Diagnosis and treatment of dementia: 1. Risk assessment and primary prevention of Alzheimer disease

C Patterson, JW Feightner, A Garcia, GYR Hsiung… - Cmaj, 2008 - Can Med Assoc
Background: In addition to nonmodifiable genetic risk factors, potentially modifiable factors
such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia and environmental exposures have been identified as …

The reciprocal risks of stroke and cognitive impairment in an elderly population

YP Jin, S Di Legge, T Ostbye, JW Feightner… - Alzheimer's & …, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Stroke, dementia, and cognitive impairment no dementia (CIND) pose
major threats to the elderly but have rarely been studied together in the same population. We …

Periodic health examination, 1999 update: 1. Detection, prevention and treatment of obesity

JD Douketis, JW Feightner, J Attia, WF Feldman - Cmaj, 1999 - Can Med Assoc
OBJECTIVES: (1) To evaluate the evidence relating to the effectiveness of methods to prevent
and treat obesity, and (2) to provide recommendations for the prevention and treatment of …

A comparison of resident performance on real and simulated patients

GR Norman, P Tugwell, JW Feightner - Academic medicine, 1982 - journals.lww.com
Although simulated patients have been increasingly used in medical education, the validity
of this procedure--that is, the relationship between performance on a simulated patient and …

Factors associated with the effectiveness of continuing education in long-term care

…, DP Harvey, LM Hillier, N Keat, JW Feightner - The …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Purpose: This article examines factors within the long-term-care work environment that
impact the effectiveness of continuing education. Design & Methods: In Study 1, focus group …

A comparison of behaviour on simulated patients and patient management problems

GR Norman, JW Feightner - Medical Education, 1981 - Wiley Online Library
This paper describes a study in which students were faced with a series of problems
presented as patient management problems and as simulated patients (individuals trained to …

Preventive health information on the Internet. Qualitative study of consumers' perspectives.

Y Quintana, JW Feightner, CN Wathen… - Canadian Family …, 2001 - cfp.ca
OBJECTIVE To explore how best to make high-quality preventive health information available
to consumers on the Internet. DESIGN Focus groups. SETTING Three urban workplaces …

Early detection of depression by primary care physicians.

JW Feightner, G Worrall - CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association …, 1990 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The overall prevalence of depression is from 3.5% to 27%. The burden of suffering is high
and includes death through suicide. In most cases treatment is effective, but important …

Patients' desires and expectations for medical care in primary care clinics

MJK Zemencuk, JW Feightner, RA Hayward… - Journal of general …, 1998 - Springer
To explore whether patients’ desires for and expectations of medical care differ between the
United States and Canada, we surveyed 652 patients and 105 physicians at primary care …

[HTML][HTML] Hormone replacement therapy for the primary prevention of chronic diseases: recommendation statement from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health …

CN Wathen, DS Feig, JW Feightner, BL Abramson… - Cmaj, 2004 - Can Med Assoc
• Given the balance of harms and benefits, the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health
Care recommends against the use of combined estrogen–progestin therapy and estrogen-…