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CARE

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Shovana Shrestha

University of Alberta

Shovana Shrestha

Currently working on my dissertation that focuses on understanding factors (particularly modifiable organizational context factors) associated with health related quality of life of long-term care residents who live with pain.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Countries Canada; Nepal;
Topics Care Homes; LTC systems in LMIC countries; Pain assessment and management;
Methods Analysis of administrative data; Literature reviews and synthesis; Observational studies; Quantitative data analysis; Scoping reviews; Systematic Review;
Role Research;
Interest Groups Ageing and Place; Community-based approaches to dementia care; Economics of Long-Term Care; Pain in Care Homes; Strengthening Responses to Dementia;
ORC.ID0000-0002-4708-6628
Research interests

Pain in long-term care home residents, health-related quality of life
Key publications
  1. Shrestha, S., Cummings, G., Knopp-Sihota, J., Devkota, R., Hoben, M. (2024). Factors influencing health related quality of life among long-term care residents experiencing pain: A systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 13, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-024-02459-7.
  2. Shrestha, S., Dahlke, S., Butler, J. I., Hunter, K., Fox, M.T., Davidson, S., Chasteen, A.L., Martin, L.S., Moody, E. (2024). Nursing students’ perceptions of a pain management e-learning module: An exploratory quantitative study. Pain Management Nursing, 25, e138-e143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmn.2023.12.010.
  3. Shrestha, S., Schofield, P., & Devkota, R. (2013). A critical literature review on non-pharmacological approaches used by older people in chronic pain. Indian Journal of Gerontology, 27(1), 135-161. Retrieved from http://www.gerontologyindia.com/pdf/vol27-1.pdf.
  4. Shrestha, S., Dahlke, S., Butler, J.I., Hunter, K., Fox, M.T., Davidson, S., Chasteen, A.L., Martin, L.S., Moody, E. (2024, accepted). Nursing students’ perceptions of a palliative care e-learning module: A cross-sectional study. Teaching & Learning in Nursing.
  5. Duan, Y., Wang, J., Lanham, HJ., Berta, W., Chamberlain, SA., Hoben, M., Choroschun, K., Iaconi, A., Song, Y., Perez, , Shrestha, S., Beeber, A., Anderson, RA., Hayduk, L., Cummings, GG., Norton, PG., & Estabrooks, CA. (2024). How context links to best practice use in long-term care homes: A mixed methods study. Implementation Science Communications, 5(1), 63. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-024-00600-0
  6. Hoben, M, Dymchuk, E., Doupe, M. B., Keefe, J., Aubrecht, K., Kelly, C., Stajduhar, K., Banerjee, S., O’Rourke, H. M., Chamberlain, S. A., Beeber, A. S., Salma, J., Jarrett, P., Arya, A., Corbett, K., Devkota, R., Ristau, M., Shrestha, S., Estabrooks, C. A. (2024). Counting What Counts: Assessing Quality of Life and its Social Determinants Among Nursing Home Residents with Dementia. BMC geriatrics, 24(1), 177. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-04710-1.
  7. Duan, Y., Hoben, M., Song, Y., Chamberlain, S. A., Iaconi, A., Choroschun, K., Shrestha, S., Cummings, G. G., Norton, P. G., & Estabrooks, C. A. (2023). Organizational Context and Quality Indicators in Nursing Homes: A Microsystem Look. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648231200110
  8. Hoben, M., Dymchuk, E., Corbett, K., Devkota, R., Shrestha, S., Lam, J., Banerjee, S., Chamberlain, S., Cummings, G.G., Doupe, M.B., Duan, Y., Keefe, J., O’Rourke, H.M., Saeidzadeh, Seyedehtanaz., Song, Y., Estabrooks, C (2023). Factors associated with the quality of life of nursing home residents during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study. JAMDA (Online ahead of print). DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2023.03.033
  9. Duan, Y., Iaconi, A., Wang, J., Perez, J. S., Song, Y., Chamberlain, S. A., Shrestha, S., Choroschun, K., Hoben, M., Beeber, A., Anderson, R. A., Cummings, G. G., Lanham, H. J., Norton, P. G., Estabrooks, C. A., & Berta. W. (2022). Conceptual and relational advances of the PARIHS and i-PARIHS frameworks over the last decade: A critical interpretive synthesis. Implementation Science, 17, 1-25. DOI: 1186/s13012-022-01254-z
  10. Devkota, R., Mishra, K., & Shrestha, S. (2019). Loneliness and depression among older people living in a community of Nepal. Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 17(43), 185-192. DOI: 33314/jnhrc.v0i0.1561