Chronicity
The mission of the Chronicity Areas of Excellence (AoE) is to advance and disseminate knowledge and to influence public policy related to living well with chronic health concerns.
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- 222Nursing, Faculty of
- 222Nursing, Faculty of/Chronicity
- 5Nursing, Faculty of/Health Equity
- 3Emergency Medicine, Department of
- 3Emergency Medicine, Department of/Reviews (Emergency Medicine)
- 2Nursing, Faculty of/Health Systems
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2006
Janzen, B., Morgan, D., Forbes, D.A.
The purpose of this research was to examine the characteristics of older Canadians with dementia (compared to those without dementia), their use of health care services, and the impact of place (rural/urban) on use of services. Andersen and Newman's Behavioural Model of Health Services Use (1973)...
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Safeguarding precarious survival: Parenting children who have life-threatening heart disease
Download2007
Rempel, Gwen R., Harrison, Margaret J.
The purpose of this study is to describe the process of parenting a child with life-threatening heart disease. Despite advances in pediatric cardiac sciences, hypoplastic left heart syndrome remains difficult and controversial to treat. The Norwood surgical approach is a developing technology,...
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2007
Forbes, J., Neilson, C., Fuller, D., Funiss, S., Bangma, J., Forbes, D.A.
The Cochrane Library is a source of reliable information on the effects of healthcare interventions for health care practitioners and consumers. In July 2004, Saskatchewan became the first province in Canada to provide all residents with access to The Cochrane Library. The purpose of this study...
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Simultaneous temporal trends in dementia incidence and prevalence, 2005–2013: A population-based retrospective cohort study in Saskatchewan, Canada
Simultaneous temporal trends in dementia incidence and prevalence, 2005–2013: A population-based retrospective cohort study in Saskatchewan, Canada
Download2015-11-25
Forbes, D., Innes, A., Morgan, D. G., Quail, J. M., O'Connell, M. E., Teare, G. F., Kosteniuk, J. G., Stewart, N. J., Bello-Haas, V. D., Crossley, M., Kirk, A., Mou, H., McBain, L.
Background: Original studies published over the last decade regarding time trends in dementia report mixed results. The aims of the present study were to use linked administrative health data for the province of Saskatchewan for the period 2005/2006 to 2012/2013 to: (1) examine simultaneous...
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Smoking status and survival: impact on mortality of continuing to smoke one year after the angiographic diagnosis of coronary artery disease, a prospective cohort study
Download2014-10-20
Wild, Cameron T., Hammal, Fadi, Norris, Colleen M., Finegan, Barry A, Ezekowitz, Justin A.
Background: Smoking is an undertreated risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD) and is associated with adverse outcomes after myocardial infarction. Aims of our study were to determine if management of CAD by medical therapy (MT) alone or with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or...
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Social-interaction knowledge translation for in-home management of urinary incontinence and chronic care.
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Forbes, D., Jansen, L., Forchuk, C., McWilliam, C.
Although urinary incontinence (UI) can be managed conservatively, it is a principal reason for the breakdown of in-home family care. This study explored the social interaction processes of knowledge translation (KT) related to how UI management knowledge might be translated within in-home care....
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Stakeholder perspectives on transitions of nursing home residents to hospital emergency departments and back in two Canadian provinces.
Download2012
Robinson, C.A., Bottorff, J.L., Reid, C., Lo, M., Cummings, G.G., Abel, S., Lilly, M.B.
Major gaps exist in our understanding of transitions in care for older persons living in nursing homes. The purpose of the study was to identify key elements, from multiple stakeholder perspectives, that influence the success of transitions experienced by nursing home residents when they required...
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Stories of chronic kidney disease: Listening for the unsayable.
2013
Makaroff, K. L., Sheilds, L., Molzahn, A.
Aims: To explore individuals’ stories of chronic kidney disease, particularly those aspects of experience that are difficult to discuss using language (i.e., unsayable). Background: Chronic kidney disease is continuous, but it is also life-threatening and sometimes people ask difficult questions...