Dr Svetla Gadzhanova

Research Fellow: Biostatistics and Epidemiology UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences

City East Campus (P6-24)
tel +61 8 830 22352

email Svetla.Gadzhanova@unisa.edu.au

About me

I am a Research Fellow within the quality use of medicines and pharmacy research centre. I have been working on drug utlisation post marketing reviews of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) medicines for the Australian Government Department of Heath and Aged care as well as on analysis of PBS data for the national reports on antimicrobal use and resistence in Australia (AURA) for the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Heath Care.

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Research

Research focus

Public Health and Health Services
Clinical Sciences
Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Medical and Health Sciences
Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Highlights

Pharmacoepidemiology and quality use of medicines,Data mining (special focus on temporal data abstraction) of data from elecronic health records.,Evaluation of change management behaviour in Primary Health Care

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2024	Gadzhanova, S & Roughead, E 2024, 'Use of analgesic and anti-inflammatory medicines before and after Initiation of biological disease-modifying Antirheumatic drugs for Rheumatoid Arthritis', Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, vol. 2024, article no. 8040681, pp. 1-7. Open access
2024	Le, TN, Afshar Ali, M, Gadzhanova, S, Lim, R, Bala, I, Bogale, KN & Gillam, M 2024, 'Hernia repair prevalence by age and gender among the Australian adult population from 2017 to 2021', Critical Public Health, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 1-11. Open access 91
2021	De Vries, C, Gadzhanova, S, Sykes, M, Ward, M & Roughead, E 2021, 'A systematic review and meta-analysis considering the risk for congenital heart defects of antidepressant classes and individual antidepressants', Drug Safety, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 291-312. Open access 28 21 4
2021	Park, SH, Jeon, HL, Kim, SC, Hillen, J, Gadzhanova, S, Shin, JY & Pratt, N 2021, 'Utilization of targeted disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) for managing rheumatoid arthritis in the last decade: a two-country comparison', International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, vol. 59, no. 10, pp. 639-644. 1 1
2020	Gadzhanova, S, Gillam, M & Roughead, E 2020, 'Risk of falls and injuries requiring hospitalisation after first-eye cataract surgery in elderly Australians', Acta Ophthalmologica, vol. 98, no. 4, pp. e495-e498. Open access 3 3
2020	Gadzhanova, S, Roughead, E, Lowy, H & O'Connor, D 2020, 'Reducing adverse medication events in mental health: Australian National Survey', International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 108-115. Open access 2 2 10
2019	Caughey, GE, Gadzhanova, S, Shakib, S & Roughead, EE 2019, 'Concomitant prescribing of opioids and benzodiazepines in Australia, 2012-2017', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 210, no. 1, pp. 39-40. Open access 8 8 1
2019	Kalisch Ellett, LM, Moffat, AK, Gadzhanova, S, Apajee, J, Pratt, NL, Woodward, M & Roughead, EE 2019, 'Reduction in use of risperidone for dementia in Australia following changed guidelines', Pharmacy, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 1-11. Open access 6
2018	Gadzhanova, S, Roughead, EE & Pont, LG 2018, 'Antidepressant switching patterns in the elderly', International Psychogeriatrics, vol. 30, no. 9, pp. 1365-1374. Open access 8 6 7
2017	Gadzhanova, S, Pratt, N & Roughead, E 2017, 'Use of SGLT2 inhibitors for diabetes and risk of infection: Analysis using general practice records from the NPS MedicineWise MedicineInsight program', Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, vol. 130, pp. 180-185. Open access 43 43 1
2017	Pratt, NL, Kalisch Ellett, LM, Sluggett, JK, Gadzhanova, S V, Ramsay, EN, Kerr, M, Leblanc, VT, Barratt, JD & Roughead, EE 2017, 'Use of proton pump inhibitors among older Australians: national quality improvement programmes have led to sustained practice change', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, vol. 29, no. 1 pp. 75-82. Open access 25 20 18
2016	Gadzhanova, S & Roughead, E 2016, 'Prescribed antibiotic use in Australian children aged 0-12 years', Australian Family Physician, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 134-138. Open access 11 8
