By Dr Thomas Wai Chun Lung

Journal articles

Xiong S; Jiang W; Zhang X; Wang Y; Hu C; Bao M; Li F; Yang J; Hou H; Peng N; Wang Q; Jiang R; Wang J; Liu T; Ye P; Ma Y; Li B; Chen Z; Li Q; Du X; Lung T; Si L; Mao L; Peiris D; Tian M, 2024, 'Strengthening China’s National Essential Public Health Services Package for hypertension and diabetes care: protocol for an interrupted time series study with mixed-methods process evaluation and health economic evaluation', BMC Public Health, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20027-5

Korczak V; Seimon R; Bein K; Jan S; Lung T; Dinh M, 2024, 'Socioeconomic determinants of very frequent presentations to emergency departments in New South Wales, Australia: A state wide data linkage study', Heliyon, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e36520

Kougious R; Humburg P; Delbaere K; van Schooten KS; Lung T, 2024, 'The relationship between pain, quality of life and physical activity in older community living Australians', Geriatric Nursing, 59, pp. 306 - 311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2024.07.021

Hansen A; Eramudugolla R; Kiely KM; Delbaere K; Bédard M; Brown J; Clare L; Lung T; Wood JM; Anstey KJ, 2024, 'Evaluation of the effectiveness of three different interventions on older driver safety over a 12-month period: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial', BMJ Open, 14, pp. e087137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087137

Taylor ME; Ambrens M; Hawley-Hague H; Todd C; Close JCT; Lord SR; Clemson L; Lung T; Berlowitz D; Blennerhassett J; Dayhew J; Gluchowski A; Hodge W; Johnson P; Lasrado R; Merlene M; Miles L; O’Rourke S; Said CM; White L; Wilson N; Zask A; Delbaere K, 2024, 'Implementation of a digital exercise programme in health services to prevent falls in older people', Age and Ageing, 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afae173

Melman A; Teng MJ; Coombs DM; Li Q; Billot L; Lung T; Rogan E; Marabani M; Hutchings O; Maher CG; Machado GC; Back@Home Investigators , 2024, 'Correction: A Virtual Hospital Model of Care for Low Back Pain, Back@Home: Protocol for a Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Type-I Study.', JMIR Res Protoc, 13, pp. e60298, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/60298

Lung T; Killedar A; Taki S; Wen LM; Dickson M; Howard K; Baur L; Kelly P; Sherriff S; Hayes A, 2024, 'Differences in weight status among Australian children and adolescents from priority populations: a longitudinal study', International Journal of Obesity, 48, pp. 702 - 708, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41366-024-01471-0

Qian W; Gauci C; Chaudhri K; Lung T; Mohtashami A, 2024, 'Functional outcomes of bowel resection versus shaving or disc excision of colorectal endometriosis: a systematic review protocol', BMJ Open, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080989

Melman A; Teng MJ; Coombs DM; Li Q; Billot L; Lung T; Rogan E; Marabani M; Hutchings O; Maher CG; Machado GC, 2024, 'A Virtual Hospital Model of Care for Low Back Pain, Back@Home: Protocol for a Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Type-I Study', JMIR Research Protocols, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/50146

Melman A; Teng MJ; Coombs DM; Li Q; Billot L; Lung T; Rogan E; Marabani M; Hutchings O; Zadro JR; Maher CG; Machado GC, 2024, 'Process and implementation evaluation of a virtual hospital model of care for low back pain (Back@Home)', EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.14487

Sunjaya AP; Poulos LM; Di Tanna GL; Lung T; Marks GB; Reddel HK; Jenkins CR, 2024, 'The health and economic burden of breathlessness, Australia, 2019: a national survey', Medical Journal of Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52425

Curtis K; Dinh MM; Shetty A; Kourouche S; Fry M; Considine J; Li L; Lung T; Shaw T; Lam MK; Murphy M; Alkhouri H; Aggar C; Russell SB; Seimon RV; Hughes JA; Varndell W; Shaban RZ, 2023, 'The Emergency nurse Protocols Initiating Care—Sydney Triage to Admission Risk Tool (EPIC-START) trial: protocol for a stepped wedge implementation trial', Implementation Science Communications, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43058-023-00452-0

Abdel Shaheed C; Ivers R; Vizza L; McLachlan A; Kelly PJ; Blyth F; Stanaway F; Clare PJ; Thompson R; Lung T; Degenhardt L; Reid S; Martin B; Wright M; Osman R; French S; McCaffery K; Campbell G; Jenkins H; Mathieson S; Boogs M; McMaugh J; Bennett C; Maher C, 2023, 'Clinical Observation, Management and Function Of low back pain Relief Therapies (COMFORT): A cluster randomised controlled trial protocol', BMJ Open, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075286

