Annette M O’Connor
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 7040907 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Annette M O’Connor |
| PRENOMES | Annette M |
| SOBRENOME | O’Connor |
| ASSINATURA | O’CONNOR A M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Ottawa |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0604-7822 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1993 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
Reporting of structural population assumptions in prevalence-based studies of animal feeding operations and community health
Research on community health effects of Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs) frequently relies on prevalence-based effect measures, particularly for chronic respiratory outcomes. Interpreting these measures as indicators of comparative disease occurrence requires specific structural population assumptions, yet it remains unclear whether such assumptions are reported in this literature. We conducted a Mini Review of observational studies identified th…
Training family physicians in shared decision making for the use of antibiotics for acute respiratory infections
Background Experts estimate that the prevalence of antibiotics use exceeds the prevalence of bacterial acute respiratory infections (ARIs). Objective To develop, adapt and validate DECISION+ and estimate its impact on the decision of family physicians (FPs) and their patients on whether to use antibiotics for ARIs. Design Two‐arm parallel clustered pilot randomized controlled trial. Setting and participants Four family medicine groups were random…
Development of instruments to measure the quality of breast cancer treatment decisions
Background Women with early‐stage breast cancer face a multitude of decisions. The quality of a decision can be measured by the extent to which the treatment reflects what is most important to an informed patient. Reliable and valid measures of patients’ knowledge and their goals and concerns related to breast cancer treatments are needed to assess the decision quality. Objective To identify a set of key facts and goals relevant to each of three …
Reduction of inequalities in health
Evidence-based planning tools have much to offer the goal of equitable health development
Health-related quality of life in cardiac patients with dyslipidemia and hypertension
Factors associated with the difference in score between women's and doctors' decisional conflict about hormone therapy
Objective: To explore factors associated with the difference in score between women's and doctors’ decisional conflict about hormone therapy (HT). Design: Secondary analysis. Setting and participants: family doctors were randomized to prepare women for counselling about HT using either a decision aid or a pamphlet. Main variables studied: After each counselling session, decisional conflict was assessed in women and doctors using the Decisional Co…
Development and evaluation of a breast cancer prevention decision aid for higher‐risk women
Objective To develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a breast cancer prevention decision aid for women aged 50 and older at higher risk of breast cancer. Design Pre‐test–post‐test study using decision aid alone and in combination with counselling. Setting Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Clinic. Participants Twenty‐seven women aged 50–69 with 1.66% or higher 5‐year risk of breast cancer. Intervention Self‐administered breast cancer prevention deci…
A survey of the decision‐making needs of Canadians faced with complex health decisions
Objective To describe the decision‐making needs of Canadians when faced with ‘complex’ health decisions characterized by balancing advantages against disadvantages. Although a national report emphasized that public confidence in the health‐care system depends on support for personal knowledge and decision‐making, there has been no systematic investigation of the Canadian population's decision‐making needs. Design Cross‐sectional telephone survey …
What factors are associated with a woman's decision to take hormone replacement therapy? Evaluated in the context of a decision aid
Objectives To understand the factors associated with a post‐menopausal woman deciding to take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) after reviewing a decision aid (DA) and having a counselling visit with her physician as well as the factors associated with the act of taking HRT 2 months after the counselling interview. Design A secondary analysis of data collected for a randomized controlled trial evaluating two DAs. Main outcome results Although 28%…
The effect of qualitative vs. quantitative presentation of probability estimates on patient decision‐making
Background Given the greater uncertainty surrounding probability estimates associated with qualitative (use of words or phrases) descriptions, the use of quantitative (numerical) information to communicate the risks and benefits of therapies is recommended but the impact of its use in decision aids is unexplored. Objective Using stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation as an example, to compare the impact of quantitative vs. qualitative descripti…
