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  • Swedish Version of the Distress Thermometer: Validity Evidence in Patients With Colorectal Cancer

    J Natl Compr Canc Netw

    August 17, 2018

    Cancer
    Measurement
    Patient-Reported Outcomes

    Sarenmalm EK, Nasic S, Håkanson C, Öhlén J, Carlsson E, Pettersson ME, Sawatzky R

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  • Temporal Trends and Clinical Consequences of Wait Times for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

    Elbaz-Greener G, Masih S, Fang J, Ko DT, Lauck SB, Webb JG, Nallamothu BK, Wijeysundera HC

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  • The Clinical Concept of Opioid Addiction Since 1877: Still Wanting After All These Years

    Front Psychiatry

    October 22, 2018

    Substance Use & Addictions

    Schütz CG, Ramírez-Vizcaya S, Froese T

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  • Low-acuity presentations to the emergency department: Reasons for and access to other health care providers before presentation

    Can Fam Physician

    August 22, 2018

    Emergency Medicine

    Sancton K, Sloss L, Berkowitz J, Strydom N, McCracken R

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  • Operationalising a conceptual framework for a contiguous hospitalisation episode to study associations between surgical timing and death after first hip fracture: a Canadian observational study

    Sheehan KJ, Levy AR, Sobolev B, Guy P, Tang M, Kuramoto L, Sutherland JM, Beaupre L, Morin SN, Harvey E, Bradley N; Canadian Collaborative Study of Hip Fractures

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  • Effect of enhanced homestead food production and aquaculture on dietary intakes of women and children in rural Cambodia: A cluster randomized controlled trial

    Matern Child Nutr

    July 22, 2018

    Eating Disorders & Nutrition
    Global Health

    Verbowski V, Talukder Z, Hou K, Sok Hoing L, Michaux K, Anderson V, Gibson R, Li KH, Lynd LD, McLean J, Green TJ, Barr SI

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  • Establishing a Core Outcome Measure for Fatigue in Patients on Hemodialysis: A Standardized Outcomes in Nephrology-Hemodialysis (SONG-HD) Consensus Workshop Report

    Am J Kidney Dis

    July 22, 2018

    Nephrology

    Ju A, et al.; SONG-HD Fatigue Workshop Collaborators (A Levin)

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  • Ethnicity and HIV vulnerabilities among men who have sex with men in China

    Pan SW, Carpiano RM, Li D, Zhang Z, Schechter MT, Spittal PM, Ruan Y

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  • International experiments with different models of allocating funds to facilitate integrated care: a scoping review protocol

    BMJ Open

    November 15, 2018

    Health Services & Outcomes

    Khayatzadeh-Mahani A, Nolte E, Sutherland J, Forest P-G

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  • Can we improve cognitive function among adults with osteoarthritis by increasing moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and reducing sedentary behaviour? Secondary analysis of the MONITOR-OA study

    Falck RS, Best JR, Li LC, Chan PCY, Feehan LM, Liu-Ambrose T

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  • Buying time: a proof-of-concept randomized controlled trial to improve sleep quality and cognitive function among older adults with mild cognitive impairment

    Falck RS, Davis JC, Best JR, Li LC, Chan PCY, Wyrough AB, Landry GJ, Liu-Ambrose T

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  • Challenges when translating and culturally adapting a measurement instrument: The suitability and comprehensibility of materials (SAM+CAM)

    Glob Qual Nurs Res

    October 31, 2018

    Measurement
    Nursing

    Wallengren C, Rosengren K, Sawatzky R, Öhlén J

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