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An Adminstrative Data Merging Solution For Dealing With Missing Data In A Clinical Registry: Adaptation To ICD-9 to ICD-10
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Humphries, K., Norris, C.M., Quan, H., Galbraith, P.D., Southern, D.A., Gao, M., Knudtson, M.L., Ghali, W.A., Shrive, F.M.
Background: We have previously described a method for dealing with missing data in a prospective cardiac registry initiative. The method involves merging registry data to corresponding ICD-9-CM administrative data to fill in missing data 'holes'. Here, we describe the process of translating our...
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An Examination of Palliative or End-of-Life Care Education in Introductory Nursing Programs across Canada
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Hewitt, J.A., Goodwin, B.L., Wilson, D.M.
An investigation was done to assess for and describe the end-of-life education provided in Canadian nursing programs to prepare students for practice. All 35 university nursing schools/faculties were surveyed in 2004; 29 (82.9%) responded. At that time, all but one routinely provided this...
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Canadians with dementia: Gender differences in use and availability of home- and community-based health services.
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Hawranik, P., Jansen, L., Kingston, D., Markle-Reid, M., Henderson, S., Peacock, P., Forbes, D., Morgan, D., Leipert, B.
The purpose was to examine the use and availability of home and communitybased services by men and women with dementia using data from the 2003 Canadian Community Health Survey.Variables of interest were based on the Andersen and Newman model and included predisposing, enabling, need, and use of...
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Cultural frames, qualities of life, and the aging self.
2014
Low, G., Kalfoss, M., Molzahn, A.
We used the Self-Concept Enhancement Tactician (SCENT) model to explore whether older Norwegians and Canadians would tactically self-enhance on qualities considered significant within their cultures in their self-perceptions of aging. Qualities were measured using the WHOQOL-BREF and WHOQOL-OLD....
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Fitting a round peg into a square hole: Exploring issues, challenges, and strategies for solutions in rural home care settings
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McWilliams, C., Kothari, A., Kloseck, M., Oudshoorn, A., Leipert, B., Forbes, D.
While home care has received much attention lately, little research to date has drawn on the experiences of rural multidisciplinary teams providing in-home care. Home care is typically studied in urban areas, with the tendency to expand urban practices to rural settings, often with problematic...
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Glycemic control in diabetic and non-diabetic cardiac surgical patients and length of hospital stay.
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Jensen, L., Reyes, M., Kidd, W., Stewart, J.
BACKGROUND: Maintaining blood glucose levels (BGL) within normoglycemic range has been shown to reduce morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients. However, there is little evidence that maintenance of normoglycemic BGL is beneficial for diabetic and non-diabetic patients who undergo...
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2013-01-01
Walls-Ingram, Sheena, O'Connell, Megan E., Cammer, Allison, Dal Bello-Haas, Vanina, Stewart, Norma, Crossley, Margaret, Innes, Anthea, Forbes, Dorothy, Morgan, Debra, Kirk, Andrew
Abstract Although only 20-50% of individuals with dementia are diagnosed, early diagnosis enables patients and families to access interventions and services, and plan for the future. The current study explored the experiences of rural family caregivers in the period leading up to a diagnostic...
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Innovative strategic Canadian research training from TomorrOw’s Research Cardiovascular Health Care Professionals (TORCH).
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Lopaschuk, G., Ezekowitz, C., Armstrong, P.W., Michelakis, E., Seldon, R., Ghali, W.A., Archer, S., Anderson, T., Jensen, L., Hayward, R.
Cardiovascular research training is experiential, and \"skills\" are traditionally acquired through a master-apprentice paradigm. The complexity of contemporary clinical research requires a new model for research training. Facilitated through a Strategic Training Program Initiative, the Canadian...
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Knowledge and understanding of urinary incontinence: Survey of family practitioners in northern Alberta.
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Wagg, A., Hunter, K. F., Nguyen, K.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate family physicians' knowledge of, attitudes toward, and understanding of urinary incontinence (UI), as well as their perceptions of barriers to continence care, as a foundation for designing interventions to improve service provision for those in northern Alberta who...