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Ms Simeon Dale Name: Ms Simeon Dale
Clinical Research Fellow
Phone
+612 8382 4027
Fax
+612 8382 3792
Organisational Area
Faculty of Health Sciences
Department
Nursing Research Institute
Location
North Sydney
St Vincent's Hospital Sydney -DeLacy Building(Bldg.704 - 390 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010)-Level 5-Room5.00
Biographical Information

Simeon Dale is a Clinical Research Fellow for the Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent’s & Mater Health Sydney - Australian Catholic University.   She has 18 yrs clinical experience in critical care nursing specialising in Neuroscience, in three countries.  Simeon is currently working with Prof Sandy Middleton on a recently awared $2.2 million NHRMC project, the T3 Trial. She was the Clinical Project Officer on the Quality in Acute Stroke Care trial, a multi-site,  Cluster Randomised Control Trial, which was completed in 2011 with a publication in the Lancet.

Publications

Peer reviewed journal articles

Drury, P, Levi C, D’Este C, McElduff P, McInnes E, Hardy J, Dale S, Cheung N W, Grimshaw J, Quinn C, Ward J, Evans M, Cadilhac D, Griffiths R, Middleton S. Quality in Acute Stroke Care (QASC): Process evaluation of an intervention to improve the management of fever, hyperglycaemia and swallowing dysfunction following acute stroke. International Journal of Stroke. In press, accepted August 2013.

Drury P, Levi C, McInnes L, Hardy J, Ward J, Grimshaw J, D’Este C, Dale S, McElduff P, Cheung W, Quinn C, Griffiths R, Evans M, Cadhilac D, Middleton S. Management of fever, hyperglycaemia and swallowing dysfunction following hospital admission for acute stroke in New South Wales, Australia. International Journal of Stroke. In press, accepted August 2013.

Middleton S, McElduff P, Ward J, Grimshaw JM, Dale S, D'Este C, Drury P, Griffiths R, Cheung NW, Quinn C, Evans M, Cadilhac D & Levi C. Implementation of evidence-based treatment protocols to manage fever, hyperglycaemia, and swallowing dysfunction in acute stroke (QASC): a cluster randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. 2011;378 (9804):1699-706.2

Middleton S, Levi C, D’Este C, Dale S, Griffiths R, Grimshaw J, Ward J, Evans M, Quinn C, Cadilhac D. Death, dependency and health status 90-days following stroke in NSW: Preliminary results from the Quality in Acute Stroke Care (QASC) Project. Internal Medicine Journal. 2011; 41(10) 736-743

Jammali-Blasi A, McInnes E, Markus R, Faux S, O’Loughlin G, Dale S, Middleton S. 90-day outcomes for a cohort of patients admitted to a metropolitan acute stroke unit. Journal of Vascular Nursing 2011; 29(1): 3-10.

Middleton, S., C. Levi, J. Ward, J. Grimshaw, R. Griffiths, C. D'Este, S. Dale, W. Cheung, C. Quinn, M. Evans and D. Cadilhac. Fever, hyperglycaemia and swallowing dysfunction management in acute stroke: A cluster randomised controlled trial of knowledge transfer.  Implementation Science 2009; 4(1) p. 16

Letters to the Editor

Middleton S, D'Este C, Grimshaw J, Ward JE, Levi C. Team-building intervention to improve acute stroke care – Authors' reply. The Lancet. 2012;379(9824):1390.

Middleton S, Levi C, Ward J. QASC trial: swallow surveillance rates comparable with international data. The Lancet. 2012;379(9824):1389.

Middleton S, Levi C, Dale S. Arrival time to stroke unit as crucial a measure as arrival time to emergency department. Stroke. 2008; 39:1 p 5

Published abstracts

S Middleton, D Comerford, J Dunne, CR Levi, C Quinn, DA Cadilhac, S Dale, M Longworth, S Wutze, M Tinsley. Quality in Acute Stroke Care (QASC) NSW state-wide implementation project. International Journal of Stroke. 2013;8(S2) 47

Drury P, McInnes L, Hardy J, Dale S, Middleton S. Organisational influences on evidence-based practice (EBP) within New South Wales acute stroke units. International Journal of Stroke. 2013;8(S2), 1–34


Middleton S, Drury P, Levi C, D'Este C, McElduff P, Dale S, Evans M, Quinn C, Cadilhac DA, Wah Cheung N. What processes of clinical care are associated with 90-day survivial and independence? Results from the Quality in Acute Stroke Care QASC Trial. International Journal of Stroke. 2012;7(S1):25.


Drury P, Quinn C, McInnes E, Hardy J, Dale S, Middleton S. Implementation of an evidence-based treatment protocol to manage dyspahagia in acute stroke: QASC, a cluster randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Stroke. 2012;7(S1):25.


