Kara Schick-Makaroff, PhD, MN, BScN, RN, is assistant professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Richard Sawatzky, PhD, RN, is professor, School of Nursing, Trinity Western University, Langley; and Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcome Sciences, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Address correspondence to Kara Schick-Makaroff, PhD, MN, BScN, RN, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, 5-295 Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, 11405-87 Ave, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 1C9 ([email protected]).
QPSS Research Team members involved in this research include Kristofer Årestedt, Sharon Baxter, Christie Beveridge, Joan Bottorff, Stuart Brown, Stirling Bryan, Robin Cohen, Shelly Cory, Lena Cuthbertson, Perter Dodek, Erin Donald, Todd Edwards, Gail Ewing, Joanne Friesen, Anne Gadermann, Ella Garland, Gunn Grande, Danica Friesen, Jennifer Haskins, William Harding, Daren Heyland, Neil Hilliard, Mary-Ann Johnson, Marian Krawczyk, Melissa Kundert, Naomi Kogan, Esther Laforest, Sandra Lauck, Hermia Lee, Judy Lett, Kathleen Lounsbury, Janis McGladrey, Barbara McLeod, Stephen Mitchinson, Charlene Neufeld, Amanjit Poonian, Joakim Öhlén, Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham, Pamela Ratner, Della Roberts, Maria Santana, Kelli Stajduhar, Simin Tabrizi, Carolyn Tayler, Herbert Tsang, James Voth, Sharon Wang, Jean Warneboldt, Becky Williams, Daphne Williscroft, and Dorolen Wolfs.
This work was supported by the Technology Evaluation in the Elderly Network, 2013 Catalyst Program, CORE2013-51-CAT, and Technology Evaluation in the Elderly Network, 2014 Catalyst Grant Program, CAT2014-17.
This analysis was undertaken, in part, through funding from Can-SOLVE CKD-KRESCENT New Investigator Award (Canadians Seeking Solutions & Innovations to Overcome Chronic Kidney Disease; Kidney Research Scientist Core Education & National Training Program) supporting K.S.-M.'s program of research and the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program supporting R.S.'s CRC in Person-Centered Outcomes.
Authors' Contributions: K.S.-M. codesigned the study, analyzed data, and drafted/revised the manuscript. R.S. substantially contributed to the design of the study, led the original study on the user-centered design and implementation of an electronic practice support tool for use of patient-reported outcomes measures in palliative care and helped write and revise the manuscript for intellectual content. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Ethics approvals were obtained from Trinity Western University (#14F05 and #12F16) and Fraser Health Authority (#2014-032 and #2012-128). All participants provided a signed informed consent and verbally confirmed at the start of the study and prior to each focus group or interview.
Because of the qualitative approach used in this study, participants were assured that transcripts of focus groups and interviews (data) would remain confidential and would not be shared.
The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
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