Anne Dewar

PhD

Profile

Educational Background

• BA, University of Saskatchewan
• BScN, University of Saskatchewan
• MHP, University of New South Wales
• PhD, Queensland University of Technology

Affiliations & Links

• Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

Service

• Member of committee to examine credits for post-RN students.
• Needs assessment survey of individuals with chronic pain.
• Member of a developing chronic pain network

Area of Research

Completed Projects

British Columbia Medical Research Foundation: Defining Disabling Chronic Pain. PI: Anne Dewar. Co- Investigators: Janice Lander, Marc White, Ken Prachkin

Source: British Columbia Neurotrauma Fund Title: Intramuscular stimulation following spinal cord injury: A retrospective analysis. Years: 2003-2004 PI Heather McDonald. Co-Investigators: Darryl Caves, Dr. Andrea Townson, Dr. Anne Dewar

British Columbia Medical REsearch Foundation: Pain Management Acute Care Psychiatric Nurse’s decision-making. Co-Investigators: Margaret Osborne, Anne Dewar.

Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (Career Reorientation award): Health Services and Pain Management. PI: Anne Dewar, Award Holder. Mentors: Janice Lander, Karen Golden-Biddle.

Elizabeth Kenny McCann Research Grant (School of Nursing UBC): Pain Management Clinical Decision-making by Acute Care Psychiatric Nurses: An Exploratory Pilot Study. PI: Anne Dewar. Co-Investigators: Margaret Osborne, Joan Bottorff.

B.C. Medical Services Foundation: Testing the effectiveness of a pain management intervention for day surgery patients. PI: Anne Dewar. Co-Investigators: Kenneth Craig, Janice Muir, Colm Cole.

United Way, Community Innovation Grant: Establishing self-management educational programs for people with chronic pain in the South Fraser Region. PI: Marc White. Co-Investigators. K. Craig, J. Scrubb, Anne dewar, D. Symonds, J. Hadfield

Canadian Institutes of Health Research: Pain and suffering and the health of Canadians. PI: Judy Segal. Co-Investigators: Kenneth Craig, Anne Dewar, S. Egan and 9 other researchers from various desciplines within UBC.

UBC Humanities and Social Sciences: Pilot Study - Testing the effectiveness of a pain management intervention fir day surgery patients. PI: Anne Dewar. Co-Investigators: Janice Muir, Colm Cole.

Publications

Selected Publications not Indexed in PubMed

Dewar, A.L. (2006). Assessment and management of chronic pain the older community dwelling person. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 24(1), 33-38.

Dewar, Al., Scott, J., Muir, J. (2004). Telephone follow up for day surgery patients: Patient perceptions and nurses experiences. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Menal Health Issues, 19(4), 234-241.

Dewar A.L., White, M., Toros Posada, S., & Dillion, W. (2003). Using nominal group technique to assess chronic pain patients’ perceived challenges and needs in a community health region. Journal of Health Expectations, 6, 44-52.

Dewar, AL, Craig,K, Muir, J. Cole C. (2003). Testing the effectiveness of a pain management strategy for day surgery patients. Ambulatory Surgery, 10, 81-88.

Dewar AL. (2003). Boosting strategies: Using social comparison to enhance well-being by sufferers of catastrophic illnesses and injures. Journal of Psychsocial Nursing and Mental Health Issues, 41, 24-32.

Dewar, A.L., Esson, L. & Entwistle, C. (2002). Prior Learning Assessment: Keep your options open. Canadian Nurse, 98, 28-31.

Dewar, A. L. (2001). Protecting strategies used by sufferers of catastrophic illnesses and injuries. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 10, 600-608.

Dewar, A.L. (2001). Challenges to communication: Supporting the SCI patient with their outcomes and prognosis. SCI Nursing, 18, 187-190.

Edwards, H., Nash, R., Najman, J., Yates, P., Fentiman, B., Dewar, A.L., Walsh, A.K., McDowell, J., & Sherman, H. (2001). Determinants of nurses intentions to administer opioids for pain relief. Nursing and Health Sciences, 3, 149-159.

Dewar, A. L. & Lee, E. (2000). Bearing illness and injury. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 22, 914-928.

Dewar, A.L. (2000). Nurses experience in giving bad news to patients with spinal cord injuries. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 32, 324-330.

Nash, R. Yates, P. Edwards, H., Fentiman, B., Dewar, A. McDowell, J. Clark, R. (1999). Pain and the administration of analgesia; what nurses say. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 8, 180-189.

Yates, P., Dewar, A., Edwards, H., Fentiman, B., Najman, J., Nash, R., Richardson, V. Fraser, J. (1998). The prevalence and perception of pain among hospital in-patients. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 7, 521-530.

Dewar, A., & Barr, J. (1996). Mental Health and Chronic Illness. In Clinton, M. & Nelson, S (Eds.), Health and Illness: Mental Health Nursing in Australia and New Zealand. Sydney: Prentice Hall.

Yates, P., Dewar, A., Fentiman, B. (1995). Pain: The views of elderly people living in long-term residential care settings. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 21, 667-674.

Dewar, A., & Morse, J. (1995). Unbearable incidents: Failure to endure. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 22, 957-964.

Dewar, A., & Barr, J. (1996). Mental Health and Chronic Illness. In Clinton, M. & Nelson, S (Eds.), Health and Illness: Mental Health Nursing in Australia and New Zealand. Sydney: Prentice Hall.

Nash, R., Najman, J., Yates, P., Edwards, H., Fentiman, B., Dewar, A., McDowell, J., Skerman, H. (1996). Educating nurses and patients for effective usage of analgesic medications. Report to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Branch of the Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services, Canberra, ACT.