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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- 2Nursing, Faculty of/Health Systems
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Use of Electronic Patient Reported Outcomes in Clinical Nephrology Practice: A Qualitative Pilot Study
Download2019-08-14
Schick-Marakoff, Kara, Tate, Kaitlyn, Molzahn, Anita
Background: Use of patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) in clinical practice can offer clinicians important information about the impact of illness on patients and their quality of life. Electronic reporting of patient-reported outcomes (ePROs) provide quick access of this information to the...
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2002
Spiers, J., Olson, K., Mayan, M., Morse, J., Barrett, M.
The rejection of reliability and validity in qualitative inquiry in the 1980s has resulted in an interesting shift for “ensuring rigor” from the investigator’s actions during the course of the research, to the reader or consumer of qualitative inquiry. The emphasis on strategies that are...
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What is a p value and what does it mean?
2014-12-03
Researchers aim to make the strongest possible conclusions from limited amounts of data. To do this, they need to overcome two problems. First, important differences in the findings can be obscured by natural variability and experimental imprecision. Thus, it is difficult to distinguish real...
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2016-03-30
Schick-Makaroff, K., MacDonald, M., Plummer, M., Burgess, J., Neander, W.
Background: When we began this process, we were doctoral students and a faculty member in a research methods course. As students, we were facing a review of the literature for our dissertations. We encountered several different ways of conducting a review but were unable to locate any resources...
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2008
Although there is recognition of the importance of spirituality in the nursing literature and in nursing theory, many nurses find it difficult to talk about this sensitive area with people for whom they provide care. In this article, the authors discuss why spirituality is integral to nursing...
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Women with coronary artery disease report worse health-related quality of life outcomes compared to men
Download2004
Jensen, L.A., Knudtson, M.L., Galbraith, P.D., Ghali, W.A., Norris, C. M., Graham, M.M.
Background: Although there have been substantial medical advances that improve the outcomes following cardiac ischemic events, gender differences in the treatment and course of recovery for patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) continue to exist. There is a general paucity of data comparing...