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Item Advances in the pharmacological management of breathlessness(2009) Currow, David Christopher; Ward, Alicia M; Abernethy, Amy PickarItem The Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance Status (AKPS) scale: a revised scale for contemporary palliative care clinical practice [ISRCTN81117481](2005) Woods, David A; Abernethy, Amy Pickar; Shelby-James, Tania Maree; Fazekas, Belinda Susan; Currow, David ChristopherBackground : The Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) is a gold standard scale. The Thorne-modified KPS (TKPS) focuses on community-based care and has been shown to be more relevant to palliative care settings than the original KPS. The Australia-modified KPS (AKPS) blends KPS and TKPS to accommodate any setting of care. Methods : Performance status was measured using all three scales for palliative care patients enrolled in a randomized controlled trial in South Australia. Care occurred in a range of settings. Survival was defined from enrollment to death. Results : Ratings were collected at 1600 timepoints for 306 participants. The median score on all scales was 60. KPS and AKPS agreed in 87% of ratings; 79% of disagreements occurred within 1 level on the 11-level scales. KPS and TKPS agreed in 76% of ratings; 85% of disagreements occurred within one level. AKPS and TKPS agreed in 85% of ratings; 87% of disagreements were within one level. Strongest agreement occurred at the highest levels (70–90), with greatest disagreement at lower levels (≤40). Kappa coefficients for agreement were KPS-TKPS 0.71, KPS-AKPS 0.84, and AKPS-TKPS 0.82 (all p < 0.001). Spearman correlations with survival were KPS 0.26, TKPS 0.27 and AKPS 0.26 (all p < 0.001). AKPS was most predictive of survival at the lower range of the scale. All had longitudinal test-retest validity. Face validity was greatest for the AKPS. Conclusion : The AKPS is a useful modification of the KPS that is more appropriate for clinical settings that include multiple venues of care such as palliative care.Item Changes in anticholinergic load from regular prescribed medications in palliative care as death approaches(2009) Agar, Meera Ruth; Currow, David Christopher; Plummer, John Lewis; Seidel, Rebecca; Carnahan, R; Abernethy, Amy PickarItem Chronic pain in South Australia - population levels that interfere extremely with activities of daily living(2010) Currow, David Christopher; Agar, Meera Ruth; Plummer, John Lewis; Blyth, Fiona M; Abernethy, Amy PickarItem Comfort in the last 2 weeks of life: relationship to accessing palliative care services(2008) Currow, David Christopher; Bruera, Eduardo; Abernethy, Amy Pickar; Ward, Alicia M; Plummer, John LewisItem A community population survey of prevalence and severity of dyspnea in adults(2009) Abernethy, Amy Pickar; Currow, David Christopher; Plummer, John Lewis; Crockett, Alan JosephItem A comparison of methodologies from two longitudinal community-based randomized controlled trials of similar interventions in palliative care: what worked and what did not?(2005) Mitchell, Geoffrey K; Abernethy, Amy PickarItem Defining distinct caregiver subpopulations by intensity of end-of-life care provided(2009) Currow, David Christopher; Abernethy, Amy Pickar; Burns, Catherine Mary; Wheeler, J LItem Does palliative home oxygen imporve dyspnoea? A consecutive cohort study(2009) Currow, David Christopher; Agar, Meera Ruth; Smith, J; Abernethy, Amy PickarItem Enhancing enrollment in palliative care trials: Key insights from a randomised, placebo-controlled study(2010) Janning, Stephen W; Bull, Janet; Abernethy, Amy Pickar; Pierce, Amy; Baringtang, Debra C; Wurzelmann, John; Norris, Johnny F; Currow, David Christopher; Snidow, JerryItem A framework for generalizability in palliative care(2009) Currow, David Christopher; Wheeler, Jane L; Glare, Paul; Kaasa, Stein; Abernethy, Amy PickarItem Palliative oxygen for non-hypoxaemic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(2007) Uronis, H E; McCrory, D C; Samsa, G; Currow, David Christopher; Abernethy, Amy PickarItem Populations who die without specialist palliative care: does lower uptake equate with unmet need?(2008) Abernethy, Amy Pickar; Currow, David Christopher; Agar, Meera Ruth; Sanderson, Christine RuthItem A pragmatic 2x2x2 factorial cluster randomized controlled trial of educational outreach visiting and case conferencing in palliative care - methodology of the Palliative Care Trial [ISRCTN 81117481](2006) Abernethy, Amy Pickar; Currow, David Christopher; Hunt, Roger Wayne; Williams, Helena; Roder-Allen, Gerda; Shelby-James, Tania Maree; Rowett, Debra Sharon; Esterman, Adrian Jeffrey; May, Frank; Phillips, Paddy AndrewItem Preference for place of care and place of death in palliative care: are these different questions?(2008) Agar, Meera Ruth; Currow, David Christopher; Shelby-James, Tania Maree; Plummer, John Lewis; Sanderson, Christine Ruth; Abernethy, Amy PickarItem Researching breathlessness in palliative care: consensus statement of the National Cancer Research Institute Palliative Care Breathlessness Subgroup(2009) Peel, T; Moosavi, S; Dorman, Saskie; Jolley, C; Abernethy, Amy Pickar; Currow, David Christopher; Byrne, A; Farquhar, M; Higginson, I; Booth, Sara; Alloway, L; Bausewein, C; Wilcock, A; Johnson, M; Griffiths, GItem A strategy to advance the evidence base in palliative medicine: Formation of a Palliative Care Research Collaborative(2010) Currow, David Christopher; Basch, Ethan; Abernethy, Amy Pickar; Cleeland, Charles S; Aziz, Noreen M; Bull, Janet; Fairclough, Diane; Hanson, Laura; Hauser, Joshua; Ko, Danielle N; Lloyd, Linda; Morrison, R Sean; Otis-Green, Shirley; Pantilat, Steve; Portenoy, Russell K; Ritchie, Christine; Rocker, Graeme; Wheeler, Jane L; Zafar, S Yousuf; Kutner, Jean S