Professor Alison Mudge
ATH - Professor
Centre for Health Services Research
Researcher biography
Professor Alison Mudge is a clinician researcher based in the large Department of Internal Medicine and Aged Care at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. Her applied research focused on understanding and improving inpatient and post-hospital care for frail older Australians through coordinated multidiscipinary approaches. This has involved research and improvement collaborations with multiple healthcare disciplines (e.g. nursing, physiotherapy, nutrition and dietetics, occupational therapy, exercise science) and medical subspecialties (e.g. geriatrics, rehabilitation medicine, cardiology, vascular surgery, palliative care, anaesthetics, gastroenterology).
Alison was inaugural Clinical Director of the Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation (AusHSI) where she advocated strongly for the importance of implementation science approaches, and she has led numerous workshops and mentoring sessions in implementation science and practice including a seminar series within the Queensland Healthcare Improvement Fellowship program. She has been a Metro North Clinician Research Fellow and led competitive grants from NHMRC and MRFF. She advocates for clinician scientists and for authentic consumer engagement in research and service improvement, and is a highly respected undergraduate and gradute educator. She has served on the steering committee for leading Queensland clinical networks inlcuding the Statewide Older Persons's Health Clinical Network and Queensland Dementia, Ageing and Frailty Network, advocating successfully for changes to policy and practice to improve health and wellbeing of older Queenslanders.
Book Chapters
Chan, Nicole I., Tan, Joseph and Mudge, Alison M. (2023). Taboo Clues: Learning from Bodily Functions. Beyond Evidence-Based Medicine. (pp. 75-77) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-99-4440-8_18
Tan, Joseph, Chan, Nicole I. and Mudge, Alison M. (2023). A Delicate Balance: Weighing Risks and Benefits in Frail Patients. Beyond Evidence-Based Medicine. (pp. 67-69) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-99-4440-8_16
Chan, Nicole I., Tan, Joseph and Mudge, Alison M. (2023). Keep an Open Mind: Assessing Unsteadiness in Older People. Beyond Evidence-Based Medicine. (pp. 55-57) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-99-4440-8_13
Chan, Nicole I., Tan, Joseph and Mudge, Alison M. (2023). A Critical Signal: New Atrial Fibrillation in an Inpatient. Beyond Evidence-Based Medicine. (pp. 71-73) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-99-4440-8_17
Tan, Joseph, Chan, Nicole I. and Mudge, Alison M. (2023). A Good Death: Respecting Goals of Care. Beyond Evidence-Based Medicine. (pp. 139-141) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-99-4440-8_33
Chan, Nicole I., Tan, Joseph and Mudge, Alison M. (2023). Right Time and Place: Cognitive Testing in Hospital. Beyond Evidence-Based Medicine. (pp. 59-61) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-99-4440-8_14
Mudge, Alison M., Chan, Nicole I. and Tan, Joseph (2023). Agitating for Better Care: Minimise Sedatives in Delirium. Beyond Evidence-Based Medicine. (pp. 89-91) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-99-4440-8_21
Mudge, Alison M., Chan, Nicole I. and Tan, Joseph (2023). The Skeleton in the Closet: Preventing Hospital-Associated Malnutrition. Beyond Evidence-Based Medicine. (pp. 27-29) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-99-4440-8_7
Chan, Nicole I., Tan, Joseph and Mudge, Alison M. (2023). First Do No Harm: Beware the Prescribing Cascade. Beyond Evidence-Based Medicine. (pp. 63-65) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-99-4440-8_15
Mudge, Alison, Young, Adrienne, Cahill, Margaret and Treleaven, Elise (2021). Nutrition and delirium. Interdisciplinary nutritional management and care for older adults: an evidence-based practical guide for nurses. (pp. 237-248) edited by Ólöf G. Geirsdóttir and Jack J. Bell. New York, NY, United States: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-63892-4_19
Journal Articles
Singh, Gursharan K., Mudge, Alison, Matthews, Robyn, Yates, Patsy, Phillips, Jane L. and Virdun, Claudia (2024). Experience of care from the perspectives of inpatients with palliative care needs: a cross-sectional study using a patient reported experience measure (PREM). BMC Palliative Care, 23 (1) 177. doi: 10.1186/s12904-024-01494-4
Reid, Natasha, Young, Adrienne, Baldassar, Loretta, Christoffersen, Anja, Comans, Tracy, Conroy, Simon, Etherton‐Beer, Christopher, Ferris, Jason, Singh, Maria Fiatarone, Fox, Sarah, Gordon, Emily H., Ghosh, Manonita, Guha, Chandana, Hilmer, Sarah, Kouladjian O’Donnell, Lisa, Logan, Benignus, Ludlow, Kristiana, Miller, Michelle, Morgan, Mark, Mudge, Alison, Muscedere, John, Reidlinger, Donna, Rockwood, Kenneth, Saunders, Rosemary, Ward, David, Yates, Paul and Hubbard, Ruth E. (2024). The Australian Frailty Network: Development of a consumer‐focussed national response to frailty. Australasian Journal on Ageing. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13365
