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    Marie Pirotta

    University of Melbourne, General Practice, Faculty Member
    Papers
    Development of a survey instrument to investigate the primary care factors related to differences in cancer diagnosis between international jurisdictionsmore
    by Nigel Hart and Marie Pirotta
    Publication Date: 2014
    Publication Name: BMC Family Practice
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    Acupuncture for Chronic Knee Painmore
    by Rana Hinman, K. Bennell, Ben Metcalf, Paul McCrory, and Marie Pirotta
    Publication Date: 2014
    Publication Name: JAMA
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    A missed opportunity--lessons learnt from a chlamydia testing observation study in general practicemore
    by Jade Bilardi and Marie Pirotta
    Chlamydia is the most frequently notified sexually transmissible infection in Australia and occurs most commonly in young people. Up to 80% of chlamydia infections are asymptomatic. The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners... more
    Chlamydia is the most frequently notified sexually transmissible infection in Australia and occurs most commonly in young people. Up to 80% of chlamydia infections are asymptomatic. The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners recommends annual chlamydia testing for all sexually active people aged less than 25 years. This study explored potential structural or procedural barriers that might inhibit chlamydia testing in young women in general practice. The chlamydia testing pathways of 12 general practices were examined using a comprehensive practice assessment tool. The pathways of these clinics were compared to a best practice testing pathway, and clinics were offered tailored advice to help improve their practice pathway. Clinics were followed up at 2 months. Little change to existing practices had been made. Clinics employing a practice manager were better equipped to enable systems for chlamydia testing to be developed. Results are discussed in light of May's normal...
    Publication Date: 2012
    Publication Name: Australian family physician
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    What do young women think about having a chlamydia test? Views of women who tested positive compared with women who tested negativemore
    by Jade Bilardi, Jennifer Walker, Marie Pirotta, and Sandra Walker
    To determine young women's experience of having a chlamydia (Chlamydia trachomatis) test as part of a chlamydia incidence study, and to determine how women who tested positive during the study experienced having a test compared with... more
    To determine young women's experience of having a chlamydia (Chlamydia trachomatis) test as part of a chlamydia incidence study, and to determine how women who tested positive during the study experienced having a test compared with the experience of women who always tested negative. Women in an Australian chlamydia incidence study were tested at 3- to 6-monthly intervals during a 12-month period. At the final stage of the study, the women completed a questionnaire about how they felt about testing positive or how they anticipated they might feel about testing positive if they only tested negative. Questions about future sexual behaviour and testing were included. The questionnaire was completed by 872 out of 1116 (78%) women, including 67 women who tested positive. Many women (75%) felt anxious when having a chlamydia test but women who tested positive were less concerned about their future health (61% v. 81%, P<0.01), were less concerned about their partner's reactions ...
    Publication Date: 2013
    Publication Name: Sexual health
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    Young pregnant women's views on the acceptability of screening for chlamydia as part of routine antenatal caremore
    by Jade Bilardi, Marie Pirotta, and Suzanne Garland
    Publication Date: 2010
    Publication Name: BMC Public Health
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    Explaining variation in cancer survival between 11 jurisdictions in the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership: a primary care vignette surveymore
    by Andriana Barisic and Marie Pirotta
    The International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership (ICBP) is a collaboration between 6 countries and 12 jurisdictions with similar primary care-led health services. This study investigates primary care physician (PCP) behaviour and systems... more
    The International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership (ICBP) is a collaboration between 6 countries and 12 jurisdictions with similar primary care-led health services. This study investigates primary care physician (PCP) behaviour and systems that may contribute to the timeliness of investigating for cancer and subsequently, international survival differences. A validated survey administered to PCPs via the internet set out in two parts: direct questions on primary care structure and practice relating to cancer diagnosis, and clinical vignettes, assessing management of scenarios relating to the diagnosis of lung, colorectal or ovarian cancer. 2795 PCPs in 11 jurisdictions: New South Wales and Victoria (Australia), British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario (Canada), England, Northern Ireland, Wales (UK), Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Analysis compared the cumulative proportion of PCPs in each jurisdiction opting to investigate or refer at each phase for each vignette with 1-year survival, and co...