2016	Gadzhanova, S, Roughead, EE & Bartlett, LE 2016, 'Long-term persistence to mono and combination therapies with angiotensin converting enzymes and angiotensin II receptor blockers in Australia', European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, vol. 72, no. 6, pp. 765-771. Open access 7 7
2016	Shin, H-Y, Gadzhanova, S, Roughead, EE, Ward, MB & Pont, LG 2016, 'The use of antipsychotics among people treated with medications for dementia in residential aged care facilities', International Psychogeriatrics, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 977-982. 11 12
2015	Gadzhanova, S & Roughead, E 2015, 'Survival after initiation of androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer of Australian men', Cancer Epidemiology: The International Journal of Cancer Epidemiology, Detection and Prevention, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 854-859. 2 1
2015	Gadzhanova, S & Roughead, E 2015, 'Use of prescription medicines in Australian women of child-bearing age', BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, vol. 16, article no. 33, pp. 1-12. Open access 6 5
2015	Gadzhanova, S, Roughead, E & Robinson, M 2015, 'Use of medicines with anticholinergic and sedative effect before and after initiation of anti-dementia medications', Drugs - Real World Outcomes, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 53-60. Open access 13
2015	Gadzhanova, S, Roughead, EE & Pont, LG 2015, 'Safety of opioid patch initiation in Australian residential aged care', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 203, no. 7, pp. 298.e1-298.e6. Open access 13 11 1
2014	Gadzhanova, S & Roughead, E 2014, 'Co-prescribing of warfarin with statins and Proton Pump Inhibitors in elderly Australians', Advances in Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 1-4. Open access
2014	Gadzhanova, S, Roughead, E & Ilomaki, J 2014, 'Use of statins in an Australian elderly population', International Journal of Clinical Cardiology, vol. 1, no. 3, article no. 016, pp. 1-4. Open access
2013	Gadzhanova, S V, Roughead, EE & Bartlett, MJ 2013, 'Improving cardiovascular disease management in Australia : NPS MedicineWise', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 199, no. 3, pp. 192-195. Open access 10 10
2013	Gadzhanova, S, Bell, JS & Roughead, EE 2013, 'What analgesics do older people use prior to initiating oxycodone for non-cancer pain?: a retrospective database study', Drugs and Aging, vol. 30, no. 11, pp. 921-926. 16 16
2013	Gadzhanova, S, Ilomäki, J & Roughead, EE 2013, 'Antihypertensive use before and after initiation of fixed-dose combination products in Australia: a retrospective study', International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, vol. 35, no. 4, pp 613-620. Open access 7 7
2012	Gadzhanova, S, Ilomaki, J & Roughead, EE 2012, 'COX-2 inhibitor and non-selective NSAID use in those at increased risk of NSAID-related adverse events: a retrospective database study', Drugs and Aging, vol. 30, pp. 23-30. 7 7
2011	Gadzhanova, S, Roughead, E & Mackson, J 2011, 'Initiation and duration of proton pump inhibitors in the Australian veteran population', Internal Medicine Journal, vol. 42, no. 5, pp. e68-e73. 14 11
2011	Gadzhanova, S, Roughead, EE, Loukas, K & Vajda, J 2011, 'Improvement in metformin and insulin utilisation in the Australian veteran population associated with quality use of medicines intervention programs', Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 359-365. 4 4
2011	Gadzhanova, SV, Gillies, M, Roughead, EE & Zuo, Y 2011, 'Fixed dose combination diabetes medicines: usage in the Australian veteran population', Australian Family Physician, vol. 40, no. 10, pp. 811-815. 5 4
2010	Mackson, J, Roughead, EE & Gadzhanova, SV 2010, 'Anticholinesterase duration in the Australian veteran population', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 469-474. 10 10

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Austin Health	AUSTRALIA
Brigham and Women's Hospital	UNITED STATES
Chonnam National University	KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH)
Department of Health	SOUTH AFRICA
Macquarie University	AUSTRALIA
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
National Prescribing Service	AUSTRALIA
NPS Better Choices Better Health	AUSTRALIA
NPS MedicineWise	AUSTRALIA
Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences	AUSTRALIA
Sung Kyun Kwan University	KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH)
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Technology Sydney	AUSTRALIA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Member Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand (HSRAANZ)	2018

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