Richard Sawatzky, PhD, RN

FUNDED RESEARCH

Led or co-led by Dr. Sawatzky (see CV for further details and other research projects).

• Novel Methods for Equitable People-Centred Health Measurement. R. Sawatzky (principal investigator); L. Cuthbertson, L. Lix, M. Santana, A. Salmon, K. Schick-Makaroff, J. Valderas, S. Zelinsky, B. Zumbo (co-principal applicants).  M. Antonio, S. Clelland, K. Courtney, C. Falk, F. Fischer, A. Gadermann, C. Gibbons, M. Hawkins, J. Jackson, S. Klarenbach, J. Kopec, JY. Kwon, F. Lau, J. Liu, J. Öhlén, A. Pinto, P. Ratner, L. Russell, T. Sajobi, J. Valderas, A. Wolff, H. Wong (co-applicants). Funder: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant, $761,176. Partners: Cambian Business Services; BC Office of Patient-Centred Measurement. (2022/4 - 2026/3)

• Social Determinants and Quality of Life Measurement Framework for Indigenous Digital Health Systems. R. Sawatzky (principal investigator); K. Rieger (co-principal investigator); Ayumi Sasaki, Kathleen Lounsbury, Monica Friesen (fellows). Funding provided through the Indigenous Digital Health Ecosystem (IDHE) - Digital Supercluster. (2022/9 - 2024/4)

• Person-Centred e-Health Information System. R. Sawatzky (principal investigator). Funder: Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), John R. Evans Leaders Fund, $ 169,795. (2018/6 – 2023/5)

• Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on health outcomes and healthcare experiences as reported by frail older adults who are living at home, and their family caregivers. R. Sawatzky, K. Schick-Makaroff (principal investigators); B. Fominoff, C. Beach (principal knowledge users). Funder: BC Academic Health Science Network Society, COVID-19 Grant, $ 46,186. (2020/4 – 2021/3)

• Including Patient Voice in Healthcare System Performance: Development of Patient-Centred Care Indicators. P. Lopez (M. Jose), H. Quan, & R. Sawatzky (principal investigators); S. E. Brien, B. M. Lashewicz, K. H. Leeb, D. Lorenzetti, M. Lu, K. Manalili, M. O'Beirne, T. T. Sajobi, V. W. Yiu, & S. Zelinsky (co-investigators). Funder: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant, $ 252,450 (2018/2 - 2021/2)

• No one size fits all for measuring what matters: Supporting the use of PRO data in healthcare. R. Sawatzky, J-Y. Kwon (principal investigators); E. Stringham (Decision Maker). Funder: Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Canadian Institutes of Health Research, REACH Grant, $ 15,000 (2019/9 - 2020/8)

• Supporting Quality of Life Assessments of Frail Older Adults and their Family Caregivers. R. Sawatzky & K. Schick-Makaroff (principal investigators); R. Cohen, L. Cuthbertson, N. Hilliard, E. Laforest, J. Ohlen, L. Russell, K. Stajduhar, T. Stephen, L. Terblanche & A. Wolff (co-investigators); J. Carlson, S. Cory, J. Gerke, M. Karimi-Dehkordi, M. Kuo, M. Mancuso, B. MacLean, J. McLean & B. McLeod (collaborators); G. Cowman, J. Huang, M. Luk, & A. Maybee (patient collaborators); B. Forde, E. Stringham, & L. Zetes-Zanatta (decision makers); L. Chung, D. Duquette & T. Lepp (HQPs). Funder: Canadian Fraility Network, 2018 Catalyst Grant Competition, $99,937 (2018-2020)

• Including Patient Voice in Healthcare System Performance: Development of Patient-Centred Care Indicators. P. Lopez (M. Jose), H. Quan, & R. Sawatzky (principal investigators); S. E. Brien, B. M. Lashewicz, K. H. Leeb, D. Lorenzetti, M. Lu, K. Manalili, M. O'Beirne, T. T. Sajobi, V. W. Yiu, & S. Zelinsky (co-investigators). Funder: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant, $ 252,450 (2018-2021)

• Statistical Methods for Patient-Reported Outcome Measures. R. Sawatzky, & T.T. Sajobi (principal investigators); E.R. Bohm, S. Bryan, A.M. Gadermann, W. Hopman, J. Liu, L. Lix, N.E. Mayo, K.M. Sibley, & X. Wu (co-investigators); L.N. Cuthbertson, & G.K. Webster (knowledge users). Funder: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Operational Grant Program; $309,764. (2015-2018).

• Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Kidney Practice (ePRO Kidney). K. Schick-Makaroff & R. Sawatzky (principal investigators); S. Klarenbach (principal knowledge user); R. Cohen, S. Palfreyman, & R. Pauly (co-investigators); L. Cuthbertson, J. MacRae, R. Quinn, F. Reintjes, & J. Wu (knowledge-users); B. Forde, L. Lee, F. Robles, G.Vitale, & J. Voth (collaborators). Funder: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant; $424,298. (2016-2019).

• Integrating a Quality of Life Assessment and Practice Support System in Homecare Services for Older Adults with Life-limiting Illness and Their Families. R. Sawatzky (principal investigator); R. Cohen, K. Schick-Makaroff, & K. Stajduhar (co-principal investigators); N. Hilliard (clinician lead/principal knowledge user); L. Zetes-Zanatta (decision maker/ principal knowledge user); Bottorff, S. Bryan, P. Dodek, K. Fraser, A. Gadermann, E. Laforest, M. Parrilla Lopez, S. Reimer-Kirkham, P.A. Ratner, L. Russell, H. Tsang, M. Santana, & D. Whitehurst (co-investigators); T. Edwards, G. Ewing, G. Grande, & J. Öhlén (international collaborators); S. Baxter, S. Brown, J. Carlson, S. Cory, L. Cuthbertson, J. Gerke, B. McLeod, C. Paul, J. Resin, D. Roberts, C. Tayler, D. Williscroft, & J. Warneboldt (knowledge users). Partners: Fraser Health; Cambian Business Services, Inc; J. Voth & Intogrey Research and Development. This research is supported by: Geoff Cowman, CARP (Richmond/Delta. www.carp.ca); Barb MacLean, Family Caregivers of British Columbia (www.familycaregiversbc.ca); Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (www.chpca.net); The Canadian Virtual Hospice www.virtualhospice.ca); Mary Lok, Alies Maybee, & Catherine Yau (patient/family caregiver representatives). Funder: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Electronic Health Innovation Partnership Program; C$749,816. (2015-2019).

• Impacts of a Palliative Approach for Nursing (iPANEL). K. I. Stadjuhar, & C. Tayler (co-principal investigators); R. Sawatzky, A. Syme, B. McLeod, B. Pesut, D. Roberts, G. Doane, M. Funk, … (co-investigators).  Funder:  Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, BCNRI Investigative Team; $940,307. (2010-2017). See: http://www.ipanel.ca

Awards & Honors

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• Barer-Flood Prize in Health Services and Policy Research. Granting Council: CIHR. Recognizing and supporting research excellence among Canadian Senior-Career Investigators working within Health Services and Policy Research (2021)
• Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Nursing (FCAN; 2020)
• Centenary Medal of Distinction. Presented by the University of British Columbia, School of Nursing (2019)
• Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Person-Centred Outcomes (Title prior to 2017 – Patient-Reported Outcomes). Granting Council:  CIHR. (2013 – current)
• Excellence in Advancing Nursing Knowledge and Research Award. Presented by the Association of Registered Nurses of British Columbia (2016)

Recent Publications

Please see journal publications listed in the following: GOOGLE SCHOLAR | PUBMED | RESEARCHGATE | RESEARCHERID

BOOK CHAPTERS

• Sawatzky, R., Cohen, S. R. (2021). Quality of life assessment in palliative care.  In Bruera, E., Higginson, I., von Gunten, C.F., & Morita, T. (Eds.), Textbook of palliative medicine and supportive care (3rd ed.) (pp. 189-198). Boca Raton: CRC Press.
• Sawatzky, R., Sajobi, T.T., Brahmbhatt, R., Chan, E.K.H., Lix, L.M. Zumbo, B.D. (2017). Longitudinal change in response processes: A response shift perspective. In Zumbo, B.D., Hubley, A.M. Understanding and investigating response processes in validation research. New York: Springer.

ARTICLES RECENTLY PUBLISHED

Most recent articles since 2021, excluding any articles most relevant to program of research, which are listed below.

