Carol E Adair

Summary

Affiliation: University of Calgary
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Cognitive interviewing methods for questionnaire pre-testing in homeless persons with mental disorders
    Carol E Adair
    Department of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
    J Urban Health 89:36-52. 2012
  2. ncbi Designing a knowledge transfer and exchange strategy for the Alberta Depression Initiative: contributions of qualitative research with key stakeholders
    Craig Mitton
    Faculty of Health and Social Development, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna BC, Canada
    Int J Ment Health Syst 3:11. 2009
  3. ncbi History and measurement of continuity of care in mental health services and evidence of its role in outcomes
    Carol E Adair
    Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    Psychiatr Serv 54:1351-6. 2003
  4. ncbi Responsiveness of the Eating Disorders Quality of Life Scale (EDQLS) in a longitudinal multi-site sample
    Carol E Adair
    Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 1215 39 Ave, SW, Calgary, AB T2T2K6, Canada
    Health Qual Life Outcomes 8:83. 2010
  5. ncbi Development and multi-site validation of a new condition-specific quality of life measure for eating disorders
    Carol E Adair
    Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
    Health Qual Life Outcomes 5:23. 2007
  6. ncbi Continuity of care and health outcomes among persons with severe mental illness
    Carol E Adair
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive, N W, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1
    Psychiatr Serv 56:1061-9. 2005
  7. ncbi Continuity of care: validation of a self-report measure to assess client perceptions of mental health service delivery
    Anthony S Joyce
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, 1E3 24 Walter Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre, 8440 112 St, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2B7, Canada
    Community Ment Health J 46:192-208. 2010
  8. ncbi Assessment of mental health and illness by telephone survey: experience with an Alberta mental health survey
    Scott B Patten
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    Chronic Dis Can 27:99-109. 2006
  9. ncbi Frequency and adequacy of depression treatment in a Canadian population sample
    Eleonora Esposito
    Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary
    Can J Psychiatry 52:780-9. 2007
  10. ncbi The relationship between body mass index and mental health. A population-based study of the effects of the definition of mental health
    Lindsay McLaren
    Dept of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 4N1
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 43:63-71. 2008

