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| Marie V PirottaSummaryAffiliation: University of Melbourne Country: Australia Publications
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Participant demographics reported in "Table 1" of randomised controlled trials: a case of "inverse evidence"?John Furler
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, 200 Berkeley St, Carlton, VIC 3053, Australia
Int J Equity Health 11:14. 2012..We explored how this is documented in reports of RCTs in four major general medical journals...- GPs' decision-making when prescribing medicines for breastfeeding women: Content analysis of a surveyHiranya S Jayawickrama
Mother and Child Health Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
BMC Res Notes 3:82. 2010..Information on factors governing GPs' decision-making and their views in such situations is limited... - Maximising retention in a longitudinal study of genital Chlamydia trachomatis among young women in AustraliaJennifer Walker
Centre for Women s Health, Gender and Society, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
BMC Public Health 11:156. 2011..The aims of this paper are to describe the methods used to recruit and retain young women in a longitudinal study and to explore factors associated with loss to follow up... - Young pregnant women's views on the acceptability of screening for chlamydia as part of routine antenatal careJade E Bilardi
The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
BMC Public Health 10:505. 2010..The aim of this study was to determine the acceptability of screening pregnant women aged 16-25 years for chlamydia as part of routine antenatal care... - 'The difference in determinants of Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma genitalium in a sample of young Australian women'Jennifer Walker
Centre for Women s Health, Gender and Society, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
BMC Infect Dis 11:35. 2011..Differences in the determinants of Chlamydia trachomatis ('chlamydia') and Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) genital infection in women are not well understood... - A comparison of complementary and alternative medicine users and use across geographical areas: a national survey of 1,427 womenJon Adams
Faculty of Nursing Midwifery and Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
BMC Complement Altern Med 11:85. 2011.... 
Patterns of treatment of external genital warts in Australian sexual health clinicsMarie V Pirotta
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, 200 Berkeley St, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
Sex Transm Dis 36:375-9. 2009..External genital warts are a common sexually transmitted viral disease. We describe the patterns of treatment for initial presentations of external genital warts (EGWs) in Australian sexual health centers...- Genital warts incidence and healthcare resource utilisation in AustraliaMarie Pirotta
Primary Care Research Unit, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
Sex Transm Infect 86:181-6. 2010..To estimate for the first time the incidence and healthcare resource utilisation associated with genital warts (GW) in Australia prior to the human papillomavirus vaccination programme... 
Irritable bowel syndrome - The role of complementary medicines in treatmentMarie Pirotta
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Victoria
Aust Fam Physician 38:966-8. 2009..Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common gut problem that interferes with many people's enjoyment of life...- Arthritis disease - the use of complementary therapiesMarie Pirotta
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Victoria
Aust Fam Physician 39:638-40. 2010..Many people with these diseases use complementary medicines... - Complementary medicine in general practice - a national survey of GP attitudes and knowledgeMarie Pirotta
Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care Academic Centre, University of Melbourne, Victoria
Aust Fam Physician 39:946-50. 2010..This article compares the demographics of Australian general practitioners who do, and those who do not, practise integrative medicine, and their perceptions and knowledge about complementary medicines... - Is it ethical for medical practitioners to prescribe alternative and complementary treatments that may lack an evidence base? - YesMarie V Pirotta
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Med J Aust 195:78. 2011 - Bacterial vaginosis - More questions than answersMarie Pirotta
Primary Care Research Unit, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Victoria
Aust Fam Physician 38:394-7. 2009..The aetiology, pathology, microbiology and transmission of bacterial vaginosis remain poorly understood... - Acupuncture in musculoskeletal disorders - is there a point?Marie Pirotta
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Aust Fam Physician 36:447-8. 2007..This article presents some recent evidence about the use of acupuncture to treat musculoskeletal conditions... - "Not thrush again!" Women's experience of post-antibiotic vulvovaginitisMarie V Pirotta
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic
Med J Aust 179:43-6. 2003..To examine the frequency of post-antibiotic vulvovaginitis (PAV); describe how women prevent and treat PAV; and determine whether concern about PAV affects their decisions about taking antibiotics... - Data monitoring (and safety) committees--what are they and why do we need them? Primary Care Alliance for Clinical Trials (PACT) NetworkMarie Pirotta
Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, Victoria
Aust Fam Physician 33:950-1, 956. 2004 - Effect of lactobacillus in preventing post-antibiotic vulvovaginal candidiasis: a randomised controlled trialMarie Pirotta
Department of General Practice, 200 Berkeley Street, Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 3053
BMJ 329:548. 2004..To test whether oral or vaginal lactobacillus can prevent vulvovaginitis after antibiotic treatment... - Genital Candida species detected in samples from women in Melbourne, Australia, before and after treatment with antibioticsMarie V Pirotta
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, 200 Berkeley Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
J Clin Microbiol 44:3213-7. 2006..Furthermore, we recommend that definitive microbiological diagnoses be made for women with recurrent symptoms or those failing initial treatment, to guide appropriate therapy... - Computer reminders for Chlamydia screening in general practice: a randomized controlled trialJennifer Walker
University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Sex Transm Dis 37:445-50. 2010..The aim of this trial was to determine the effectiveness of a computer alert in general practice on chlamydia testing in young women... - The integration of complementary therapies in Australian general practice: results of a national surveyMarc M Cohen
School of Health Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
J Altern Complement Med 11:995-1004. 2005.... - Acupuncture for pelvic and back pain in pregnancy: a systematic reviewCarolyn C Ee
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Am J Obstet Gynecol 198:254-9. 2008..Additional high-quality trials are needed to test the existing promising evidence for this relatively safe and popular complementary therapy... 
