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| M A GignacSummaryAffiliation: University of Toronto Country: Canada Publications
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Adaptation to disability: applying selective optimization with compensation to the behaviors of older adults with osteoarthritisMonique A M Gignac
The Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit, The University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Psychol Aging 17:520-4. 2002..The benefit of using SOC to study adaptation to chronic illness and disability is discussed...
Management of work disability in rheumatic conditions: a review of non-pharmacological interventionsMonique A M Gignac
Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit, Toronto Western Research Institute, ON, Canada
Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 26:369-86. 2012..Consistent inclusion of behavioural and psychological outcomes to evaluate interventions and compare studies is also needed, along with cost-benefit studies, to determine the long-term feasibility of work interventions...
Measuring patient perceptions about osteoporosis pharmacotherapySuzanne M Cadarette
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
BMC Res Notes 2:133. 2009..Further research is needed to develop scales that adequately measure perceived barriers to osteoporosis pharmacotherapy...- Decision to take osteoporosis medication in patients who have had a fracture and are 'high' risk for future fracture: a qualitative studyJoanna E M Sale
Mobility Program Clinical Research Unit, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St, Michael s, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 12:92. 2011..The purpose of our study was to examine patients' experiences with the decision to take OP medication after they sustained a fracture... 
Predictors of locating women six to eight years after contact: internet resources at recruitment may help to improve response rates in longitudinal researchSuzanne M Cadarette
Osteoporosis Research Program, Women s College Hospital, Toronto, Canada
BMC Med Res Methodol 7:22. 2007..The purpose of this study was to examine predictors of locating women requiring tracing using publicly available methods (primarily Internet searches), and to determine the additional benefit of vital statistics linkages...- Arthritis symptoms, the work environment, and the future: measuring perceived job strain among employed persons with arthritisMonique A M Gignac
Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Institute, Toronto Western Research Unit at the University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 57:738-47. 2007..To develop a measure of job strain related to differing aspects of working with arthritis and to examine the demographic, illness, work context, and psychosocial variables associated with it... - Arthritis-related work transitions: a prospective analysis of reported productivity losses, work changes, and leaving the labor forceMonique A M Gignac
Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit and University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 59:1805-13. 2008..To prospectively examine arthritis-related productivity losses, work changes, and leaving employment, the relationships among these work transitions, and the factors associated with them... - "What do you expect? You're just getting older": A comparison of perceived osteoarthritis-related and aging-related health experiences in middle- and older-age adultsMonique A M Gignac
Division of Outcomes and Health Care Research, Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit, Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 55:905-12. 2006..Similarities and differences in health changes, the meaning of these changes, and their impact were examined... - Understanding social role participation: what matters to people with arthritis?Monique A M Gignac
Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit, Toronto Western Research Institute at the University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Rheumatol 35:1655-63. 2008.... - "Should I tell my employer and coworkers I have arthritis?" A longitudinal examination of self-disclosure in the work placeMonique A M Gignac
Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 61:1753-61. 2009..To examine arthritis self-disclosure at work, factors associated with disclosure, and prospective relationships of self-disclosure and work place support with changes to work place interactions, work transitions, and work place stress... - Reexamining the arthritis-employment interface: perceptions of arthritis-work spillover among employed adultsMonique A M Gignac
Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit, Toronto Western Research Institute at the University Health Network, Main Pavilion 10th floor, Room 10 316, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 2S8
Arthritis Rheum 55:233-40. 2006..To examine employed individuals' perceptions of arthritis-work spillover (AWS), the reciprocal influence of arthritis on work and work on arthritis, and the demographic, illness, and work context factors associated with AWS... - Arthritis and employment: an examination of behavioral coping efforts to manage workplace activity limitationsMonique A M Gignac
Division of Outcomes and Population Health, The Toronto Western Research Institute at the University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 53:328-36. 2005.... - Managing arthritis and employment: making arthritis-related work changes as a means of adaptationMonique A M Gignac
