Graham Hepworth

Implementation of offering choice of pulmonary rehabilitation location to people with COPD: a protocol for the process evaluation of a cluster randomised controlled trial.

Narelle S Cox, Anne E Holland, Arwel W Jones, Christine F McDonald, Paul O'Halloran, Ajay Mahal, Graham Hepworth, Natasha A Lannin

Journal article  |  2023  |  Trials

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is a core component of management people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COP..

Bushfire exposure is associated with increased pH and dark-cutting in beef longissimus thoracis at grading.

Melindee Hastie, Graham Hepworth, Alison Hillman, Brendan Cowled, Caitlin Pfeiffer, Robyn D Warner

Journal article  |  2023  |  Meat Sci

To investigate if bushfire exposure is associated with increased loin pH, this study analysed temporal and geospatial data on fire..

Effect of seaweed extract on avocado root growth, yield and post-harvest quality in far north Queensland, Australia

T Arioli, ON Villalta, G Hepworth, B Farnsworth, SW Mattner

Journal article  |  2023  |  Journal of Applied Phycology

Seaweed extracts are proven to increase productivity in many agricultural crops, but there is limited research on their use in avo..

Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the questionnaire on Palliative Care for Advanced Dementia (qPAD) using a large sample of staff from Australian residential aged care homes

Joanne Tropea, Caroline A Brand, Wen K Lim, Graham Hepworth, Sue Finch

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OLDER PEOPLE NURSING

BACKGROUND: The Questionnaire on Palliative Care for Advanced Dementia (qPAD) is increasingly being used to assess residential age..

Perceptions of rural high school teachers - on the frontline of youth suicide.

Siann Bowman, Carol McKinstry, Linsey Howie, Graham Hepworth, Patrick McGorry

Journal article  |  2022  |  Aust J Rural Health

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the perceptions and beliefs of rural high school teachers about student suicide complet..

Combining hierarchical clustering and preference mapping differentiates consumer preference for dry aged mutton.

Melindee Hastie, Damir Dennis Torrico, Graham Hepworth, Robin Jacob, Minh Ha, Rod Polkinghorne, Robyn D Warner

Journal article  |  2022  |  Meat Sci

Dry ageing of mutton may enhance mutton's consumer appeal; however, consumer acceptance of mutton is heterogeneous. To identify wh..

High consumer acceptance of mutton and the influence of ageing method on eating quality.

Melindee Hastie, Minh Ha, Robin Henry Jacob, Graham Hepworth, Damir Dennis Torrico, Robyn Dorothy Warner

Journal article  |  2022  |  Meat Science

To compare the eating quality (EQ) of wet (WA) and dry aged (DA) mutton longissimus thoracis et lumborum (LTL) and semimembranosus..

Tracheostomy clinical practices and patient outcomes in three tertiary metropolitan hospitals in Australia.

Charissa J Zaga, Sue Berney, Graham Hepworth, Tanis S Cameron, Sonia Baker, Charles Giddings, Mark E Howard, Rinaldo Bellomo, Adam P Vogel

Journal article  |  2022  |  Aust Crit Care

BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of literature in Australia on patient-focused tracheostomy outcomes and process outcomes. Explorati..

Implementing a choice of pulmonary rehabilitation models in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (HomeBase2 trial): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

Anne E Holland, Arwel W Jones, Ajay Mahal, Natasha A Lannin, Narelle Cox, Graham Hepworth, Paul O'Halloran, Christine F McDonald

Journal article  |  2022  |  BMJ OPEN

INTRODUCTION: There is compelling evidence that either centre-based or home-based pulmonary rehabilitation improves clinical outco..

Prevalence of failure of passive immunity transfer in Australian non-replacement dairy calves

N Roadknight, E Jongman, P Mansell, N Courtman, D McGill, G Hepworth, A Fisher

Journal article  |  2022  |  AUSTRALIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL

Failure of passive immunity transfer (FPIT) increases the risk of morbidity and mortality in dairy calves. The prevalence of FPIT ..