selected scholarly activity
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conferences
- The "Hub and Spoke" Model of Heart Function Care Achieves Quality Index Markers. Circulation. 2018
- Informal Caregiving Tasks in Person-Centered Heart Failure Care: A Systematic Review. Nursing Research. E132-E132. 2014
- Heart Failure Caregivers as Coproviders of Palliative Care: A Systematic Review of Caregivers’ Engagement in Symptom Management (FR420-A). Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 427-427. 2014
- How can we improve support for heart failure patients?: A systematic review to understand patients' perspectives on self-care. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 614-615. 2014
- Altered Executive Function in Older Heart Failure Patients at Hospital Discharge: New Data from the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Tool. Journal of Cardiac Failure. S83-S84. 2013
- A systematic review of heart failure patients' and families' perceptions, needs, and practices. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 820-820. 2013
- High Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment in Older Heart Failure Patients at Hospital Discharge. Circulation. 2012
- Predictors of mild cognitive impairment in persons attending a stroke prevention clinic. Stroke. E160-E160. 2012
- 656 The Association Between Cognitive Function and Self-Care in Older Patients With Heart Failure. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. S347-S347. 2012
- 822 Cognitive Impairment in Older Heart Failure Patients at Hospital Discharge and its Impact on Self-Care - Results of a Prospective Study. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. S415-S416. 2012
- N008 New Insight Into Predictors of Self-Care Confidence in Older Patients With Heart Failure. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. S422-S422. 2012
- Cognitive Function in Older Heart Failure Patients Is Similar to Older Patients Following Stroke. Journal of Cardiac Failure. S65-S65. 2012
- Canadian Heart Failure Patient and Caregiver Emotions. Journal of Cardiac Failure. S80-S80. 2011
- PREDICTORS OF UNCERTAINTY IN CAREGIVERS OF PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE - A LONGITUDINAL STUDY. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 151D-152D. 2010
- The Dutch Objective Burden Inventory – Validity and Reliability Testing in Canada. Journal of Cardiac Failure. S114-S114. 2010
- Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in Heart Failure Patients and Their Caregivers. Journal of Cardiac Failure. S114-S114. 2009
- Uncertainty and Emotional Distress in Patients with Heart Failure and Their Primary Caregivers – A Novel Study. Journal of Cardiac Failure. S6-S6. 2009
- Measurement of the caregiving experience in caregivers of patients with heart failure: A review of current instruments and recommendations for future research. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 322C-322C. 2007
- Measurement of the Caregiving Experience in Caregivers of Patients with Heart Failure. A Review of Current Instruments and Recommendations for Future Research. Journal of Cardiac Failure. S106-S106. 2006
- The effect of early education plus bi-weekly telephone nursing consultation on anxiety and health related quality of life in patients waiting for elective cardiac catheterisation. European Heart Journal. 366-366. 2005
- Automatic referral improves attendance and uptake of cardiac renabilitation after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. European Heart Journal. 321-321. 2004
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journal articles
- Factors Affecting Referral and Patient Access to Heart Function Clinics in Ontario: A Qualitative Study of Stakeholders. CJC OPEN. 5:421-428. 2023
- The Caregiver Contribution to Heart Failure Self-care Instrument. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 37:E187-E196. 2022
- Referral and access to heart function clinics: A realist review. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 27:949-964. 2021
- The relational dynamics of caregivers of patients with a left ventricular assist device for destination-therapy: A qualitative investigation. Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care. 50:375-381. 2021
- Cross-cultural adaptation of the caregiver contribution to heart failure self-Care into Brazilian Portuguese and content validation. Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care. 50:185-192. 2021
- The Status of Specialized Ambulatory Heart Failure Care in Canada: A Joint Canadian Heart Failure Society and Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Guidelines Survey. CJC OPEN. 2:151-160. 2020
- CCS/CHFS Heart Failure Guidelines: Clinical Trial Update on Functional Mitral Regurgitation, SGLT2 Inhibitors, ARNI in HFpEF, and Tafamidis in Amyloidosis. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 36:159-169. 2020
- Therapies for Advanced Heart Failure Patients Ineligible for Heart Transplantation: Beyond Pharmacotherapy. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 36:234-243. 2020
- Can a complex adaptive systems perspective support the resiliency of the heart failure patient – informal caregiver dyad?. Current opinion in supportive and palliative care. 13:9-13. 2019
- Enhancing Knowledge and InterProfessional care for Heart Failure (EKWIP-HF) in long-term care: a pilot study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 4:9. 2018
- The Spoke-Hub-and-Node Model of Integrated Heart Failure Care. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 34:863-870. 2018
- A systematic review of heart failure dyadic self-care interventions focusing on intervention components, contexts, and outcomes. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 77:232-242. 2018
- Beyond the realist turn: a socio‐material analysis of heart failure self‐care. Sociology of Health and Illness. 40:218-233. 2018
- Pulling together and pulling apart: influences of convergence and divergence on distributed healthcare teams. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 22:1085-1099. 2017
- 2017 Comprehensive Update of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Management of Heart Failure. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 33:1342-1433. 2017
- The Need for Heart Failure Advocacy in Canada. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 33:1450-1454. 2017
- Implementation of an interprofessional communication and collaboration intervention to improve care capacity for heart failure management in long-term care. Journal of Interprofessional Care. 31:583-592. 2017
