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- Balch, Graeme, et al.
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Oral corticosteroids for painful acute otitis externa (swimmer's ear): A triple-blind randomised controlled trial.
- 2019
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In: Australian journal of general practice. - 2208-7958. ; 48:8, s. 565-572
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Acute otitis externa is often painful. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of 10 mg oral prednisolone twice daily for four days in addition to conventional therapy.Patients attending general practice clinics in Far North Queensland, Australia, for acute painful otitis externa were given a study capsule with either 10 mg prednisone or placebo.Seventy-three patients were randomised. Results from 19 patients in the intervention group and 11 patients in the control group were analysed. Oral corticosteroids did not decrease the time to being completely pain-free but decreased the time for pain to reduce from more than 'moderate pain' to less than 'moderate pain', from 3.7 days to 2.4 days (P= 0.012, log rank test).Oral corticosteroids seem to be effective in reducing more than 'moderate pain' to less than 'moderate pain'. However, this result needs to be confirmed in a larger trial.
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- Gunnarsson, Ronny K, 1955, et al.
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Effect of promoting current local research activities on large monitors on the population's interest in health-related research: a randomised controlled trial.
- 2019
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In: BMJ open. - : BMJ. - 2044-6055. ; 9:8
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The objectives of this study were threefold: to estimate people's interest in health-related research, to understand to what extent people appreciate being actively informed about current local health-related research and to investigate whether their interest can be influenced by advertising local current health-related research using large TV monitors.Randomised controlled trial using a stepped wedge design.The emergency department waiting room at two public hospitals in northern Queensland, Australia.Waiting patients and their accompanying friends and relatives in the emergency department waiting room not requiring immediate medical attention.A TV monitor advertising local current health-related research.OR for the effect of intervention on changing the interest in health-related research compared with a control group while adjusting for gender, age and socioeconomic standard.The intervention significantly increased the short-term interest in health-related research with an OR of 1.3 (1.1-1.7, p=0.0063). We also noted that being female and being older was correlated to a higher interest in health-related research CONCLUSIONS: This study found that proactive information significantly increased the general populations' interest in health-related research. There are reasonable set up costs involved but the costs for maintaining the system were very low. Hence, it seems reasonable that research-active organisations should give much higher priority to this type of activity.ACTRN12617001085369.
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