Newfoundland Panel on Health and Medical Care — Adult Health Survey

Segovia, Jorge; Edwards, Alison; Bartlett, Roy F.

doi:10.1007/bf03404148

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“…With the approval of the Human Investigations Committee (Memorial University of Newfoundland) we examined data from the 1995 Newfoundland Panel on Health and Medical Care and the 2001 Adult Health Survey 14,15 . Both surveys gathered data on the self-assessed health status of adult residents in Newfoundland using many of the same questions, thus allowing for comparisons to be made between the samples on a number of variables.…”

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Regular doctor, changing doctor, no doctor: does it make a difference to rural residents?

Mathews

Park²

2007

RRH

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Introduction:In Canada, a larger proportion of rural residents than urban residents do not have a regular physician. In addition to lacking physicians, many rural communities also have a high rate of physician turnover. In order to discover the effect of this we compared health status, lifestyles, preventative care, and perceptions of the health system among rural residents with a regular doctor, those who did not have a regular doctor, and those whose regular doctor changed.

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Regular doctor, changing doctor, no doctor: does it make a difference to rural residents?

Mathews

Park²

2007

RRH

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“…Survey research is an integral component of health research. Belloc and Breslow (9,10) used surveys to complete their landmark, replicated study that indicated the cumulative impact of engagement in lifestyle behaviors related to alcohol use, hours of sleep, regularity of meals, physical activity, and smoking had a significant impact on health status. Today, health status questionnaires have continued to use this practice of assessing behaviors and associating them with health and disease states.…”

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Development and field test of the Salutogenic Wellness Promotion Scale – short form (SWPS-SF) in U.S. college students

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Survey research is important for understanding health and improving practice among health professions. However, survey research can have drawbacks, such as overuse and excessively lengthy questionnaires that burden respondents. These issues lead to poor response rates and incomplete questionnaires. Low and incomplete response rates result in missing data and reduced sample size, damaging the value, usability and generalizability of the information collected. To address issues related to response rates and improve health research, shorter surveys are recommended because they impose less of a burden on respondents and are useful with larger populations. Health-related surveys also often focus on the factors leading to ill health without dedicating equal attention to factors supporting positive health. This study developed and tested a short form (SF) of the validated Salutogenic Wellness Promotion Scale (SWPS), which measures causes of health (rather than causes of disease), using responses from 2052 college students. The participants answered questions about their demographics and completed the SWPS and a perceived health assessment. Statistical tests demonstrated the SWPS-SF had significant relationships with the full SWPS, health status, and Grade Point Average (GPA). Statistical tests were also used to establish cutoff scores that had a high true positive and low false negative rate. These cutoff scores demonstrated a relationship of higher performance and better health. These promising results suggest this short test can provide valid information without burdening the respondents. Authors recommend additional tests be completed to validate the SWPS-SF.

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“…81 All residents identified as eligible for Medical Care Plan (MCP) benefits for the 2009/2010 fiscal year (April-March) were included in the provincial cohort, comprising approximately 98% of the NL population for that year (Canadian Armed Forces personnel, Royal Canadian Mounted Police members, and international students were ineligible for benefits and, therefore, excluded). 99 Provincial cohort follow-up was based on MCP eligibility status that is released once each fiscal year, rather than birth/death or migration. Thus, physician visits and hospital admissions for each provincial cohort member were followed for 1 fiscal year from April 1, 2009, to March 31, 2010, with no assumed loss to follow-up.…”

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Association of chronic pain with comorbidities and health care utilization: a retrospective cohort study using health administrative data

Foley

Knight

Ploughman

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Health administrative data provide a potentially robust information source regarding the substantial burden chronic pain exerts on individuals and the health care system. This study aimed to use health administrative data to estimate comorbidity prevalence and annual health care utilization associated with chronic pain in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Applying the validated Chronic Pain Algorithm to provincial Fee-for-Service Physician Claims File data (1999-2009) established the Chronic Pain (n = 184,580) and No Chronic Pain (n = 320,113) comparator groups. Applying the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System coding algorithms to Claims File and Provincial Discharge Abstract Data (1999-2009) determined the prevalence of 16 comorbidities. The 2009/2010 risk and person-year rate of physician and diagnostic imaging visits and hospital admissions were calculated and adjusted using the robust Poisson model with log link function (risks) and negative binomial model (rates). Results indicated a significantly higher prevalence of all comorbidities and up to 4 times the odds of multimorbidity in the Chronic Pain Group (P-value < 0.001). Chronic Pain Group members accounted for 58.8% of all physician visits, 57.6% of all diagnostic imaging visits, and 54.2% of all hospital admissions in 2009/2010, but only 12% to 16% of these were for pain-related conditions as per recorded diagnostic codes. The Chronic Pain Group had significantly higher rates of physician visits and high-cost hospital admission/diagnostic imaging visits (P-value < 0.001) when adjusted for demographics and comorbidities. Observations made using this methodology supported that people identified as having chronic pain have higher prevalence of comorbidities and use significantly more publicly funded health services.

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Newfoundland Panel on Health and Medical Care — Adult Health Survey

Cited by 5 publications

References 5 publications

Regular doctor, changing doctor, no doctor: does it make a difference to rural residents?

Regular doctor, changing doctor, no doctor: does it make a difference to rural residents?

Development and field test of the Salutogenic Wellness Promotion Scale – short form (SWPS-SF) in U.S. college students

Association of chronic pain with comorbidities and health care utilization: a retrospective cohort study using health administrative data

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