Publications by authors named "Sue Boreskie"
Objective: This study examined the effects of medical fitness facility (MFF) attendance, a proxy for exercise, on the incidence of mental disorders.
Methods: This retrospective cohort study linked members at two MFFs in Winnipeg, Canada, to health administrative databases held at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy population research data repository. Adults aged ≥ 18 years were assigned an index date at MFF membership enrollment between January 1, 2005, and December 31, 2015, and matched to controls based on propensity score weighting.
Article Synopsis
- Physical inactivity is prevalent in older adults and linked to poor health, prompting the study of medical fitness facilities that promote physical activity and aim to improve health outcomes.
- The research involved a cohort of older adults attending these facilities, comparing them to a large control group to assess impacts on all-cause mortality, healthcare use, and major cardiac events.
- Results showed that members had significantly lower risks of mortality, hospitalizations, and cardiac events, with more frequent attendees experiencing even greater health benefits, including reduced emergency visits.
The cardiac rehabilitation quality indicators (CRQIs) developed by the Canadian Cardiovascular Society provide a means to standardize program assessment and identify sex-related inequities. No formal evaluation of the CRQIs has been conducted in Manitoba. An environmental scan for the CRQIs was performed using data in the electronic medical record at two cardiac rehabilitation (CR) sites in Winnipeg for 2016-2019 referrals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Interventions that increase physical activity behavior can reduce morbidity and prolong life, but long-term effects in large populations are unproven. This study investigates the association of medical fitness facility membership and frequency of attendance with all-cause mortality and rate of hospitalization.
Methods: A propensity weighted retrospective cohort study was conducted by linking individuals who attended medical fitness facilities in Winnipeg, Canada to provincial health administrative databases.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine whether meeting the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) ≤60-day wait time from cardiac rehabilitation (CR) referral to enrollment is associated with CCS patient-level quality indicator outcomes.
Methods: This pilot observational study consisted of 69 participants entering CR separated into 2 groups based on wait time (≤60-day, n = 45; >60-day, n = 24). Data were collected at baseline, and 1, 4 (CR completion), 6, and 12 months after baseline.
Balance and cognitive impairments which are common with aging often coexist, are prognostic of future adverse health events, including fall injuries. Consequently, dual-task assessment programs that simultaneously address both stability and cognition are important to consider in rehabilitation and benefit healthy aging. The objective of this study was to establish test-retest reliability and construct validity of a dual-task computer game-based platform (TGP) that integrates head tracking and cognitive tasks with balance activities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To determine the feasibility of a cardiac prehabilitation (Prehab) program for patients waiting for elective coronary artery bypass graft (CABG).
Design: A two-group parallel randomized controlled trial.
Setting: Medical fitness facility.