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Social-interaction knowledge translation for in-home management of urinary incontinence and chronic care.
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Forbes, D., Jansen, L., Forchuk, C., McWilliam, C.
Although urinary incontinence (UI) can be managed conservatively, it is a principal reason for the breakdown of in-home family care. This study explored the social interaction processes of knowledge translation (KT) related to how UI management knowledge might be translated within in-home care....
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2010
Rosychuk, Rhonda J., Torabi, Mahmoud
This paper studies generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) for the analysis of geographic and temporal variability of disease rates. This class of models adopts spatially correlated random effects and random temporal components. Spatio-temporal models that use conditional autoregressive smoothing...
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Stakeholder perspectives on transitions of nursing home residents to hospital emergency departments and back in two Canadian provinces.
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Robinson, C.A., Bottorff, J.L., Reid, C., Lo, M., Cummings, G.G., Abel, S., Lilly, M.B.
Major gaps exist in our understanding of transitions in care for older persons living in nursing homes. The purpose of the study was to identify key elements, from multiple stakeholder perspectives, that influence the success of transitions experienced by nursing home residents when they required...
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Stories of chronic kidney disease: Listening for the unsayable.
2013
Makaroff, K. L., Sheilds, L., Molzahn, A.
Aims: To explore individuals’ stories of chronic kidney disease, particularly those aspects of experience that are difficult to discuss using language (i.e., unsayable). Background: Chronic kidney disease is continuous, but it is also life-threatening and sometimes people ask difficult questions...
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Strategies for Engaging Undergraduate Nursing Students in Reading and Using Qualitative Research
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Spiers, J.A., Paul, P., Weaver, K., Jennings, D.
Teaching undergraduate nursing research courses can be challenging. There is substantial research explicating why this is so, but little has been written about strategies to enhance students’ ability to engage in and learn about research, especially in the context of large classes offered over...
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Strategies for incorporating patientreported outcomes in the care of people with chronic kidney disease (PRO kidney): a protocol for a realist synthesis
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Schick-Marakoff, Kara, Thummapol, Onouma, Thompson, Stephanie, Flynn, Rachel, Karimi-Dehkordi, Mehri, Klarenbach, Scott, Sawatzky, Richard, Greenhalgh, Joanne
Background: Patient-reported outcomes and experience measures (jointly referred to here as PROs) are internationally recognized as a means for patients to provide information about their quality of life, symptoms, and experiences with care. Although increasingly recognized as key to improving the...
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2015
Molzahn, Anita, Schick-Makaroff, Kara
Background Mobile devices are increasingly being used for data collection in research. However, many researchers do not have experience in collecting data electronically. Hence, the purpose of this short report was to identify issues that emerged in a study that incorporated electronic capture of...
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Study protocol: Living with hope: Developing a psychosocial supportive program for rural women caregivers of persons with advanced cancer
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Background: Hope is defined by caregivers as the inner strength to achieve future good and to continue care giving. Pilot test findings of a Living with Hope Program (LWHP) suggested it is an acceptable and feasible intervention for use by family caregivers. Although it shows promise in...
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Supporting successful implementation of public health interventions: Protocol for a realist synthesis
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MacDonald, M., Pauly, B., Wong, G., Schick-Makaroff, K., van Roode, T., Strosher, H. W., Kothari, A., Valaitis, R., Manson, H., O’Briain, W., Carroll, S., Lee, V., Tong, S., Smith, K. D., Ward, M.
Background There is a growing emphasis in public health on the importance of evidence-based interventions to improve population health and reduce health inequities. Equally important is the need for knowledge about how to implement these interventions successfully. Yet, a gap remains between the...