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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Mar 18

Deadline approaching - 21st March.

Join the International Collaborative Network for N-of-1 Trials and Single-Case Designs (ICN) Team! – Multiple volunteer opportunities available. More info here www.nof1sced.org/vacancies #nof1

Vacant ICN roles

www.nof1sced.org

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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Feb 14

Pleased to see this paper just published. We explore the need for personalised research methods (including #Nof1 methods) in psychology. Traditional methods often fall short because they assume what works for the ‘average’ person works for everyone -rarely true! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Personality psychology is getting personal: Advancing the field through personalisation.

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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 22

Just read this thought-provoking paper published in EJPP that explores the evolving debate between nomothetic & idiographic approaches in personality research. Was happy to see N-of-1 studies highlighted for their role in generating person-specific insights journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... #nof1

Beyond nomothetics and idiographics: Towards a systematization of personality research approaches - Le Vy Phan, Nick Modersitzki, Niclas Kuper, Nadin Beckmann, Malgosia Fajkowska, Mario Gollwitzer, Ka...

Psychology is concerned with both general laws of psychological functioning and with the individual person. The debate surrounding nomothetics and idiographics ...

journals.sagepub.com

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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 20

https://www.n-of-1hub.com/post/innovations-in-clinical-trials-revolutionising-approaches-and-designs
#Nof1 #ARCS2024

ARCS 2024 Conference Recap

Uncover the future trends and innovation in clinical tria...

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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 20

At the recent @ARCSAustralia conference in Sydney, it was inspiring to see how far we've come in developing innovative clinical trial designs/approaches such as the SKYHOOK model for rare disease trials and pooled N-of-1 trials. Read more:...

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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 20

At the end of last year our team received funding from Metro South Health @MetSthHealth for an N-of-1 project using the ‘StudyU’ app to personalise non-pharmacological management of chronic pain. #nof1 #SCED #digitalhealth

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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 20

Acceptability and optimisation of resources to support antidepressant cessation: A qualitative think-aloud study with patients

https://bjgp.org/content/early/2023/08/21/BJGP.2023.0269

@WallisKatharine @markhoro @UQMedicine @BJGPjournal

Acceptability and optimisation of resources to support an...

Background Stopping long-term (>12 months) antidepressant...

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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 20

Looking forward to talking about N-of-1 trials and their benefits and challenges at the Australian Trials Methodology conference 2021 (@austrim_cre) today
#nof1 #atmc21

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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 20

1 year today I was awarded a Distinguished Talent Visa from @ausgov for my contributions to academia & research. Thanks Prof David Paterson (@davidantibiotic), Prof Stuart Biddle (@stuart_biddle), A/Prof Jane Nikles, Prof James McGree & Prof Martin White for letters of support!

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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 20

Patient-centred N-of-1 designs may offer a flexible yet scientifically robust method for exploring symptom patterns and triggers in ME/CFS at the individual level

Protocol for a feasibility and acceptability study: https://rdcu.be/ctSbc

@PatientJournal
#pwme #mecfs #nof1

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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 20

Study

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40271-021-00540-0

#nof1 #sced

Exploring Symptom Fluctuations and Triggers in Myalgic En...

Background Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue synd...

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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 20

N-of-1 protocol just published:

Exploring Symptom Fluctuations and Triggers in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Using Novel Patient-Centred N-of-1 Observational Designs: A Protocol for a Feasibility and Acceptability...

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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 20

Just published! Read about the vision & mission of the International Collaborative Network for N-of-1 Trials and Single-Case Designs (@nof1SCED). Proud to co-chair this network with @JaneNikles with support from N-of-1/SCD experts across the world. Pls RT!
https://bit.ly/37fYqDn

Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 20

https://bjgpopen.org/content/early/2021/06/02/BJGPO.2021.0052

Implementing a weight-specific quality-of-life tool for y...

Background Obesity is thought to be one of the most serio...

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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 20

Great to see this study published, which explored primary healthcare professionals’ views on a new QoL tool for overweight and obese young people

Implementing a weight-specific quality-of-life tool for young people in primary healthcare...

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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 20

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomp.2020.636996/full
#nof1

Frontiers | Editorial: Creating Evidence From Real World ...

Digital health is an exploding field, with over 1,000 rel...

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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 20

We’re delighted to complete the Frontiers Research Topic on ‘Creating Evidence using Real World Digital Data’. To date, it’s received over 43,000 views. Our editorial has recently been published to complete the collection of articles in the topic:...

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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 20

Great to be part of the 2020 Herston Health Precinct Symposium today and give a presentation on ‘The Power of N-of-1 Trials and Single-Case Designs in Clinical Research’ on behalf of the N-of-1 trials unit at UQ Centre for Clinical Research!

@MetroNorthHHS
#nof1 #SCED

Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 20

Excited to see our paper published in Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology. We used the Theoretical Domain Framework to explore influences on smoking behaviour & perceptions of dentist‐delivered smoking cessation advice

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cdoe.12556

Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 20

https://spcare.bmj.com/content/early/2020/06/04/bmjspcare-2019-002120

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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 20

Our paper has just been published in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care:

Breast cancer nursing interventions and clinical effectiveness: a systematic review

Informing #BreastCancer #Nursing models of care

@rayychan⁩ ⁦
⁦@McGrathFdn⁩
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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 20

Just out!

Analysing N-of-1 observational data in health psychology and behavioural medicine: a 10-step SPSS tutorial for beginners.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21642850.2019.1711096

@RuteVVieira @AHPG_UoA
@nof1SCED @EHPSociety @divhealthpsych

#nof1

Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 20

Great to see 11 papers already published in our N-of-1 special issue in Healthcare (@Healthcare_MDPI).

Take a look here 👀➡️ https://buff.ly/2x4LTAi

Includes submissions from @PatrickOnghena @bengoldacre @iainchalmersTTi @jsamuel729 and more!

#nof1
@JaneNikles
@nof1SCED

Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 20

Can’t wait to share our newly accepted paper ‘Analysing N-of-1 observational data in health psychology and behavioural medicine: A 10-step SPSS tutorial for beginners’ in Health Psychology & Behavioural Medicine. Important paper for people new to analysing #nof1 data
@nof1SCED

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Dr Suzanne McDonald @suzannemcdonald.bsky.social · Jan 20

Amazing to see this article has been viewed exactly 5000 times since publication on the main website alone.

If you want to read about the state of the art and future opportunities for using #nof1 methods in health behaviour research click here:...