Harvey, Emily, Adsett, Julie, Mudge, Alison, Steele, Michael and McRae, Prue (2024). Written mobility communication in acute care medical wards: an observational study of physical therapists’ and nurses’ documentation practice. Physical Therapy. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzae122
Adsett, Julie A, Mcrae, Prue J and Mudge, Alison M (2024). Staff perceived barriers to patient mobilisation vary by hospital, discipline and experience: a multisite cross- sectional survey. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2024.09.004
Adsett, Julie A. and Mudge, Alison M. (2024). Interventions to Promote Physical Activity and Reduce Functional Decline in Medical Inpatients: An Umbrella Review. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 25 (8) 105052, 105052. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2024.105052
Young, Adrienne M., Byrnes, Angela, Mahoney, Danielle, Power, Gary, Cahill, Margaret, Heaton, Sarah, McRae, Prue, Mudge, Alison and Miller, Evonne (2024). Exploring hospital mealtime experiences of older inpatients, caregivers and staff using photovoice methods. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 33 (5), 1906-1920. doi: 10.1111/jocn.17009
Deeth, Sophie, Stevens, Sarah, Bell, Jack and Mudge, Alison (2024). Nutrition care for older adults with delirium: A scoping review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 33 (10), 3886-3904. doi: 10.1111/jocn.17069
Lee-Steere, Karen, Mudge, Alison, Liddle, Jacki and Bennett, Sally (2024). Understanding family carer experiences and perceptions of engagement in delirium prevention and care for adults in hospital: qualitative systematic review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 33 (4), 1320-1345. doi: 10.1111/jocn.16990
Treleaven, Elise, Matthews‐Rensch, Kylie, Garcia, Dwayne, Mudge, Alison, Banks, Merrilyn and Young, Adrienne M. (2024). Mealtimes matter: Measuring the hospital mealtime environment and care practices to identify opportunities for multidisciplinary improvement. Nutrition and Dietetics. doi: 10.1111/1747-0080.12863
Osborne, Amy F., Aung, Ar Kar, Johnson, Douglas, Gibb, Catherine L. and Mudge, Alison M. (2024). General physicians and perioperative medicine. What is on the horizon?. Internal Medicine Journal, 54 (1), 12-15. doi: 10.1111/imj.16250
Harvey, Gillian, Collyer, Sarah, McRae, Prue, Barrimore, Sally E., Demmitt, Camey, Lee-Steere, Karen, Nolan, Bernadette and Mudge, Alison M. (2023). Navigating the facilitation journey: a qualitative, longitudinal evaluation of ‘Eat Walk Engage’ novice and experienced facilitators. BMC Health Services Research, 23 (1) 1132, 1-13. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-10116-3
Campbell, Jill, Hubbard, Ruth, Ostaszkiewicz, Joan, Green, Theresa, Coyer, Fiona and Mudge, Alison (2023). Incontinence during and following hospitalisation: a prospective study of prevalence, incidence and association with clinical outcomes. Age and Ageing, 52 (9) afad181, 1-8. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afad181
Byrnes, Angela, McRae, Prue and Mudge, Alison M. (2023). ‘Life is about movement—everything that is alive moves’: a mixed methods study to understand barriers and enablers to inpatient mobility from the older patient’s perspective. Age and Ageing, 52 (7) afad111. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afad111
Mudge, Alison M., McRae, Prue, Young, Adrienne, Blackberry, Irene, Lee-Steere, Karen, Barrimore, Sally, Quirke, Tara and Harvey, Gillian (2023). Implementing a ward-based programme to improve care for older inpatients: process evaluation of the cluster randomised CHERISH trial. BMC Health Services Research, 23 (1) 668, 1-15. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09659-2
Young, Adrienne, Kozica‐Olenski, Samantha, Mallen, Kimberley, McRae, Prue, Treleaven, Elise, Walsh, Zoe and Mudge, Alison (2023). Developing and validating a novel staff questionnaire to identify barriers and enablers to nutrition and mealtime care on hospital wards. Nutrition and Dietetics, 80 (4), 389-398. doi: 10.1111/1747-0080.12815
Cahill, Margaret, Neill, Sharne, Treleaven, Elise, Lee‐Steere, Karen, Carter, Andy, McCormack, Linda and Mudge, Alison (2023). Eat Walk Engage: enabling acute care teams to deliver consistent fundamentals of care for older people. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 79 (3), 961-969. doi: 10.1111/jan.15363
Whiting, Elizabeth, Scott, Ian A., Hines, Laureen, Ward, Tamara, Burkett, Ellen, Cranitch, Erin, Mudge, Alison, Reymond, Elizabeth, Taylor, Andrea and Hubbard, Ruth E. (2022). A whole-of-health system approach to improving care of frail older persons. Australian Health Review, 46 (5), 629-634. doi: 10.1071/AH22170
