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An interprofessional nurse-led mental health promotion intervention for older home care clients with depressive symptoms.
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Busing, B., Forbes, D., Thomas, P., Thabane, L., Gibson, M., Hoch, J., Browne, G., Markle-Reid, M., McAiney, C.
Background: Depressive symptoms in older home care clients are common but poorly recognized and treated, resulting in adverse health outcomes, premature institutionalization, and costly use of health services. The objectives of this study were to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a new...
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Association between older age and outcome after cardiac surgery: A population-based cohort study
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Zibdawi, Mohamad, Norris, Colleen M., MacArthur, Roderick, Zibdawi, Rami, Wang, Wei, Bagshaw, Sean M.
Objective Octogenarians (aged???80 years) are increasingly being referred for cardiac surgery. We aimed to describe the morbidity, mortality, and health services utilization of octogenarians undergoing elective cardiac surgery. Methods Retrospective population-based cohort study of adult...
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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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Barriers and facilitators for implementation of electronic consultations (eConsult) to enhance access to specialist care: a scoping review.
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Osman, Mohamed A., Schick-Makaroff, Kara, Thomas, Stephanie, Bialy, Liza, Featherstone, Robin, Kurzawa, Julia, Zaidi, Deenaz, Okpechi, Ikechi, Habib, Syed, Shojai, Soroush, Jindal, Kailash, Braam, Branko, Keely, Erin, Liddy, Clare, Manns, Braden, Tonelli, Macello, Hemmelgarn, Brenda, Klarenbach, Scott, Bello, Aminu K.
Introduction: Electronic consultation (eConsult)-provider-to-provider electronic asynchronous exchanges of patient health information at a distance-is emerging as a potential tool to improve the interface between primary care providers and specialists. Despite growing evidence that eConsult has...
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Barriers and facilitators for implementation of electronic consultations (eConsult) to enhance specialist access to care: a scoping review protocol.
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Osman, Mohamed A., Schick-Makaroff, Kara, Thompson, Stephanie, Featherstone, Robin, Bialy, Liza, Kurzawa, Julia, Okpechi, Ikechi G., Habib, Syed, Shojai, Soroush, Jindal, Kailash, Klarenbach, Scott, Bello, Aminu K.
Introduction: Electronic consultations (eConsult), asynchronous exchanges of patient health information at a distance, are increasingly used as an option to facilitate patient care and collaboration between primary care providers and specialists. Although eConsult has demonstrated success in...
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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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Blinding: An essential component in decreasing risk of bias in experimental designs
2014-12-03
What is blinding? Blinding (or masking) is the process used in experimental research by which study participants, persons caring for the participants, persons providing the intervention, data collectors and data analysts are kept unaware of group assignment (control vs intervention). Blinding...
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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....