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MS PATTY CHONDROS



Contact Details

Organization: General Practice
Position: BIOSTATITICIAN IN PRIMARY CARE
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Homepage: http://www.gp.unimelb.edu.au/about/people/teaching_research_details.asp?ID=19
Work: 8344 4766
Fax: 9347 6136
Room: G27
Level: Ground
Building: 200 Berkeley St.
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Biostatistics, Primary Care Research Data Management, Cluster randomised trials Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science (Hons) University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1991
Graduate Diploma in Epidemiology & Biostatistics University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1995
Master of Science (Statistics) University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1999

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Statistical Society of Australia Inc Open to all with an interest in statistics and the Society's objectives. 01-Jan-2006
Member Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) PHAA provides a forum for the exchange of ideas, knowledge and information on public health. The Association is also involved in advocacy for public. 01-Jan-1997
Member Australasian Epidemiological Association (AEA) Membership is open to anyone with an interest in epidemiology. 01-Aug-2006 31-Dec-2007

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Scholarship NHMRC Public Health Postgraduate Scholarship 01-Jan-2006

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
HEALTH RISK SCREENING AND COUNSELLING OF ADOLESCENTS IN PRIMARY CARE: A CLUSTER RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL Chief Investigator AUST PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RESEARCH INST Stream 3: Primary Health Care Policy and Practice 01/07/2005
Re-orientating general practice systems toward youth friendly care Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2009
The diamond cohort study - long term outcomes of depressive symptoms in primary care Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2009

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  •  How do Australian patients rate their general practitioner? A descriptive study using the General Practice Assessment Questionnaire
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 189
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 215 - 219
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  • An interactive workshop plus locally adapted guidelines can improve General Practitioners asthma management and knowledge: A cluster randomised trial in the Australian setting
    Year: 2008
    Journal: BMC Family Practice
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 22
    Page numbers: 1-8
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  • Physical and social predictors of partner abuse in women attending general practice: a cross-sectional study
    Year: 2008
    Journal: British Journal of General Practice
    Volume: 58
    Page numbers: 484-487
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  • Who is identified when screening for depression is undertaken in general practice? Baseline findings from the Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in Primary Care (diamond) longitudinal study
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 188
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 119 -125
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Patient Engagement and Coaching for Health. The PEACH study - A cluster randomised controlled trial using the telephone to coach people with type 2 diabetes to engage with their GPs to improve diabetes care: A study protocol
    Year: 2007
    Journal: BMC Family Practice
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 20
    Page numbers: 1-9
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Clinical features and outcomes of  childhood dilated Cardiomyopathy: Results from a national population based study.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Circulation
    Volume: 114
    Page numbers: 2671-2678
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Clinical features and outcomes of childhood hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - Results from a national population-based study
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Circulation
    Volume: 112
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 1332-1338
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
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  • Intraclass correlation coefficients from three cluster randomised controlled trials in primary and residential health care
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 461-467
    Publisher: Public Health Association of Australia(Curtin)
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  • Shared maternity care: all care- not enough responsibility? An audit of patient care communications pre- and post- a multi-faced intervention
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
    Volume: 45
    Page numbers: 509-513
    Publisher: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology(East Melbourne)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Association between depression and abuse by partners of women attending general practice: descriptive, cross sectional survey
    Year: 2004
    Journal: British Medical Journal
    Volume: 328
    Page numbers: 621-624
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  • Data monitoring (and safety) committees - what are they and why do we need them?
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Family Physician
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 950-952
    Publisher: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
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  • Effect of lactobacillus in preventing post-antibiotic vulvovaginal candidiasis: a randomised controlled trial
    Year: 2004
    Journal: British Medical Journal
    Volume: 329
    Page numbers: 548-551
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  • Factors associated with ownership and use of written asthma action plans in North-West Melbourne
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Primary Care Respiratory Journal
    Volume: 13
    Page numbers: 211-217
    Publisher: Strategic Medical Publishing
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  • Observed intra-cluster correlation coefficients in a cluster survey sample of patient encounters in general practice in Australia
    Year: 2004
    Journal: BMC Medical Research Methodology
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 30
    Page numbers: 1-8
    Publisher: Biomed Central(London)
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  • Randomised trials - cluster versus individual randomisation :Primary care alliance for clinical trials (PACT) network
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Family Physician
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 759-763
    Publisher: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
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  • Randomised trials - cluster versus individual randomisation: Primary Care Alliance for Clinical trials (PACT) network.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Family Physician
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 759-763
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  • The PAV trial: Does lactobacillus prevent post-antibiotic vulvovaginal candidiasis? Protocol of a randomised controlled trial (ISRCTN24141277)
    Year: 2004
    Journal: BMC Family Practice
    Volume: 5
    Page numbers: 1 - 8
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • "Not thrush again!" Womens' experience of post-antibiotic vulvovaginitis
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 179
    Page numbers: 43-46
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  • Australian doctors and their postgraduate qualifications
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Family Physician
    Volume: 32
    Issue: 1/2
    Page numbers: 92-94
    Publisher: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
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  • Doctors' perceptions and attitudes to prescribing within the Authority Prescribing System
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 178
    Issue: 3 March
    Page numbers: 203-206
    Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Co Ltd(Sydney)
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  • Effect of low-glycemic-index dietary advice on dietary quality and food choice in children with type 1 diabetes
    Year: 2003
    Journal: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
    Volume: 77
    Page numbers: 83-90
    Publisher: American Society of Clinical Nutrition(Maryland)
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  • Guidelines for assessing postnatal problems: introducing evidence-based guidelines in Australian general practice
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Family Practice
    Volume: 20
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 382-389
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  • The epidemiology of childhood cardiomyopathy in Australia
    Year: 2003
    Journal: New England Journal of Medicine
    Volume: 348
    Issue: 17
    Page numbers: 1639-1646
    Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society(Massachusetts)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Recruiting general practitioners for practice-based, population health activities - a randomised trial of two approaches
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 276-277
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  • Sterilisations in girls and young women: is it still happening?
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 273-275
    Publisher: Public Health Association of Australia(Curtin)
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  • The inverse care law revisited: impact of disadvantaged location on accessing longer GP consultation times
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 177
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 80-83
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  • Upper limb sensation in children with congenital limb deficiencies: implications for function and prosthetic use
    Year: 2002
    Journal: British Journal of Occupational Therapy
    Volume: 65
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 327-334
    Publisher: College of Occupational Therapists Ltd
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Reliability of the Melbourne Assessment of Unilateral Upper Limb Function
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 43
    Page numbers: 761-767
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • The effect of botulinum toxin type A and a variable hip abduction orthosis on gross motor function: a randomized controlled trial
    Year: 2001
    Journal: European Journal of Neurology
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 109-119
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  • The effect of flexible low glycemic index dietary advice versus measured carbohydrate exchange diets on glycemic control in children with type 1 diabetes
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Diabetes Care
    Volume: 24
    Page numbers: 1137-1143
    Publisher: American Diabetes Association(Virginia)
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