Mudge, Alison M., Mcrae, Prue, Banks, Merrilyn, Blackberry, Irene, Barrimore, Sally, Endacott, John, Graves, Nicholas, Green, Theresa, Harvey, Gill, Hubbard, Ruth, Kurrle, Sue, Lim, Wen Kwang, Lee-Steere, Karen, Masel, Phil, Pandy, Shaun, Young, Adrienne, Barnett, Adrian and Inouye, Sharon K. (2022). Effect of a ward-based program on hospital-associated complications and length of stay for older inpatients: The Cluster Randomized CHERISH Trial. JAMA Internal Medicine, 182 (3), 274-282. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.7556
Mudge, Alison M., Lee-Steere, Karen, Treleaven, Elise, Cahill, Margaret, Finnigan, Simon and Mcrae, Prue (2021). Cognitive impairment in older hospital inpatients: prevalence, care needs and carer perceptions. Australian Health Review, 46 (2), 244-250. doi: 10.1071/AH20286
Mudge, Alison M., Young, Adrienne, McRae, Prue, Graham, Frederick, Whiting, Elizabeth and Hubbard, Ruth E. (2021). Qualitative analysis of challenges and enablers to providing age friendly hospital care in an Australian health system. BMC Geriatrics, 21 (1) 147, 1-13. doi: 10.1186/s12877-021-02098-w
Thillainadesan, Janani, Hilmer, Sarah N., Mudge, Alison M., Aitken, Sarah J., Kearney, Leanne, Monaro, Sue R., Li, Susan J., Schasser, Sue, Kerdic, Richard, Tang, Robert and Naganathan, Vasi (2021). Understanding the role and value of process quality indicators in older vascular surgery inpatients. Journal of Surgical Research, 267, 91-101. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.05.003
Mudge, Alison M., Pelecanos, Anita and Adsett, Julie A. (2021). Frailty implications for exercise participation and outcomes in patients with heart failure. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 69 (9) jgs.17145, 2476-2485. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17145
Thillainadesan, Janani, Mudge, Alison M., Aitken, Sarah J., Hilmer, Sarah N., Cullen, John S., Yumol, Minna F., Close, Jacqueline C.T., Norris, Christina M., Kerdic, Richard and Naganathan, Vasi (2021). The prognostic performance of frailty for delirium and functional decline in vascular surgery patients. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 69 (3), 688-695. doi: 10.1111/jgs.16907
Flint, Kate, Matthews-Rensch, Kylie, Flaws, Dylan, Mudge, Alison and Young, Adrienne (2021). Mealtime care and dietary intake in older psychiatric hospital inpatient: a multiple case study 老年精神病院住院患者的进餐时间护理和饮食摄入: 一项多案例研究. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77 (3), 1490-1500. doi: 10.1111/jan.14728
Kozica‐Olenski, S., Treleaven, E., Hewitt, M., McRae, P., Young, A., Walsh, Z. and Mudge, A. (2021). Patient‐reported experiences of mealtime care and food access in acute and rehabilitation hospital settings: a cross‐sectional survey. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 34 (4) jhn.12854, 687-694. doi: 10.1111/jhn.12854
Roberts, Natasha A., Janda, Monika, Stover, Angela M., Alexander, Kimberly E., Wyld, David and Mudge, Alison (2020). The utility of the implementation science framework “Integrated Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services” (i-PARIHS) and the facilitator role for introducing patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in a medical oncology outpatient department. Quality of Life Research, 30 (11), 3063-3071. doi: 10.1007/s11136-020-02669-1
Fleury, Aisling M., McGowan, Brian, Burstow, Matthew J. and Mudge, Alison M. (2020). Sharing the helm: medical co‐management for the older surgical patient. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 90 (11) ans.16347, 2357-2361. doi: 10.1111/ans.16347
Banks, M. D., Ross, L. J., Webster, J., Mudge, A., Stankiewicz, M., Dwyer, K., Coleman, K. and Campbell, J. (2020). Pressure ulcer healing with an intensive nutrition intervention in an acute setting: A pilot randomised controlled trial. Journal of Wound Care, 29, S10-S17. doi: 10.12968/jowc.2020.29.Sup9a.S10
Hunter, S. C., Kim, B., Mudge, A., Hall, L., Young, A., McRae, P. and Kitson, A. L. (2020). Experiences of using the i-PARIHS framework: a co-designed case study of four multi-site implementation projects. BMC Health Services Research, 20 (1) 573, 573. doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-05354-8
Shaw, Margaret, Pelecanos, Anita M. and Mudge, Alison M. (2020). Evaluation of internal medicine physician or multidisciplinary team comanagement of surgical patients and clinical outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Network Open, 3 (5), e204088. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.4088
Mudge, Alison M., Bew, Paul, Smith, Simon and McRae, Prue (2020). Staff knowledge, attitudes and behaviours related to mobilisation in a rehabilitation setting: short report of a multidisciplinary survey. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 39 (3), 225-229. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12793
