Dr Claire Ellender
Head, PA-Southside Clinical Unit
PA-Southside Clinical Unit
Researcher biography
Dr Claire Ellender BSc MBBS FRACP PhD, is a Respiratory and Sleep specialist at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane. Her areas of research include evaluating health literacy in sleep education materials and the treatment of complex sleep disorder management. Dr Ellender works closely as a conjoint appointed academic within the Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland at the PA Southside learning community.
Journal Articles
Wilson, Malcolm R., Carroll, Robert, Kinder, Stephen, Ryan, Alexander, Hukins, Craig A., Duce, Brett and Ellender, Claire M. (2024). Prospective crossover trial of positional and CPAP therapy for the treatment of mild-to-moderate positional obstructive sleep apnea. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.11378
Forbes, Riley, Duce, Brett, Hukins, Craig and Ellender, Claire (2024). Factors associated with non-invasive ventilation usage in patients with hypoventilation disorders. Sleep Advances, 5 (1) zpae046, zpae046. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpae046
Ellender, Claire M., Vakulin, Andrew, Stocks, Nigel and Chai-Coetzer, Ching Li (2024). Management of obstructive sleep apnoea in primary care. Australian Journal of General Practice, 53 (6), 363-369. doi: 10.31128/ajgp-08-23-6933
Ellender, C M, Ruehland, W, Duce, B, Joyce, R, Worsnop, C, Mercer, J, Naughton, M, Hukins, C, Wheatley, J and Cunnington, D (2024). Australasian Sleep Association 2024 Guidelines for sleep studies in adults. SLEEP, 47 (10) zsae107. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsae107
Kearney, Katherine, Brown, Karen, Celermajer, David, Collins, Nicholas, Cordina, Rachael, Corrigan, Carolyn, Dwyer, Nathan, Feenstra, John, Keating, Dominic, Keogh, Anne, Kotlyar, Eugene, Lavender, Melanie, McWilliams, Tanya, Williams, Trevor, Whitford, Helen, Weintraub, Robert, Wrobel, Jeremy, Ellender, Claire, Anderson, James and Lau, Edmund M. (2024). Impact of left heart disease risk factors on outcomes in pulmonary arterial hypertension therapy. CHEST, 165 (4), 967-977. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.10.037
Stranks, Lachlan, Ellender, Claire M., Wong, Keith, Naqvi, Haider, Grunstein, Ron, Yee, Brendon J. and Sivam, Sheila (2022). Retrospective cohort study of hypersomnias of central origin from two Australian tertiary sleep disorders services. Internal Medicine Journal, 53 (10), 1783-1789. doi: 10.1111/imj.15920
Ellender, Claire M., Samaranayake, Chinthaka, Reid, Natasha, Duce, Brett, Boyde, Mary, Winter, Sara and Hukins, Craig A. (2022). Randomized controlled trial on the efficacy of audio-visual health educational materials on CPAP adherence: the AHEAD trial. The Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 18 (11), 2617-2625. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.10182
Ellender, Claire M., Boyde, Mary and Scott, Ian A. (2022). Health literacy assessment in the clinic: benefits, pitfalls and practicalities. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 28 (5), 365-370. doi: 10.1071/py22015
Kennedy, Jessica, Walker, Anne, Ellender, Claire M., Steinfort, Kate, Martin, Catherine, Smith, Catherine, Snell, Gregory and Whitford, Helen (2022). Outcomes of non-cystic fibrosis related bronchiectasis post lung transplantation. Internal Medicine Journal, 52 (6) imj.15256, 995-1001. doi: 10.1111/imj.15256
Ellender, Claire M., Jones, Cerys, Duce, Brett, Winter, Sara and Hukins, Craig (2022). Conducting a CPAP review appointment. Timing, tips and troubleshooting. Medicine Today, 23 (1-2), 23-28.
Ellender, Claire M., Jones, Cerys and Hukins, Craig (2021). Obstructive sleep apnoea: navigating the system. Medicine Today, 22 (12), 29-35.
