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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- 221Nursing, Faculty of
- 221Nursing, 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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A population-based study on advance directive completion and completion intention among citizens of the western Canadian province of Alberta
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Wilson, D. M., Birch, S., Houttekier, D., Cohen, J., Hewitt, J. A., MacLeod, R., Kunju, S. A.
Determining what proportion of the public has completed an advance directive and which population subgroups complete or do not complete such a directive is crucially important for planning purposes. Our research objective was to examine and compare advance directive completion, intention to...
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2005
Kulig, J., Stewart, N. J., Smith, B., Remus, G., Kosteniuk, J., Andrews, M. E., MacLeod, M., Pitblado, J. R., D’Arcy, C., Forbes, D., Morgan, D.
Research on nursing practice issues in rural and remote areas of Canada is very limited. This report describes the method and initial results of a comprehensive survey of registered nurses (RNs) practising outside the commuting zones of large urban centres, designed to determine: who practises...
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2016
Thompson, Stephanie, Tonelli, Marcello, Klarenbach, Scott, Molzahn, Anita
Background and objectives Randomized, controlled trials show that regular exercise is beneficial for patients on hemodialysis. Intradialytic exercise may have additional benefits, such as amelioration of treatment-related symptoms. However, the factors that influence the implementation of...
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2007
A replication study was undertaken to validate a model of quality of life (QOL) generated in an earlier study on a random sample of 202 older adults. Pathways found to be significant were retested using QOL data from a convenience sample of 420 older adults. Using path analysis, we found that...
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2012
Mendelsohn, M., Lischka, A.R., Overend, T., Forbes, D.
Early detection of dementia is essential to guide front-line health care practitioners in further clinical evaluations and treatments. There is a paucity of literature assessing the effectiveness of screening tools to predict the development of dementia, thus we conducted a systematic review to...
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2004
Starzomski, R., McDonald, M., Molzahn, A. E., O'Loughlin, C.
A large number of Aboriginal people await transplantation, and reluctance to donate organs has been noted among Aboriginal people.The purpose of this study was to explore the values and beliefs regarding organ donation of Coast Salish people living in British Columbia, Canada. Interviews were...
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Accelerating client-driven care: Pilot study for a social interaction approach to knowledge translation.
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Ooudshoorn, A., Forbes, D., Leipert, B., King, M.L., Kloseck, M., McWilliam, C., Ward-Griffin, C., Kothari, A., Ferguson, K.
This study piloted a knowledge translation (KT) intervention promoting evidence-based home care through social interaction.A total of 33 providers organized into 5 heterogeneous, geographically defined action groups participated in 5 researcher-facilitated meetings based on the participatory...