Lee-Steere, Karen, Liddle, Jacki, Mudge, Alison, Bennett, Sally, McRae, Prue and Barrimore, Sally E. (2020). “You’ve got to keep moving, keep going”: understanding older patients’ experiences and perceptions of delirium and non-pharmacological delirium prevention strategies in the acute hospital setting. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 29 (13-14), 2363-2377. doi: 10.1111/jocn.15248
Kozica-Olenski, Samantha, McRae, Prue, Bew, Paul and Mudge, Alison (2020). ‘I will walk out of here’: qualitative analysis of older rehabilitation patients' perceptions of mobility. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 39 (3) ajag.12777, 209-216. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12777
McRae, Prue, Bew, Paul, Smith, Simon and Mudge, Alison (2020). An observational study of physical, cognitive and social activities in rehabilitation inpatients. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 39 (3) ajag.12785, 217-224. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12785
Frazer, Andrew, Rowland, James, Mudge, Alison, Barras, Michael, Martin, Jennifer and Donovan, Peter (2019). Systematic review of interventions to improve safety and quality of anticoagulant prescribing for therapeutic indications for hospital inpatients. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 75 (12), 1645-1657. doi: 10.1007/s00228-019-02752-8
Mudge, Alison M. (2019). Outcomes for frail very old patients in the ICU are remarkably good. The Medical Journal of Australia, 211 (7), 314-315. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50343
Grealish, Laurie, Chaboyer, Wendy, Mudge, Alison, Simpson, Toni, Cahill, Margaret, Todd, Jo‐Anne, Ownsworth, Tamara, Krug, Maree, Teodorczuk, Andrew and Marshall, Andrea P. (2019). Using a general theory of implementation to plan the introduction of delirium prevention for older people in hospital. Journal of Nursing Management, 27 (8) jonm.12849, 1631-1639. doi: 10.1111/jonm.12849
Adsett, Julie A., Morris, Norman R. and Mudge, Alison M. (2019). Impact of exercise training program attendance and physical activity participation on six minute walk distance in patients with heart failure. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 37 (9), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2019.1669232
Maru, Shoko, Mudge, Alison, Suna, Jessica, Scuffham, Paul and on behalf of the EJECTION-HF Trial Investigators (2019). One-year cost-effectiveness of supervised centre-based exercise training in addition to a post-discharge disease management program for patients recently hospitalized with acute heart failure: The EJECTION-HF study. Heart and Lung, 48 (5), 414-420. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2019.03.003
Dylan, Flaws, Byrne, Gerard and Mudge, Alison M (2019). Delirium risk in non-surgical patients: systematic review of predictive tools. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 83, 292-302. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2019.05.013
Adsett, Julie A., Morris, Norman R., Kuys, Suzanne S., Paratz, Jennifer D. and Mudge, Alison M. (2019). Motivators and barriers for participation in aquatic and land-based exercise training programs for people with stable heart failure: a mixed methods approach. Heart and Lung, 48 (4), 287-293. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2018.11.004
Mudge, Alison M., McRae, Prue, Donovan, Peter J. and Reade, Michael C. (2019). A multidisciplinary quality improvement program for older patients admitted to a vascular surgery ward. Internal Medicine Journal, 50 (6) imj.14400, 741-748. doi: 10.1111/imj.14400
Adsett, Julie A., Morris, Norman R. and Mudge, Alison M. (2019). Predictors of Exercise Training and Physical Activity Adherence in People Recently Hospitalized with Heart Failure: A BRIEF REPORT. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 39 (3), E12-E16. doi: 10.1097/HCR.0000000000000407
Byrnes, Angela, Mudge, Alison and Clark, David (2019). Implementation science approaches to enhance uptake of complex interventions in surgical settings. Australian Health Review, 44 (2), 310-312. doi: 10.1071/ah18193
Roberts, Natasha Anne, Mudge, Alison, Alexander, Kim, Wyld, David and Janda, Monika (2019). The iPROMOS protocol: a stepped-wedge study to implement routine patient-reported outcomes in a medical oncology outpatient setting. BMJ Open, 9 (2) e027046, e027046. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027046
Mudge, Alison M. and Hubbard, Ruth E. (2019). Management of frail older people with acute illness: management of frail older people. Internal Medicine Journal, 49 (1), 28-33. doi: 10.1111/imj.14182
Byrnes, Angela, Young, Adrienne, Mudge, Alison, Banks, Merrilyn and Bauer, Judy (2019). EXploring practice gaps to improve PERIoperativE Nutrition CarE (EXPERIENCE Study): a qualitative analysis of barriers to implementation of evidence-based practice guidelines. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 73 (1), 94-101. doi: 10.1038/s41430-018-0276-x
Byrnes, A., Worrall, J., Young, A., Mudge, A., Banks, M. and Bauer, J. (2018). Early post-operative diet upgrade in older patients may improve energy and protein intake but patients still eat poorly: an observational pilot study. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 31 (6), 818-824. doi: 10.1111/jhn.12572
