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ArticleBMJ open2021

Healing Right Way: study protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial to enhance rehabilitation services and improve quality of life in Aboriginal Australians after brain injury.

Elizabeth Armstrong, Juli Coffin, Deborah Hersh, Judith M Katzenellenbogen, Sandra Thompson, Leon Flicker, Meaghan McAllister, Dominique A Cadilhac, Tapan Rai, Erin Godecke and 6 more

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Article in BMJ open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Preference-based measures of health-related quality of life in Indigenous people: a systematic review.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024
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  5. Stroke care in indigenous populations: A World Stroke Organization (WSO) scientific statement.International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Elizabeth ArmstrongSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia b.armstrong@ecu.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0003-4469-1117
Juli CoffinTelethon Kids Institute, Broome, Western Australia, Australia.
Deborah HershSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.
Judith M KatzenellenbogenSchool of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5287-5819
Sandra ThompsonWestern Australian Centre for Rural Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Leon FlickerWA Centre for Health and Ageing, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Meaghan McAllisterSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.
Dominique A CadilhacDepartment of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8162-682X
Tapan RaiSchool of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1610-8983
Erin GodeckeSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7210-1295
Colleen HaywardSchool of Kurongkurl Katitjin, Edith Cowan University, Mount Lawley, Western Australia, Australia.
Graeme J HankeySchool of Medicine and Pharmacology, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Neil DrewSchool of Kurongkurl Katitjin, Edith Cowan University, Mount Lawley, Western Australia, Australia.
Ivan LinWestern Australian Centre for Rural Health, University of Western Australia - Geraldton Campus, Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia.
Deborah WoodsGeraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service, Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia.
Natalie CicconeSchool of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.
Edith Cowan University · AUThe University of Western Australia · AUMonash University · AUTharawal Aboriginal · AUThe Kids Research Institute Australia · AUUniversity of Technology Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionDespite higher incidence of brain injury among Aboriginal compared with non-Aboriginal Australians, suboptimal engagement exists between rehabilitation services and Aboriginal brain injury survivors. Aboriginal patients often feel culturally insecure in hospital and navigation of services post discharge is complex. Health professionals report feeling ill-equipped working with Aboriginal patients. This study will test the impact of a research-informed culturally secure intervention model for Aboriginal people with brain injury. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The study has approvals from Aboriginal, university and health services human research ethics committees. Findings will be disseminated through stakeholder reports, participant workshops, peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ACTRN12618000139279.

Indexed as

Brain Injuries, TraumaticQuality of LifeAdolescentAdultAftercareAustraliaHumansPatient DischargeRandomized Controlled Trials as Topichealth economicsneurological injuryrehabilitation medicinestroke medicine

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PMID34588230
PMCPMC8479943
OpenAlexW3203963197

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