Whelan, Anne Marie

 

Recent Submissions

  • Deprescribing Interventions in Primary Health Care Mapped to the Behaviour Change Wheel: A Scoping Review 

    Isenor JE, Bai I, Cormier R, Helwig M, Reeve E, Whelan AM, Burgess S, Martin-Misener R, Kennie-Kaulbach N. Deprescribing Interventions in Primary Health Care Mapped to the Behaviour Change Wheel: A Scoping Review. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2021 Jul;17(7):1229-1241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2020.09.005
    Background: Polypharmacy and inappropriate medication use are an increasing concern. Deprescribing may improve medication use through planned and supervised dose reduction or stopping of medications. As most medication ...

  • Key Priorities to Implement Deprescribing in Primary Health Care in Nova Scotia: Results from the Deprescribing in Primary Health Care in Nova Scotia Knowledge Exchange Event (June 20, 2019) 

    Isenor JE, Kennie-Kaulbach N, Kehoe S, Bai I, Reeve E, Whelan AM, Burgess S, Kits O, Burge F, Martin-Misener R, Helwig M, Sampalli T (OPTx Team). Key Priorities to Implement Deprescribing in Primary Health Care in Nova Scotia: Results from the Deprescribing in Primary Health Care in Nova Scotia Knowledge Exchange Event (June 20, 2019). Final Report. Halifax (NS). 2020 03 03. 46 p.
    Inappropriate medication use and polypharmacy are associated with increased adverse drug reactions, hospitalizations and mortality. Deprescribing has been found to decrease the use of medications and medication costs and ...

  • Formation of a Collaborative Interprofessional Primary Healthcare Deprescribing Research Team in Nova Scotia 

    Whelan AM, , Kennie-Kaulbach N, Isenor JE Martin-Misener R, Burge F, Burgess S, Kits O, Reeve E, Salsbury LE, Cormier R, Bai I, MacLean H, Helwig M. Formation of a collaborative interprofessional primary health care deprescribing research team in Nova Scotia. 2019 Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada/Canadian Pharmacy Education and Research Conference. Edmonton, AB, June 12 to 13, 2019; Primary Healthcare Research Day in Halifax NS. June17, 2019. (Presenters: AM Whelan, N Kennie-Kaulbach)
    Study objective: To describe the development of a collaborative interprofessional primary health care deprescribing research team in Nova Scotia. Methods: Initiated by two College of Pharmacy faculty members, a core ...

  • Evaluating the quality of randomized controlled trials that examine the efficacy of natural health products: a systematic review of critical appraisal instruments 

    Whelan, A. M., T. M. Jurgens, and L. Lord. 2009. "Evaluating the quality of randomized controlled trials that examine the efficacy of natural health products: a systematic review of critical appraisal instruments." Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM 6(4): 441-448.
    The purpose of this project was to conduct a systematic review to identify instruments designed to evaluate the quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of natural health products (NHPs). Instruments were examined ...