Huang-Lung J; Chun Ho K; Lung T; Palagyi A; McCluskey P; White AJ; Boufous S; Keay L, 2023, 'Healthcare costs following falls and cataract surgery in older adults using Australian linked health data from 2012-2019', Public health research & practice, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.17061/phrp33342311

Law KK; Coyle DH; Neal B; Huang L; Barrett EM; Arnott C; Chow CK; Di Tanna GL; Lung T; Mozaffarian D; Berkowitz SA; Wong J; Wu T; Twigg S; Gauld A; Simmons D; Piya MK; MacMillan F; Khoo CL; Tian M; Trieu K; Wu JHY, 2023, 'Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of medically tailored meals compared to usual care among individuals with type 2 diabetes in Australia', Contemporary Clinical Trials, 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2023.107307

Killedar A; Lung T; Taylor RW; Hayes A, 2023, 'Modelled Distributional Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Childhood Obesity Interventions: A Demonstration', Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 21, pp. 615 - 625, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40258-023-00813-9

Si L; Chen X; Ouyang M; Wang X; Chen G; Cao YJ; Wu G; Zhang J; Zhang J; Liu YK; Zhang S; Song L; Delcourt C; Arima H; Wang L; Lung T; Chen M; Anderson CS; Jan S, 2023, 'Cost-Effectiveness of Low-Dose Compared to Standard-Dose Alteplase for Acute Ischemic Stroke in China: A Within-Trial Economic Evaluation of the ENCHANTED Study', Cerebrovascular Diseases, 52, pp. 145 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000525869

Carrello J; Hayes A; Baur LA; Lung T, 2023, 'Potential cost-effectiveness of e-health interventions for treating overweight and obesity in Australian adolescents', Pediatric Obesity, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.13003

Atkins ER; Chye A; Lung T; Nolde JM; Billot L; Burke M; Chalmers J; Figtree GA; Hay P; Hillis GS; Jansen S; Marschner S; Neal B; Nelson MR; Reid CM; Usherwood T; Schlaich M; Chow CK; Rodgers A, 2023, 'Cost-effectiveness of ultra-low-dose quadruple combination therapy for high blood pressure', Heart, 109, pp. 1698 - 1705, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2022-322300

Chaudhri K; Caleres G; Saunders S; Michail P; Di Tanna GL; Lung T; Liu H; Joshi R, 2023, 'Does Collaboration between General Practitioners and Pharmacists Improve Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis', Global Heart, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/gh.1184

Korczak V; Liu H; Bein K; Lung T; Jan S; Dinh M, 2023, 'Emergency clinician perceptions of patients who present frequently to the emergency department: a snapshot of current practice', Australian Health Review, 47, pp. 226 - 233, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH22160

Lartey ST; Lung T; Serhal S; Bereznicki L; Bereznicki B; Emmerton L; Bosnic-Anticevich S; Saini B; Billot L; Krass I; Armour C; Jan S, 2023, 'Healthcare expenditure and its socio-demographic and clinical predictors in Australians with poorly controlled asthma', PLoS ONE, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279748

Killedar A; Lung T; Taylor RW; Taylor BJ; Hayes A, 2023, 'Is the cost-effectiveness of an early-childhood sleep intervention to prevent obesity affected by socioeconomic position?', Obesity, 31, pp. 192 - 202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.23592

Sunjaya AP; Poulos L; Di Tanna GL; Lung T; Marks GB; Reddel HK; Jenkins CR, 2023, 'EE297 Impact of Breathlessness Severity on Quality of Life, Healthcare Use, Productivity Loss and Economic Cost to the Australian Society', Value in Health, 26, pp. S113 - S113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2023.03.598

Jones T; O’Grady KAF; Goyal V; Masters IB; McCallum G; Drovandi C; Lung T; Baque E; Brookes DSK; Terranova CO; Chang AB; Trost SG, 2022, 'Bronchiectasis - Exercise as Therapy (BREATH): rationale and study protocol for a multi-center randomized controlled trial', Trials, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06256-2

Webster J; Waqa G; Thow AM; Allender S; Lung T; Woodward M; Rogers K; Tukana I; Kama A; Wilson D; Mounsey S; Dodd R; Reeve E; McKenzie BL; Johnson C; Bell C, 2022, 'Scaling-up food policies in the Pacific Islands: protocol for policy engagement and mixed methods evaluation of intervention implementation', Nutrition Journal, 21, pp. 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12937-022-00761-5

Korczak V; Yakubu K; Angell B; Middleton P; Dinh M; Lung T; Jan S, 2022, 'Understanding patient preferences for emergency care for lower triage acuity presentations during GP hours: a qualitative study in Australia', BMC Health Services Research, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08857-8

