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Assessing efficacy of complementary medicine: adding qualitative research methods to the "Gold Standard"Marja J Verhoef
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
J Altern Complement Med 8:275-81. 2002..Finally, qualitative research is helpful in developing appropriate outcome measures for CAM interventions. Greater understanding of CAM interventions has the potential to improve health care delivery...- The scope of naturopathic medicine in Canada: an emerging professionMarja J Verhoef
Department of Community Health Sciences, The University of Calgary, Alta, Canada
Soc Sci Med 63:409-17. 2006..The future of naturopathic medicine will depend on how effectively the profession will use available strategies to overcome barriers to statutory self-regulation... 
Declining conventional cancer treatment and using complementary and alternative medicine: a problem or a challenge?M J Verhoef
Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
Curr Oncol 15:s101-6. 2008..Several studies have shown that a small but significant percentage of cancer patients decline one or more conventional cancer treatments and use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) instead...- Talking to cancer patients about complementary therapies: is it the physician's responsibility?M J Verhoef
Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
Curr Oncol 15:s88-93. 2008..To ensure the safety and effectiveness of cancer management, it is important for physicians treating cancer patients to know whether their patients are using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and if so, why... 
The healing experience-how can we capture it?Marja J Verhoef
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Explore (NY) 8:231-6. 2012..This led us to ask how patients experience healing and what outcomes they identify as key to their journey...- Developing a patient-centered outcome measure for complementary and alternative medicine therapies I: defining content and formatCheryl Ritenbaugh
Department of Family and Community Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
BMC Complement Altern Med 11:135. 2011..Here we describe Phase I of our research program, the iterative process of content identification, item development and refinement, and response format selection. Cognitive interviews and psychometric evaluation are reported separately... - Practitioners' validation of framework of team-oriented practice models in integrative health care: a mixed methods studyIsabelle Gaboury
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
BMC Health Serv Res 10:289. 2010..Models differ theoretically, based on a series of hypotheses. To date, this framework has not been empirically validated. This paper aims to test nine hypotheses in an attempt to validate the MTHP framework... - From parallel practice to integrative health care: a conceptual frameworkHeather Boon
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, ON, M5S 2S2, Canada
BMC Health Serv Res 4:15. 2004..The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework for describing, comparing and evaluating different forms of team-oriented health care practices that have evolved in Western health care systems... - A national survey on the patterns of treatment of inflammatory bowel disease in CanadaRobert J Hilsden
Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
BMC Gastroenterol 3:10. 2003.... - Meaning and challenges in the practice of multiple therapeutic massage modalities: a combined methods studyAntony J Porcino
Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
BMC Complement Altern Med 11:75. 2011..To date no studies have explored this variability in training and how this affects clinical practice... - Evaluating complex health interventions: a critical analysis of the 'outcomes' conceptCharlotte Paterson
Institute of Health Services Research, Peninsula Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
BMC Complement Altern Med 9:18. 2009..In the context of medical research into the efficacy or effectiveness of an intervention the term 'outcomes' has often been interpreted to mean single endpoints with a linear cause and effect link to an external intervention... - Complementary therapies and cancer care: an overviewM J Verhoef
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 4N1
Patient Educ Couns 38:93-100. 1999.... - Patient outcomes related to percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy placementM J Verhoef
Department of Community Health Sciences and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, AB, Canada
J Clin Gastroenterol 32:49-53. 2001..Developing strategies to select patients who will benefit from long-term nutritional support could improve patient outcomes... - Complementary and alternative medicine whole systems research: beyond identification of inadequacies of the RCTMarja J Verhoef
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Canada
Complement Ther Med 13:206-12. 2005..Whole systems are complex and therefore no one method can adequately capture the meaning, process and outcomes of these interventions... - Reasons for and characteristics associated with complementary and alternative medicine use among adult cancer patients: a systematic reviewMarja J Verhoef
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Integr Cancer Ther 4:274-86. 2005..To conduct a systematic review of reasons for and sociodemographic and disease characteristics associated with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use in cancer patients... - Integrative health care: how can we determine whether patients benefit?Marja J Verhoef
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
J Altern Complement Med 11:S57-65. 2005..The purpose of this study was: (1) to identify how cancer patients phrase and frame the beneficial outcomes they experienced from IHC, and (2) to develop recommendations for an appropriate outcome measures package for evaluation of IHC... - Evaluating complementary and alternative medicine interventions: in search of appropriate patient-centered outcome measuresMarja J Verhoef
