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Allison Tong is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and has a research profile concentrated primarily in the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their work spans various subfields including Nephrology, General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Their main research topics include Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Healthcare cost, quality, practices, Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Organ Donation and Transplantation, and Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments.

Allison Tong has contributed to numerous publications, with recent papers covering important topics in kidney disease and management. Selected papers include:

  • Nomenclature for kidney function and disease: report of a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Consensus Conference, 2020, Kidney International
  • Membranous nephropathy, 2021, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • Blood pressure and volume management in dialysis: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference, 2020, Kidney International
  • A core outcome set for post-COVID-19 condition in adults for use in clinical practice and research: an international Delphi consensus study, 2022, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • Patient-centred approaches for the management of unpleasant symptoms in kidney disease, 2022, Nature Reviews Nephrology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Allison Tong include Jonathan C. Craig, Martin Howell, Nicole Scholes-Robertson, Ifeoma Ulasi, and Sharon Andreoli. These collaborations reflect an engaged network within kidney disease research and health sciences.

The scientist has published extensively in specific venues, which include:

  • American Journal of Kidney Diseases
  • Kidney International Reports
  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • BMJ Open
  • Kidney International

This body of work highlights a consistent focus on nephrology and related clinical and public health issues. Their research integrates clinical practice concerns with broader health system and economic evaluations, maintaining a patient-centered approach particularly visible in work relating to dialysis, kidney disease management, and the impacts of chronic illness conditions.

Best Publications

  • Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ): a 32-item checklist for interviews and focus groups

    Allison Tong;Allison Tong;Peter Sainsbury;Peter Sainsbury;Jonathan Craig;Jonathan Craig

  • Enhancing transparency in reporting the synthesis of qualitative research: ENTREQ

    Allison Tong;Allison Tong;Kate Flemming;Elizabeth McInnes;Sandy Oliver

  • Older people's perspectives on participation in physical activity: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative literature

    Marcia R Franco;Allison Tong;Kirsten Howard;Catherine Sherrington

  • Nomenclature for kidney function and disease: report of a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Consensus Conference.

    Andrew S. Levey;Kai-Uwe Eckardt;Nijsje M. Dorman;Stacy L. Christiansen

  • The views of patients and carers in treatment decision making for chronic kidney disease: systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies

    R L Morton;A Tong;K Howard;P Snelling

  • Factors that influence the decision to be an organ donor: a systematic review of the qualitative literature

    Michelle J. Irving;Allison Tong;Allison Tong;Stephen Jan;Alan Cass

  • Dialysis initiation, modality choice, access, and prescription: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference

    Christopher T. Chan;Peter J. Blankestijn;Laura M. Dember;Maurizio Gallieni

  • Patients' Experiences and Perspectives of Living With CKD

    Allison Tong;Allison Tong;Peter Sainsbury;Peter Sainsbury;Steven Chadban;Rowan G. Walker

  • Patient and Caregiver Priorities for Outcomes in Hemodialysis: An International Nominal Group Technique Study

    Rachel Urquhart-Secord;Rachel Urquhart-Secord;Jonathan C. Craig;Jonathan C. Craig;Brenda Hemmelgarn;Helen Tam-Tham

  • Developing a Set of Core Outcomes for Trials in Hemodialysis: An International Delphi Survey.

    Nicole Evangelidis;Nicole Evangelidis;Allison Tong;Allison Tong;Braden Manns;Brenda Hemmelgarn

  • Experiences of parents who have children with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review of qualitative studies.

    Allison Tong;Alison Lowe;Peter Sainsbury;Peter Sainsbury;Jonathan C. Craig;Jonathan C. Craig

  • Catheter-Related Interventions to Prevent Peritonitis in Peritoneal Dialysis: A Systematic Review of Randomized, Controlled Trials

    Giovanni F.M. Strippoli;Allison Tong;David Johnson;Francesco P. Schena

  • Comparative Survival and Economic Benefits of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation and Dialysis in People with Varying Ages and Co-Morbidities

    Germaine Wong;Germaine Wong;Germaine Wong;Kirsten Howard;Jeremy Robert Chapman;Steven Chadban

  • Parental perspectives on caring for a child with chronic kidney disease: an in-depth interview study

    A. Tong;A. Lowe;P. Sainsbury;P. Sainsbury;J. C. Craig;J. C. Craig

  • Dietary and fluid restrictions in CKD: a thematic synthesis of patient views from qualitative studies.

    Suetonia C Palmer;Camilla S Hanson;Jonathan C Craig;Jonathan C Craig;Giovanni F M Strippoli

  • Establishing Core Outcome Domains in Hemodialysis: Report of the Standardized Outcomes in Nephrology–Hemodialysis (SONG-HD) Consensus Workshop

    Allison Tong;Allison Tong;Braden Manns;Brenda Hemmelgarn;David C. Wheeler

  • Support interventions for caregivers of people with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review

    Allison Tong;Peter Geoffrey Sainsbury;Jonathan C. Craig

  • Children's experiences of living with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a thematic synthesis of qualitative studies.

    Allison Tong;Julie Jones;Jonathan C. Craig;Davinder Singh-Grewal

  • Experiences and perspectives of adults living with systemic lupus erythematosus: thematic synthesis of qualitative studies.

    Bernadet Sutanto;Davinder Singh-Grewal;H. Patrick McNeil;Sean O'Neill

  • Developing a set of core outcomes for trials in haemodialysis: an international Delphi survey

    N. Evangelidis;A. Tong;B. Manns;B. Hemmelgarn

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan C. Craig
Jonathan C. Craig Flinders University
Jeremy R. Chapman
Jeremy R. Chapman University of Sydney
Carmel M. Hawley
Carmel M. Hawley University of Queensland
Giovanni F.M. Strippoli
Giovanni F.M. Strippoli University of Sydney
Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer
Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer Baylor College of Medicine
Steven J. Chadban
Steven J. Chadban University of Sydney
Suetonia C. Palmer
Suetonia C. Palmer University of Otago
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh University of California, Irvine
Peter Tugwell
Peter Tugwell University of Ottawa
David C. Wheeler
David C. Wheeler University College London

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