Ellender, Claire M., Zahir, Syeda Farah, Meaklim, Hailey, Joyce, Rosemarie, Cunnington, David and Swieca, John (2021). Prospective cohort study to evaluate the accuracy of sleep measurement by consumer-grade smart devices compared with polysomnography in a sleep disorders population. BMJ Open, 11 (11) e044015, e044015. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044015
Kholghi, Mahnoosh, Ellender, Claire M., Zhang, Qing, Gao, Yang, Higgins, Liesel and Karunanithi, Mohanraj (2021). Home-based sleep sensor measurements in an older Australian population: before and during a pandemic. Sensors, 21 (18) 5993, 5993. doi: 10.3390/s21185993
Ellender, Claire M., Le Feuvre, Sebastian, Boyde, Mary, Duce, Brett, Winter, Sara and Hukins, Craig A. (2021). Adequate health literacy is associated with adherence to continuous positive airway pressure in adults with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea. SLEEP Advances, 2 (1), zpab013. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpab013
Frankel, Agustina, Ferris, Rebekah, Hodgkinson, Peter and Ellender, Claire M. (2020). Cholecystectomy under thoracic epidural anaesthesia for patient with severe intra‐pulmonary shunt. Respirology Case Reports, 8 (3) e00543, e00543. doi: 10.1002/rcr2.543
Ellender, Claire M. and Hukins, Craig A. (2016). Pitfalls of open-access sleep medicine: a case of missed congenital central hypoventilation syndrome. Medical Journal of Australia, 204 (6), 241-U132. doi: 10.5694/mja15.00738
Ellender, Claire M., Law, Dayna B., Thomson, Rachel M. and Eather, Geoffrey W. (2016). Safety of IV amikacin in the treatment of pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease. Respirology, 21 (2), 357-362. doi: 10.1111/resp.12676
Ellender, Claire M., McLean, Catriona, Williams, Trevor J., Snell, Gregory I. and Whitford, Helen M. (2015). Autoimmune disease leading to pulmonary AL amyloidosis and pulmonary hypertension. Respirology Case Reports, 3 (2), 78-81. doi: 10.1002/rcr2.104
Ellender, Claire M., Williams, Trevor J., Gooi, Julian, Snell, Gregory I. and Whitford, Helen M. (2015). Management of refractory chylothorax in pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Respirology Case Reports, 3 (2), 72-74. doi: 10.1002/rcr2.105
Conference Papers
Dixon, O. and Ellender, C. (2023). Assessing the prevalence of anatomical abnormalities amongst patients with sleep disordered breathing and high non-invasive ventilation pressure requirements. Sleep DownUnder 2023, Adelaide, SA Australia, 8-11 November 2023. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpad035.154
Kinder, S., Winter, S., Duce, B. and Ellender, C. (2023). Quality of Life in Central Disorders of Hypersomnolence. Sleep DownUnder 2023, Adelaide, SA Australia, 8-11 November 2023. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpad035.023
Kinder, S., Ryan, A., Carroll, R., Duce, B., Ellender, C. and Wilson, M. (2023). Prospective Crossover Trial of Positional and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy (PaCT) for the Treatment of Mild-to-Moderate Positional Obstructive Sleep Apnoea. Sleep DownUnder 2023, Adelaide, SA Australia, 8-11 November 2023. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpad035.117
Dunstan, O., Shafiee Hanjani, L., Young, A., Ellender, C., Hoang, T. and Hubbard, R. (2023). Measurement of environmental factors affecting sleep within rehabilitation wards, sub-acute care wards, and aged care facilities: a scoping review. Sleep DownUnder 2023, Adelaide, SA Australia, 8-11 November 2023. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpad035.171
Webster, K. and Ellender, C. (2022). Sleep Laboratory contact in adults commencing CPAP: a post-hoc analysis of the AHEAD trial. Sleep DownUnder 2022, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 9-11 November 2022. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpac029.202
Cruickshank, A., Kalla, S. and Ellender, C. (2019). CHARACTERISTICS, MANAGEMENT AND OUTCOMES OF AN AUSTRALIAN SARCOIDOSIS PATIENT COHORT. HOBOKEN: WILEY.
Le Feuvre, S., Duce, B., Boyde, M., Hukins, A. C. and Ellender, C. (2018). Health Literacy Amongst Attendees of a Queensland Public Sleep Disorders Clinic: A Prospective Cohort Study. 30th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of Australasian-Sleep-Association and the Australasian-Sleep-Technologists-Association (Sleep DownUnder), Brisbane Australia, Oct 17-20, 2018. HOBOKEN: WILEY.
Khoo, J., Cunnington, D., Swieca, J. and Ellender, C. (2016). Retrospective cohort review of people with narcolepsy treated with sodium oxybate: an Australian experience. Sleep DownUnder 2016, ‘Connections’ 28th ASM of Australasian Sleep Association and Australasian Sleep Technologists Association, Adelaide, Australia, 20‐22 October 2016. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/jsr.12453
Thesis
Ellender, Claire M. (2023). Increasing adherence for continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) usage in vulnerable Australian populations with sleep apnoea. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/30b8ca1