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 50 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada
BMC Complement Altern Med 6:6-38. 2006..We assessed the specific needs for a database that would cover a wide range of outcomes measures for CAM research and considered a framework for such a database... - Assessing the role of evidence in patients' evaluation of complementary therapies: a quality studyMarja J Verhoef
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Integr Cancer Ther 6:345-53. 2007..Making the decision to use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for cancer treatment is difficult in light of the limited available evidence for these treatments. It is unclear how patients use evidence to make these decisions... - A national approach to teaching complementary and alternative medicine in Canadian medical schools: The CAM in UME projectMarja J Verhoef
Department of Community Health Sciences, The University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Proc West Pharmacol Soc 50:168-73. 2007..caminume.ca) which is freely accessible to interested individuals. It appears that teaching students about natural health products, an important component of CAM, would be a natural fit for pharmacologists based at medical schools... - From studying patient treatment to studying patient care: arriving at methodologic crossroadsMarja J Verhoef
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 4N1
Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 22:671-82, viii-ix. 2008..In addition, they identify new research directions to meet these challenges. These include qualitative research, mixed methods research, and approaches based on systems thinking... - Identifying the barriers to conducting outcomes research in integrative health care clinic settings--a qualitative studyMarja J Verhoef
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
BMC Health Serv Res 10:14. 2010..The results of the latter study are reported here... - Alternative therapy use in neurologic diseases: use in brain tumor patientsM J Verhoef
Department of Community Health Sciences, The University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Neurology 52:617-22. 1999..The extent of alternative therapy use in brain tumor patients is unknown, but it may be frequent and seems important to those who use it... - Complementary practitioners' views of treatment for inflammatory bowel diseaseMarja J Verhoef
Dept of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada
Can J Gastroenterol 16:95-100. 2002.... - Cancer patients' expectations of the role of family physicians in communication about complementary therapiesM J Verhoef
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Alta
Cancer Prev Control 3:181-7. 1999..To explore cancer patients' experiences with and expectations of the role of family physicians in communication about complementary therapies... - Complementary therapies: evaluating their effectiveness in cancerR J Hilsden
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive N W, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1 Canada
Patient Educ Couns 38:101-8. 1999..Although it is important to evaluate complementary therapies, it is mandatory that studies be sensitive to these issues and that existing research methods be adjusted and modified for this purpose... - Complementary therapies for cancer patients: assessing information use and needsM J Verhoef
Departments of Community Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Chronic Dis Can 29:80-8. 2009.... - Complementary and alternative medicine use by patients with inflammatory bowel disease: An Internet surveyR J Hilsden
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Can J Gastroenterol 13:327-32. 1999.... - Endoscopists' opinions of indications for upper gastrointestinal endoscopyL R Sutherland
Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta
Can J Gastroenterol 11:221-7. 1997..To determine whether endoscopists and general internists agreed with the characterization of appropriateness for endoscopy of various clinical scenarios, as previously reported by the RAND Corporation... - Factors in making the decision to forgo conventional cancer treatmentMarja J Verhoef
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Cancer Pract 10:201-7. 2002..Last, patients should have access to healthcare professionals, including physicians and counselors, who would assist them with their decision making without judging or intimidating them... - Complementary and alternative medicine use by Canadian patients with inflammatory bowel disease: results from a national surveyRobert J Hilsden
Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Am J Gastroenterol 98:1563-8. 2003..During the previous year, 46% had spend more than $250 on CAM. CONCLUSIONS: Use of CAM by IBD patients is very common. Most of these patients attribute significant benefits to their CAM use. Few report significant adverse events... - Inflammatory bowel disease patients' decisions to use complementary therapies: links to existing models of careC M Scott
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1
Complement Ther Med 11:22-7. 2003..In this paper we present emergent categories of factors that influence inflammatory bowel disease patients' decisions to use complementary therapies and discuss similarities between this work and existing models of care... - Physicians' perspectives on massage therapyM J Verhoef
Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
Can Fam Physician 44:1018-20, 1023-4. 1998..To examine the knowledge, opinions, and referral behaviour of family physicians with respect to massage therapy and to explore factors associated with referral... - Alberta Euthanasia Survey: 3-year follow-upM J Verhoef
Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alta