Lynch, Elizabeth A., Mudge, Alison, Knowles, Sarah, Kitson, Alison L., Hunter, Sarah C. and Harvey, Gill (2018). "There is nothing so practical as a good theory": A pragmatic guide for selecting theoretical approaches for implementation projects. BMC Health Services Research, 18 (1) 857. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3671-z
Mudge, Alison M., McRae, Prue, Hubbard, Ruth E., Peel, Nancye M., Lim, Wen Kwang, Barnett, Adrian G. and Inouye, Sharon K. (2018). Hospital‐associated complications of older people: a proposed multicomponent outcome for acute care. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 67 (2), 352-356. doi: 10.1111/jgs.15662
Byrnes, Angela, Young, Adrienne, Mudge, Alison, Banks, Merrilyn, Clark, David and Bauer, Judy (2018). Prospective application of an implementation framework to improve postoperative nutrition care processes: evaluation of a mixed methods implementation study. Nutrition & Dietetics, 75 (4), 353-362. doi: 10.1111/1747-0080.12464
Byrnes, Angela, Banks, Merrilyn, Mudge, Alison, Young, Adrienne and Bauer, Judy (2018). Enhanced Recovery After Surgery as an auditing framework for identifying improvements to perioperative nutrition care of older surgical patients. European journal of clinical nutrition, 72 (6), 913-916. doi: 10.1038/s41430-017-0049-y
Byrnes, Angela, Mudge, Alison, Young, Adrienne, Banks, Merrilyn and Bauer, Judy (2018). Use of hand grip strength in nutrition risk screening of older patients admitted to general surgical wards. Nutrition and Dietetics, 75 (5), 520-526. doi: 10.1111/1747-0080.12422
Young, Adrienne M., Banks, Merrilyn D. and Mudge, Alison M. (2018). Improving nutrition care and intake for older hospital patients through system-level dietary and mealtime interventions. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 24, 140-147. doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2017.12.009
Mudge, Alison M., Douglas, Carol, Sansome, Xanthe, Tresillian, Michael, Murray, Stephen, Finnigan, Simon and Blaber, Cheryl Ruth (2018). Risk of 12-month mortality among hospital inpatients using the surprise question and SPICT criteria: a prospective study. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 8 (2), 213-220. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2017-001441
Mudge, Alison M., Denaro, Charles P., Scott, Adam C., Meyers, Deborah, Adsett, Julie A., Mullins, Robert W., Suna, Jessica M., Atherton, John J., Marwick, Thomas H., Scuffham, Paul and O'Rourke, Peter (2018). Addition of Supervised Exercise Training to a Post-Hospital Disease Management Program for Patients Recently Hospitalized With Acute Heart Failure: The EJECTION-HF Randomized Phase 4 Trial. JACC. Heart failure, 6 (2), 143-152. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2017.11.016
Young, Adrienne M., Mudge, Alison M., Banks, Merrilyn D., Rogers, Lauren, Demedio, Kristen and Isenring, Elisabeth (2018). Improving nutritional discharge planning and follow up in older medical inpatients: hospital to home outreach for malnourished elders. Nutrition & Dietetics, 75 (3), 283-290. doi: 10.1111/1747-0080.12408
Mudge, Alison M. and Hubbard, Ruth E. (2017). Frailty: mind the gap. Age and Ageing, 47 (4), 508-511. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afx193
Campbell, Jill L., Coyer, Fiona M., Mudge, Alison M., Robertson, Ivan M. and Osborne, Sonya R. (2017). Candida albicans colonisation, continence status and incontinence-associated dermatitis in the acute care setting: a pilot study. International Wound Journal, 14 (3), 488-495. doi: 10.1111/iwj.12630
Mudge, Alison M., Banks, Merrilyn D., Barnett, Adrian G., Blackberry, Irene, Graves, Nicholas, Green, Theresa, Harvey, Gillian, Hubbard, Ruth E., Inouye, Sharon K., Kurrle, Sue, Lim, Kwang, McRae, Prue, Peel, Nancye M., Suna, Jessica and Young, Adrienne M. (2017). CHERISH (collaboration for hospitalised elders reducing the impact of stays in hospital): protocol for a multi-site improvement program to reduce geriatric syndromes in older inpatients. BMC Geriatrics, 17 (1) 11, 11. doi: 10.1186/s12877-016-0399-7
Hickey, Annabel, Suna, Jessica, Marquart, Louise, Denaro, Charles, Javorsky, George, Munns, Andrew, Mudge, Alison and Atherton, John J. (2016). Improving medication titration in heart failure by embedding a structured medication titration plan. International Journal of Cardiology, 224, 99-106. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.09.001
Adsett, Julie, Morris, Norman, Kuys, Suzanne, Hwang, Rita, Mullins, Robert, Khatun, Mohsina, Paratz, Jennifer and Mudge, Alison (2016). Aquatic exercise training is effective in maintaining exercise performance in trained heart failure patients: a randomised crossover pilot trial. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 26 (6), 572-579. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2016.10.017