The Toronto Western Research Institute and The University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 51:909-16. 2004..To understand arthritis-related workplace changes, including occasional work loss and changes to the type and hours of work, and the factors associated with them using theories of adaptation and behavior change as a framework... - Examination of arthritis-related work place activity limitations and intermittent disability over four-and-a-half years and its relationship to job modifications and outcomesMonique A M Gignac
Toronto Western Research Institute and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 63:953-62. 2011..To examine the type, degree, and episodic nature of arthritis-related work place activity limitations and the consistency of the relationship of activity limitations to job modifications and work place outcomes... - Adaptation to chronic illness and disability and its relationship to perceptions of independence and dependenceM A Gignac
The Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit, The University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 55:P362-72. 2000..Moreover, older adults' perceptions of their independence, dependence, helplessness, emotional reactivity, and coping efficacy varied depending on the domain of activity examined and the type of adaptation used... - Tension at the borders: perceptions of role overload, conflict, strain and facilitation in work, family and health roles among employed individuals with arthritisMonique A M Gignac
The Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit, Toronto Western Research Institute, Main Pavilion 10 316, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON M5T 2S8, Canada
Rheumatology (Oxford) 51:324-32. 2012..To examine inter-relationships among arthritis (A), work (W) and personal life (P) roles and their reciprocal influences, especially experiences of role balance/imbalance among individuals with inflammatory arthritis (IA) and OA... - Reliability, validity, and responsiveness of five at-work productivity measures in patients with rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritisDorcas E Beaton
St Michael s Hospital, Institute for Work and Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 62:28-37. 2010..Our objective was to evaluate the relative strengths and weaknesses of 5 measures aimed at quantifying health-related at-work productivity loss and to determine the best available instrument for this population... - A conceptual model of independence and dependence for adults with chronic physical illness and disabilityM A Gignac
The Arthritis and Immune Disorder Research Centre, University of Toronto, Canada
Soc Sci Med 47:739-53. 1998..It also expands on the concepts of physical independence and dependence, as well as their determinants, and relates independence and dependence to other outcomes of interest such as service delivery... - Differences in the experiences and support needs of family caregivers to stroke survivors: does age matter?Scott D Smith
Department of Family Medicine, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Top Stroke Rehabil 15:593-601. 2008..The goal of this qualitative study was to learn about family caregivers' experiences and support needs during the rehabilitation phase to inform program development... - Differences in the workforce experiences of women and men with arthritis disability: a population health perspectiveSimone A Kaptein
Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit, Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 61:605-13. 2009..To examine the employment status characteristics of people with arthritis disability, with a focus on gender differences and who remains in the workforce... - "Timing It Right": a conceptual framework for addressing the support needs of family caregivers to stroke survivors from the hospital to the homeJill I Cameron
Department of Occupational Sciences and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Canada
Patient Educ Couns 70:305-14. 2008..Discuss family caregivers of stroke survivors' changing needs for education and support across the care continuum... - Minimal error in self-report of having had DXA, but self-report of its results was poorSuzanne M Cadarette
Osteoporosis Research Program, Women s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Clin Epidemiol 60:1306-11. 2007..To examine the validity of both self-report of having had dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and self-reported DXA test results... - Adaptation to disability in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: neglected relationships to older adults' perceptions of independenceLaura Beth Falter
The Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit, The University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Disabil Rehabil 25:795-806. 2003..This study extends understanding of the relationship between disability and independence in older adults with COPD... - Access to osteoporosis treatment is critically linked to access to dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry testingSuzanne M Cadarette
Osteoporosis Research Program, Women s College Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Med Care 45:896-901. 2007.... - A patient-centered perspective on surgery avoidance for hip or knee arthritis: lessons for the futurePeri J Ballantyne
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 57:27-34. 2007..To understand this discrepancy, we conducted qualitative research to assess the illness perceptions and preferred accommodations and coping strategies of patients with advanced osteoarthritis who had expressed a preference to avoid TJA... - The trajectory of recovery and the inter-relationships of symptoms, activity and participation in the first year following total hip and knee replacementA M Davis