Middleton S, Drury P, Levi C, D’Este C, McElduff P, Dale S, Griffiths R, Grimshaw J, Ward J, Evans M, Quinn C, Cadilhac D, Cheung NW. The Quality in Acute Stroke Care (QASC) Trial: Processes of care associated with 90-day survival and independence. Cerebrovascular Diseases 2012; 33 (S2): 130

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Middleton S, Ward J, Grimshaw J, Griffiths R, D’Este C, Dale S, Drury P, Cheung NW, Quinn C, Evans M, Cadilhac D, McElduff P, Levi C. Does a team base knowledge transfer intervention to manage fever, hyperglycaemia and swallowing dysfunction, improve 90-day outcomes following stroke? Stroke 2011; 42: 587.
Plenary Presentation    Awarded Top Breakthroughs Co-Chairs’ Award for Impact


Middleton S, Dale S, Levi C, Ward J, Grimshaw J, Griffiths R, D'Este C. Barriers and enablers to implementing protocols for fever, hyperglycaemia and swallowing dysfunction in acute stroke. Stroke 2011; 42: 623.
Dale S, Levi C, D’Este C, Griffiths R, Grimshaw J, Ward J, Middleton S.  Maximising uptake of clinical protocols to manage fever, hyperglycaemia and swallowing in acute stroke: Assessing barriers and enablers. International Journal of Stroke. 2011; 1, 6, S1:13.


Middleton S, Levi C, D’Este C, Drury P, Dale S, Griffiths R, Grimshaw J, Ward J, Evans M, Quinn C, Cadilhac D, Cheung W, McElduff P  The QASC Cluster Randomised Controlled trial of a team-based intervention to improve management of fever, hyperglycaemia and swallowing dysfunction in acute stroke: Patient 90-day outcomes.  Cerebrovascular Diseases 2011 Vol 31 (suppl 2)


Drury P, Levi C, D’Este C, Dale S, Griffiths R, Grimshaw J, Ward J, Evans M, Quinn C, Cadilhac D, Cheung W, McElduff P, McInnes E, Hardy J, Middleton S. The QASC Cluster Randomised Controlled trial of an intervention to improve management of fever, hyperglycaemia and swallowing dysfunction in acute stroke: Did clinician behaviour change?  Cerebrovascular Diseases 2011 Vol 31 (suppl 2)
 

Dale S, Middleton S, Levi C, D’Este C, Griffiths R, Grimshaw J, Ward J Challenges of a large cluster randomised controlled trial: Barriers and enablers to implementing protocols for fever, hyperglycaemia and swallowing dysfunction in the Quality in Acute Stroke (QASC) Project.  Cerebrovascular Diseases 2011 Vol 31 (suppl 2)

Middleton S, Ward J, Grimshaw J, Griffiths R, D’Este C, Dale S, Drury P, Cheung NW, Quinn C, Evans M, Cadilhac D, McElduff P, Levi C. Does a team base knowledge transfer intervention to manage fever, hyperglycaemia and swallowing dysfunction, improve 90-day outcomes following stroke? Stroke. 2011; 42, 587


Middleton S, Dale S, Levi C, D’Este C, Griffiths R, Grimshaw J, Ward J. Barriers and enablers to implementing protocols for fever, hyperglycaemia and swallowing dysfunction in acute stroke. Stroke. 2011; 42, e637


Jammali-Blasi A, McInnes E, Markus R, Faux S, O’Loughlin G, Dale S, Middleton S, Death, dependency, disability and health status of stroke patients 90-days post acute stroke unit care. International Journal of Stroke. 2010; 5; S1: 12.

Middleton S, Levi C, D’Este C, Dale S, Griffiths R, Grimshaw J, Ward J, Evans M, Quinn C, Cadilhac D. 90-Day Mortality And Morbidity Post Acute Stroke:  Baseline Results From The Quality In Acute Stroke Care (QASC) Project. International Journal of Stroke 2009 4 S1: p.9.

Middleton S, Dale S, Levi C, Ward J, Griffiths R, Grimshaw J. Challenges in Undertaking a Large Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial To Change Clinician Behaviour. International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare. 2009; 7; (3): 218.

Middleton S, Levi C, D’Este C, Dale S, Griffiths R, Grimshaw J, Ward J, Evans M, Quinn C, Cadilhac D.  Death Dependency and Health Status 90 Days Following Stroke in NSW:  Interim Results from the Quality in Acute Stroke Care (QASC) project.  Internal Medicine Journal 2007; 37: 4, A107

 

Research

Quality in Acute Stroke Care (QASC) Trial

International uptake on QASC resources

QASC Implementation project

QASC Survivor cohort project

T3 Trial, Triage, Treatment and Transfer of Patients with Stroke in Emergency Departments

Interests

Stroke research

Implementation research

Knowledge translation

Professional Memberships

Stroke Society of Australasia

Australian Neuroscience Nurses Association

 

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