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Attitudes to aging mediate the relationship between older peoples’ subjective health and quality of life in 20 countries.
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Low, G., Molzahn, A. E., Schopflocher, D.
Background With ever-increasing life expectancy globally, it is imperative to build knowledge of how older peoples’ views of their own aging, considering their health-related circumstances, affect quality of life for practitioners and policy-makers alike. Based on our literature review, we wanted...
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2019-12-10
Frishkopf, Michael, Papathanassoglou, Elizabeth, Hindle, Abram, Kutsogiannis, Demetrios
NFRF Exploration awarded in 2020: High stress levels, delirium, and sleep deprivation are common among critically-ill patients and may compromise recovery and survival as well as increase length and costs of hospital stays. Pharmacologic approaches are the usual mode of treatment for...
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Behind the Mask: A Narrative Inquiry into Operating Room Nurses' Experiences of Patient Safety
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The delivery of safe care is an expectation and a central concern of individuals using the healthcare system, particularly for those who find themselves as patients in hospitals. Healthcare researchers' reports and discussions of harm while receiving hospital services speak to the global...
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2011
Sukwatjanee, A., Low, G., Chokkhanchitchai, S., Pongthavornkamol, K., Pinyopasakul, W., Suwonnaroop, N.
The objectives of this participatory action research, with rural Thai elders with type-2 diabetes, were to: (a) explore perspectives of the elders with respect to how taking part in a self-help group on diabetes affected their self-care ability and quality of life; and, (b) compare self-efficacy...
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Brief communication: Patient satisfaction with the use of tablet computers: A pilot study in two outpatient home dialysis clinics
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Schick-Makaroff, K., Molzahn, A.
Background Electronic capture of patients’ reports of their health is significant in clinical nephrology research because health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for patients with end-stage renal disease is compromised and assessment by patients of their HRQOL in practice is relatively uncommon....
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Cancer-associated malnutrition, cachexia and sarcopenia: the skeleton in the hospital closet 40 years later
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Ryan, Aoife M., Power, Derek G., Daly, Louise, Cushen, Samantha J., Ní Bhuachalla, Ēadaoin, Prado, Carla M.
An awareness of the importance of nutritional status in hospital settings began more than 40 years ago. Much has been learned since and has altered care. For the past 40 years several large studies have shown that cancer patients are amongst the most malnourished of all patient groups. Recently,...
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2021-02-01
SSHRC IDG awarded 2021. The study examines how stigma of pre-legal cannabis influences older people’s experiences with medical cannabis. Using surveys and interviews, we will examine how stigma perceptions influence older persons' information seeking and access to cannabis for health reasons. ...
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Fall 2020
Around the world, cancer is a leading cause of death and the burden of cancer is expected to increase in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), where 82% of the world’s population resides. In these countries, which include Pakistan, aspects of the culture and traditions, inaccessibility to...
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2005
Yonge, O., Cameron, B., Mill, J.
International clinical practica are a strategy to integrate a global dimension in nursing curricula and achieve culturally sensitive nursing practice. In this paper, a review of the history and development of international practica for nursing students is presented, and research evaluating the...
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2016-08-28
Johnson, Jeffrey A., Crick, Katelynn, Nykiforuk, Candace I.J., McGetrick, Jennifer Ann
Walk Score® is a proprietary walkability metric that ranks locations by proximity to destinations, with emerging health promotion applications for increasing walking as physical activity. Currently, field validations of Walk Score® have only occurred in metropolitan regions of the United States;...