Carroll, Robert, Mudge, Alison, Suna, Jessica, Denaro, Charles and Atherton, John (2016). Prescribing and up-titration in recently hospitalized heart failure patients attending a disease management program. International Journal of Cardiology, 216, 121-127. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.04.084
McRae, Prudence J., Walker, Philip J., Peel, Nancye M., Hobson, Denise, Parsonson, Fiona, Donovan, Peter, Reade, Michael C., Marquart, Louise and Mudge, Alison M. (2016). Frailty and geriatric syndromes in vascular surgical ward patients. Annals of Vascular Surgery, 35, 9-18. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2016.01.033
Hwang, Rita, Morris, Norman R., Mandrusiak, Allison, Mudge, Alison, Suna, Jessica, Adsett, Julie and Russell, Trevor (2016). Timed up and go test: a reliable and valid test in patients with chronic heart failure. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 22 (8), 646-650. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2015.09.018
Banks, M. D., Ross, L. J., Webster, J., Mudge, A., Stankiewicz, M., Dwyer, K., Coleman, K. and Campbell, J. (2016). Pressure ulcer healing with an intensive nutrition intervention in an acute setting: A pilot randomised controlled trial. Journal of Wound Care, 25 (7), 384-392. doi: 10.12968/jowc.2016.25.7.384
Young, Adrienne, Allia, Amy, Jolliffe, Lisa, de Jersey, Susie, Mudge, Alison, McRae, Prue and Banks, Merrilyn (2016). Assisted or protected mealtimes? Exploring the impact of hospital mealtime practices on meal intake. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 72 (7), 1616-1625. doi: 10.1111/jan.12940
Mudge, Alison M., McRae, Prue, Mchugh, Kirstie, Griffin, Lauren, Hitchen, Andrew, Walker, James, Cruickshank, Mark, Morris, Norman R. and Kuys, Suzanne (2016). Poor mobility in hospitalized adults of all ages. Journal of Hospital Medicine, 11 (4), 289-291. doi: 10.1002/jhm.2536
Chari, Satyan R. , Smith, Simon , Mudge, Alison , Black, Alex A., Figueiro, Mariana, Ahmed, Muhtashimuddin, Devitt, Mark and Haynes, Terry P. (2016). Feasibility of a stepped wedge cluster RCT and concurrent observational sub-study to evaluate the effects of modified ward night lighting on inpatient fall rates and sleep quality: a protocol for a pilot trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2 (1) 1. doi: 10.1186/s40814-015-0043-x
Mudge, Alison, Radnedge, Katherine, Kasper, Karen, Mullins, Robert, Adsett, Julie, Rofail, Serena, Lloyd, Sophie and Barras, Michael (2016). Effects of a pilot multidisciplinary clinic for frequent attending elderly patients on deprescribing. Australian Health Review, 40 (1), 86-91. doi: 10.1071/AH14219
Suna, Jessica M., Mudge, Alison, Stewart, Ian, Marquart, Louise, O'Rourke, Peter and Scott, Adam (2015). The effect of a supervised exercise training programme on sleep quality in recently discharged heart failure patients. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 14 (3), 198-205. doi: 10.1177/1474515114522563
Adsett, Julie A., Mudge, Alison M., Morris, Norman, Kuys, Suzanne and Paratz, Jennifer D. (2015). Aquatic exercise training and stable heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Cardiology, 186, 22-28. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.095
Barnett, Adrian G., Herbert, Danielle L., Campbell, Megan, Daly, Naomi, Roberts, Jason A., Mudge, Alison and Graves, Nicholas (2015). Streamlined research funding using short proposals and accelerated peer review: An observational study. BMC Health Services Research, 15 (1) 55. doi: 10.1186/s12913-015-0721-7
Mudge, Alison M, McRae, Prudence and Cruickshank, Mark (2015). Eat Walk Engage: An Interdisciplinary Collaborative Model to Improve Care of Hospitalized Elders. American Journal of Medical Quality, 30 (1), 5-13. doi: 10.1177/1062860613510965
Mudge, A. (2015). Multiple readmissions: Problem or opportunity?. Revista Clinica Espanola, 215 (1), 29-30. doi: 10.1016/j.rce.2014.10.002
Young, A. M., Mudge, A. M., Banks, M. D., Rogers, L., Allen, J., Vogler, B. and Isenring, E. (2015). FROM HOSPITAL TO HOME: LIMITED NUTRITIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY FOR OLDER ADULTS. Journal of Frailty & Aging, 4 (2), 69-73. doi: 10.14283/jfa.2015.51
Mudge, Alison M., Barras, Michael, Adsett, Julie, Mullins, Robert W., Lloyd, Sophie and Kasper, Karen (2014). Improving Care Transitions in Individuals Frequently Admitted to the Hospital. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 62 (10), 1994-1996. doi: 10.1111/jgs.13033
McRae, P.J., Peel, N.M., Walker, P.J., De Looze, J.W.M. and Mudge, A.M. (2014). Geriatric syndromes in individuals admitted to vascular and urology surgical units. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 62 (6), 1105-1109. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12827
McRae, P. J., Mudge, A. M., Peel, N. M. and Walker, P. J. (2013). Geriatric syndromes in older surgical patients: a literature review. Journal of Frailty and Aging, 2 (4), 205-210.