• Iyamu, I., Plottel, L., Snow, M.E., Zhang, W., Havaei, F., Puyat, J., Sawatzky, R., Salmon, A. (in press). Culture-change in long term care post COVID-19: adapting to a new reality using established ideas and systems. Canadian Journal on Aging/La revue canadienne du vieillissement.
• Schick-Makaroff, K., Berendonk, C., Overwater, J., Streith, L., Lee, L., Escoto, M., Cukor, D., Klarenbach, S., Sawatzky, R. (2022). How are Albertans “adjusting to and coping with” dialysis? A cross-sectional survey. Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease, 9, 1-14 doi: 10.1177/20543581221118436.
• Chow, R., Forde, B., Sawatzky, R., Patiño, A.G., Tran, K.C., Bittman, J., Khan, N.A. (2022). Digital health technology and hypertension management: a qualitative analysis of patient and specialist provider preferences on data tracking. Connected Health, 2022, 1, 72-84. doi: 10.20517/ch.2022.07
• De Boer, M., Reimer-Kirkham, S., & Sawatzky, R. (2022). How nurses’ and physicians’ emotions, psychosocial factors, and professional roles influence the end-of-life decision making process: An interpretive description study. Intensive & Critical Care Nursing, 71, 103249 (8 pages). doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2022.103249 
• Schick-Makaroff, K., Levay, A., Thompson, S., Flynn, R., Sawatzky, R., Thummapol, O., Klarenbach, S., Karimi-Dehkordi, M., Greenhalgh, J. (2022). An evidence-based theory about PRO use in kidney care: A realist synthesis. The Patient: Patient-Centred Outcomes Research (PTTA), 15(1), 21-38. doi: 10.1007/s40271-021-00530-2.
• Feldthusen, Forsgren, E., Wallström, S., Andersson, V., Löfqvist, N., Sawatzky, R., Öhlén, J., & J. Ung, E. (2022). Centredness in health care: A systematic overview of reviews. Health Expectations: an International Journal of Public Participation in Health Care and Health Policy, 25(3), 885–901. doi: 10.1111/hex.13461
• Bansback, N., Trenaman, L., Mulhern, B., Norman, R., Metcalfe, R., Sawatzky, R., Brazier, J., Rowen, D., Whitehurst, D. (2022). Estimation of a Canadian preference-based scoring algorithm for the Veterans RAND 12-item Health Survey (VR-12): a population survey using a discrete choice experiment. CMAJ Open, 10(3), E589-E598. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20210113.
• Wilson, R., Cuthbertson, L., Kazis, L.E., Sawatzky, R. (2022). Measuring Health Status in Long-Term Residential Care: Adapting the Veterans RAND 12 Item Health Survey (VR-12©). Clinical Gerontologist, 45(3), 562-574. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2020.1752347
• Poureslami, I., Kopec, J., Tregobov, N., Shum, J., Sawatzky, R., Hohn, R., & FitzGerald, J. M. (2021). An integrated framework to conceptualize and develop the vancouver airways health literacy tool (VAHLT). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(16), 8646. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18168646
• Gelfand, A., Sou, J., Sawatzky, R., Prescott, K., Pearce, A., Anis, AH., Lee, C., Zhang, W. (2021). Valuation of Lost Productivity in Caregivers: A Validation Study. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 727871, (10 pages). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.727871.
• Zhan, D., Xu, L., Ouyang, Y., Sawatzky, R., Wong, H. (2021). Methods for dealing with unequal cluster sizes in cluster randomized trials: A scoping review. PLOS ONE, 16(7), e0255389, (23 pages). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255389
• Trenaman, L., Bryan, S., Cuthbertson, L., Sawatzky, R., Stacey, D., & Bansback, N. (2021). An economic valuation technique identified different inpatient care experience as priorities for older Canadians than a traditional approach. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 139, 68-79. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.06.023
• Sajobi, T.T., Josephson, C.B., Sawatzky, R., Wang, M., Lawal, O., Patten, S.B., Lix, L.M., Wiebe, S. (2021). Quality of Life in Epilepsy: Same questions, but different meaning to different people. Epilepsia (Copenhagen), 62(9), 2094-2102. doi: 10.1111/epi.17012
• Kwon, J.Y.,Sawatzky, R., Baumbusch, J., Lauck, S., Ratner, P.A. (2021). Growth mixture models: A case example of the longitudinal analysis of patient-reported outcomes data captured by a clinical registry. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 21(1), 79-89. doi: 10.1186/s12874-021-01276-z
• Kwon, J.Y., Sawatzky, R., Baumbusch, J., Ratner, P.A. (2021). Patient-reported outcomes and the identification of subgroups of atrial fibrillation patients: A retrospective cohort study of linked clinical registry and administrative data.  Quality of Life Research, 30(6), 1547-1559. doi: 10.1007/s11136-021-02777-6
• Chakrabarty T., Torres I.J., Su W.W., Sawatzky R., Keramatian K., Yatham L.N. (2021). Cognitive subgroups in first episode bipolar I disorder: Relation to clinical and brain volumetric variables. Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica, 143(2), 151-161. doi: 10.1111/acps.13245
• Sawatzky, R., Roberts, D., Russell, L., Bitschy, A., Ho, S., Desbiens, J-F., Chan, E., Tayler, C., Stajduhar, K. (2021). Self-Perceived Competence of Nurses and Care Aides Providing a Palliative Approach in Home, Hospital, and Residential Care Settings: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 53(1), 64-77. doi: 10.1177/0844562119881043

