Search
Skip to Search Results- 37Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of
- 37Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of /Theses and Dissertations
- 24Medicine and Dentistry, Faculty of
- 21Nursing, Faculty of
- 13Medicine and Dentistry, Faculty of/Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence (ARCHE)
- 12Nursing, Faculty of/Health Systems
- 41Article (Published)
- 37Thesis
- 7Research Material
- 6Conference/Workshop Poster
- 6Image
- 2Conference/Workshop Presentation
- 7Faculty of Nursing
- 6Medical Sciences-Paediatrics
- 4School of Public Health Sciences
- 3Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science
- 3School of Public Health
- 2Department of Mechanical Engineering
- 3Vohra, Sunita (Pediatrics)
- 2Finlay, Warren H. (Mechanical Engineering)
- 2Johnson, Jeff A. (School of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta)
- 2Williams, Beverly (Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta)
- 1Amin, Maryam (Medical Sciences, Dentistry)
- 1Caine, Vera (Faculty of Nursing)
-
2014-05-01
A meta-synthesis was conducted to explore the effect of bridging programs in internationally educated nurses (IENs). This meta-synthesis used a grounded theory design. Of the initial1,372 papers retrieved from CINAHL, Medline, ERIC, Scopus and Web of Science, eight papers were selected that...
-
A Retrospective Analysis of the Safety and Efficacy of a 6-Week Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program in Patients with Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
DownloadSpring 2014
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) is progressive disease characterized by reduced exercise capacity and decreased quality of life. Despite the availability of disease targeted therapies outcomes remain sub-optimal. Pulmonary Rehabilitation has proven to improve outcomes in other chronic...
-
A descriptive analysis of oral health systematic reviews published, 1991–2012: Cross sectional study.
Download2013
Objectives To identify all systematic reviews (SRs) published in the domain of oral health research and describe them in terms of their epidemiological and descriptive characteristics. Design Cross sectional, descriptive study. Methods An electronic search of seven databases was performed...
-
2012
Thomson, D., Chisholm, A., Hartling, L., Dryden, D. M.
Background: Overviews of systematic reviews compile data from multiple systematic reviews (SRs) and are a new method of evidence synthesis. Objectives: To describe the methodological approaches in overviews of interventions. Design: Descriptive study. Methods: We searched 4 databases from 2000 to...
-
A protocol for a systematic review of the use of process evaluations in knowledge translation research
Download2014
Hartling, Lisa, Scott, Shannon D., Rotter, Thomas, Banner-Martin, Katherine, Chambers, Thane
Background Experimental designs for evaluating knowledge translation (KT) interventions for professional behavior change can provide strong estimates of intervention effectiveness but offer limited insight how the intervention worked or not. Furthermore, trials provide little insight into the...
-
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...
-
2014
Hamm, M. P., Shulhan, J., Milne, A., Williams, G., Scott, S. D., Hartling, L.
Background: Social media use is highly prevalent among children, youth, and their caregivers, and its use in healthcare is being explored. The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review to determine: 1) for what purposes social media is being used in child health and its...
-
Spring 2018
Background: Overviews of reviews of healthcare interventions (overviews) compile information from multiple systematic reviews (SRs) to provide a single synthesis of relevant evidence for health-care decision-making. Their increasing popularity, combined with a lack of evidence-based guidance for...
-
Advancing knowledge of rapid reviews: an analysis of results, conclusions and recommendations from published review articles examining rapid reviews
Download2016
Featherstone, Robin, Paynter, Robin , Guise, Jeanne-Marie, Umscheid, Craig, Mitchell, Matthew , Robinson, Karen, Dryden, Donna, Foisy, Michelle, Hartling, Lisa
Background: Rapid review (RR) products are inherently appealing as they are intended to be less time-consuming and resource-intensive than traditional systematic reviews (SRs); however, there is concern about the rigor of methods and reliability of results. In 2013 to 2014, a workgroup comprising...