Division of Health Care and Outcomes Research, Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, Canada
Osteoarthritis Cartilage 19:1413-21. 2011..g., symptoms), activity limitations (AL), and social participation restrictions (PR) in the year following THR and TKR for osteoarthritis... - Caregivers' appraisals of efficacy in coping with dementiaM A Gignac
Gerontology Research Centre, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Psychol Aging 11:214-25. 1996..The findings suggest that a broad set of goals guides coping efforts in the context of chronic stress... - The Work Instability Scale for rheumatoid arthritis predicts arthritis-related work transitions within 12 monthsKenneth Tang
St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Institute for Work and Health, Ontario, Canada
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 62:1578-87. 2010..Our aim was to evaluate the ability of the Work Instability Scale for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA-WIS) to predict arthritis-related work transitions within a 12-month period... - The Work Instability Scale for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA-WIS): Does it work in osteoarthritis?Kenneth Tang
Mobility Program Clinical Research Unit, St Michael s Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada
Qual Life Res 19:1057-68. 2010..To validate the 23-item Work Instability Scale for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA-WIS) for use in osteoarthritis (OA) using both classical test theory and item response theory approaches... - An evaluation of a psychotherapeutic group intervention for persons having difficulty coping with musculoskeletal disordersM A Gignac
The Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit, The University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Soc Work Health Care 32:57-75. 2000..50 or greater. Individuals who had concerns or reservations about participating in the groups gained from the intervention in the same ways as others who were more positive at the outset of the groups... - Work disability in systemic lupus erythematosusAli M Al Dhanhani
Toronto Western Hospital of The University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 61:378-85. 2009..To determine the prevalence, accrual over time, and risk factors of work disability in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)... - A review of patient-centred post-fracture interventions in the context of theories of health behaviour changeR Sujic
Mobility Program Clinical Research Unit, Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Osteoporos Int 22:2213-24. 2011..Future research should explore the application of theories of health behaviour change to post-fracture interventions... - The indirect costs of arthritis resulting from unemployment, reduced performance, and occupational changes while at workXin Li
Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Med Care 44:304-10. 2006..10), and higher depression (OR = 1.04). CONCLUSIONS: Indirect arthritis-related costs are substantial. Our results show that not only the disease itself, but also psychosocial and work-related factors affect the magnitude of the costs... - Problems faced at work due to inflammatory arthritis: new insights gained from understanding patients' perspectiveDiane Lacaille
University of British Columbia, and The Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 57:1269-79. 2007..Objectives were to identify the problems and barriers to employment that persons with IA face at work because of arthritis, understand why these issues are problematic, and identify strategies helpful for maintaining employment... - Workplace, psychosocial factors, and depressive symptoms among working people with arthritis: a longitudinal studyXin Li
Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Canada
J Rheumatol 33:1849-55. 2006..These findings suggest that workplace interventions should address not only ways to reduce workplace activity limitations, but also ways to better manage emotional distress related to working with arthritis... - The multi-faceted assessment of independence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: preliminary validation from the ATTAIN studyAfton L Hassett
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08903 0019, USA
Curr Med Res Opin 24:1443-53. 2008..To consider the feasibility of assessing multiple facets of independence in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using a measure developed from existing items and examining its face validity, construct validity and responsiveness to change... - Participation restrictions among older adults with osteoarthritis: a mediated model of physical symptoms, activity limitations, and depressionGustavo P M Machado
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Arthritis Rheum 59:129-35. 2008..The present longitudinal study tested a model that hypothesizes that the relationship between physical symptoms and later participation restrictions among older adults with OA is mediated by activity limitations and depressive symptoms... - Musings on participation in health research and the recruitment process: it is not always about the numbersMonique A M Gignac
Arthritis Rheum 57:3-5. 2007 - How meaningful is our evaluation of meaningful change in osteoarthritis?Gillian A Hawker
J Rheumatol 33:639-41. 2006 - Leisure time physical activity and well-being: learning from people living with arthritisMonique A M Gignac
J Rheumatol 30:2299-301. 2003