• Nursing students’ experiences on blogging in the classroom: Linking between ethics and pedagogy 

  epstein, iris; Ray, Ashleigh (Sciedu Press, 2014-01)

  This paper reports students’ perspectives on using blogging in an undergraduate nursing classroom. Blogging refers to a series of entries with limited word count. Several anecdotal reports focus on the potential advantages ...

• The practice and teaching of palpation of the head and neck: A scoping review 

  epstein, iris; Herne, P.; Masita, S.; Peisachovich, E.; Eliadis, M.; Robinson, B.; Lee, C. P.; Grosman-Rimon, L.; Silva, C. (Sciedu Press, 2017-07)

  Objective: To explore how palpation of the head and neck is practiced and taught. Methods: The scoping review methodology was guided by Arksey and O’Malley’s five-stage approach. Three experienced and independent reviewers ...

• Older Adults' and Caregivers' Perspectives on In-Home Monitoring Technology 

  epstein, iris; Aligato, Allen; Krimmel, Tyler; Mihailidis, Alex (SLACK Incorporated, 2016-06)

  In the past decade, there has been an increase in the application and investigation of in-home monitoring systems to support older adults with dementia and their caregivers. The current study focused on a monitoring system ...

• Refugee smartphone access to health care in Canada: Concept analysis 

  epstein, iris; Nguyen, Jade; Balaquiao, Lorivie; Chang, Kai Ya (Sciedu Press, 2019-01)

  Objective: With the ever-changing smartphone healthcare technology also comes nurses’ responsibilities to recognize its ethical implications particularly among vulnerable population. The aim of this paper is to explore ...

• “A video of myself helps me learn”: A scoping review of the evidence of video-making for situated learning 

  epstein, iris; Baljko, Melanie; Thumlert, Kurt; Kelly, Evadne; Smith, James Andrew; Su, Yelin; ZakiAzat, Justeena; May, Natasha M. (Georgia Southern University, 2020)

  Nursing, dance and studio-based arts, engineering, and athletic therapy are viewed as practice-oriented professions in which the teaching and situated learning of practical skills are central. In order to succeed, students ...

• Cardiac Rehabilitation Outcomes by Ethnocultural Background: Results from the Canadian Cardiac Rehab Registry 

  Oh, Paul; Grace, Sherry; Findlay, B. (Wolters Kluwer, 2017-09)

  Background: Patients of diverse ethnocultural backgrounds are underrepresented among participants and, hence, little is known about their outcomes. The objectives of this study were to compare cardiac rehabilitation (CR) ...

• Longitudinal and Concurrent Relationships Between Caregiver-Child Behaviours in the Vaccination Context and Preschool Attachment 

  O'Neill, Monica C; Pillai Riddell, Rebecca; Bureau, Jean-François; Deneault, Audrey-Ann; Garfield, Hartley; Greenberg, Saul (Pain, 2020-09)

  The present paper consists of two separate studies in which the overarching aim was to examine the relationships between caregiver-child behaviours in the vaccination context (infant and preschool) and preschool attachment ...

• Women’s Health Behaviors and Psychosocial Well-Being by Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Model: A Randomized Controlled Trial 

  Midence, Liz; Arthur, Heather M.; Oh, Paul; Stewart, Donna Eileen; Grace, Sherry (Elsevier, 2016-08)

  Background: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is associated with significantly lower mortality and improved psychosocial well-being. However, women are less likely to participate than men. This trial tested whether participation ...

• Sex Differences in Cardiac Rehabilitation Adherence: A Meta-analysis 

  Oosenbrug, Eric; Marinho, Raquel; Zhang, Jie; Marzolini, Susan; Colella, Tracey JF; Pakosh, Maureen; Grace, Sherry (Elsevier, 2016-11)

  Background: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) participation is associated with significantly lower mortality, and this benefit has been established as dose-dependent. Given it has been suggested that women adhere less than men, ...

• Secondary Prevention Recommendation Attainment with Cardiac Rehabilitation: Is there a Gender Disparity? 

  Turk-Adawi, Karam; Oldridge, Neil B.; Vitcenda, Mark J.; Tarima, Sergey S.; Grace, Sherry (Elsevier, 2016-05)

  Background: Achievement of secondary prevention guideline recommendations (i.e., goals) with cardiac rehabilitation(CR)is not well documented, specifically for women. This study examined achievement of the American Heart ...

• Feasibility of Assessing 2 Cardiac Rehabilitation Quality Indicators 

  Grace, Sherry; Tan, Yongyao; Oh, Paul; Aggarwal, Sandeep; Unsworth, Karen; Suskin, Neville (Wolters Kluwer, 2016-03)

  Purpose: The Canadian Cardiovascular Society initiated a pan-Canadian process for development of quality indicators (QIs) for cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Before implementation, the QIs underwent pilot testing to ensure ...

• Patient-reported outcomes in cardiac rehabilitation: What do we know about program satisfaction? 

  Taherzadeh, Golnoush; Filippo, Deandra E.; Kelly, Shannon; van Engen-Verheul, Mariette; Peek, Niels; Oh, Paul; Grace, Sherry (Wolters Kluwer, 2016-07)

  Purpose: Patient satisfaction has become an important indicator of quality, and may be related to greater adherence to cardiac rehabilitation (CR). The objectives of this narrative review were to investigate: (1) patient ...

• Objectively-measured sedentary time and its association with markers of cardiometabolic health and fitness among cardiac rehabilitation graduates 

  Prince, Stephanie; Blanchard, Christopher M.; Grace, Sherry; Reid, Robert D (Sage Journals, 2016-05)

  Background: Sedentary time is an independent risk factor for cardiometabolic disease and mortality. It is unknown how much time individuals with coronary artery disease spend being sedentary or how their sedentary time ...

• Ensuring cardiac rehabilitation access for the majority of those in need: A call to action for Canada 

  Grace, Sherry; Turk-Adawi, Karam; Santiagode A.Pio, Carolina; Alter, David A. (Elsevier, 2016-10)

  Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is proven model of secondary prevention. Indicated cardiac conditions for CR are well-established, and participation of these patient groups results in significantly lower mortality and morbidity ...

• Ecologically Optimizing Exercise Maintenance in Men and Women Post-Cardiac Rehabilitation: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial of Efficacy with Economics (ECO-PCR) 

  Reid, Robert; Blanchard, Chris M; Wooding, Evyanne; Harris, Jennifer; Krahn, Murray; Pipe, Andrew; Chessex, Caroline; Grace, Sherry (Elsevier, 2016-09)

  Background: Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) participation results in increased cardio-metabolic fitness, which is associated with reduced mortality. However, many graduates fail to maintain exercise post-program. ...

• Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Adherence and Functional Capacity among Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial 

  Grace, Sherry; Midence, Liz; Oh, Paul; Brister, Stephanie; Chessex, Caroline; Stewart, Donna Eileen; Arthur, Heather M. (Elsevier, 2016-02)

  Objective: To compare program adherence and functional capacity between women referred to mixed-sex, women-only, or home-based CR. Patients & Methods: CR4HER was a single-blind, 3 parallel-arm, pragmatic randomized controlled ...

• Cardiac rehabilitation delivery model for low-resource settings 

  Grace, Sherry; Turk-Adawi, Karam; Contractor, Aashish; Atrey, Alison; Campbell, Norman; Derman, Wayne; Lima de Melo Ghisi, Gabriela; Oldridge, Neil; Sarkar, Bidyut Kanti; Yeo, Tee Joo; Lopez-Jimenez, Francisco; Mendis, Shanthi; Oh, Paul; Hu, Dayi; Sarrafzadegan, Nizal

  Objective: Cardio vascular disease is a global epidemic, which is largely preventable. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is demonstrated to be cost-effective and efficacious in high-income countries. CR could represent an important ...

• Quality and Variability of Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Delivery: Applying the Canadian Quality Indicators 

  Somanader, Deborah; Chessex, Caroline; Ginsburg, Liane; Grace, Sherry (Wolters Kluwer, 2017-11)

  Purpose: Cardiac care, including cardiac rehabilitation (CR), is most effective if it is high-quality. The aim of this study was to describe CR quality, using the recently-developed Canadian Cardiovascular Society CR quality ...

• Antidepressant Use by Class: Association with Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease 

  Grace, Sherry; Medina-Inojosa, Jose; Thomas, Randal; Krause, Heather; Vickers Douglas, Kristin; Palmer, Brian A.; Lopez-Jimenez, Francisco (www.karger.com/pps, 2018-03)

  Background: To assess use of antidepressants by class in relation to cardiology practice recommendations, and the association of antidepressant use with the occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) including ...

• Perceptions of cardiology administrators about cardiac rehabilitation in South America and the Caribbean 

  Lima de Melo Ghisi, Gabriela; Britto, Raquel; Cavalcante Servio, Thaianne; Vargas Rubio, Claudia Victoria; Fernandez, Rosalia; Rivas Estany, Eduardo; Santibañez, Claudio; Gonzalez, Graciela; Burdiat, Gerard; Lopez-Jimenez, Francisco; Haddad Herdy, Artur; Grace, Sherry (Wolters Kluwer, 2017-07)

  Background: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs can address the cardiovascular disease epidemic in South America. However, there are factors limiting CR access at the patient-, provider-and system-level. The latter2havenot ...

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