ARTICLES RELEVANT TO PROGRAM OF RESEARCH

• Sajobi, Lix, L. M., Russell, L., Schulz, D., Liu, J., Zumbo, B. D., & Sawatzky, R. (online first – June 18, 2022). Accuracy of mixture item response theory models for identifying sample heterogeneity in patient-reported outcomes: a simulation study. Quality of Life Research. doi: 10.1007/s11136-022-03169-0
• Wallström, S., Sutherland, J.M., Kopec, J.A., Anis, A.H., Sawatzky, R. (2022). Distinguishing symptom patterns in adults newly diagnosed with cancer: a latent class analysis. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 64(2), 146-155. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.04.172
• Sawatzky, R., Chan, E. K. H., Zumbo, B. D., Ahmed, S., Bartlett, S. J., Bingham, C., . . . Lix, L. M. (2017). Montreal Accord on Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) use series–Paper 7: Modern perspectives of measurement validation emphasize justification of inferences based on patient reported outcome scores. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 89, 154-159. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.12.002  
• Sawatzky, R., Russell, L. B., Sajobi. T. T., Lix. L. M., Kopec, J. A., & Zumbo, B. D., (2017). The use of latent variable mixture models to identify invariant items in test construction. Quality of Life Research, 27(7), 1745-1755. doi: 10.1007/s11136-017-1680-8
• Wu, X., Sawatzky, R., Hopman, W., Mayo, N., Sajobi, T. T., Liu, J., Prior, J., Papaioannou, A., Josse, R. G., Towheed, T., Davison, K. S., & Lix, L. M. (2017). Latent variable mixture models to test for differential item functioning: A population-based analysis. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 15(1), 102-114.  doi: 10.1186/s12955-017-0674-0.
• Öhlén, J., Russell, L. B., Håkanson, C., Alvariza, A., Fürst, C. J., Årestedt, K., & Sawatzky, R. (2017). Variations in care quality outcomes of dying people: Latent class analysis of an adult national register population. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 51(1), 13-24. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.08.006
• Sawatzky, R., Ratner, P. A., Kopec, J. A., Wu, A. D., & Zumbo, B. D. (2016). The accuracy of computerized adaptive testing in heterogeneous populations: A mixture item-response theory analysis. PLOS One, 11(3), e0150563. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150563
• Sawatzky, R., Ratner, P. A., Kopec, J. A., & Zumbo, B. D. (2012). Latent variable mixture models: A promising approach for the validation of patient reported outcomes. Quality of Life Research, 21(4), 637-650. doi: 10.1007/s11136-011-9976-6.

• Kwon, J.Y., Russell, L., Coles, T., Klaassen, R.J., Schick-Makaroff, K., Sibley, K.M., Mitchell, S.A., Sawatzky, R. (2022). Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement in Radiation Oncology: Interpretation of Individual Scores and Change over Time in Clinical Practice. Current Oncology, 29(5), 3093–3103. doi: 10.3390/curroncol29050251
•  Sawatzky, R., Kwon, J.Y., Barclay, R., Chauhan, C., Frank, L., van den Hout, W., Nielson, L.K., Nolte, S., Sprangers, M. (2021). Implications of response shift for micro, meso, and macro healthcare decision-making using results of patient-reported outcome measures. Quality of Life Research, 30(12), 3343-3357. doi: 10.1007/s11136-021-02766-9
• Sébille, V., Lix, L. M., Ayilara, O. F., Sajobi, T. T., Janssens, A Cecile J W, Sawatzky, R., Sprangers, M. A. G., Verdam, M. G. E., Response Shift – in Sync Working Group, & the Response Shift – in Sync Working Group. (2021). Critical examination of current response shift methods and proposal for advancing new methods. Quality of Life Research, 30(12), 3325-3342.  doi: 10.1007/s11136-020-02755-4.
• Sajobi, T. T., Brahmbatt, R., Lix, L. M., Zumbo, B. D., & Sawatzky, R. (2017). Scoping review of response shift methods: Current reporting practices and recommendations. Quality of Life Research, 27(5), 1133-1146. doi: 10.1007/s11136-017-1751-x

