methods We searched Medline, Embase, and Cochrane, clinical trial registries, and conducted a citati...

Background Hypoxaemia occurs in approximately 30% of children during anaesthesia for flexible bronchoscopy. High-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) can prolong safe apnoea time and be used in children with abnormal airways. During flexible bronchoscopy, there is limited evidence if HFNO confers advantages over current standard practice in avoiding hypoxaemia...

Adolescent prosocial behavior suggests social competence and it is associated with greater parental warmth yet the experience of warmth through child and adolescent development is not well understood as it relates to such prosocial behavior. A nationally representative dataset from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children cohort was used. The...

Objective This systematic review and meta-analysis compared the effectiveness of the delivery of care to patients with insomnia via telehealth to its delivery face-to-face. Methods We searched Medline, Embase, and Cochrane CENTRAL from inception to 11 January 2023, and conducted a citation analysis on 13 June 2023. No language restrictions were im...

BACKGROUND Telehealth (the provision of healthcare via telephone or video) has been used for healthcare delivery for decades, but the COVID-19 pandemic greatly accelerated the uptake of telehealth in many care settings globally. Given the now widespread use of telehealth and the predominance of telephone over video consultation, it is important to...

Background Telehealth has been used for health care delivery for decades, but the COVID-19 pandemic greatly accelerated the uptake of telehealth in many care settings globally. However, few studies have carried out a direct comparison among different telehealth modalities, with very few studies having compared the effectiveness of telephone and vid...