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Using Long Term Risk Factors from the Ontario Mental Health Reporting System (OMHRS) dataset to predict suicide admission and suicide severity among acute psychiatric inpatients in Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-04)The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between multidimensional long term suicide risk factors (LTRF) and short-term suicide related outcomes known as early warning signs (EWS) among a cross-section ... -
Using pattern recognition to detect differences in movement strategy between high and low relative biomechanical exposure lifts and lifters: Application to backboard lifting
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-13)Introduction: Backboard lifting is a demanding aspect of paramedic work that results in higher low back moments and sagittal trunk angles compared to other paramedic tasks. Movement strategy in a backboard lift affects ... -
Using Qualitative Methodologies to Explore the Lived Experience of Chronic Pain and Chronic Pain in the Workplace
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-23)Introduction: Chronic pain is a significant and challenging issue, impacting an increasingly large number of Canadians. The impacts from chronic pain are individually felt on a biological, psychological and sociological ... -
Utilizing Construction Safety Leading and Lagging Indicators to Measure Project Safety Performance: a case study
(University of Waterloo, 2018-07-10)Background Construction accounts for 22% of all workplace fatalities in Ontario (Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada, 2015), although construction only accounts for 7% of Ontario’s workforce (Statistics ... -
Vaccinating pregnant women: Exploring midwive’s perspectives regarding vaccination in pregnancy in the Waterloo-Wellington Region.
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-25)Background: Within the Canadian context midwives play a crucial role in providing prenatal care for pregnant women and this encompasses vaccine recommendations. Although administration of vaccines is outside midwives’ scope ... -
Validating a Global Measure of Severity in Children with Chronic Conditions
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-25)Background: Approximately 20% of children live with a chronic physical condition, such as asthma, epilepsy, or diabetes. These conditions place considerable burden on children, their families, clinicians, and the health ... -
Validity and Reliability of a Short Diet Questionnaire to Estimate Dietary Intake in Older Adults in a Subsample of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
(MDPI, 2018-10-17)This study assessed test-retest reliability and relative validity of the Short Diet Questionnaire (SDQ) and usability of an online 24 h recall among 232 participants (62 years ± 9.1; 49.6% female) from the Canadian ... -
The Value of Admission Clinical Data for Diagnosing Heart Failure in Long-term Care
(Canadian Geriatrics Society, 2013-12-03)Background Heart failure (HF) is common in long-term care (LTC). Diagnostic uncertainty is important barrier to optimal HF management, stemming from inadequate health information transfer upon LTC admission. We determine ... -
Variation of Force Amplitude and its Effects on Muscle Fatigue
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-20)Current trends in industry are leaning towards specialized production systems and sedentary computer work tasks that are associated with low and less varying mechanical exposures. It has been suggested that physical ... -
Vascular Aging: Influences on cerebral blood flow and executive function
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-17)An age-related decline in cerebral blood flow (CBF) is widely acknowledged. However, uncertainty exists as to whether this reduction is the result of a reduced metabolic demand (cerebral atrophy) or an impaired delivery ... -
A visitor experience scale: historic sites and museums
(University of Waterloo, 2013-03-04)Since Pine and Gilmore (1999) proclaimed the arrival of the experience economy era, research on tourists’ experiences has become an area of growing interest among scholars and practitioners. Gaining knowledge of the ... -
Visitor Satisfaction at a Local Festival: An Importance-Performance Analysis of Oktoberfest
(University of Waterloo, 2014-03-31)The aim of this research was to provide a practical method for assessing visitor satisfaction at a local festival. It is crucial for festival management to monitor and evaluate visitor satisfaction in order to understand ... -
Visual determinants of postural control and perception during physical and visual motion
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-30)The control of balance and posture is a critical task of daily life to limit the risk of falls and potential injury. In order to be successful in the control of balance the central nervous system utilizes sensory feedback ... -
Visual Inputs and Motor Outputs as Indivduals Walk Through Dynamically Changing Environments
(University of Waterloo, 2006-12-01)Walking around in dynamically changing environments require the integration of three of our sensory systems: visual, vestibular, and kinesethic. Vision is the only modality of these three sensory systems that provides ... -
VISUAL INPUTS AND MOTOR OUTPUTS AS INDIVIDUALS WALK THROUGH DYNAMICALLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Walking around in dynamically changing environments require the integration of three of our sensory systems: visual, vestibular, and kinesethic. Vision is the only modality of these three sensory systems that provides ... -
Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Older Adults Living in Ontario Long-Term Care Homes: Protocols, Testing Procedures and Prevalence
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-24)BACKGROUND: Vitamin B12 status is a relevant topic to older adults and deficiency has avoidable clinical ramifications. While classical symptoms of B12 deficiency are either hematologic or neurologic, presentation of these ... -
Vitamin D supplements: Magic pill or overkill?
(Bangladesh Journals Online, 2016-07-25)Vitamin D is a multifunctional micronutrient that exerts hormonal effects on many organs of the body. 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D is the active metabolite of vitamin D, formed by dual hydroxylation in the liver and kidney. -
Vitamin D, Parathyroid Hormone and Bone Quality in Persons with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury
(University of Waterloo, 2010-12-14)Background: Following spinal cord injury (SCI) declines in sub-lesional bone mineral density (BMD) occur, and are associated with a high prevalence of fractures. Conventional risk factors for osteoporosis diagnosis in the ... -
Voluntary Simplicity as a Value Orientation in the Lifestyle, Leisure, Well-being Relationship
(University of Waterloo, 2002)Leisure typically has been regarded as a positive component in people's lives, and evidence points to its central rather than peripheral role in lifestyle. Further, studies of leisure suggest it is conducive to psychological ... -
Volunteer Tourism: An Exploration of Socially Responsible Tourism Practices
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-25)This study explored the practices of commercial volunteer tourism operators in order to determine their perspectives on the role certification may play as a strategy for socially responsible volunteer tourism. It was ...