Publications by authors named "J S Tsang"
Background: In Canada, academic hospitals are the principal drivers of research and medical education, while community hospitals provide patient care to a majority of the population. Benefits of increasing community hospital research include improved patient outcomes and access to research, enhanced staff satisfaction and retention and increased research efficiency and generalizability. While the resources required to build Canadian community hospital research capacity have been identified, strategies for strengthening organizational research culture in these settings are not well defined.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: During the COVID-19 pandemic, neighbourhoods with high material deprivation and high proportions of racialized Canadians were disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Many of these neighbourhoods were served by community hospitals. We sought to compare the burden of COVID-19 care in community and academic intensive care units (ICUs) in Ontario, Canada.
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- Health research in Canada mainly occurs in academic hospitals, but community hospitals serve most patients; enhancing research in these settings can lead to better patient outcomes and organizational efficiency.
- The Canadian Community Intensive Care Unit Research Network (CCIRNet) created a toolkit to help community hospital professionals launch and maintain their research programs, drawing on insights from experienced clinician-researchers and qualitative feedback.
- The CCIRNet toolkit details five stages for developing a research program, using a question-and-answer format to provide practical guidance and resources tailored to help hospitals effectively engage in clinical research.
Background: Cognitive frailty is known to be associated with both nutrition and cognitive training. However, effective treatments that engage older adults with cognitive frailty in both the Mediterranean diet and cognitive training are lacking.
Objective: This study aims to examine the feasibility and preliminary effects of Gamified Home-Based Cognitive-Nutritional (GAHOCON) on older adults with cognitive frailty, focusing on Mediterranean diet knowledge, adherence to the Mediterranean diet, cognitive function, physical frailty, grip strength, walking speed, memory, and body composition.
Purpose: Community hospitals account for 90% of hospitals in Canada, but clinical research is mainly conducted in academic hospitals. Increasing community hospital research participation can improve generalizability of study results, while also accelerating study recruitment and increasing staff engagement. We aimed to identify and describe the factors that influence community intensive care unit (ICU) research participation and the development, implementation, and sustainability of a community ICU research program.
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