• Schick-Makaroff, K., Sawatzky, R., Cuthbertson, L., Öhlén, J., Beemer, A., Duquette, D., Karimi-Dehkordi, M., Stajduhar, K., Suryaprakash, N., Terblanche, L., Wolff, A., Cohen, SR. (2022). Knowledge translation resources to support the use of quality of life assessment tools for the care of older adults living at home and their family caregivers. Quality of Life Research, 31(6), 1727–1747. doi: 10.1007/s11136-021-03011-z.
• Schick-Makaroff, K., Sawatzky, R., & QPSS Research Team. (2020). Divergent perspectives on the use of the Edmonton symptom assessment system (revised) in palliative care. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 22(1), 75-81. doi:10.1097/NJH.0000000000000617
• Krawczyk, M., Sawatzky, R., Schick-Makaroff, K., Stajduhar, K., Öhlen, J., Reimer-Kirkham, S., Laforest, E., & Cohen, S. R. (2019). Micro-meso-macro practice tensions in using patient-reported outcome and experience measures in hospital palliative care. Journal of Qualitative Health Research, 29(4), 510-521. doi: 10.1177/1049732318761366
• Krawczyk, M. & Sawatzky, R. (2019). Relational use of an electronic quality of life and practice support system in hospital palliative consult care. Palliative and Supportive Care, 17(2), 208-213. doi: 10.1017/S1478951518000020
• Sawatzky, R., Laforest, E., Schick Makaroff, K., Stajduhar, K., Reimer-Kirkham, S., Krawczyk, M., Öhlén, J., McLeod, B., Hilliard, N., Tayler, C., Cohen, SR. (2018). Design and introduction of a quality of life assessment and practice support system: Perspectives from palliative care settings. Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 2, 36. doi: 10.1186/s41687-018-0065-2

• Andersson, V., Sawatzky, R., & Öhlén, J. (2022). Relating person‐centredness to quality‐of‐life assessments and patient‐reported outcomes in healthcare: A critical theoretical discussion. Nursing Philosophy, 23(3), e12391 (10 pages). doi: 10.1111/nup.12391
• Santana, M.J., Manalili, K., Zelinsky, S., Brien, S., Gibbons, E., King, J., Frank, L., Wallström, S., Fairie, P., Leeb, K., Quan, H., Sawatzky, R. (2020). Improving the quality of person-centred healthcare from the patient perspective: Development of person-centred quality indicators. BMJ Open, 10(10), e037323-e037323.  doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037323
• Öhlén, J., Sawatzky, R., Pettersson, M.R., Sarenmalm, E.K., Håkanson, C., Smith, F., Wallengren, C., Friberg, F., Kodeda K., Carlsson, E. (2019). Preparedness for colorectal cancer surgery and recovery through a person-centred information and communication intervention – a quasi-experimental longitudinal design. PLoS ONE, 14(12), e0225816.  doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225816
• van Balen, E.C., Krawczyk, M., Gue, D., Jackson, S., Gouw, S., van der Bom, J.G., Sawatzky, R. (2019). Patient-centred care in haemophilia: patient perspectives on visualization and participation in decision-making. Haemophilia, 25(6), 938-945. doi: 10.1111/hae.13830
• Sawatzky, R., Roberts, D., Russell, L., Bitschy, A., Ho, S., Desbiens, J-F., Chan, E., Tayler, C., Stajduhar, K. (2019). Self-Perceived Competence of Nurses and Care Aides Providing a Palliative Approach in Home, Hospital, and Residential Care Settings: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 2019, 1-14.  doi: 10.1177/0844562119881043
• Sawatzky, R., Porterfield, P., Roberts, D., Lee, J., Liang, L., Reimer-Kirkham, S., Pesut, B., Schalkwyk, T., Stajduhar, K., Tayler, C., Baumbusch, J., & Thorne, S. (2017). Embedding a palliative approach in nursing care delivery: An integrated knowledge synthesis. Advances in Nursing Science, 40(3), 263–279. doi: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000163\
• Sawatzky, R., Russell, L., Friberg, F., Pettersson, M., & Öhlén, J. (2017). Longitudinal person-centered measurement: A psychometric evaluation of the Preparedness for Colorectal Cancer Surgery Questionnaire (PCSQ). Patient Education and Counselling, 100(5), 827-835. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2016.11.010
• Öhlén, J., Reimer-Kirkham, S., Astle, B., Håkanson, C., Lee, J., Eriksson, M., & Sawatzky, R. (2017). Person-centred care dialectics – Inquired in the context of palliative care. Nursing Philosophy, 18(4), e12177. doi: 10.1111/nup.12177
• Sawatzky, R., Porterfield, P., Lee, J., Dixon, D., Lounsbury, K., Pesut, B., Roberts, D., Tayler, C., Voth, J., & Stajduhar, K. (2016). Conceptual foundations of a palliative approach: A knowledge synthesis. BMC Palliative Care, 15, 5.  doi: 10.1186/s1290401600769