Development and evaluation of a decision aid for patients with stage IV non‐small cell lung cancer
Although guidelines for treating stage IV non-small cell lung cancer suggest that the patient's values should be considered in decision-making, there are no practical tools available to assist them with their decision-making. OBJECTIVE: To develop and evaluate a decision aid that incorporates patient values. DESIGN AND SAMPLE: (1) Before/after evaluation with patients referred to a regional cancer centre. (2) Mailed survey of thoracic surgeons an…
The effects of an `explicit' values clarification exercise in a woman's decision aid regarding postmenopausal hormone therapy
Objective To evaluate the incremental effect of a graphic weigh‐scale values clarification exercise to explicitly consider the personal importance of the benefits versus the risks in a woman's decision aid regarding postmenopausal hormone therapy. Design Randomized controlled trial. Intervention Decision aid including information on options, benefits and risks, and their probabilities either followed by: (1) a graphic weigh‐scale values clarifica…
Development of a patient decision aid for choice of surgical treatment for breast cancer
Purpose A patient decision aid for the surgical treatment of early stage breast cancer was developed and evaluated. The rationale for its development was the knowledge that breast conserving therapy (lumpectomy followed by breast radiation) and mastectomy produce equivalent outcomes, and the current general agreement that the decision for the type of surgery should rest with the patient. Methods A decision aid was developed and evaluated in seque…
Validation of a Decisional Conflict Scale
The study objective was to evaluate the psychometric properties of a decisional conflict scale (DCS) that elicits: 1) health-care consumers' uncertainty in making a health-related decision; 2) the factors contributing to the uncertainty; and 3) health-care consumers' perceived ef fective decision making. The DCS was developed in response to the lack of instruments available to evaluate health-care-consumer decision aids and to tailor decision-sup…
Psychometric Properties of Health Risk Attitude Measures in Predicting Cessation Among Pregnant Smokers
O'Connor, Annette M. PhD*; Davies, Barbara L. MScN*; Dulberg, Corinne S. PhD, MPH*; Buhler, P Lynn MSc†; Nadon, Claudette MHA‡; Hastings-McBride, Beverly MA§; Benzie, Ronald J. MB, FRCS, FRCOG¶,∥ Author Information
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Psychometric Properties of Health Risk Attitude Measures in Predicting Cessation Among Pregnant Smokers
O'Connor, Annette M. PhD*; Davies, Barbara L. MScN*; Dulberg, Corinne S. PhD, MPH*; Buhler, P Lynn MSc†; Nadon, Claudette MHA‡; Hastings-McBride, Beverly MA§; Benzie, Ronald J. MB, FRCS, FRCOG¶,∥ Author Information
Validation of a Decisional Conflict Scale
The study objective was to evaluate the psychometric properties of a decisional conflict scale (DCS) that elicits: 1) health-care consumers' uncertainty in making a health-related decision; 2) the factors contributing to the uncertainty; and 3) health-care consumers' perceived ef fective decision making. The DCS was developed in response to the lack of instruments available to evaluate health-care-consumer decision aids and to tailor decision-sup…
Development of a patient decision aid for choice of surgical treatment for breast cancer
Purpose A patient decision aid for the surgical treatment of early stage breast cancer was developed and evaluated. The rationale for its development was the knowledge that breast conserving therapy (lumpectomy followed by breast radiation) and mastectomy produce equivalent outcomes, and the current general agreement that the decision for the type of surgery should rest with the patient. Methods A decision aid was developed and evaluated in seque…
The effects of an `explicit' values clarification exercise in a woman's decision aid regarding postmenopausal hormone therapy
Objective To evaluate the incremental effect of a graphic weigh‐scale values clarification exercise to explicitly consider the personal importance of the benefits versus the risks in a woman's decision aid regarding postmenopausal hormone therapy. Design Randomized controlled trial. Intervention Decision aid including information on options, benefits and risks, and their probabilities either followed by: (1) a graphic weigh‐scale values clarifica…
Development and evaluation of a decision aid for patients with stage IV non‐small cell lung cancer
Although guidelines for treating stage IV non-small cell lung cancer suggest that the patient's values should be considered in decision-making, there are no practical tools available to assist them with their decision-making. OBJECTIVE: To develop and evaluate a decision aid that incorporates patient values. DESIGN AND SAMPLE: (1) Before/after evaluation with patients referred to a regional cancer centre. (2) Mailed survey of thoracic surgeons an…
