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2013

Scott, S. D., Archibald, M., Arseneau, D., Albrecht, L.

Background Influenced by an important paper by Michie et al., outlining the rationale and requirements for detailed reporting of behavior change interventions now required by Implementation Science, we created and refined a checklist to operationalize the Workgroup for Intervention Development...

2014

Ziegler, Paula, Hamel, Candyce, Gow, Robert, Hutton, Brian, Pound, Catherine, Hadjiyannakis, Stasia, Sharma, Arya, Myers, Esther, Willows, Noreen, Singh, Kavita, Fenton, Shannon, Salewski, Erinn, Shrier, Ian, Ansari, Mohammed T., Stevens, Adrienne, O'Hara, Kathryn, Moher, David, Bjerre, Lise M., Tremblay, Mark

Background Cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes are examples of chronic diseases that impose significant morbidity and mortality in the general population worldwide. Most chronic diseases are associated with underlying preventable risk factors, such as elevated blood pressure, high blood...

Fall 2017

Eskin, Maxim

Accurate estimation of medication use is an essential component of any pharmacoepidemiological research as exposure misclassification will threaten study validity and lead to spurious associations. Many pharmacoepidemiological studies use simple definitions, such as the categorical “any versus no...

Spring 2012

Kerridge, Teresa A.

Opioid-induced constipation (OIC) is an unpleasant and ubiquitous side effect of opioid treatment. Ineffective treatment of OIC can result in decreased adherence to opioid therapy, decreased quality of life, and increased morbidity and mortality. The constipating effects of opioids result from...

2014

Wilson, D. M., Thomas, R. E., Birch, S., Woytowich, B.

Case management was initiated in the 1970s to reduce care discontinuity. A literature review focused on end-of-life (EOL) case management identified 17 research articles, with content analysis revealing two themes: (a) seeking to determine or establish the value of EOL case management and (b)...

Fall 2024

Arthuso, Fernanda Z

Bladder and kidney cancer are among the eight most common cancers in Canada. Cancer and its treatments affect patient functioning and quality of life. Exercise interventions help many patients with cancer improve health-related fitness, treatment-related side effects, quality of life, and...

Spring 2015

O'Rourke, Hannah M

Background: The prevalence of dementia, a progressive and incurable condition that affects memory and daily function, is increasing worldwide. The perspective of people with dementia can be captured to better understand which factors impact quality of life for this particular population. Such...

2012

Dryden, D. M., Vandermeer, B., Seida, J., Hartling, L., Fernandes, R. M.

Background GRADE was developed to address shortcomings of tools to rate the quality of a body of evidence. While much has been published about GRADE, there are few empirical and systematic evaluations. Objective To assess GRADE for systematic reviews (SRs) in terms of inter-rater agreement and...

2009

Miller, K., Cummings, G.G.

The nursing shortage of registered nurses in Canada is expected to worsen, making recruitment a concern for nursing organizations. Also, many reports have outlined the need for improved leadership in nursing. Therefore, the study purpose was to describe the findings of a systematic review of...

2014-11-19

Trish Chatterly, Public Services Librarian, Liaison Librarian to Pharmacy, Kendall Roark, Council of Library & Information Resources Postdoctoral Scholar, Dagmara Chojecki, IHE Reserach Librarian, Thane Chambers, Faculty of Nursing Research Librarian, Linda Slater, Public Services Manager, Liaison Librarian to Nursing & Rehabilitation Medicine

The library and its librarians can do far more than simply ensure you have access to the articles and books you need for your research. University of Alberta librarians gave a panel presentation about some of the supports available those writing grant applications including: -Systematic review...