List of works - Meera Agar

A facilitated approach to family case conferencing for people with advanced dementia living in nursing homes: perceptions of palliative care planning coordinators and other health professionals in the IDEAL study.

scientific article published on 27 June 2017

A pilot phase II randomized, cross-over, double-blinded, controlled efficacy study of octreotide versus hyoscine hydrobromide for control of noisy breathing at the end-of-life

scientific article published in January 2008

A pragmatic, phase III, multisite, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-arm, dose increment randomised trial of regular, low-dose extended-release morphine for chronic breathlessness: Breathlessness, Exertion And Morphine Sulfate (BEAMS) study

scientific article published on 17 July 2017

Adaptation of international guidelines on assessment and management of cancer pain for the Australian context

scientific article published on 14 April 2015

Advance care planning in 21st century Australia: a systematic review and appraisal of online advance care directive templates against national framework criteria.

scientific article published on June 2015

Adverse events in hospice and palliative care: a pilot study to determine feasibility of collection and baseline rates

scientific article published on 19 January 2011

Anti-cholinergic load, health care utilization, and survival in people with advanced cancer: a pilot study

scientific article published in June 2010

Australian long-term care personnel's knowledge and attitudes regarding palliative care for people with advanced dementia

scientific article published on 10 November 2019

Australian survey of current practice and guideline use in adult cancer pain assessment and management: The community nurse perspective.

scientific article published on January 2015

Australian survey of current practice and guideline use in adult cancer pain assessment and management: perspectives of palliative care physicians

scientific article published on 29 October 2013

Chronic pain in South Australia - population levels that interfere extremely with activities of daily living

article

Components of palliative care interventions addressing the needs of people with dementia living in long-term care: A systematic review

scientific article published on 04 February 2020

Cost comparison of different models of palliative care delivery

scientific article published on 23 September 2020

Decisions for lung cancer chemotherapy: the influence of physician and patient factors

scientific article published on 27 May 2011

Designing and conducting randomized controlled trials in palliative care: A summary of discussions from the 2010 clinical research forum of the Australian Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative

scientific article published on 15 August 2011

Development of a cancer pain self-management resource to address patient, provider, and health system barriers to care

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Do community specialist palliative care services that provide home nursing increase rates of home death for people with life-limiting illnesses? A systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies.

scientific article published on 20 August 2012

Do the trajectories of dyspnea differ in prevalence and intensity by diagnosis at the end of life? A consecutive cohort study

scientific article

Does case conferencing for people with advanced dementia living in nursing homes improve care outcomes: evidence from an integrative review?

scientific article

Double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of octreotide in malignant bowel obstruction

scientific article published on 14 November 2014

Effect of Opioids and Benzodiazepines on Clinical Outcomes in Patients Receiving Palliative Care: An Exploratory Analysis

scientific article published in June 2017

Effects of facilitated family case conferencing for advanced dementia: A cluster randomised clinical trial.

scientific article

Elements of effective palliative care models: a rapid review.

scientific article

Elements of optimal paediatric palliative care for children and young people: An integrative review using a systematic approach.

scientific article

Evidence-based occupational therapy for people with dementia and their families: What clinical practice guidelines tell us and implications for practice

scientific article published on 3 October 2016

Health-related quality of life in people with advanced dementia: a comparison of EQ-5D-5L and QUALID instruments

scientific article published on 05 September 2018

Hospital Can Be the Actively Chosen Place for Death ⬇️

scientific article published on January 7, 2013

How can HCI support end-of-life care? Critical perspectives on sociotechnical imaginaries for palliative care

scientific article published on 20 April 2023

Identifying the barriers and enablers to palliative care nurses' recognition and assessment of delirium symptoms: a qualitative study.

scientific article

Implementing patient question-prompt lists into routine cancer care ⬇️

scientific article published on July 7, 2011

Improving delirium recognition and assessment for people receiving inpatient palliative care: a mixed methods meta-synthesis.