CMAJ 155:885-90. 1996..To determine whether the opinions of Alberta physicians about active euthanasia had changed and to assess the determinants of potential changes in opinion... - Determinants of Canadian physicians' opinions about legalized physician-assisted suicide: a national surveyT D Kinsella
Office of Medical Bioethics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Dr N W, Calgary AB T2N 4N1, Canada
Ann R Coll Physicians Surg Can 32:211-5. 1999.... - Understanding coronary artery disease patients' decisions regarding the use of chelation therapy for coronary artery disease: descriptive decision modelingK M King-Shier
Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Canada
Int J Nurs Stud 49:1074-83. 2012..A considerable number of patients receive chelation therapy to treat their coronary artery disease. However, there is no current empirical evidence to support its use... - Women's social roles and their exercise participationM J Verhoef
Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Women Health 19:15-29. 1992..Married parents were least likely to exercise very much. Of the role characteristics only overall satisfaction with daily activities improved the prediction of the amount of exercise... - CAM information online: an audit of Internet information on the "Bill Henderson Protocol"S A Page
Office of Medical Bioethics and Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, Canada
Complement Ther Med 18:206-14. 2010..The objective of this study was to identify and describe online information about a complementary and alternative dietary intervention for cancer treatment, the Bill Henderson Protocol... - Attitudes toward smoking and smoking behaviors of patients with Crohn's diseaseR J Hilsden
Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Am J Gastroenterol 96:1849-53. 2001..Two of three patients who had recently quit at baseline had resumed smoking. CONCLUSION: When compared to similar data for the general population, patients with Crohn's disease are no more refractory to smoking cessation... - A whole systems research approach to cancer care: why do we need it and how do we get started?Marja J Verhoef
Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Integr Cancer Ther 5:287-92. 2006..Only when modern healthseeking systems of treatment behaviors are thoroughly understood should fine-tuning of hypothesis-testing research methods be continued... - How important is research-based practice to chiropractors and massage therapists?Esther Suter
Health Systems and Workforce Research Unit, Calgary Health Region, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
J Manipulative Physiol Ther 30:109-15. 2007..Predictors of application of research findings in clinical practice were also explored... - Beliefs and behaviours: understanding chiropractors and immunizationMargaret L Russell
Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Dr NW, Calgary, Alta, Canada T2N 4N1
Vaccine 23:372-9. 2004..Concerns have been raised about the beliefs and behaviours of chiropractors related to immunization; however, none have systematically examined the relationships between beliefs and behaviours... - The use of complementary and alternative therapies by people with multiple sclerosisStacey A Page
Office of Medical Bioethics, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 4N1
Chronic Dis Can 24:75-9. 2003..Lack of knowledge was the most common reason given for not using CAM. Patient education, physician-patient dialogue, and continued research and regulation of CAM are important to the well being of CAM consumers... - Opinions on chelation therapy in patients undergoing coronary angiography: cross-sectional surveyHude Quan
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Can J Cardiol 23:635-40. 2007.... - Medicinal marijuana use: experiences of people with multiple sclerosisStacey A Page
Office of Medical Bioethics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta
Can Fam Physician 52:64-5. 2006..To describe medical marijuana use from the perspectives of patients with multiple sclerosis... - Use of complementary and alternative medicine by patients with inflammatory bowel diseaseRobert J Hilsden
Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Inflamm Bowel Dis 17:655-62. 2011..It is important for physicians caring for those with IBD to be familiar with common forms of CAM and to be able to provide general counseling to their patients about CAM use... - Why patients with inflammatory bowel disease use or do not use complementary and alternative medicine: a Canadian national surveyFeng X Li
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Can J Gastroenterol 19:567-73. 2005..CONCLUSION: Disease activity and health attitudes and behaviours, but not demographic characteristics, are associated with CAM use by those with IBD... - Are chiropractors interested in participating in immunization awareness and promotion activities?Margaret L Russell
Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
Can J Public Health 96:194-6. 2005..Chiropractors have expressed both pro- and anti-vaccination opinions... - Response rates for surveys of chiropractorsM L Russell
Department of Community Health Sciences, The University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
J Manipulative Physiol Ther 27:43-8. 2004..Survey response rates may vary by type of practitioner studied and may have declined over time. Response rates for surveys of complementary practitioners have not been studied... - Qualitative research in inflammatory bowel disease: dispelling the myths of an unknown entityL C Vanderheyden
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Alta, Canada T2N 4N1
Dig Liver Dis 38:60-3. 2006..In this paper, we provide a brief overview of qualitative research and address some of the misconceptions and criticisms that we have come across during our use of qualitative research methods in inflammatory bowel disease research... - Immunization and the chiropractor-patient interaction: a Western canadian studyStacey A Page
Office of Medical Bioethics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
