Search
Skip to Search Results- 5Physician
- 2Dementia
- 2Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- 1Aboriginal
- 1Access to Medical Care
- 1Administrative Data
- 1Devidas Menon (School of Public Health)
- 1Gruneir, Andrea (Family Medicine)
- 1MacLean, Joanna (Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry)
- 1Major, Paul W (Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry)
- 1Mayan, Maria (School of Public Health)
- 1Oster, Richard (Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Sciences)
-
Developing an Index for the Orthodontic Treatment Need in Pediatric Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Communication Tool between Physicians and Orthodontists
DownloadSpring 2016
Purpose: To develop a physician screening index for the oral and facial assessment of the orthodontic treatment-need in pediatric patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) that may diminish the severity of their OSA symptoms. Methods: Based on the available literature and WHO guidelines for...
-
Resilience and Dementia: Understanding the Implications of Cultural and Linguistic Differences in the Canadian Care Environment
DownloadSpring 2018
Resilience has been defined as âdoing okâ during adversity. To date, very limited research has been conducted on resilience and dementia. My study explored the influences of cultural and linguistic differences between individuals with dementia and foreign-born care workers in order to...
-
Scoping Review Protocol: The Effect of Mandibular Advancement Devices on the Autonomic Nervous System in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients
Scoping Review Protocol: The Effect of Mandibular Advancement Devices on the Autonomic Nervous System in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients
Download2022-04-01
King, Emily C.,, Ayesha, Sana, Flores Mir, Carlos, Steinback, Craig
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a type of disordered breathing defined by repetitive airflow obstruction during sleep due to upper airway collapse. Each obstructive event contributes to decreased blood oxygen (i.e., hypoxia). OSA is associated with vascular damage and dysfunction of the cardiac...
-
Simultaneous temporal trends in dementia incidence and prevalence, 2005–2013: A population-based retrospective cohort study in Saskatchewan, Canada
Simultaneous temporal trends in dementia incidence and prevalence, 2005–2013: A population-based retrospective cohort study in Saskatchewan, Canada
Download2015-11-25
Forbes, D., Innes, A., Morgan, D. G., Quail, J. M., O'Connell, M. E., Teare, G. F., Kosteniuk, J. G., Stewart, N. J., Bello-Haas, V. D., Crossley, M., Kirk, A., Mou, H., McBain, L.
Background: Original studies published over the last decade regarding time trends in dementia report mixed results. The aims of the present study were to use linked administrative health data for the province of Saskatchewan for the period 2005/2006 to 2012/2013 to: (1) examine simultaneous...
-
The association between access to medical care (physicians and nurse practitioners) and impact on resident outcomes: A retrospective cross-sectional analysis
DownloadSpring 2022
The nursing home population is vulnerable and medically complex, yet little is known about models of medical service provision and associated quality outcomes. The goal of this thesis project is to examine the association between physician and nurse practitioner accessibility and practice...
-
Spring 2015
While the physician population in Canada is growing at a higher rate that the overall population, there has been a noticeable decline in the comprehensiveness of primary health care services provided by general practitioners/family physicians. This study aims to assess the impacts of physician...
-
Spring 2023
Allyship is loosely defined as the actions of an individual who works to advance the interests of marginalized groups in which they are not a member. Allyship in the healthcare field is under-studied yet is increasingly an area of interest, given Indigenous health outcomes throughout the world,...