- Global mortality variations in patients with heart failure: results from the International Congestive Heart Failure (INTER-CHF) prospective cohort study. The Lancet Global Health. 5:e665-e672. 2017
- The Caregiver Contribution to Heart Failure Self‐Care (CACHS): Further Psychometric Testing of a Novel Instrument. Research in Nursing and Health. 40:165-176. 2017
- ‘Who is on your health‐care team?’ Asking individuals with heart failure about care team membership and roles. Health Expectations. 20:198-210. 2017
- Canadian Cardiovascular Society Quality Indicators for Heart Failure. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 32:1038.e5-1038.e9. 2016
- The Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Companion: Bridging Guidelines to Your Practice. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 32:296-310. 2016
- Corrigendum to “Heart failure in low- and middle-income countries: Background, rationale, and design of the INTERnational Congestive Heart Failure Study (INTER-CHF)” (Am Heart J. 2015;170[4]:627-634). American Heart Journal. 172:201-201. 2016
- Heart Failure in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and South America: The INTER-CHF study. International Journal of Cardiology. 204:133-141. 2016
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Caregiver Contribution to Heart Failure Self‐Care (
CACHS ). Nursing Open. 3:51-60. 2016 - A qualitative study of the current state of heart failure community care in Canada: what can we learn for the future?. BMC Health Services Research. 15:290. 2015
- The importance of interactions between patients and healthcare professionals for heart failure self-care: A systematic review of qualitative research into patient perspectives. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 14:525-535. 2015
- Improving support for heart failure patients: a systematic review to understand patients' perspectives on self‐care. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 71:2478-2489. 2015
- Heart failure in low- and middle-income countries: Background, rationale, and design of the INTERnational Congestive Heart Failure Study (INTER-CHF). American Heart Journal. 170:627-634.e1. 2015
- The Association Between Mild Cognitive Impairment and Self-care in Adults With Chronic Heart Failure. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 30:382-393. 2015
- A Systematic Review of Patient Heart Failure Self-care Strategies. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 30:121-135. 2015
- Caregivers’ contributions to heart failure self-care: A systematic review. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 14:79-89. 2015
- Cerebral Hypoperfusion Is Exaggerated With an Upright Posture in Heart Failure. JACC: Heart Failure. 3:168-175. 2015
- The 2014 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Management Guidelines Focus Update: Anemia, Biomarkers, and Recent Therapeutic Trial Implications. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 31:3-16. 2015
- Risk of emergency department use among community-dwelling older adults: a review of risk factors and screening methods. Clinical Practice. 11:763-776. 2014
- The journey of the frail older adult with heart failure: implications for management and health care systems. Reviews in Clinical Gerontology. 24:269-289. 2014
- Cognitive function and self-care management in older patients with heart failure. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 13:277-284. 2014
- Context Matters in Heart Failure Self-Care: A Qualitative Systematic Review. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 20:448-455. 2014
- Determinants of effective heart failure self-care: a systematic review of patients’ and caregivers’ perceptions. Heart. 100:716-721. 2014
- The 2013 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Management Guidelines Update: Focus on Rehabilitation and Exercise and Surgical Coronary Revascularization. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 30:249-263. 2014
- The 2012 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Management Guidelines Update: Focus on Acute and Chronic Heart Failure. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 29:168-181. 2013
- The Measurement of Uncertainty in Caregivers of Patients With Heart Failure. Journal of Nursing Measurement. 21:23-42. 2013
- The older patient with heart failure: high risk for frailty and cognitive impairment. Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy. 10:779-795. 2012
- Erratum for Harkness K, et al. “Screening for Cognitive Deficits Using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Tool in Outpatients ≥65 Years of Age With Heart Failure” Am J Cardiol 2011;107:1203–1207. American Journal of Cardiology. 109:1537-1537. 2012
- The association between mild cognitive impairment and self-care activity in community dwelling adult patients who have a diagnosis of chronic heart failure: a systematic review.. JBI evidence synthesis. 10:1-15. 2012
- The Dutch Objective Burden Inventory: Validity and Reliability in a Canadian Population of Caregivers for People with Heart Failure. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 10:234-240. 2011
- The 2011 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Management Guidelines Update: Focus on Sleep Apnea, Renal Dysfunction, Mechanical Circulatory Support, and Palliative Care. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 27:319-338. 2011
- Screening for Cognitive Deficits Using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Tool in Outpatients ≥65 Years of Age With Heart Failure. American Journal of Cardiology. 107:1203-1207. 2011
- Measurement of the Caregiving Experience in Caregivers of Persons Living With Heart Failure: A Review of Current Instruments. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 13:577-587. 2007
- IN REPLY TO DRS. PARASHAR AND VARMA. Journal of The American Geriatrics Society. 55:1303-1304. 2007
- A telephone intervention reduced combined all cause mortality or admission for worsening heart failure in chronic heart failure. Evidence-Based Nursing. 9:55-55. 2006
- Predicting cardiac rehabilitation enrollment: the role of automatic physician referral.. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (EJPC). 13:60-66. 2006
- Effect of a postoperative telephone intervention on attendance at intake for cardiac rehabilitation after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care. 34:179-186. 2005
- The Effect of Early Education on Patient Anxiety While Waiting for Elective Cardiac Catheterization. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 2:113-121. 2003
- Review: specialised multidisciplinary follow up reduces hospital admissions but not mortality in patients with heart failure. Evidence-Based Nursing. 5:18-18. 2002