The PAV trial: does lactobacillus prevent post-antibiotic vulvovaginal candidiasis? Protocol of a randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN24141277]Marie Pirotta
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, 200 Berkeley Street, Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 3053
BMC Fam Pract 5:5. 2004..An independent Data Monitoring Committee is supervising the trial. Analysis will be intention-to-treat, with two pre-specified main comparisons: (i) oral lactobacillus versus placebo and (ii) vaginal lactobacillus versus placebo...- Characteristics of Victorian general practitioners who practise complementary therapiesMarie Pirotta
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Victoria
Aust Fam Physician 31:1133-8. 2002..To compare the characteristics of Victorian general practitioners who practise and do not practise complementary therapies... - What keeps Melbourne GPs satisfied in their jobs?Kate Anne Walker
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Victoria
Aust Fam Physician 36:877-80. 2007..Workforce shortages make it important to promote job satisfaction and career longevity in general practitioners. We aimed to investigate strategies that maintain and improve Melbourne (Victoria) GP job satisfaction... - Shared maternity care: all care--not enough responsibility? An audit of patient care communications pre- and post- a multi-faceted interventionSusan Nicolson
Mercy Hospital for Women, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 45:509-13. 2005..Shared maternity care is an important model of care in Australia and overseas, but Victorian studies have shown patient dissatisfaction and widespread communication problems... - Blinding techniques in randomized controlled trials of laser therapy: an overview and possible solutionIan Relf
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, 200 Berkeley Street Carlton 3053, Victoria, Australia
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 5:383-9. 2008..The new laser machine combines sealed preset and non-bypassable randomization codes, decoy lights and sound, and a conical perspex tip to overcome laser diode glow detection... - Accurate sampling in general practice waiting room surveys: methodological issuesMarie Pirotta
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Carlton
Aust N Z J Public Health 26:152-5. 2002..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... - Establishing the Victorian Primary Care Practice Based Research NetworkMelinda Soos
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Aust Fam Physician 39:857-62. 2010..This article describes the establishment of the Victorian Primary Care Practice Based Research Network (VicReN), which was established in 2007 and has grown to over 100 members... - Making a difference - are you game?Meredith Temple-Smith
General Practice and Primary Health Care Academic Centre, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Aust Fam Physician 40:49. 2011..They see things happening in their practice, have opinions, make changes and like to have a forum to discuss these thoughts with other like-minded GPs and primary care academics... - Incentive payments to general practitioners aimed at increasing opportunistic testing of young women for chlamydia: a pilot cluster randomised controlled trialJade E Bilardi
Sexual Health Unit, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
BMC Public Health 10:70. 2010..The aim of this pilot study was to determine if offering general practitioners (GP) a small incentive payment per test would increase chlamydia testing in women aged 16 to 24 years, attending general practice... - Primary dysmenorrhoea--evidence for complementary medicineCarolyn Ee
Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Victoria
Aust Fam Physician 35:869. 2006..Primary dysmenorrhoea is the occurrence of painful menstrual cramps in the absence of pelvic pathology. This review discusses alternative approaches to the management of this debilitating condition... - Detection of Candida species by PCR in self-collected vaginal swabs of women after taking antibioticsSepehr N Tabrizi
Mycoses 49:523-4. 2006..The results of this study may indicate that other agents including other yeast species may be responsible for symptoms of postantibiotic vulvovaginitis... - Research administration and privacy legislation: dealing with the HIC (Medicare Australia)Simon R Brice
Med J Aust 184:308-9. 2006