Wu JHY; Trieu K; Coyle D; Huang L; Wijesuriya N; Nallaiah K; Lung T; Di Tanna GL; Zheng M; Mozaffarian D; MacMillan F; Simmons D; Wu T; Twigg S; Gauld A; Constantino M; McGill M; Wong J; Neal B, 2022, 'Testing the Feasibility and Dietary Impact of a “Produce Prescription” Program for Adults with Undermanaged Type 2 Diabetes and Food Insecurity in Australia', Journal of Nutrition, 152, pp. 2409 - 2418, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxac152

Chye A; Hackett ML; Hankey GJ; Lundström E; Almeida OP; Gommans J; Dennis M; Jan S; Mead GE; Ford AH; Beer CE; Flicker L; Delcourt C; Billot L; Anderson CS; Sunnerhagen KS; Yi Q; Bompoint S; Nguyen TH; Lung T, 2022, 'Repeated Measures of Modified Rankin Scale Scores to Assess Functional Recovery From Stroke: AFFINITY Study Findings', Journal of the American Heart Association, 11, pp. e025425, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.121.025425

Ambrens M; Van Schooten KS; Lung T; Clemson L; Close JCT; Howard K; Lord SR; Zijlstra GAR; Tiedemann A; Valenzuela T; Vandelanotte C; Chow J; McInerney G; Miles L; Woodbury A; Delbaere K; Valenzuela Arteaga T, 2022, 'Economic evaluation of the e-Health StandingTall balance exercise programme for fall prevention in people aged 70 years and over', Age and Ageing, 51, pp. afac130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac130

Li KC; Huang L; Tian M; Di Tanna GL; Yu J; Zhang X; Yin X; Liu Y; Hao Z; Zhou B; Feng X; Li Z; Zhang J; Sun J; Zhang Y; Zhao Y; Zhang R; Yu Y; Li N; Yan LL; Labarthe DR; Elliott P; Wu Y; Neal B; Lung T; Si L, 2022, 'Cost-Effectiveness of a Household Salt Substitution Intervention: Findings From 20 995 Participants of the Salt Substitute and Stroke Study', Circulation, 145, pp. 1534 - 1541, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.059573

Kang A; Sukkar L; Hockham C; Jun M; Young T; Scaria A; Foote C; Neuen BL; Cass A; Pollock C; Comino E; Lung T; Pecoits-Filho R; Rogers K; Jardine MJ; Chow C; Gallagher M; Jan S; Knight J; Liu B; McNamara M; Peiris D; Ssullivan D; Wong G; Zoungas S; Wilson R, 2022, 'Risk factors for incident kidney disease in older adults: an Australian prospective population-based study', Internal Medicine Journal, 52, pp. 808 - 817, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.15074

Campain A; Hockham C; Sukkar L; Rogers K; Chow CK; Lung T; Jun M; Pollock C; Cass A; Sullivan D; Comino E; Peiris D; Jardine M, 2022, 'Prior Cardiovascular Treatments—A Key Characteristic in Determining Medication Adherence After an Acute Myocardial Infarction', Frontiers in Pharmacology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2022.834898

Killedar A; Lung T; Hayes A, 2022, 'Investigating socioeconomic inequalities in BMI growth rates during childhood and adolescence', Obesity Science and Practice, 8, pp. 101 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/osp4.549

Carrello J; Lung T; Killedar A; Baur LA; Hayes A, 2021, 'Relationship between obesity and school absenteeism in Australian children: Implications for carer productivity', Obesity Research and Clinical Practice, 15, pp. 587 - 592, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2021.09.006

Dodd R; Poulos R; Zwi A; Palagyi A; Lung T, 2021, 'Gender, health and ageing in Fiji: a mixed methods analysis', International Journal for Equity and Health, 20, pp. 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01529-9

Delbaere K; Valenzuela T; Lord SR; Clemson L; Zijlstra GAR; Close JCT; Lung T; Woodbury A; Chow J; McInerney G; Miles L; Toson B; Briggs N; van Schooten KS; Valenzuela Arteaga T, 2021, 'E-health StandingTall balance exercise for fall prevention in older people: results of a two year randomised controlled trial', The BMJ, 374, pp. n1908, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1908

Taylor ME; Todd C; O'Rourke S; Clemson LM; Close JCT; Lord SR; Lung T; Berlowitz DJ; Blennerhassett J; Chow J; Dayhew J; Hawley-Hague H; Hodge W; Howard K; Johnson P; Lasrado R; McInerney G; Merlene M; Miles L; Said CM; White L; Wilson N; Zask A; Delbaere K, 2021, 'Implementation of the StandingTall programme to prevent falls in older people: A process evaluation protocol', BMJ Open, 11, pp. e048395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048395