• Kwon, J.Y., Cuthbertson, L., Sawatzky, R. (Online First – August 30, 2022). The use of generic patient-reported outcome measures in emergency department surveys: Discriminant validity evidence for the VR-12 and the EQ-5D. Value in Health. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2022.07.016
• Schick-Makaroff, K., Karimi-Dehkordi, M., Cuthbertson, L., Dixon, D., Cohen, S.R., Hilliard, N., Sawatzky, R. (2021). Using patient- and family-reported outcome and experience measures to inform continuity across transitions of care for frail older adults living at home: A meta-narrative synthesis. The Gerontologist, 61(3), e23-e38. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnz162.
• Ahmed, S., Barbera, L., Bartlett, S. J., Bebb, G. D., Brundage, M., Sawatzky, R., …Temple, W. (2020). A catalyst for transforming health systems and person-centred care: Canadian national position statement on patient-reported outcomes. Current Oncology (Toronto), 27(2), 90-99. doi:10.3747/co.27.6399
• Wilson, R., Cuthbertson, L., Kazis, L.E., Sawatzky, R. (2020). Measuring Health Status in Long-Term Residential Care: Adapting the Veterans RAND 12 Item Health Survey (VR-12©). Clinical Gerontologist, 1-13.  doi:10.1080/07317115.2020.1752347
• Kwon, J. Y., Thorne, S., & Sawatzky, R. (2019). Interpretation and use of patient-reported outcome measures through a philosophical lens. Quality of Life Research, 28(3), 629-636. doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-2051-9
• Cohen, S.R., Russell, L.B., Leis, A., Shahidi, J., Porterfield, P., Kuhl, D.R., Gadermann, A.M., & Sawatzky, R. (2019). More comprehensively measuring quality of life in life-threatening illness: The McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire – Expanded. BMC Palliative Care, 18(92), 1-11.  doi: 10.1186/s12904-019-0473 -y
• Cohen, S. R., Sawatzky, R., Russell, L. B., Shahidi, J., Heyland, D. K., & Gadermann, A. M. (2017). Measuring the quality of life of people at the end of life: The McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire - Revised (MQOL-R). Palliative Medicine, 31(2), 120-129. doi: 10.1177/0269216316659603
• Bryan, S., Davis, J., Broesch, J., Doyle-Waters, M. M., Lewis, S., McGrail, K., McGregor, M. J., Murphy, J. M., & Sawatzky, R. (2014). Choosing your partner for the PROM: A review of evidence on patient-reported outcome measures for use in primary and community care. Healthcare Policy, 10(2), 38-51. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2015.24035

Affiliations & Memberships

• Scientific Advisor, British Columbia Ministry of Health, Office of Patient-Centred Measurement, Vancouver, BC (2020 – current)

• Affiliate Professor, University of Gothenburg, Salgrenska Academy, Gothenburg, Sweden (2018 – current)

• Program Head in Patient-Reported Outcomes, University of British Columbia – Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Sciences, Vancouver, BC (2017 – current)

• Research Affiliate, University of Victoria – Institute on Aging and Lifelong Health, Victoria, BC (2016 – current)