Sara A. Finkelstein

ORCID: 0000-0003-3578-9593
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Research Areas
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Neurology and Historical Studies
  • Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Global Health Workforce Issues
  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology
  • Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Empathy and Medical Education
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Musicians’ Health and Performance

Massachusetts General Hospital
2022-2024

Harvard University
2022-2024

Neurology, Inc
2023

University of Edinburgh
2020-2021

University of Calgary
2012-2017

Ottawa Hospital
2011-2013

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
2013

Western University
2011-2012

To explore intention to breastfeed and breastfeeding rates in hospital on discharge across women with pre-gestational or gestational diabetes mellitus, no diabetes.A retrospective cohort analysis was conducted using data from four Ontario hospitals. Women who delivered a viable infant between 1 April 2008 31 March 2010 were included the study. Unadjusted adjusted odds ratios calculated for each outcome measure used compare among without diabetes.After controlling potential confounders,...

10.1111/dme.12238 article EN Diabetic Medicine 2013-05-22

RRH: Rural and Remote Health. Published article number: 2201 - Knowledge exchange throughout the dementia care journey by Canadian rural community-based health practitioners, persons with dementia, their partners: an interpretive descriptive study

10.22605/rrh2201 article EN cc-by Rural and Remote Health 2012-11-26

Occupational therapy (OT) consensus recommendations and articles outlining a sensory-based OT intervention for functional neurological disorder (FND) have been published. However, limited research has conducted to examine the efficacy of interventions FND. We performed retrospective cohort study aimed at independently replicating preliminarily characterized sensory processing difficulties in patients with FND reporting on clinical outcomes treatment this population. hypothesized that (1)...

10.1212/cpj.0000000000200286 article EN Neurology Clinical Practice 2024-04-09

To explore the relationship between overweight and obesity breastfeeding behaviors, a cohort study was conducted among 22,131 women who delivered in Ontario hospitals April 1 2008 March 31 2010.Data regarding maternal characteristics, body mass index (BMI), infant practices were obtained through Better Outcomes Registry & Network birth records Database. Multivariate linear regression analysis used to determine rates of three outcome measures - intention breastfeed, exclusive hospital, upon...

10.3109/14767058.2012.735995 article EN The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 2012-12-05

RÉSUMÉ Cet article traite la façon dont les soins de démence sont prévus pour collectivités des Premiers Nations du sud-ouest l’Ontario. Les données ont été saisies au moyen d’entretiens approfondis avec prestataires santé et analysées en utilisant une méthodologie fondée sur théorie constructiviste. Afin comprendre démence, deux cadres interdépendants identifiés : un cadre prestation connaissances. Le a défini objectifs soins, éléments dispensés, barrières stratégies solutions surmonter...

10.1017/s0714980812000207 article FR Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement 2012-07-25

RÉSUMÉ Cet article discute l’échantillon d’une étude des Premières Nations plus vaste sur les décisions de soins la démence et le partage connaissances. L’objectif cette est mieux comprendre processus connaissances entre praticiens santé (PS), partenaires soins, personnes atteintes (PAD) au sein communauté rurale Nations. Une méthodologie théorie constructiviste ancrée a été utilisée. Dix-neuf entrevues ont ete menées à trois reprises avec deux réseaux qui comprenait PAD, PS. Un modèle,...

10.1017/s0714980813000457 article FR Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement 2013-10-11

Background Brain imaging studies investigating grey matter in functional neurological disorder (FND) have used univariate approaches to report group-level differences compared with healthy controls (HCs). However, these findings limited translatability because they do not differentiate patients from at the individual-level. Methods 183 participants were prospectively recruited across three groups: 61 mixed FND (FND-mixed), age-matched and sex-matched HCs age, sex, depression anxiety-matched...

10.1136/jnnp-2024-333499 article EN Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2024-07-20

While expert consensus recommendations support the use of speech and language therapy (SLT) for patients with functional disorder (FND-speech), there are limited published data on clinical outcomes.To retrospectively report treatment outcomes characteristics FND-speech that attended outpatient SLT as part a multidisciplinary program neurological (FND).In this case series, we included adult consecutively participated in at our institution between October 2014 September 2021. Baseline...

10.3233/nre-220182 article EN Neurorehabilitation 2023-08-18

To evaluate the reliability of automated software to CT scans for acute ischemic changes (AIS) when compared human readers with varying levels experience.

10.1212/wnl.88.16_supplement.s8.006 article EN Neurology 2017-04-18

<h3>Objective:</h3> To put forward a case for why functional neurological disorder (FND) curriculum is needed and to provide guidance on curricular content teaching methods. <h3>Background:</h3> FND commonly encountered by neurologists, with growing body of evidence-based treatments operationalized over the past two decades. There remains large gap in neurology education regarding FND, little no formal course medical education, many practicing neurologists do not feel as though they have...

10.1212/wnl.0000000000202098 article EN Neurology 2023-04-25

10.1016/s0733-8619(23)00070-1 article Neurologic Clinics 2023-09-28

Although many Canadian rural communities are experiencing declining populations, they also a faster growing proportion of seniors than in urban areas. Thirty-three per cent reside predominantly regions, with proportions and persons dementia (PWD) increasing as the distance from centres increases. Community health care providers may be only contact PWD their family caregivers have system. However, report that lack knowledge skills. The overarching aim this research was to enhance use...

10.1016/j.jalz.2011.05.1826 article EN Alzheimer s & Dementia 2011-07-01
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