Li KC; Tian M; Neal B; Huang L; Yu J; Liu Y; Yin X; Zhang X; Wu Y; Li N; Elliott P; Yan L; Labarthe D; Hao Z; Shi J; Feng X; Zhang J; Zhang Y; Zhang R; Zhou B; Li Z; Sun J; Zhao Y; Yu Y; Si L; Lung T, 2021, 'Protocol for the economic evaluation of the China Salt Substitute and Stroke Study (SSaSS)', BMJ Open, 11, pp. e045929, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045929

Fritsch CG; Ferreira PH; Prior JL; Clavisi O; Chow CK; Redfern J; Thiagalingam A; Lung T; McLachlan AJ; Ferreira ML, 2021, 'TEXT4myBACK: A Text Message Intervention to Improve Function in People With Low Back Pain—Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial', Physical Therapy, 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzab100

Angell B; Lung T; Praveen D; Maharani A; Sujarwoto S; Palagyi A; Oceandy D; Tampubolon G; Patel A; Jan S, 2021, 'Cost-effectiveness of a mobile technology-enabled primary care intervention for cardiovascular disease risk management in rural Indonesia', Health Policy and Planning, 36, pp. 435 - 443, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czab025

Carrello J; Hayes A; Killedar A; Von Huben A; Baur LA; Petrou S; Lung T, 2021, 'Utility Decrements Associated with Adult Overweight and Obesity in Australia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis', PharmacoEconomics, 39, pp. 503 - 519, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40273-021-01004-x

Van Schooten KS; Callisaya ML; O'Dea B; Lung T; Anstey K; Lord SR; Christensen H; Brown A; Chow J; McInerney G; Miles L; Ngo M; Perram A; Delbaere K, 2021, 'Protocol of a 12-month multifactorial eHealth programme targeting balance, dual-tasking and mood to prevent falls in older people: The StandingTall + randomised controlled trial', BMJ Open, 11, pp. e051085, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051085

Delbaere K; Valenzuela T; Lord SR; Clemson L; Zijlstra GAR; Close JCT; Lung T; Woodbury A; Chow J; McInerney G; Miles L; Toson B; Briggs N; Van Schooten KS; Valenzuela Arteaga T, 2021, 'E-health StandingTall balance exercise for fall prevention in older people: Results of a two year randomised controlled trial', The BMJ, 373, pp. n740, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n740

Lung T; Si L; Hooper R; Di Tanna GL, 2021, 'Health Economic Evaluation Alongside Stepped Wedge Trials: A Methodological Systematic Review', PharmacoEconomics, 39, pp. 63 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40273-020-00963-x

Chang KYJ; Rogers K; Lung T; Shih S; Huang-Lung J; Keay L, 2021, 'Population-Based Projection of Vision-Related Disability in Australia 2020–2060: Prevalence, Causes, Associated Factors and Demand for Orientation and Mobility Services', Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 28, pp. 516 - 525, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09286586.2021.1875009

Hankey GJ; Hackett ML; Almeida OP; Flicker L; Mead GE; Dennis MS; Etherton-Beer C; Ford AH; Billot L; Jan S; Lung T; Lundström E; Sunnerhagen KS; Anderson CS; Thang-Nguyen H; Gommans J; Yi Q; Calic Z; ORourke F; Katrak P; Massey J; Carcel C; Delcourt C; Zagami A, 2021, 'Twelve-Month Outcomes of the affinity trial of fluoxetine for functional recovery after acute stroke: Affinity trial steering committee on behalf of the AFFINITY Trial Collaboration', Stroke, 52, pp. 2502 - 2509, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.033070

Di TGL; Lung T; Si L; Hooper R, 2021, 'PMU56 Health Economic Evaluation Alongside Stepped Wedge Trials: A Methodological Systematic Review and Recommendations of Appropriate Modelling Approaches', Value in Health, 24, pp. S154 - S154, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2021.04.768

Zhang H; Rogers K; Sukkar L; Jun M; Kang A; Young T; Campain A; Cass A; Chow CK; Comino E; Foote C; Gallagher M; Knight J; Liu B; Lung T; McNamara M; Peiris D; Pollock C; Sullivan D; Wong G; Zoungas S; Jardine M; Hockham C, 2020, 'Prevalence, incidence and risk factors of diabetes in Australian adults aged ≥45 years: A cohort study using linked routinely-collected data', Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology, 22, pp. 100240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcte.2020.100240

Xie Y; Baker J; Young T; Jun M; Sukkar L; Campain A; Kang A; Cass A; Hu J; Peiris D; Pollock C; Wong G; Zoungas S; Rogers K; Jardine M; Hockham C, 2020, 'Therapy escalation following an elevated hba1c in adults aged 45 years and older living with diabetes in Australia: A real-world observational analysis', Diabetes Care, 43, pp. e185 - e187, http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc20-0269

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