    Publication Date: 2015
    Publication Name: BMJ open
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    General practice research - training and capacity buildingmore
    by Marie Pirotta and M. Van Driel
    The Lancet in 1999 suggested that 'neglect of research has made primary care one of the most intellectually underdeveloped disciplines in medicine' and later labelled general practice research 'a lost cause'. According to... more
    The Lancet in 1999 suggested that 'neglect of research has made primary care one of the most intellectually underdeveloped disciplines in medicine' and later labelled general practice research 'a lost cause'. According to the Medical Journal of Australia, this underdevelopment 'stems from a lack of research culture, a heavy service commitment and the late arrival of academic GPs'.
    Publication Date: 2010
    Publication Name: Australian family physician
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    Acupuncture for chronic knee pain: a randomized clinical trialmore
    by K. Bennell and Marie Pirotta
    There is debate about benefits of acupuncture for knee pain. To determine the efficacy of laser and needle acupuncture for chronic knee pain. Zelen-design clinical trial (randomization occurred before informed consent), in Victoria,... more
    There is debate about benefits of acupuncture for knee pain. To determine the efficacy of laser and needle acupuncture for chronic knee pain. Zelen-design clinical trial (randomization occurred before informed consent), in Victoria, Australia (February 2010-December 2012). Community volunteers (282 patients aged ≥50 years with chronic knee pain) were treated by family physician acupuncturists. No acupuncture (control group, n = 71) and needle (n = 70), laser (n = 71), and sham laser (n = 70) acupuncture. Treatments were delivered for 12 weeks. Participants and acupuncturists were blinded to laser and sham laser acupuncture. Control participants were unaware of the trial. Primary outcomes were average knee pain (numeric rating scale, 0 [no pain] to 10 [worst pain possible]; minimal clinically important difference [MCID], 1.8 units) and physical function (Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index, 0 [no difficulty] to 68 [extreme difficulty]; MCID, 6 units) at 12 ...
    Publication Date: 2014
    Publication Name: JAMA
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    St John’s wort use in Australian general practice patients with depressive symptoms: their characteristics and use of other health servicesmore
    by Konstancja Densley and Marie Pirotta
    Publication Date: 2014
    Publication Name: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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    Acupuncture for menopausal vasomotor symptoms: study protocol for a randomised controlled trialmore
    by Marie Pirotta
    Publication Date: 2014
    Publication Name: Trials
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    Development of a survey instrument to investigate the primary care factors related to differences in cancer diagnosis between international jurisdictionsmore
    by Marie Pirotta
    Publication Date: 2014
    Publication Name: BMC Family Practice
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    Unconditional and conditional incentives differentially improved general practitioners' participation in an online survey: randomized controlled trialmore
    by Kirsty Forsdike and Marie Pirotta
    To compare the impact of unconditional and conditional financial incentives on response rates among Australian general practitioners invited by mail to participate in an online survey about cancer care and to investigate possible... more
    To compare the impact of unconditional and conditional financial incentives on response rates among Australian general practitioners invited by mail to participate in an online survey about cancer care and to investigate possible differential response bias between incentive groups. Australian general practitioners were randomly allocated to unconditional incentive (book voucher mailed with letter of invitation), conditional incentive (book voucher mailed on completion of the online survey), or control (no incentive). Nonresponders were asked to complete a small subset of questions from the online survey. Among 3,334 eligible general practitioners, significantly higher response rates were achieved in the unconditional group (167 of 1,101, 15%) compared with the conditional group (118 of 1,111, 11%) (P = 0.0014), and both were significantly higher than the control group (74 of 1,122, 7%; both P < 0.001). Although more positive opinions about cancer care were expressed by online res...