The effect of qualitative vs. quantitative presentation of probability estimates on patient decision‐making
Background Given the greater uncertainty surrounding probability estimates associated with qualitative (use of words or phrases) descriptions, the use of quantitative (numerical) information to communicate the risks and benefits of therapies is recommended but the impact of its use in decision aids is unexplored. Objective Using stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation as an example, to compare the impact of quantitative vs. qualitative descripti…
Factors associated with the difference in score between women's and doctors' decisional conflict about hormone therapy
Objective: To explore factors associated with the difference in score between women's and doctors’ decisional conflict about hormone therapy (HT). Design: Secondary analysis. Setting and participants: family doctors were randomized to prepare women for counselling about HT using either a decision aid or a pamphlet. Main variables studied: After each counselling session, decisional conflict was assessed in women and doctors using the Decisional Co…
Development and evaluation of a breast cancer prevention decision aid for higher‐risk women
Objective To develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a breast cancer prevention decision aid for women aged 50 and older at higher risk of breast cancer. Design Pre‐test–post‐test study using decision aid alone and in combination with counselling. Setting Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Clinic. Participants Twenty‐seven women aged 50–69 with 1.66% or higher 5‐year risk of breast cancer. Intervention Self‐administered breast cancer prevention deci…
A survey of the decision‐making needs of Canadians faced with complex health decisions
Objective To describe the decision‐making needs of Canadians when faced with ‘complex’ health decisions characterized by balancing advantages against disadvantages. Although a national report emphasized that public confidence in the health‐care system depends on support for personal knowledge and decision‐making, there has been no systematic investigation of the Canadian population's decision‐making needs. Design Cross‐sectional telephone survey …
What factors are associated with a woman's decision to take hormone replacement therapy? Evaluated in the context of a decision aid
Objectives To understand the factors associated with a post‐menopausal woman deciding to take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) after reviewing a decision aid (DA) and having a counselling visit with her physician as well as the factors associated with the act of taking HRT 2 months after the counselling interview. Design A secondary analysis of data collected for a randomized controlled trial evaluating two DAs. Main outcome results Although 28%…
Health-related quality of life in cardiac patients with dyslipidemia and hypertension
Reduction of inequalities in health
Evidence-based planning tools have much to offer the goal of equitable health development
Development of instruments to measure the quality of breast cancer treatment decisions
Background Women with early‐stage breast cancer face a multitude of decisions. The quality of a decision can be measured by the extent to which the treatment reflects what is most important to an informed patient. Reliable and valid measures of patients’ knowledge and their goals and concerns related to breast cancer treatments are needed to assess the decision quality. Objective To identify a set of key facts and goals relevant to each of three …
Training family physicians in shared decision making for the use of antibiotics for acute respiratory infections
Background Experts estimate that the prevalence of antibiotics use exceeds the prevalence of bacterial acute respiratory infections (ARIs). Objective To develop, adapt and validate DECISION+ and estimate its impact on the decision of family physicians (FPs) and their patients on whether to use antibiotics for ARIs. Design Two‐arm parallel clustered pilot randomized controlled trial. Setting and participants Four family medicine groups were random…
Reporting of structural population assumptions in prevalence-based studies of animal feeding operations and community health
Research on community health effects of Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs) frequently relies on prevalence-based effect measures, particularly for chronic respiratory outcomes. Interpreting these measures as indicators of comparative disease occurrence requires specific structural population assumptions, yet it remains unclear whether such assumptions are reported in this literature. We conducted a Mini Review of observational studies identified th…
Medicine (14 obras) · Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (11 obras) · Family medicine (8 obras) · Internal Medicine (7 obras) · Psychology (7 obras) · Alternative medicine (6 obras) · Clinical Psychology (6 obras) · Decision aids (6 obras) · Nursing (6 obras) · Breast cancer (5 obras)