J Manipulative Physiol Ther 29:156-61. 2006..Doctors of chiropractic in this particular sample were heterogeneous with respect to the information provided to patients. However, study findings may not be generalizable outside Canada... - Women's needs for CAM information to manage menopausal symptomsG D Armitage
Health Systems and Workforce Research Unit, Calgary Health Region, Calgary, AB, Canada
Climacteric 10:215-24. 2007..To identify the information needs of women regarding complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatment options to alleviate menopausal symptoms... - Cannabis use as described by people with multiple sclerosisS A Page
Office of Medical Bioethics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Can J Neurol Sci 30:201-5. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Subjective improvements in symptom experience were reported by the majority of people with MS who currently use cannabis. Further evaluation of this substance is warranted... - Treatment refusal: the beliefs and experiences of Alberta nursesUrsula Dawe
Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 4NI
Int J Nurs Stud 39:71-7. 2002..Consensus among health care practitioners and consumers is critical to end-of-life decision-making... - Dietary supplementation of high-performance Canadian athletes by age and genderKelly Anne Erdman
Faculty of Kinesiology, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Clin J Sport Med 17:458-64. 2007..To determine dietary supplementation practices and opinions, preferred means for dietary supplement (DS) education, and antidoping opinions among elite Canadian athletes varying in age and gender... - Combining qualitative and quantitative research methods: considering the possibilities for enhancing the study of chronic diseasesA L Casebeer
Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta
Chronic Dis Can 18:130-5. 1997.... - Use of chelation therapy after coronary angiographyH Quan
Department of Community Health Sciences. University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Am J Med 111:686-91. 2001..Alternatively, some patients may have turned to chelation as a "last resort" after having been judged unsuitable for revascularization... - Complementary and alternative medicine use among colorectal cancer patients in Alberta, CanadaSuzanne C Tough
Department of Pediatrics and Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Altern Ther Health Med 8:54-6, 58-60, 62-4. 2002..This study serves as a baseline for studies on the efficacy and safety of CAM... - Quality of life in brain tumor patients: the relative contributions of depression, fatigue, emotional distress, and existential issuesGuy Pelletier
Department of Psychosocial Resources, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, AB, Canada
J Neurooncol 57:41-9. 2002..Implications for treatment are discussed... - Illness management strategies among Chinese immigrants living with arthritisJinjin Zhang
Naval Health Research Center, P O Box 85122, San Diego, CA 92186-5122, USA
Soc Sci Med 55:1795-802. 2002..These factors suggest helpful directions to providing culturally sensitive care, which can lead to greater satisfaction and well being for Chinese immigrants with arthritis... - Canadian chiropractors' perception of educational preparation to counsel patients on immunizationH Stephen Injeyan
Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Division of Biological Sciences, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Canada
J Manipulative Physiol Ther 29:643-50. 2006..Many are interested in some form of CE related to immunization/vaccination... - Working towards a model of integrative health care: critical elements for an effective teamAndrea L Mulkins
Tzu Chi Research Group, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Complement Ther Med 13:115-22. 2005.... - Decision-making control: why men decline treatment for prostate cancerMargaret A White
Vancouver, British Columbia
Integr Cancer Ther 2:217-24. 2003..Findings from this study need to be evaluated in a larger, quantitative study... - Toward a patient-centered approach: incorporating principles of participatory action research into clinical studiesMargaret A White
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Integr Cancer Ther 4:21-4. 2005..CONCLUSION: Our approach empowered patients by involving them in the research and in developing solutions for how health care providers, policy makers, and researchers can enhance an integrative approach to cancer care... - Evaluating integrative medicine: science and art. Commentary on "A descriptive analysis of an integrative medicine clinic"Marja J Verhoef
J Altern Complement Med 10:595-6. 2004 - Supporting the transformative process: experiences of cancer patients receiving integrative careAndrea L Mulkins
Tzu Chi Research Group, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Integr Cancer Ther 3:230-7. 2004..CONCLUSION: Although practitioners may not be able to create transformative experiences for patients, they may be able to establish and maintain conditions that support this process... - Bridging the gap: decision-making processes of women with breast cancer using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)Lynda G Balneaves
School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, 302 6190 Agronomy Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Support Care Cancer 15:973-83. 2007..The overall aim was to develop a conceptual model of the treatment decision-making process specific to breast cancer care and CAM that will inform future information and decision support strategies... - Inquiring minds: women's approaches to evaluating complementary and alternative therapies for menopausal symptomsEsther Suter
Health Systems and Workforce Research Unit, Calgary Health Region, 10101 Southport Rd SW, Calgary, AB T2W 3N2
Can Fam Physician 53:85-90, 84. 2007..To examine how women gather, evaluate, and use information on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) options for managing menopausal symptoms...