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Sweekriti Sharma, PhD

Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney
Verified email at sydney.edu.au
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[HTML][HTML] Low back pain of disc, sacroiliac joint, or facet joint origin: a diagnostic accuracy systematic review

CS Han, MJ Hancock, S Sharma, S Sharma… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background The accuracy of diagnostic tests available in primary care to identify the disc,
sacroiliac joint, and facet joint as the source of low back pain is uncertain. Methods …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of physical activity programs and services for older adults: a rapid review

MB Pinheiro, JS Oliveira, JN Baldwin, L Hassett… - International journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Knowledge of which physical activity programs are most effective for older
adults in different sub-populations and contexts is limited. The objectives of this rapid review …

Clinician and patient beliefs about diagnostic imaging for low back pain: a systematic qualitative evidence synthesis

S Sharma, AC Traeger, B Reed, M Hamilton… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Overuse of diagnostic imaging for patients with low back pain remains common.
The underlying beliefs about diagnostic imaging that could drive overuse remain unclear …

Physical activity interventions for adults aged 60+ years in low-and middle-income countries: a scoping review

G Cuadra, JS Oliveira, MB Pinheiro… - … of Physical Activity …, 2023 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: Most reviews investigating physical activity interventions for older people
consider evidence primarily from high-income countries. This review examined physical …

Marketing empowerment: how corporations co-opt feminist narratives to promote non-evidence based health interventions

T Copp, K Pickles, J Smith, J Hersch, M Johansson… - bmj, 2024 - bmj.com
Marketing empowerment: how corporations co-opt feminist narratives to promote non-evidence
based health interventions Page 1 Marketing empowerment: how corporations co-opt feminist …

Global media coverage of the benefits and harms of early detection tests

M O'Keeffe, A Barratt, A Fabbri, JR Zadro… - JAMA Internal …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
We searched for all English-language stories from 2016 to 2019 in LexisNexis, ProQuest,
and Google News. We included all nonfictional story types from newspapers, blogs …

[HTML][HTML] State of clinical pain research in Nepal: a systematic scoping review

S Sharma, MP Jensen, A Pathak, S Sharma… - Pain …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Before determining the pain research priorities for a country, a comprehensive literature
review of existing research is warranted. We aimed to (1) identify and describe the extent …

“I would not go to him”: Focus groups exploring community responses to a public health campaign aimed at reducing unnecessary diagnostic imaging of low back pain

S Sharma, AC Traeger, E Tcharkhedian… - Health …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Community awareness of the harms of overdiagnosis remains low. Objective To
evaluate community responses to a public health campaign designed for health service …

Effect of COVID-19 on management of patients with low back pain in the emergency department

S Sharma, AC Traeger, GC Machado… - Australasian Emergency …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Patients presenting to Emergency Department (ED) with non-specific
low back pain can receive more unnecessary, intensive and costly care than is …

Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of Nepali versions of the patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS®) pain intensity, pain …

S Sharma, H Correia, A Pathak, CB Terwee… - Quality of Life …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose The Patient-Reported Outcomes Meaurement Information System
(PROMIS®) measures have been translated into many languages and have been shown to …