Janet A Parsons

Summary

Affiliation: St. Michael's Hospital
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi "So, are you back to work yet?" Re-conceptualizing 'work' and 'return to work' in the context of primary bone cancer
    Janet A Parsons
    Applied Health Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Soc Sci Med 67:1826-36. 2008
  2. ncbi Standardized observation of neighbourhood disorder: does it work in Canada?
    Janet A Parsons
    Applied Health Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St, Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Canada
    Int J Health Geogr 9:6. 2010
  3. ncbi Narcotic analgesic utilization amongst injured workers: using concept mapping to understand current issues from the perspectives of physicians and pharmacists
    Janet A Parsons
    Applied Health Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael s Hospital, 30 Bond St, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1W8, Canada
    BMC Health Serv Res 11:280. 2011
  4. ncbi Uncemented tumor endoprostheses at the knee: root causes of failure
    Anthony M Griffin
    University Musculoskeletal Oncology Unit, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Clin Orthop Relat Res 438:71-9. 2005
  5. ncbi Evaluation of a toolkit to improve cardiovascular disease screening and treatment for people with type 2 diabetes: protocol for a cluster-randomized pragmatic trial
    Baiju R Shah
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Trials 11:44. 2010
  6. ncbi Work status after distal femoral Kotz reconstruction for malignant tumors of bone
    Andrea Brown
    University Musculoskeletal Oncology Unit, and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil 84:62-8. 2003
  7. ncbi Predicting length of stay out of hospital following lung resection using preoperative health status measures
    Janet A Parsons
    Department of Research, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Qual Life Res 12:645-54. 2003

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Publications7

  1. ncbi "So, are you back to work yet?" Re-conceptualizing 'work' and 'return to work' in the context of primary bone cancer
    Janet A Parsons
    Applied Health Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Soc Sci Med 67:1826-36. 2008
    ..This study offers a re-conceptualization of 'work' and 'return to work' in the context of osteosarcoma, with implications for clinical and return-to-work practices...
  2. ncbi Standardized observation of neighbourhood disorder: does it work in Canada?
    Janet A Parsons
    Applied Health Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St, Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Canada
    Int J Health Geogr 9:6. 2010
    ..This study evaluated the performance of a systematic social observational (SSO) tool (adapted from previous studies of American and British neighbourhoods) in a Canadian urban context...
  3. ncbi Narcotic analgesic utilization amongst injured workers: using concept mapping to understand current issues from the perspectives of physicians and pharmacists
    Janet A Parsons
    Applied Health Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael s Hospital, 30 Bond St, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1W8, Canada
    BMC Health Serv Res 11:280. 2011
    ..Factors contributing to NA utilization patterns are poorly understood. This qualitative study sought to characterize the factors contributing to NA utilization amongst injured workers from the perspectives of physicians and pharmacists...
  4. ncbi Uncemented tumor endoprostheses at the knee: root causes of failure
    Anthony M Griffin
    University Musculoskeletal Oncology Unit, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Clin Orthop Relat Res 438:71-9. 2005
    ..LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapeutic study, level IV-1 (case series)...
  5. ncbi Evaluation of a toolkit to improve cardiovascular disease screening and treatment for people with type 2 diabetes: protocol for a cluster-randomized pragmatic trial
    Baiju R Shah
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Trials 11:44. 2010
    ..This study will evaluate the impact of the strategy to improve cardiovascular disease (CVD) screening, prevention and treatment for people with diabetes...
  6. ncbi Work status after distal femoral Kotz reconstruction for malignant tumors of bone
    Andrea Brown
    University Musculoskeletal Oncology Unit, and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil 84:62-8. 2003
    ..Baseline job demand and living environment (rural vs urban, P=.001) were predictive by logistic regression. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with physically demanding jobs, and those living rurally, are at greatest risk for altered work status...
  7. ncbi Predicting length of stay out of hospital following lung resection using preoperative health status measures
    Janet A Parsons
    Department of Research, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Qual Life Res 12:645-54. 2003
    ..224, p < 0.001). LOSOH was inversely correlated with complications. While it remains difficult to predict severe complications in this population, within Group A, health status measures demonstrated a limited ability to predict LOSOH...