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Madeleine King

Researcher at University of Sydney

Publications -  315
Citations -  15793

Madeleine King is an academic researcher from University of Sydney. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Quality of life. The author has an hindex of 60, co-authored 300 publications receiving 12831 citations. Previous affiliations of Madeleine King include University of Ulm & University of Western Sydney.

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The interpretation of scores from the EORTC quality of life questionnaire QLQ-C30

TL;DR: An approach to developing clinically-based interpretations for QOL outcomes, using the QLQ-C30 as an example, provides a sense of the relative sizes of means and of differences, and of the types of clinical groups which give rise to them, thereby providing clinically- based benchmarks by which to interpret QLZC30 results.
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Evidence-Based Guidelines for Determination of Sample Size and Interpretation of the European Organisation for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30

TL;DR: An innovative method combining systematic review of published studies, expert opinions, and meta-analysis was used to estimate large, medium, and small differences for QLQ-C30 scores, finding the recommended minimum to detect medium differences ranges from 9 (cognitive functioning) to 19 points (role functioning).
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Caring for Aged Dementia Care Resident Study (CADRES) of Person-Centred Care, Dementia-Care Mapping, and Usual Care in dementia: a cluster-randomised trial

TL;DR: In this article, a cluster randomised controlled trial, urban residential sites were randomly assigned to person-centred care, dementia-care mapping, or usual care, and the primary outcome was agitation measured with the Cohen-Mansfield agitation inventory (CMAI).
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A point of minimal important difference (MID): a critique of terminology and methods.

TL;DR: There is no universal MID, despite the appeal of the notion, and for a particular patient-reported outcome instrument or scale, the MID is not an immutable characteristic, but may vary by population and context.
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Nursing staffing, nursing workload, the work environment and patient outcomes

TL;DR: Nurse staffing (fewer RNs), increased workload, and unstable nursing unit environments were linked to negative patient outcomes including falls and medication errors on medical/surgical units in a mixed method study combining longitudinal data (5 years) and primary data collection.