Publications by authors named "Bourne Lewis Auguste"
Introduction: Heart failure (HF) symptoms improve through self-care, for which adherence remains low among patients despite the provision of education for these behaviours by clinical teams. Open Access Digital Community Promoting Self-Care, Peer Support and Health Literacy (ODYSSEE-vCHAT) combines automated digital counselling with social network support to improve mortality and morbidity, engagement with self-care materials, and health-related quality of life.
Methods And Analysis: Use of ODYSSEE-vCHAT via Internet-connected personal computer by 162 HF patients will be compared with a control condition over 22 months.
Purpose Of Program: Operative wait times for non-oncology-related procedures continue to rise in Canada, and this was further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. These challenges will remain prevalent beyond the pandemic given the limited number of acute care beds and resources required to care for patients. As a result, the need for innovative approaches to optimize the utilization of health care resources while maintaining equitable and timely access is needed.
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- Home dialysis, including home haemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD), has increased in use, but its technical complexity leads to challenges in wider adoption, particularly concerning adverse events.
- A study involving 118 adult home dialysis patients assessed how different learning styles, using VARK questionnaires, were linked to the occurrence of adverse events within 6 months of training.
- The results indicated that non-visual learners were significantly more likely to experience adverse events, with adjusted odds showing they were about four times more at risk compared to visual learners, especially notable in home HD patients.