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Tanya Packer

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Tanya Packer

Professor

School of Health Administration

Faculty of Agriculture

Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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15 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2016.

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Self-Management Fatigue Management Chronic Condition Management Patient Reported Outcomes Disability Occupational Therapy

Latest papers

Self-management difficulties in Swedish older adults and associations with sociodemographic factors, number of conditions, depression and health status.
Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2026
Noninferiority Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Three Delivery Formats of a Rehabilitation Intervention to Reduce Fatigue Among Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis.
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2026
Prevalence of prescribed opioid claims among persons with non-traumatic spinal cord dysfunction in Ontario, Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study.
Spinal cord · 2026

All 33 publications

Latest funding

Digital Health for Spinal Cord Injury/Dysfunction Medication Self-Management: A Multi-Methods Study Evaluating the MedManageSCI Toolkit
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000
IAMABLE: Implementation and Evaluation of an App for Evidence-Based Self-Management Rehabilitation Strategies
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$164,475
Cross Provincial Comparison of Programs for Patients with Multimorbiditiy in Interprofessional Collaborative Family Practice Teams in Primary Health
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$124,056

All 5 grants and awards

33 publications.

Self-management difficulties in Swedish older adults and associations with sociodemographic factors, number of conditions, depression and health status.

Olsson I, Björk S, Isaksson U, Packer T, Kephart G, Nordström A, Audulv Å

Scandinavian journal of primary health care2026

DOI: 10.1080/02813432.2025.2511070 PMID: 40452269

Noninferiority Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Three Delivery Formats of a Rehabilitation Intervention to Reduce Fatigue Among Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis.

Plow M, Packer T, Mathiowetz VG, Van Denend T, Preissner K, Ghahari S, Wu Q, Sattar A, Bethoux F, Nowacki AS, Finlayson M

Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2025.10.022 PMID: 41242677

Prevalence of prescribed opioid claims among persons with non-traumatic spinal cord dysfunction in Ontario, Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study.

Guan Q, Hogan ME, Calzavara A, McCormack D, Lofters AK, Patel T, Hitzig SL, Packer T, Guilcher SJT

Spinal cord2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41393-025-01140-7 PMID: 41241697

The Patient Reported Inventory of Self-Management of Chronic Conditions (PRISM-CC): testing for bias across patient characteristics and languages.

Olsson I, Kephart G, Packer T, Björk S, Isaksson U, Nordström A, Audulv Å

Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2026

DOI: 10.1007/s11136-025-04124-5 PMID: 41493704

Managing fatigue in Parkinson's disease: Preparing for a randomized controlled trial.

Alizadeh N, Packer T, Sturkenboom I, Warner G, Rigby H

Journal of Parkinson's disease2025

DOI: 10.1177/1877718x251388329 PMID: 41105586

Engaging Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Research: Qualitative Substudy of Factors Impacting Participation.

Boutilier B, Warner G, Wolfe B, Askari S, Moody E, Ghanouni P, Packer T

JMIR formative research2025Senior author

DOI: 10.2196/74191 PMID: 40461005

Structural validity and test-retest reliability of the Patient Reported Inventory of Self-Management of Chronic Conditions (PRISM-CC) in a Swedish population of seventy-year-olds with long-term health conditions.

Olsson I, Kephart G, Packer T, Björk S, Isaksson U, Chen YT, Nordström A, Audulv Å

Journal of patient-reported outcomes2025

DOI: 10.1186/s41687-025-00892-3 PMID: 40434615

Retraction Note: Prevalence of prescribed opioid claims among persons with nontraumatic spinal cord dysfunction in Ontario, Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study.

Guan Q, Hogan ME, Calzavara A, McCormack D, Lofters AK, Patel T, Hitzig SL, Packer T, Guilcher SJT

Spinal cord2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41393-025-01061-5 PMID: 39900679

Adapting the Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite for Telehealth Administration Using Videoconference Delivery: Methodological Considerations and Interrater Reliability.

Van Denend T, Mathiowetz V, Preissner K, Bethoux F, Finlayson M, Packer T, Ghahari S, Plow M

Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.arrct.2024.100337 PMID: 39006110

Factors influencing how informal caregivers of people with multiple sclerosis access and use a curated intervention website: Analysis from an RCT.

Packer T, Austin N, Lehman M, Douglas SL, Plow M

Digital health2024First author

DOI: 10.1177/20552076241228403 PMID: 38343587

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Tanya Packer

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Self-management difficulties in Swedish older adults and associations with sociodemographic factors, number of conditions, depression and health status.

Noninferiority Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Three Delivery Formats of a Rehabilitation Intervention to Reduce Fatigue Among Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis.

Prevalence of prescribed opioid claims among persons with non-traumatic spinal cord dysfunction in Ontario, Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study.

The Patient Reported Inventory of Self-Management of Chronic Conditions (PRISM-CC): testing for bias across patient characteristics and languages.

Managing fatigue in Parkinson's disease: Preparing for a randomized controlled trial.

Engaging Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Research: Qualitative Substudy of Factors Impacting Participation.

Structural validity and test-retest reliability of the Patient Reported Inventory of Self-Management of Chronic Conditions (PRISM-CC) in a Swedish population of seventy-year-olds with long-term health conditions.

Retraction Note: Prevalence of prescribed opioid claims among persons with nontraumatic spinal cord dysfunction in Ontario, Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study.

Adapting the Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite for Telehealth Administration Using Videoconference Delivery: Methodological Considerations and Interrater Reliability.

Factors influencing how informal caregivers of people with multiple sclerosis access and use a curated intervention website: Analysis from an RCT.

Digital Health for Spinal Cord Injury/Dysfunction Medication Self-Management: A Multi-Methods Study Evaluating the MedManageSCI Toolkit

IAMABLE: Implementation and Evaluation of an App for Evidence-Based Self-Management Rehabilitation Strategies

Cross Provincial Comparison of Programs for Patients with Multimorbiditiy in Interprofessional Collaborative Family Practice Teams in Primary Health

Developing a Patient-Centred, Clinically Relevant Measure of Self-management for Individuals with Multiple Chronic Conditions

Integrating end of life care to help people stay in the community: The essentials for success

Frequent collaborators

George Kephart

Grace Warner

Tejal Patel

Setareh Ghahari

Marcia Finlayson

Elaine Moody

Molly Verrier

Tara Sampalli

Connie Marras

James Conklin

Nichole Austin

Parisa Ghanouni

Erin Christian

Sarah Munce

Ruth Martin-Misener

Susan Jaglal

Sara Guilcher