scientific article published on 12 July 2017

Insights from Australians with respiratory disease living in the community with experience of self-managing through an emergency department 'near miss' for breathlessness: a strengths-based qualitative study

scientific article

Is the Life Space Assessment applicable to a palliative care population? Its relationship to measures of performance and quality of life.

scientific article published on 2 October 2013

Measuring delirium point-prevalence in two Australian palliative care inpatient units

scientific article

Medicinal cannabinoids in palliative care

scientific article published on 12 August 2018

Multi-site research allows adequately powered palliative care trials; web-based data management makes it achievable today

article by David C. Currow et al published January 2008 in Palliative Medicine

No excess harms from sustained-release morphine: a randomised placebo-controlled trial in chronic breathlessness

scientific article published on 12 November 2019

Nurse perceptions of the Nursing Delirium Screening Scale in two palliative care inpatient units: a focus group study.

scientific article published on 7 August 2015

Off-label prescribing in palliative care – a cross-sectional national survey of Palliative Medicine doctors

Palliative care nurses’ recognition and assessment of patients with delirium symptoms: A qualitative study using critical incident technique

scientific article published on 28 February 2014

Palliative caregivers who would not take on the caring role again

scientific article

Patient education, coaching, and self-management for cancer pain.

scientific article published on 05 May 2014

Populations who die without specialist palliative care: does lower uptake equate with unmet need?

Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Australian Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia: A Substudy of the IDEAL Study

article

Pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of facilitated family case conferencing compared with usual care for improving end of life care and outcomes in nursing home residents with advanced dementia and their families: the IDEAL study protocol

scientific article published on 21 November 2015

Protocol for a phase III pragmatic stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial comparing the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening and guidelines with, versus without, implementation strategies for improving pain in adults with can

scientific article published on 16 July 2018

Quality-of-life trajectory of clients and carers referred to a community palliative care service ⬇️

scientific article published on February 1, 2011

Study protocol: a phase III randomised, double-blind, parallel arm, stratified, block randomised, placebo-controlled trial investigating the clinical effect and cost-effectiveness of sertraline for the palliative relief of breathlessness in people w

scientific article

Tackling the Challenges of Clinical Trials in Palliative Care

The Dilemma of Treating Delirium: the Conundrum of Drug Management

scientific article published in 2022

The clinical and social dimensions of prescribing palliative home oxygen for refractory dyspnea

scientific article published on 4 January 2013

The financial and social costs of delirium

scientific article published on 21 December 2019

The role of benzodiazepines in breathlessness: a single site, open label pilot of sustained release morphine together with clonazepam

scientific article

List of works by Meera Agar

A facilitated approach to family case conferencing for people with advanced dementia living in nursing homes: perceptions of palliative care planning coordinators and other health professionals in the IDEAL study.

A pilot phase II randomized, cross-over, double-blinded, controlled efficacy study of octreotide versus hyoscine hydrobromide for control of noisy breathing at the end-of-life

A pragmatic, phase III, multisite, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-arm, dose increment randomised trial of regular, low-dose extended-release morphine for chronic breathlessness: Breathlessness, Exertion And Morphine Sulfate (BEAMS) study

Adaptation of international guidelines on assessment and management of cancer pain for the Australian context

Advance care planning in 21st century Australia: a systematic review and appraisal of online advance care directive templates against national framework criteria.

Adverse events in hospice and palliative care: a pilot study to determine feasibility of collection and baseline rates

Anti-cholinergic load, health care utilization, and survival in people with advanced cancer: a pilot study

Australian long-term care personnel's knowledge and attitudes regarding palliative care for people with advanced dementia

Australian survey of current practice and guideline use in adult cancer pain assessment and management: The community nurse perspective.