    Publication Date: Jan 19, 2014
    Publication Name: Journal of clinical epidemiology
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    Decreased management of genital warts in young women in australian general practice post introduction of national HPV vaccination program: results from a nationally representative cross-sectional general practice studymore
    by Suzanne Garland, Christopher Harrison, Marie Pirotta, and Helena Britt
    Since the introduction of Australia's human papillomavirus vaccination program, the management rate of genital warts in sexual health clinics and private hospitals has decreased in women of vaccine-eligible age. However, most genital... more
    Since the introduction of Australia's human papillomavirus vaccination program, the management rate of genital warts in sexual health clinics and private hospitals has decreased in women of vaccine-eligible age. However, most genital warts in Australia are managed in general practice. This study examines whether a similar decrease occurred in Australian general practice after the introduction of the program. Analysis of a nationally representative cross-sectional database of Australian general practice activity (1,175,879 patient encounters with 11,780 general practitioners). Genital warts management rates were estimated for the periods before and after introduction of the program (Pre-program, July 2002-June 2006; Post-program, July 2008-June 2012). Control conditions included genital herpes and gardnerella/bacterial vaginosis in female patients and genital herpes and urethritis in male patients. Trends in management rates by year, pre-vaccine (July 2000-June 2007) and post-vac...
    Publication Date: 2014
    Publication Name: PloS one
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    Data monitoring (and safety) committees - what are they and why do we need them?more
    by Marie Pirotta
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    Complementary and Alternative Medicine Consultations in Urban and Nonurban Areas: A National Survey of 1427 Australian Womenmore
    by Marie Pirotta
    Publication Date: 2013
    Publication Name: Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
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    Primer postcard improves postal survey response ratesmore
    by Jane Gunn and Marie Pirotta
    Publication Date: 1999
    Publication Name: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
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    Incentive payments to general practitioners aimed at increasing opportunistic testing of young women for chlamydia: a pilot cluster randomised controlled trialmore
    by Jade Bilardi and Marie Pirotta
    Publication Date: 2010
    Publication Name: BMC Public Health
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    Maximising retention in a longitudinal study of genital Chlamydia trachomatis among young women in Australiamore
    by Suzanne Garland, Sandra Walker, Marie Pirotta, and Hudson Birden
    Publication Date: Dec 1, 2011
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    Chlamydia trachomatis Incidence and Re-Infection among Young Women – Behavioural and Microbiological Characteristicsmore
    by Catriona Bradshaw, Suzanne Garland, Sandra Walker, Marie Pirotta, and Hudson Birden
    Publication Date: 2012
    Publication Name: PLoS ONE
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    Maximising retention in a longitudinal study of genital Chlamydia trachomatis among young women in Australiamore
    by Catriona Bradshaw and Marie Pirotta
    Publication Date: 2011
    Publication Name: BMC Public Health
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    The difference in determinants of Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma genitalium in a sample of young Australian womenmore
    by Catriona Bradshaw, Suzanne Garland, Sandra Walker, Marie Pirotta, and Hudson Birden
    Publication Date: 2011
    Publication Name: BMC Infectious Diseases
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    Accurate sampling in general practice waiting room surveys: methodological issuesmore
    by Jane Gunn and Marie Pirotta
    This is a pilot study to test the validity of using one research assistant to train and support reception staff at five clinics to obtain waiting room data in general practice surveys. A research assistant trained reception staff at five... more
    This is a pilot study to test the validity of using one research assistant to train and support reception staff at five clinics to obtain waiting room data in general practice surveys. A research assistant trained reception staff at five randomly chosen general practices to administer a survey to all eligible women over a two-week period. Practices were audited daily by their appointment books and where possible by billing records to check total numbers of eligible women to determine the denominator of the sample. Five metropolitan general practices in one divisional area. Twenty-five receptionists distributed surveys to 1,298 women. Number of eligible women missed at each clinic. The number of potential subjects missed by the reception staff ranged from nil to 18% with the appointment book audit. A second audit using billing records at three clinics revealed inaccuracies of up to 50%. The ability to accurately capture eligible patients for waiting room surveys depends on good admin...
    Publication Date: 2002
    Publication Name: Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
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