Mudge, Alison M., Shakhovskoy, Rebekah and Karrasch, Annabelle (2013). Quality of transitions in older medical patients with frequent readmissions: Opportunities for improvement. European Journal of Internal Medicine, 24 (8), 779-783. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2013.08.708
Mudge, A. M., Maussen, C., Duncan, J. and Denaro, C. P. (2013). Improving quality of delirium care in a general medical service with established interdisciplinary care: a controlled trial. Internal Medicine Journal, 43 (3), 270-277. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02840.x
Young, A.M., Kidston, S., Banks, M.D., Mudge, A.M. and Isenring, E.A. (2013). Malnutrition screening tools: Comparison against two validated nutrition assessment methods in older medical inpatients. Nutrition, 29 (1), 101-106. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2012.04.007
Adsett, J., Hickey, A., Nagle, A. and Mudge, A. (2013). Implementing a community-based model of exercise training following cardiac, pulmonary, and heart failure rehabilitation. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 33 (4), 239-243. doi: 10.1097/HCR.0b013e3182930cea
Young, Adrienne M., Mudge, Alison M., Banks, Merrilyn D., Ross, Lynda J. and Daniels, Lynne (2012). Encouraging, assisting and time to EAT: improved nutritional intake for older medical patients receiving Protected Mealtimes and/or additional nursing feeding assistance. Clinical Nutrition, 32 (4), 543-549. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2012.11.009
Mudge, Alison Mary, Denaro, Charles P. and O'Rourke, Peter (2012). Improving hospital outcomes in patients admitted from residential aged care: results from a controlled trial. Age and Ageing, 41 (5) afs045, 670-673. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afs045
Mudge, Alison M., Denaro, Charles P., Scott, Adam C., Atherton, John J., Meyers, Deborah E., Marwick, Thomas H., Adsett, Julie A., Mullins, Robert W., Suna, Jessica M., Scuffham, Paul A. and O'Rourke, Peter K. (2011). Exercise training in recently hospitalized heart failure patients enrolled in a disease management programme: Design of the EJECTION-HF randomized controlled trial. European Journal of Heart Failure, 13 (12), 1370-1375. doi: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfr139
Adsett, Julie, Mullins, Robert, Hwang, Rita, Hogden, Amy, Gibson, Ellen, Houlihan, Kylie, Tuppin, Michael, Korczyk, Dariusz, Mallitt, Kylie-Ann and Mudge, Alison (2011). Repeat six-minute walk tests in patients with chronic heart failure: Are they clinically necessary?. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, 18 (4), 601-606. doi: 10.1177/1741826710389403
Mudge, Alison M., Ross, Lynda J., Young, Adrienne M., Isenring, Elizabeth A. and Banks, Merrilyn D. (2011). Helping understand nutritional gaps in the elderly (HUNGER): a prospectivestudy of patient factors associated with inadequate nutritional intake in older medical patients. Clinical Nutrition, 30 (3), 320-325. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2010.12.007
Webster, Joan, Coleman, Kerrie, Mudge, Alison, Marquart, Louise, Gardner, Glenn, Stankiewicz, Monica, Kirby, Julie, Vellacott, Catherine, Horton-Breshears, Margaret and McClymont, Alice (2011). Pressure ulcers: effectiveness of risk-assessment tools. A randomised controlled trial (the ULCER trial). BMJ Quality and Safety, 20 (4), 297-306. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs.2010.043109
Ross, Lynda J., Mudge, Alison M., Young, Adrienne M. and Banks, Merrilyn (2011). Everyone's problem but nobody's job: staff perceptions and explanations for poor nutritional intake in older medical patients. Nutrition and Dietetics, 68 (1), 41-46. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2010.01495.x
Mudge, AM, Kasper, K, Clair, A, Redfern, H, Bell, JJ, Barras, MA, Dip, G and Pachana, NA (2011). Recurrent readmissions in medical patients: A prospective study. Journal of Hospital Medicine, 6 (2), 61-67. doi: 10.1002/jhm.811
Mudge, AM, O'Rourke, P and Denaro, CP (2010). Timing and risk factors for functional changes associated with medical hospitalization in older patients. Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 65A (8), 866-872. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glq069
Mudge, A, Denaro, C, Scott, I, Bennett, C, Hickey, A and Jones, MA (2010). The paradox of readmission: Effect of a quality improvement program in hospitalized patients with heart failure. Journal of Hospital Medicine, 5 (3), 148-153. doi: 10.1002/jhm.563
Martin, J. H., Woods, M. and Mudge, A. (2009). Old bugs new populations: An unusual presentation of pericarditis. Internal Medicine Journal, 39 (12), 850-851. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.02079.x
Mudge, Alison, Mullins, Robert and Adsett, Julie (2009). Prescribing exercise. Geriatrics and Aging, 12 (1), 21-25.
Flicker, Leon, Denaro, C. P. and Mudge, A. (2008). Should geriatric medicine remain a specialty?. BMJ, 337 (7661), 78-79.
Denaro, C. P. and Mudge, A. (2008). Should geriatric medicine remain a specialty? No. British Medical Journal, 337 (jun30 1), a515-a515. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39533.696076.AD
Mudge, A M, Giebel, A J and Cutler, A J (2008). Exercising body and mind: An integrated approach to functional independence in hospitalised older people. The American Geriatrics Society, 56 (4), 630-635. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01607.x
Mudge, A., Laracy, S., Richter, K. and Denaro, C. (2006). Controlled trial of multidisciplinary care teams for acutely ill medical inpatients: enhanced multidisciplinary care. Internal Medicine Journal, 36 (9), 558-563. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2006.01135.x
Scott, I. A., Denaro, C. P., Bennett, C. J., Hickey, A. C., Mudge, A. M., Flores, J. L., Sanders, D. C. J., Thiele, J. M., Wenck, B., Bennett, J. W. and Jones, M. A. (2004). Achieving better in-hospital and after-hospital care of patients with acute cardiac disease. Medical Journal of Australia, 180 (10; Suppl.), S83-S88. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06076.x
Mudge, A. M., Brockett, R., Foxcroft, K. F. and Denaro, C. P. (2001). Lipid-lowering therapy following major cardiac events: progress and deficits. Medical Journal of Australia, 175 (3), 138-140.
Conference Papers
Mudge, Alison, Mcrae, Prue, Young, Adrienne, Blackberry, Irene, Lee-Steere, Karen, Barrimore, Sally, Quirke, Tara and Harvey, Gillian (2023). Implementing a ward-based programme to improve care for older inpatients: process evaluation of the cluster randomised CHERISH trial. 2nd Implementation Science Health Conference Australia, Sydney, Australia, 23-24 March 2023. London, United Kingdom: BioMed Central.