Australian survey of current practice and guideline use in adult cancer pain assessment and management: perspectives of palliative care physicians

Chronic pain in South Australia - population levels that interfere extremely with activities of daily living

Components of palliative care interventions addressing the needs of people with dementia living in long-term care: A systematic review

Cost comparison of different models of palliative care delivery

Decisions for lung cancer chemotherapy: the influence of physician and patient factors

Designing and conducting randomized controlled trials in palliative care: A summary of discussions from the 2010 clinical research forum of the Australian Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative

Development of a cancer pain self-management resource to address patient, provider, and health system barriers to care

Do community specialist palliative care services that provide home nursing increase rates of home death for people with life-limiting illnesses? A systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies.

Do the trajectories of dyspnea differ in prevalence and intensity by diagnosis at the end of life? A consecutive cohort study

Does case conferencing for people with advanced dementia living in nursing homes improve care outcomes: evidence from an integrative review?

Double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of octreotide in malignant bowel obstruction

Effect of Opioids and Benzodiazepines on Clinical Outcomes in Patients Receiving Palliative Care: An Exploratory Analysis

Effects of facilitated family case conferencing for advanced dementia: A cluster randomised clinical trial.

Elements of effective palliative care models: a rapid review.

Elements of optimal paediatric palliative care for children and young people: An integrative review using a systematic approach.

Evidence-based occupational therapy for people with dementia and their families: What clinical practice guidelines tell us and implications for practice

Health-related quality of life in people with advanced dementia: a comparison of EQ-5D-5L and QUALID instruments

Hospital Can Be the Actively Chosen Place for Death ⬇️

How can HCI support end-of-life care? Critical perspectives on sociotechnical imaginaries for palliative care

Identifying the barriers and enablers to palliative care nurses' recognition and assessment of delirium symptoms: a qualitative study.

Implementing patient question-prompt lists into routine cancer care ⬇️

Improving delirium recognition and assessment for people receiving inpatient palliative care: a mixed methods meta-synthesis.

Insights from Australians with respiratory disease living in the community with experience of self-managing through an emergency department 'near miss' for breathlessness: a strengths-based qualitative study

Is the Life Space Assessment applicable to a palliative care population? Its relationship to measures of performance and quality of life.

Measuring delirium point-prevalence in two Australian palliative care inpatient units

Medicinal cannabinoids in palliative care

Multi-site research allows adequately powered palliative care trials; web-based data management makes it achievable today

No excess harms from sustained-release morphine: a randomised placebo-controlled trial in chronic breathlessness

Nurse perceptions of the Nursing Delirium Screening Scale in two palliative care inpatient units: a focus group study.

Off-label prescribing in palliative care – a cross-sectional national survey of Palliative Medicine doctors

Palliative care nurses’ recognition and assessment of patients with delirium symptoms: A qualitative study using critical incident technique

Palliative caregivers who would not take on the caring role again

Patient education, coaching, and self-management for cancer pain.

Populations who die without specialist palliative care: does lower uptake equate with unmet need?

Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Australian Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia: A Substudy of the IDEAL Study

Pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of facilitated family case conferencing compared with usual care for improving end of life care and outcomes in nursing home residents with advanced dementia and their families: the IDEAL study protocol

Protocol for a phase III pragmatic stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial comparing the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening and guidelines with, versus without, implementation strategies for improving pain in adults with can

Quality-of-life trajectory of clients and carers referred to a community palliative care service ⬇️

Study protocol: a phase III randomised, double-blind, parallel arm, stratified, block randomised, placebo-controlled trial investigating the clinical effect and cost-effectiveness of sertraline for the palliative relief of breathlessness in people w

Tackling the Challenges of Clinical Trials in Palliative Care

The Dilemma of Treating Delirium: the Conundrum of Drug Management

The clinical and social dimensions of prescribing palliative home oxygen for refractory dyspnea

The financial and social costs of delirium

The role of benzodiazepines in breathlessness: a single site, open label pilot of sustained release morphine together with clonazepam