Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute

Exercise-only interventions and exercise-based multidomain lifestyle interventions to promote cognitive function in older adults without dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective To assess the effect of exercise training as a single intervention (ie, Exercise-Only ) and exercise combined with other lifestyle interventions (ie, Exercise-Plus ) on executive functions, memory and processing speed of older adults living without dementia. Design We p...

Intraoperative Venous Congestion in DIEP Flap Reconstruction: A Pooled Analysis Demonstrating the Limited Predictive Value of Patient-Level Risk Factors

Introduction Intraoperative venous congestion complicates 2% to 20% of deep inferior epigastric perforator flap breast reconstructions (DIEP) and is attributed to persistent superficial venous dominance. Despite numerous proposed predictors, no consensus exists. This study aims t...

Practical Insights from Operationalizing a Remote Symptom Monitoring Program Using a Commercial Platform in a Canadian Community Cancer Clinic: A Post-Implementation Qualitative Evaluation

Remote symptom monitoring using electronic patient-reported outcomes reduces symptom burden and acute care use in oncology, but most programs have been established in academic centers or funded trials using purpose-built software. We examined how the REmote Symptom and Patient mO...