Our Team (PDF - 2 pgs, 154 KB)

Webinar: Engaging Patients

•  Schick-Makaroff, K., & Sparkes, D. (2018). Perspectives on engaging patients through the research process. Invited national webinar presentation for Can-SOLVE CKD (Canadians Seeking Solutions & Innovations to Overcome Chronic Kidney Disease) and KFOC (Kidney Foundation of Canada), September 24, 2018. Available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73VDOIOIURU&feature=youtu.be

Pilot Work

•  Schick-Makaroff, K., & Molzahn, A. (2014). Patient satisfaction with the use of tablet computers: A pilot study in two outpatient home dialysis clinics. Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease, 1(22). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40697-014-0022-9

•  Schick-Makaroff, K., & Molzahn, A. (2015). Strategies to use tablet computers for collection of electronic patient-reported outcomes. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-014-0205-1

•  Schick-Makaroff, K., & Molzahn, A. (2017). Evaluation of real-time use of electronic patient-reported outcome data by nurses with patients in home dialysis clinics. BMC Health Services Research, 17(439). PMID: PMC5485695 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2377-y

•  Molnar, A. O., Barua, M., Konvalinka, A., & Schick-Makaroff, K. (2017). Patient engagement in kidney research: Opportunities and challenges ahead. Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease, 4. https://doi.org/10.1177/2054358117740583 PMID: 29225906

•  Schick-Makaroff, K., Tate, K., & Molzahn, A. (2019). Use of electronic patient reported outcomes in clinical nephrology practice: A qualitative pilot study. Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease, 6, 1-9. PMID: PMC6769209 https://doi.org/10.1177/2054358119879451

Synthesis of the Literature

•  Schick-Makaroff, K., Thummapol, O., Thompson, S., Flynn, R., Karimi-Dehkordi, M., Klarenbach, S., Sawatzky, R., & Greenhalgh, J. (2019). Strategies for incorporating patient-reported outcomes in the care of people with chronic kidney disease (PRO kidney): Protocol for a realist synthesis. BMC Systematic Review, 8(20), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-018-0911-6. PMID: 30636637

•  Flynn, R., Schick-Makaroff, K., Levay A., Greenhalgh, J. (2020). Developing an initial program theory to explain how patient-reported outcomes are used in healthcare settings: methodological process and lessons learned. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 19, 1-11.

•  Schick-Makaroff, K., Levay, A., Thompson, S., Flynn, R., Sawatzky, R., Thummapol, O., Klarenbach, S., Karimi-Dehkordi, M., & Greenhalgh, J. (2021 - accepted). Use of patient-reported outcomes in the care of people with chronic kidney disease (PRO Kidney): A realist synthesis. The Patient.

ePRO Kidney

•  Schick-Makaroff, K. (2021). Electronic patient-reported outcomes in clinical kidney practice (ePRO Kidney). ClinicalTrials.gov. Registration NCT03149328. Available at https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03149328

•  Schick-Makaroff, K. & Mharapara, P. (2020). Use of electronic patient reported outcomes in the care of patients with kidney failure. Nephrology Nursing Journal, 47(5), 465-472.