Detail Information

Publications22

  1. ncbi Cognitive interviewing methods for questionnaire pre-testing in homeless persons with mental disorders
    Carol E Adair
    Department of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
    J Urban Health 89:36-52. 2012
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  2. ncbi Designing a knowledge transfer and exchange strategy for the Alberta Depression Initiative: contributions of qualitative research with key stakeholders
    Craig Mitton
    Faculty of Health and Social Development, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna BC, Canada
    Int J Ment Health Syst 3:11. 2009
    ..A similarly engaged process might benefit other policy areas...
  3. ncbi History and measurement of continuity of care in mental health services and evidence of its role in outcomes
    Carol E Adair
    Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    Psychiatr Serv 54:1351-6. 2003
    ..The objective of this study was to provide a brief history of the concept of continuity of care, to update evidence of its association with patient outcomes, and to identify optimal characteristics of a continuity-of-care instrument...
  4. ncbi Responsiveness of the Eating Disorders Quality of Life Scale (EDQLS) in a longitudinal multi-site sample
    Carol E Adair
    Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 1215 39 Ave, SW, Calgary, AB T2T2K6, Canada
    Health Qual Life Outcomes 8:83. 2010
    ..The Eating Disorders Quality of Life Scale (EDQLS) was recently developed to allow for measurement of broader outcomes. We examined responsiveness of the EDQLS in a longitudinal multi-site study...
  5. ncbi Development and multi-site validation of a new condition-specific quality of life measure for eating disorders
    Carol E Adair
    Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
    Health Qual Life Outcomes 5:23. 2007
    ..This article describes the development and validation of a condition-specific QoL measure for adolescents and adults with eating disorders--the Eating Disorders Quality of Life Scale (EDQLS)...
  6. ncbi Continuity of care and health outcomes among persons with severe mental illness
    Carol E Adair
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive, N W, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1
    Psychiatr Serv 56:1061-9. 2005
    ..The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between continuity of care and outcomes...
  7. ncbi Continuity of care: validation of a self-report measure to assess client perceptions of mental health service delivery
    Anthony S Joyce
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, 1E3 24 Walter Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre, 8440 112 St, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2B7, Canada
    Community Ment Health J 46:192-208. 2010
    ..Use of the measure for clinical and research purposes and its limitations are considered...
  8. ncbi Assessment of mental health and illness by telephone survey: experience with an Alberta mental health survey
    Scott B Patten
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    Chronic Dis Can 27:99-109. 2006
    ..They also draw into question the importance of regional variation in mental disorder prevalence--which might otherwise have been a key advantage of telephone survey methodologies...
  9. ncbi Frequency and adequacy of depression treatment in a Canadian population sample
    Eleonora Esposito
    Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary
    Can J Psychiatry 52:780-9. 2007
    ..The objective of this study was to describe the pattern of treatment for major depression (MD) in Alberta...
  10. ncbi The relationship between body mass index and mental health. A population-based study of the effects of the definition of mental health
    Lindsay McLaren
    Dept of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 4N1
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 43:63-71. 2008
    ..We examined the relationship between body mass index and mental health in a population-based study of adults that included the full range of body weights, three disorder types, and three levels of mental illness severity...
  11. ncbi Synthesis through simulation: insights on the epidemiology of mood and anxiety disorders in Canada
    Scott B Patten
    Department of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
    Can J Psychiatry 57:765-71. 2012
    ..Simulation can integrate datasets and literature-based estimates from various sources into a coherent mathematical representation of the underlying total population epidemiology...
  12. ncbi Forgetfulness: a role in noncompliance with antidepressant treatment
    Andrew G Bulloch
    Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta
    Can J Psychiatry 51:719-22. 2006
    ..To determine the degree of noncompliance with antidepressant treatment in the Alberta population and to investigate the reasons for noncompliance...
  13. ncbi Applying new techniques to an old ally: a qualitative validation study of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
    Rebecca Godderis
    Department of Sociology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
    Women Birth 22:17-23. 2009
    ..To present the results of a study that used cognitive interviewing techniques to interview pregnant and postpartum women about their experience of completing the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale...
  14. ncbi A comparison of early psychosis treatment services using consensus and evidence-based performance measures: moving towards setting standards
    Donald Addington
    Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    Early Interv Psychiatry 3:274-81. 2009
    ..This study used data from two Canadian early psychosis programs to assess the feasibility of using common performance measures and to assess the extent to which each program meets suggested standards for early intervention...
  15. ncbi Mental health and related disability among workers: a population-based study
    Jianli Wang
    Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    Am J Ind Med 49:514-22. 2006
    ..This goal of this study is to estimate the prevalence of psychiatric syndromes and related disability in a population-based sample of employed adults and investigate associations between psychiatric syndromes and related disability...
  16. ncbi The Internet as a source of data to support the development of a quality-of-life measure for eating disorders
    Carol E Adair
    Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    Qual Health Res 16:538-46. 2006
    ..Despite some limitations, the Internet was an efficient, inexpensive, and fruitful source of supplementary information for item generation...
  17. ncbi Reports of preventable medical errors from the Alberta Patient Safety Survey 2004
    Laura C Vanderheyden
    Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary
    Healthc Q 8:107-14. 2005
    ..Through this research, patients have provided an orientation to interventions to improve patient care and prevent medical errors...
  18. ncbi Continuity of care in mental health services: toward clarifying the construct
    Anthony S Joyce
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton
    Can J Psychiatry 49:539-50. 2004
    ..To clarify "continuity of care" (COC), a construct associated with the delivery of services for persons suffering from severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI), with attention to the service recipient's perception of COC...
  19. ncbi Antidepressant pharmacoepidemiology in a general population sample
    Scott B Patten
    J Clin Psychopharmacol 25:285-7. 2005
  20. ncbi Continuity of care and health care costs among persons with severe mental illness
    Craig R Mitton
    Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Psychiatr Serv 56:1070-6. 2005
    ..The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of continuity of care and health care costs in a sample of 437 adults with severe mental illness in three health regions of Alberta, Canada...
  21. ncbi Continuity of care: a multidisciplinary review
    Jeannie L Haggerty
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    BMJ 327:1219-21. 2003
  22. ncbi Postdischarge follow-up: research and practice disconnect
    Carol E Adair
    Psychiatr Serv 58:1521. 2007