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Understanding the influence of the complex relationships among informal and formal supports on the well-being of caregivers of persons with dementiaParminder Raina
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L8, Canada
Can J Aging 23:S49-59. 2004..The relationship between caregiver characteristics and their psychological health was mediated by the use of formal support but not by the use of informal support systems...- Consumer Products and Fall-related Injuries in SeniorsLauren Griffith
McMaster University
Can J Public Health 103:e332-7. 2012.... 
Systematic review: conservative treatments for secondary lymphedemaMark Oremus
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
BMC Cancer 12:6. 2012..nonpharmacologic, nonsurgical) treatments exist for secondary lymphedema. The optimal treatment is unknown. We examined the effectiveness of conservative treatments for secondary lymphedema, as well as harms related to these treatments...- Diffusion and dissemination of evidence-based dietary strategies for the prevention of cancerDonna Ciliska
School of Nursing, McMaster University, 1200 Main St W Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3Z5, Canada
Nutr J 4:13. 2005..The purpose was to determine what strategies have been evaluated to disseminate cancer control interventions that promote the uptake of adult healthy diet?.. - Effects of an evidence service on health-system policy makers' use of research evidence: a protocol for a randomised controlled trialJohn N Lavis
McMaster Health Forum, Hamilton, Canada
Implement Sci 6:51. 2011.... - Health related quality of life in 3 and 4 year old children and their parents: preliminary findings about a new questionnaireAnne F Klassen
Centre for Community Child Health Research, L408, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3V4, Canada
Health Qual Life Outcomes 1:81. 2003..The objective of this study was to assess reliability and validity of a new multidimensional generic measure of health-related quality of life developed for use with preschool children... - Psychological health of family caregivers of children admitted at birth to a NICU and healthy children: a population-based cross-sectional surveyAnne F Klassen
Centre for Community Child Health Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
BMC Pediatr 4:24. 2004.... - Structural equation and log-linear modeling: a comparison of methods in the analysis of a study on caregivers' healthBin Zhu
Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, Sir Mortimer B, Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
BMC Med Res Methodol 6:49. 2006..In this paper we compare the results in an analysis of determinants of caregivers' health derived from two approaches, a structural equation model and a log-linear model, using the same data set... - Support for a tax increase to provide unrestricted access to an Alzheimer's disease medication: a survey of the general public in CanadaMark Oremus
McMaster Evidence Based Practice Center, McMaster University, DTC Building 3rd Floor, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L8, Canada
BMC Health Serv Res 9:246. 2009..This study was conducted to assess Canadians' level of support for an increase in annual personal income taxes to fund a public program of unrestricted access to AD medications... - It's all about relationships: a qualitative study of health researchers' perspectives of conducting interdisciplinary health researchKalpana M Nair
Centre for Evaluation of Medicines, St, Joseph s Healthcare Hamilton, 105 Main Street East, Hamilton, ON L8N 1G6, Canada
BMC Health Serv Res 8:110. 2008..This study sought to determine how interdisciplinary research was conceptualized and operationalized from the researcher's perspective and to better understand how best to facilitate interdisciplinary research success... - Family physician attitudes about prescribing using a drug formularyL Suzanne Suggs
1Institute of Communication and Health, Faculty of Communication Sciences, University of Lugano, Switzerland
BMC Fam Pract 10:69. 2009..Physicians try to provide the best care for their patients. This research examines family physicians' attitudes regarding prescription reimbursement criteria, prescribing and advocacy for patients experiencing reimbursement barriers... 
Accessing health care utilization databases for health research: a Canadian longitudinal study on aging feasibility studyParminder S Raina
McMaster Evidence Based Practice Center, McMaster University, Canada
Can J Aging 28:287-94. 2009....- Effectiveness of cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine for treating dementia: evidence review for a clinical practice guidelineParminder Raina
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Ann Intern Med 148:379-97. 2008..The effectiveness of the 5 U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved pharmacologic therapies for dementias in achieving clinically relevant improvements is unclear... - Caregiving process and caregiver burden: conceptual models to guide research and practiceParminder Raina
McMaster University, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
BMC Pediatr 4:1. 2004..To understand parents' adaptations to their children's disabilities, the complex nature of stress processes must be accounted for and the constructs and factors that play a role in the caregiving must be considered... - The influence of display and statistical factors on the interpretation of metaanalysis results by physiciansParminder S Raina
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Med Care 43:1242-9. 2005..The objective of this study was to determine the extent to which various factors affect the interpretation of metaanalytic results by physicians... - The health and well-being of caregivers of children with cerebral palsyParminder Raina
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster Evidence based Practice Centre, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Pediatrics 115:e626-36. 2005..The primary objective of the current study was to examine, within a single theory-based multidimensional model, the determinants of physical and psychological health of adult caregivers of children with CP... - Ascertainment of chronic diseases in the Canadian longitudinal study on aging (CLSA), systematic reviewParminder S Raina
McMaster Evidence Based Practice Center, McMaster University, Canada
Can J Aging 28:275-85. 2009..g., blood pressure) as well as laboratory measures (e.g., glucose). This pilot study identified the tools necessary to develop disease ascertainment algorithms... - The Canadian longitudinal study on aging (CLSA)Parminder S Raina
McMaster Evidence Based Practice Center, McMaster University, Canada
Can J Aging 28:221-9. 2009..The CLSA will become a rich data source for the study of the complex interrelationship among the biological, physical, psychosocial, and societal factors that affect healthy aging... - Evidence for the use of B-type natriuretic peptides for screening asymptomatic populations and for diagnosis in primary careStephen A Hill
Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Clin Biochem 41:240-9. 2008..To determine the screening and diagnostic properties of BNP and NT-proBNP for heart failure in primary care... - A systematic review of BNP as a predictor of prognosis in persons with coronary artery diseaseMark Oremus
McMaster Evidence Based Practice Center, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Clin Biochem 41:260-5. 2008..This systematic review was conducted to examine whether B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) can predict mortality and other cardiac endpoints in persons diagnosed with coronary artery disease (CAD)... - Physiological, pathological, pharmacological, biochemical and hematological factors affecting BNP and NT-proBNPCynthia M Balion
Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Clin Biochem 41:231-9. 2008..To gain a better understanding of the scope and breadth of factors associated with the B-type natriuretic peptides... - Rasch analysis of the Gross Motor Function Measure: validating the assumptions of the Rasch model to create an interval-level measureLisa M Avery
CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, Institute for Applied Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 84:697-705. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: The GMFM-66 is an interval-level measure of gross motor function for children with CP; it should improve the scoring, interpretation, and overall clinical and research utility over the original GMFM... - Brain type carnosinase in dementia: a pilot studyCynthia M Balion
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
BMC Neurol 7:38. 2007..Carnosinase is a dipeptidase found almost exclusively in brain and serum. Carnosinase and its substrate carnosine have been linked to neuropathophysiological processes... - Diagnostic accuracy of BNP and NT-proBNP in patients presenting to acute care settings with dyspnea: a systematic reviewAndrew Worster
Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Clin Biochem 41:250-9. 2008..We sought to compare the diagnostic performance of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-terminal proBNP measurements in patients presenting to acute care settings with dyspnea, a common presenting symptom of heart failure... - Reproducibility of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and impaired fasting glucose (IFG) classification: a systematic reviewCynthia M Balion
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Clin Chem Lab Med 45:1180-5. 2007..We sought to determine what the reproducibility of these classifications was when repeat tests were performed by conducting a systematic review of the literature...