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Top ten priorities for anesthesia and perioperative research: a report from the Canadian Anesthesia Research Priority Setting Partnership

The purpose of the Canadian Anesthesia Research Priority Setting Partnership (CAR PSP) was to identify a top ten list of shared priorities for research in anesthesia and perioperative care in Canada.

Dolores M. McKeen, Jillian C. Banfield… in Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal can… (2020)

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A randomized controlled trial comparing in-person and wiki-inspired nominal group techniques for engaging stakeholders in chronic kidney disease research prioritization

Few studies have evaluated stakeholder engagement in chronic kidney disease (CKD) research prioritization. In this two-arm, parallel group randomized controlled trial, we sought to compare an in-person nominal...

Meghan J. Elliott, Sharon E. Straus… in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (2016)

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Assessing the extent to which current clinical research is consistent with patient priorities: a sco** review using a case study in patients on or nearing dialysis

There is growing acknowledgement that engaging patients to identify their research priorities is important. Using a case study of patients on or nearing dialysis, we sought to assess the extent to which recent...

Min Jun, Braden Manns, Andreas Laupacis… in Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Dise… (2015)

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A web-based intervention to support self-management of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: effect on self-efficacy, self-care and diabetes distress

Management of diabetes mellitus is complex and involves controlling multiple risk factors that may lead to complications. Given that patients provide most of their own diabetes care, patient self-management tr...

Catherine H Yu, Janet A Parsons… in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (2014)

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Printed educational messages aimed at family practitioners fail to increase retinal screening among their patients with diabetes: a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN72772651]

Evidence of the effectiveness of printed educational messages in narrowing the gap between guideline recommendations and practice is contradictory. Failure to screen for retinopathy exposes primary care patien...

Merrick Zwarenstein, Susan K Shiller, Ruth Croxford… in Implementation Science (2014)

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Views of Canadian patients on or nearing dialysis and their caregivers: a thematic analysis

Quality of life of patients receiving dialysis has been rated as poor.

Lianne Barnieh, Kathryn King-Shier… in Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Dise… (2014)

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What do letters to the editor publish about randomized controlled trials? A cross-sectional study

To identify published letters to the editor (LTE) written in response to randomized controlled trials (RCTs), determine the topics addressed in the letters, and to examine if these topics were affected by the ...

Monika Kastner, Anita Menon, Sharon E Straus, Andreas Laupacis in BMC Research Notes (2013)

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Designing and evaluating a web-based self-management site for patients with type 2 diabetes - systematic website development and study protocol

Given that patients provide the majority of their own diabetes care, patient self-management training has increasingly become recognized as an important strategy with which to improve quality of care. However,...

Catherine H Yu, Janet Parsons… in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (2012)

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The rise of people power

Calls in Canada for trials of a contentious treatment for multiple sclerosis illustrate how social media can affect research priorities, say Roger Chafe and his colleagues.

Roger Chafe, Karen B. Born, Arthur S. Slutsky, Andreas Laupacis in Nature (2011)

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Public views on a wait time management initiative: a matter of communication

Many countries have tried to reduce waiting times for health care through formal wait time reduction strategies. Our paper describes views of members of the public about a wait time management initiative - the...

Rebecca A Bruni, Andreas Laupacis, Wendy Levinson… in BMC Health Services Research (2010)

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Health technology assessment in critical care

Heath technology assessments (HTAs) evaluate the benefits and costs of devices for monitoring and therapy (and their associated requirements for human resources) which contribute to the high expense associated...

Damon C. Scales, Andreas Laupacis in Intensive Care Medicine (2007)

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The Ontario printed educational message (OPEM) trial to narrow the evidence-practice gap with respect to prescribing practices of general and family physicians: a cluster randomized controlled trial, targeting the care of individuals with diabetes and hypertension in Ontario, Canada

There are gaps between what family practitioners do in clinical practice and the evidence-based ideal. The most commonly used strategy to narrow these gaps is the printed educational message (PEM); however, th...

Merrick Zwarenstein, Janet E Hux, Diane Kelsall, Michael Paterson… in Implementation Science (2007)

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Public involvement in the priority setting activities of a wait time management initiative: a qualitative case study

As no health system can afford to provide all possible services and treatments for the people it serves, each system must set priorities. Priority setting decision makers are increasingly involving the public ...

Rebecca A Bruni, Andreas Laupacis, Wendy Levinson… in BMC Health Services Research (2007)

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William John Sibbald: in memoriam

Arthur S. Slutsky, Tom E. Stewart, Andreas Laupacis in Intensive Care Medicine (2006)