Preschool children often have episodes of virus-associated wheeze and assessing efficacy of corticosteroids for paediatric wheeze exacerbations is inconcludsive ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• February 2018

Energy drinks (EDs) claim to boost mental performance, however, few studies have examined the prospective effects of EDs on mental health. This study examined longitudinal associations between ED use and mental health symptoms in young adults aged 20 years over a 2-year period. ...

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• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• November 2020

Increased allostatic load is linked with racial discrimination exposure, providing a mechanism for the biological embedding of racism as a psychosocial stressor. We undertook an examination of how racial discrimination interacts with socioecological, environmental, and health conditions to affect multisystem dysregulation in a First Nations population. ...

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• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• December 2020

Matt Prue Stephanie Cooper Hart Trend MC PH ST BCA Marketing, BSc Statistics and Applied Statistics, PhD BSc (Hons) MSc PhD BSc PhD Manager, Biometrics Head, Inflammation Honorary Research Associate 08 6319 1723 6319 1430 matt.cooper@ ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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Determining the incidence of hospitalisations and risk factors for vascular complications experienced during early adulthood in patients with childhood T1D ...

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• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• May 2017

Exposure to racial discrimination in Aboriginal children increased the risk for a spectrum of interrelated factors linked to negative mental health ...

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• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• September 2019

We examined whether there were changes over time in the qualitative and quantitative phenotype of individuals who received the diagnosis of Autistic Disorder. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• January 2017

Intervention for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) typically commences after diagnosis. No trial of an intervention administered to infants before diagnosis has shown an effect on diagnostic outcomes to date. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• September 2021

Diagnosis of chronic disease in a child can result in unresolved grief (UG) in parents. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of psychological insight-oriented therapy (IOT) as a treatment for UG compared to disease related education in parents of children with cystic fibrosis. Sequence of delivery, first IOT then disease related education (or vice versa) was also examined, to let all participants experience both interventions. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• April 2022

Aboriginal children hospitalised with acute lower respiratory infections (ALRIs) are at-risk of developing bronchiectasis, which can progress from untreated protracted bacterial bronchitis, often evidenced by a chronic (>4 weeks) wet cough following discharge. We aimed to facilitate follow-up for Aboriginal children hospitalised with ALRIs to provide optimal management and improve their respiratory health outcomes. ...

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• 2023
• March 2023

Patients using insulin pump therapy had a better long-term glycemic control relative to the matched injection therapy cohort ...

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• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• December 2018

At the end of a 60-day course of narrowband UVB phototherapy, administered to individuals with early multiple sclerosis, there were changes in the relative proportions of circulating B-cell subsets. This study investigated phototherapy-associated changes to cytokine responses of B cells when exposed to a TLR7 ligand. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• October 2020