STAFF PROFILE
Associate Professor Clifford Da Costa
Position:
Honorary Associate Professor
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
Phone:
+61399256114
Email:
cliff.dacosta@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
- Australian Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine Association LTD (AACMA) Research Grants. Funded by: Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association Project Contract from (2007 to 2007)
- Improving Breast Feeding Outcomes: A Research-Based Intervention for Nurses. Funded by: VicHealth Contract from (1996 to 1999)
14 PhD Completions and 3 Masters by Research Completions
Statistics and operations research, surveys, sampling, program evaluation, biostatistics, meta-analysis, statistical methods in meta-analysis and hierarchical linear modelling, clinical trials in Chinese Medicine and Complementary Medicine.
- Almalki, M.,Kimpton, A.,Jones, L.,Da Costa, C. (2022). Nurses’ perceived facilitators of research utilisation in a multicultural setting in Saudi Arabia: Observational study. In: Nursing Reports, 12, 164 - 174
- Shergis, J.,Hyde, A.,Meaklim, H.,Varma, P.,Da Costa, C.,Jackson, M. (2021). Medicinal seeds Ziziphus spinosa for insomnia: A randomized, placebo-controlled, cross-over, feasibility clinical trial In: Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 57, 1 - 6
- Hart, C.,Da Costa, C.,D'Souza, D.,Kimpton, A.,Ljubisic, J. (2021). Exploring Higher Education Students’ Critical Thinking Skills through Content Analysis In: Thinking skills and creativity, 41, 1 - 9
- Alsadaan, N.,Jones, L.,Kimpton, A.,Da Costa, C. (2021). Challenges Facing the Nursing Profession in Saudi Arabia: An Integrative Review In: Nursing Reports, 11, 395 - 403
- Nelson, L.,Pollard, H.,Ames, R.,Jarosz, B.,Garbutt, P.,Da Costa, C. (2021). A descriptive study of sports chiropractors with an International Chiropractic Sport Science Practitioner qualification: a cross-sectional survey In: Chiropractic and Manual Therapies, 29, 1 - 6
- Chen, Y.,Lin, L.,Wu, L.,Xu, Y.,Planche, J.,Zhang, T.,Wen, Z.,Worsnop, C.,Da Costa, C.,Thien, F.,Xue, C. (2020). Effect of panax ginseng (G115) capsules versus placebo on acute exacerbations in patients with moderate to very severe copd: A randomized controlled trial In: International Journal of COPD, 15, 671 - 680
- Cai, Y.,Zhang, C.,Zhang, T.,Da Costa, C.,Xue, C.,Zehuai, W. (2020). Electroacupuncture for Poststroke Spasticity: Results of a Pilot Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial In: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 61, 305 - 314
- Alhaiti, A.,Senitan, M.,Dator, W.,Sankarapandian, C.,Baghdadi, N.,Jones, L.,Da Costa, C.,Lenon, G. (2020). Adherence of Type 2 Diabetic Patients to Self-Care Activity: Tertiary Care Setting in Saudi Arabia In: Journal of Diabetes Research, 2020, 1 - 7
- Shergis, J.,Thien, F.,Worsnop, C.,Lin, L.,Zhang, T.,Wu, L.,Chen, Y.,Xu, Y.,Langton, D.,Da Costa, C.,Fong, H.,Wu, D.,Story, D.,Xue, C. (2019). 12-month randomised controlled trial of ginseng extract for moderate COPD In: Thorax, 74, 539 - 545
- Alhaiti, A.,Senitan, M.,Shanmuganathan, S.,Da Costa, C.,Jones, L.,Lenon, G. (2019). Nurses' Attitudes towards Diabetes in Tertiary Care: A Cross- Sectional Study In: Nursing Open, 6, 1381 - 1387