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Case management for community-dwelling seniors living with frailty: perspectives of case managers
(2020-12-01)
Frailty is a growing health concern in Canada’s aging population. Community-dwelling seniors living with frailty are at an increased risk of adverse health and wellness outcomes. Case management has emerged as a promising ...
The associations between physical activity, sedentary behaviour and anxiety in post-secondary students
(2020-11-01)
Introduction: The prevalence of anxiety is high in post-secondary students and most do not meet recommended physical activity levels. It is hypothesized that low levels of physical activity may be associated with anxiety ...
Exploring constraints to sport participation among immigrant adolescent girls who reside in the Greater Toronto Area
(2020-03-01)
Rates of sport participation decrease during adolescence, particularly among girls. Although research has documented this decline, it tends to largely ignore diverse samples such as immigrants. This study explored constraints ...
A flexible, longitudinal and surrogate consent model: Consent of Infants for Neonatal Secondary-use research (CoINS) Model
(2020-04-01)
Documenting healthcare, along with technology enabling capture of streaming patient telemetry, can deliver large datasets offering opportunities to discover new insights primarily identified through retrospective secondary ...
The effects of anaerobic swim ergometer training on sprint performance in adolescent swimmers
(2020-04-01)
The effects of anaerobic training using a swim ergometer on sprint swimming performance have not been investigated in competitive adolescent swimmers. The purpose of this study was to compare 4-weeks of sprint interval ...
An evaluation method for the evaluation of big data based streaming analytic clinical decision support systems
(2020-04-01)
This thesis presents a methodology for evaluating a scalable clinical decision support systems (CDSS) that uses high frequency streaming physiological data using a holistic approach that includes the presence of population ...
Healthcare providers perspectives of cognitive rehabilitation in the Central East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN)
(2020-02-01)
Aim: Explore healthcare practitioners’ capacity within the Central East LHIN to implement cognitive rehabilitation programs to those with dementia.
Methods: This study is designed as a multi-stage qualitative interpretive ...
Investigating the effectiveness of an exercise intervention on sleep behaviour and problem behaviour in children ages 6-10 with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(2020-08-01)
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often experience problematic sleep behaviour and demonstrate low levels of participation in physical activity (PA) and exercise. There is a bidirectional relationship between ...
Evidence-based claims adjudication: a technology-based learning tool for automobile insurance claims adjusters
(2020-03-01)
My thesis aimed to 1) develop an evidence-based claims adjudication framework for automobile insurance claims adjusters; 2) develop a technology-based learning (TBL) tool to train Aviva Canada claims adjusters about ...
Examining the experiences of parents and caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder around aquatic environments
(2020-12-01)
Through transcendental phenomenological qualitative research we investigated the experiences of parents and caregivers of children with ASD when accessing water environments. Semi-structured individual interviews were used ...