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Exploring the Utility of Patient Stories on Social Media for Healthcare Quality Improvement
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-03)This thesis explores the phenomenon of patient stories on social media. This phenomenon represents the intersection of two phenomena: patient experience and social media. Healthcare experience refers to the interactions ... -
Exploring Therapeutic Relationships In Recreation Therapy at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-20)Therapeutic relationships were explored using participatory action research in recreation therapy at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (SHSC). The 22 recreation therapists at SHSC comprised the research team and were ... -
Exploring volunteering experiences of South Asian Indians and their intersections with community identity and daily life in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-19)There is abundant evidence that volunteering generates both positive and negative impacts on the daily lives of volunteers as well as individuals in the communities they serve (Cavanaugh et al., 2000; Han et al., 2020, ... -
Exploring Within and Between Subject Differences of the Role of Cervical Proprioception in the Postural and Spatial Orientation Perception of Young Healthy Adults
(University of Waterloo, 2020-11-18)A proportion of physiotherapy patients with neck pain, either from idiopathic or traumatic causes, will report symptoms of dizziness and postural imbalance in the absence of additional pathology. The term cervicogenic ... -
Exposure and Perceptions of Caffeinated Energy Drink Marketing among Youth and Young Adults in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-30)BACKGROUND: Consumption of caffeinated energy drinks (CEDs) has become increasingly prevalent among youth and young adults, which is concerning given the association with adverse health effects and other risky behaviours. ... -
Exposure to fad diet advertising among youth and young adults in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-20)Background: The prevalence of obesity in Canada continues to increase. Although many Canadians report trying to manage their weight, few follow dietary guidelines recommended by health authorities. In contrast, many consumers ... -
Factors Associated with Dialysis Withdrawal in Chronic Dialysis Patients
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-13)Background: Research on the factors associated with dialysis withdrawal in chronic dialysis patients has been limited. Authors and clinicians have used different definitions for dialysis withdrawal, resulting in inconsistent ... -
Factors associated with study completion in patients with premature acute coronary syndrome
(Public Library of Science, 2017-03-16)Background Factors associated with study completion in younger adults are not well understood. This study sought to describe psychosocial, clinical, and demographic features associated with completion of a study of men and ... -
Factors Associated with the Extent of Recreation and Social Participation at Older Adult Centres in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-14)Introduction: Social participation is considered essential for successful aging and has been shown to reduce social isolation and loneliness and improve health and well-being. Older adult centres (OACs) provide recreation ... -
Factors influencing bilateral interactions in the human motor cortex: investigating transcallosal sensorimotor networks
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-01)All daily activities require the precise interaction and coordination of several brain regions to facilitate purposeful movements of the upper limbs. The mechanisms responsible for cross facilitation between the primary ... -
Factors Influencing Measures of Trochanteric Soft Tissue Thickness
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-02)Introduction: Trochanteric soft tissue thickness (TSTT), which attenuates the force applied to the hip upon impact, has emerged as a potential factor that may improve the assessment of the risk of a hip fracture. However, ... -
Factors that Facilitate and Impede the Implementation of Evidence-Informed Chronic Disease Prevention Programs and Policies in Rural Ontario Public Health Units
(University of Waterloo, 2020-03-19)Practitioners, research funders, and policymakers acknowledge the need to implement evidence-informed public health (EIPH) practice to reduce the prevalence of chronic diseases. Although it is difficult to estimate how ... -
Factors that Influence Short-term Learning of Visual-Tactile Associations: An Investigation of Behavioural Performance and the Associated Electrophysiological Mechanisms
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-29)Neuroplasticity is a mechanism whereby the brain changes its configuration and function through experience. Short-term learning (i.e. minutes to hours) is associated with early phases of neuroplasticity whereby the cortical ... -
Fall Risk Classification in Community-Dwelling Older Adults Using a Smart Wrist-Worn Device and the Resident Assessment System-Home Care (RAI-HC)
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-27)Background: Falls are a serious problem especially in the aging population. To accurately identify individuals at risk for falls and mitigate the devastating effects caused by falls has become prominent to geriatrics and ... -
Family Functioning and Health-Related Quality of Life in Parents of Children with Mental Illness
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-31)Background: When a child suffers from mental illness, their family, and particularly, their parents are adversely affected. Existing research suggests that parents of children with mental illness have significantly lower ... -
Fatigue at the Workplace: Measurement and Temporal Development
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-12)Fatigue at the workplace has been described as a multidimensional construct, affecting the overall state of the whole organism, which may be a consequence of prolonged work and various psychological, socioeconomic, and ... -
Fatty Acyl-Specific Macrolipidomics and Microlipidomics for Nutritional Research
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-13)The field of lipidomics can further our understanding of the biochemical processes of human health and disease. Generally, lipidomics methods utilize high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for lipid separation, ... -
The Feasibility, Reliability, and Validity of Using the Self-report Version of interRAI Check-Up Among Community Dwelling Older Adults
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-23)As the result of population aging around the world, the prevalence of chronic conditions is increasing. Early detection through constant monitoring is an effective strategy of minimizing the impact of chronic conditions ... -
Feelings of Obligation Related to Volunteering as Serious Leisure Within a Communitarian Framework
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-04)This research explores feelings of obligation to volunteer, which lie at the interface of volunteering as simultaneously individual and collective and challenge traditional understandings of volunteering as leisure. The ... -
Felines, Foragers, and Physicists: Supporting Scientific Outreach with Multi-Surface and Multi-Space Games
(Association for Computing Machinery, 2016-11-06)We describe the design, development, and deployment of two scientific outreach games to support an open house event at an Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) by an 11-member team of academics and practitioners over a ...