Xiang, Qingyan, Anderson, Stacy, Perls, Thomas, Nygaard, Marianne and Sebastiani, Paola (2021). Discovering Modality of Cognitive Function Using Clustering Analysis. GSA 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting, Online, 10-13 November 2021. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igab046.2230
Young, A., Mudge, A. M., McRae, P., Gray, L., Beattie, E., Graham, F., Whiting, E., Banks, M. and Hubbard, R. (2018). Toward the Older Person Friendly Hospital: barriers and enablers within the Australian context. Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society (AGS), Orlando, Florida, 3-5 May 2018. Malden, MA, United States: Wiley-Blackwell.
Mudge, A. M., McRae, P., Lee-Steere, K. and Cahill, M. (2017). Eat walk engage: improving outcomes for hospitalised elders. IAGG 2017 World Congress, San Francisco, CA, United States, 23-27 July 2017. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.3477
Adsett, J. Julie, Morris, N., Kuys, S., Hwang, R., Mullins, R. M., Khatun, M., Paratz, J. D. and Mudge, A. M. (2016). Aquatic exercise training is effective in maintaining exercise performance in trained heart failure patients. Abstracts of the Heart Failure 2016 Conference, Florence, Italy, 21–24 May. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.539
Mudge, Alison, Mcrae, Prue, Reade, Michael, Donovan, Peter, Jenkins, Jason, Foster, Melanie and Walker, Philip (2015). Improving Care and Outcomes for Older Vascular Surgical Patients. 30th Annual Meeting of the Western-Vascular-Society and Australia-and-New-Zealand-Society-for-Vascular-Surgery, Wailea Hi, Sep 19-22, 2015. Philadelphia, PA United States: Mosby. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2015.06.041
Atherton, J. J., Suna, J., Hickey, A., Marquart, L., Javorsky, G., Munns, A., Denaro, C. and Mudge, A. (2015). Impact of standardised medication titration forms and incentive payments on medication titration in heart failure: should we pay for more?. Congress of the European-Society-of-Cardiology (ESC), London England, Aug 29-Sep 02, 2015. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv400
McRae, P., Mudge, A. and Cruickshank, M. (2012). Eat Walk Engage - impact of an integrated approach to inpatient care. WILEY-BLACKWELL.
McRae, P., Mudge, A., Walker, P. and Peel, N. (2012). Understanding the interdisciplinary care needs of older surgical patients. Australian Association of Gerontology, 45th National Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 20-23 November 2012. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00656.x
Brazil, V., Mudge, A. and Toombes, S. (2012). Supervising diverse student and trainee groups at multiple levels in high volume work environments. RACP Future Directions in Health Congress 2012, Brisbane QLD, Australia, 6-9 May 2012. Richmond Vic., Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02784.x
Manji, A., Mudge, A. and Woods, M. (2012). Cryptococcal disease: The impact of immunosuppression on clinical severity, complications and mortality. A 10 year experience at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. RACP Future Directions in Health Congress, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 6-9 May 2012. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02779.x
Mudge, A., Denaro, C., Atherton, J., Scott, A., Javorsky, G., Scuffham, P., O'Rourke, P., Adsett, J., Mullins, R. and Meyers, D. (2011). EJECTION-HF: Exercise joins education: Combined therapy to improve outcomes in newly-discharged heart failure patients. Heart Foundation National Conference 2011, Melbourme, VIC, Australia, 17-19 March 2011.
Young, A., Banks, M., Ross, L., Hughes, C., Mudge, A. and Isenring, E. (2011). Food intake of elderly inpatients: standard hospital menus don’t meet nutritional needs. DAA 2011: Dietitians Association of Australia 29th National Conference. Evidence to Practice: Not Always Black or White, Adelaide Australia, 26-28 May 2011. doi: 10.1261/j.1747-0080.2011.01503_2.x
Mausen, Catherine, Mudge, Alison and Denaro, Charles (2010). Reducing delirious discharges: Results of a quality improvement program. World Congress of Internal Medicine 2010, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 20 – 25 March 2010.
Mudge, Alison and Denaro, Charles (2010). Models of care and outcomes in older medical patients. World Congress in Internal Medicine (WCIM) 2010, Melbourne, Australia, 20-25 March 2010. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02186.x
Mudge, A., Denaro, C. and O'Rouke, P. (2010). Outcomes of hospital care in aged residents. World Congress in Internal Medicine, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 20 – 25 March 2010. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02186.x
Scott, I., Denaro, C., Bennett, C., Hickey, A.C., Mudge, A. M., Flores, J. L., Sanders, D.C.J., Thiele, J.M., Wenck, B. and Jones, M. C. (2004). Impact of a quality improvement program targeting in-hospital and post-hospital care of patients hospitalized with acute coronary syndromes or congestive heart failure. Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting 2004, Brisbane, Qld, Australia, 7-11 August 2004. Carlton South, Vic. Australia: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2004.05.001
Thesis
Mudge, Alison (2010). Acute care in medical inpatients: risk factors, care models and outcomes. PhD Thesis, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland.