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Species | Barbara Conner-SpadySummaryAffiliation: University of Alberta Country: Canada Publications
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The importance of patient expectations as a determinant of satisfaction with waiting times for hip and knee replacement surgeryBarbara L Conner-Spady
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4Z6, Canada
Health Policy 101:245-52. 2011..Our objectives were: (1) to test the disconfirmation model as it applies to patient satisfaction with waiting time (WT) and (2) to build an explanatory model of the determinants of satisfaction with WT for hip and knee replacement...- 'There are too many of us to fix.' Patients' views of acceptable waiting times for hip and knee replacementBarbara Conner-Spady
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
J Health Serv Res Policy 14:212-8. 2009..To assess patients' views of maximum acceptable waiting times (MAWT) for hip and knee replacement, associated factors and the accuracy of self-reported waiting times... - Development and validation of the Edmonton Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology IndexWalter P Maksymowych
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 55:575-82. 2006..Our objective was to validate a simple, 4-item composite measure of spinal and hip mobility, the Edmonton AS Metrology Index (EDASMI)... - Willingness of patients to change surgeons for a shorter waiting time for joint arthroplastyBarbara Conner-Spady
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
CMAJ 179:327-32. 2008..To improve access to care, many jurisdictions have proposed waiting-time benchmarks and guarantees. We assessed the willingness of patients to consider changing their surgeon to one with a shorter waiting time for arthroplasty... - Does height influence the assessment of spinal and hip mobility measures used in ankylosing spondylitis?Walter P Maksymowych
Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
J Rheumatol 33:2035-40. 2006..We examined the contribution of height to the variability of mobility measures in patients with a diverse spectrum of AS disease... - Prioritization of patients on waiting lists for hip and knee replacement: validation of a priority criteria toolBarbara Conner-Spady
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Western Canada Waiting List Project, Alberta, Canada
Int J Technol Assess Health Care 20:509-15. 2004..This study tested the reliability and validity of the Western Canada Waiting List Project priority criteria score (PCS) for prioritizing patients waiting for hip and knee arthroplasty... - Systematic assessment of inflammation by magnetic resonance imaging in the posterior elements of the spine in ankylosing spondylitisWalter P Maksymowych
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 62:4-10. 2010.... - Focal fat lesions at vertebral corners on magnetic resonance imaging predict the development of new syndesmophytes in ankylosing spondylitisPraveena Chiowchanwisawakit
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 63:2215-25. 2011..To support the concept of coupling between inflammation and new bone formation, we tested the hypothesis that focal fat infiltration at a vertebral corner is more likely to evolve into a de novo syndesmophyte... - Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada magnetic resonance imaging index for assessment of spinal inflammation in ankylosing spondylitisWalter P Maksymowych
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 53:502-9. 2005.... - Determinants of patient and surgeon perspectives on maximum acceptable waiting times for hip and knee arthroplastyBarbara Conner-Spady
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
J Health Serv Res Policy 10:84-90. 2005..0001). CONCLUSIONS: Patients' and surgeons' views are critical to a fair process of establishing MAWT for elective procedures. Anticipated waiting time may influence the perspectives on MAWT and must be considered in their interpretation... - Development and validation of a simple tape-based measurement tool for recording cervical rotation in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: comparison with a goniometer-based approachWalter P Maksymowych
Department of Medicine, Heritage Medical Research Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
J Rheumatol 33:2242-9. 2006..To compare a tape-based tool for measuring cervical mobility in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) with the widely practiced goniometer-based approach... - Appropriateness of healthcare interventions: concepts and scoping of the published literatureClaudia Sanmartin
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Int J Technol Assess Health Care 24:342-9. 2008.... - Serum matrix metalloproteinase 3 is an independent predictor of structural damage progression in patients with ankylosing spondylitisWalter P Maksymowych
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 56:1846-53. 2007..This study was undertaken to analyze serologic biomarkers as predictors of radiographic progression in AS... - Relative urgency for referral from primary care to rheumatologists: the Priority Referral ScoreAvril Fitzgerald
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 63:231-9. 2011..The objective of this work was to improve referral from primary care to rheumatology by formulating and testing a clinically coherent, reliable, and non-diagnosis-dependent Priority Referral Score (PRS)...