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Chantal Backman

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Associate ProfessorNursing SciencesUniversity of Ottawa

Chantal Backman

Associate Professor

Nursing Sciences

Faculty of Health Sciences

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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39 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Retirement Homes Acute Health Services Patient Safety

Latest papers

Risk factors and hospital harm: A study of hip fracture patients in the community using population-based data.
Injury · 2026
The association between patient preferred language and end-of-life outcomes of home care patients who died from a cancer in Ontario, Canada - A retrospective cohort study.
PloS one · 2026 · senior author
The Association Between Hospital Harms and 1-Year Mortality Following a Hip Fracture in Ontario, Canada: A Cohort Study.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026

All 68 publications

Latest funding

Resident Centred Palliative Care Quality Indicators for Long Term Care: A Multi-Phase Development, Evaluation, and Implementation Study
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$569,925
Leveraging a New National Data Linkage to Examine Caregiving for Older Adults and Its Impacts on Caregivers' Downstream Outcomes
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$546,976
Améliorer l'équité en première ligne pour les personnes avec troubles neurocognitifs majeurs: Une étude à méthodes mixtes axée sur le patient
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$761,176

All 17 grants and awards

68 publications.

Risk factors and hospital harm: A study of hip fracture patients in the community using population-based data.

Rashidian L, Ali A, Senthinathan A, Bai YQ, Wodchis WP, Bronskill SE, Backman C, Thavorn K, Kuluski K, Guilcher SJ

Injury2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2026.113510 PMID: 42579959

The association between patient preferred language and end-of-life outcomes of home care patients who died from a cancer in Ontario, Canada - A retrospective cohort study.

Wang TF, Bjerre LM, Gibb M, Yoo S, Pugliese M, Kim W, Moledina A, Engel FD, Lominy W, Carrier M, Tanuseputro P, Johnston S, Backman C

PloS one2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0351840 PMID: 42329974

The Association Between Hospital Harms and 1-Year Mortality Following a Hip Fracture in Ontario, Canada: A Cohort Study.

Ali A, Senthinathan A, Rashidian L, Bai YQ, Wodchis WP, Bronskill SE, Backman C, Thavorn K, Kuluski K, Guilcher SJT

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society2026

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70452 PMID: 42026973

Nursing-Led Knowledge Translation Strategies to Improve Patient Safety in Hospital Settings: A Scoping Review.

Canhete JAC, Muniz VAS, Reiser MN, Backman C, Lanzoni GMM, de Mello ALSF

Journal of advanced nursing2026

DOI: 10.1111/jan.70621 PMID: 41995256

Socioeconomic Disparities in Concussion Presentation.

Corwin DJ, Li W, Fung SG, Yu C, Backman C, Lamoureux M, Hawken S, Johnston S, Zemek R, Transforming Research by Assessing Neuroinformatics Across the Spectrum of Concussion by Embedding Interdisciplinary Data-Collection to Enable Novel Treatments (TRANSCENDENT) Research Program

JAMA network open2026

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.7416 PMID: 42018325

Safety and satisfaction of urinary catheter use in the perioperative period amongst hip fracture patients: a prospective cohort.

Papp S, Dodd-Moher M, Meulenkamp B, Thibault J, Backman C, Whitley N, Chamoun D, Grammatopoulos G

International journal of orthopaedic and trauma nursing2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijotn.2026.101259 PMID: 41643343

Factors associated with hip fracture following a fall-associated hospitalization in older adults: a retrospective cohort study.

Lafleur BR, Li W, Okamoto R, Backman C, Fisher S, Webber C, Godwin B, Huang S, Spilg E

Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00198-026-08181-5 PMID: 42567962

Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of PATH FOR timely transfer of geriatric HIP fracture patients from hospital to rehabilitation to home (PATH4HIP): a mixed methods study.

Backman C, Harley A, Papp S, Webber C, Poitras S, Beaulé PE, French-Merkley V

Pilot and feasibility studies2026First author

DOI: 10.1186/s40814-025-01761-y PMID: 41546111

[Perceptions of caregivers accompanying an elderly person during the transition from a long-term care facility to the emergency room].

Peguero-Rodriguez G, Polomeno V, Backman C, Chartrand J, Lalonde M

Soins. Gerontologie2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.sger.2025.11.003 PMID: 41620250

Deconditioning of Long-Term Care Residents After Acute Hospitalization for a Hip Fracture in Ontario: A Retrospective, Population-Based Cohort Study.

Li W, Engel FD, Fremont D, Timite H, Okamoto R, Fisher S, Kobewka D, Papp S, Tanuseputro P, Backman C

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2025.105973 PMID: 41232925

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Chantal Backman

Research

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Latest funding

Risk factors and hospital harm: A study of hip fracture patients in the community using population-based data.

The association between patient preferred language and end-of-life outcomes of home care patients who died from a cancer in Ontario, Canada - A retrospective cohort study.

The Association Between Hospital Harms and 1-Year Mortality Following a Hip Fracture in Ontario, Canada: A Cohort Study.

Nursing-Led Knowledge Translation Strategies to Improve Patient Safety in Hospital Settings: A Scoping Review.

Socioeconomic Disparities in Concussion Presentation.

Safety and satisfaction of urinary catheter use in the perioperative period amongst hip fracture patients: a prospective cohort.

Factors associated with hip fracture following a fall-associated hospitalization in older adults: a retrospective cohort study.

Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of PATH FOR timely transfer of geriatric HIP fracture patients from hospital to rehabilitation to home (PATH4HIP): a mixed methods study.

[Perceptions of caregivers accompanying an elderly person during the transition from a long-term care facility to the emergency room].

Deconditioning of Long-Term Care Residents After Acute Hospitalization for a Hip Fracture in Ontario: A Retrospective, Population-Based Cohort Study.

Frequent collaborators

Colleen Webber

Peter Tanuseputro

Julie Chartrand

Sharon Johnston

Daniel Kobewka

Janet Squires

Beverley Shea

Stéphane Poitras

Michelle Lalonde

Delvina Hasimja Saraqini

Jay Mercer

Alexandre Tran

Luke Turcotte

Tzu-Fei Wang

Kerry Kuluski

Roger Zemek

Peter Tanuseputro

Jennifer Watt

Corita Vincent

Kednapa Thavorn

Kednapa Thavorn

Dawn Stacey

Viola Polomeno

Aliza Moledina

Allen Huang

Krystal Kehoe MacLeod

Katharina Kovacs Burns

Sunita Mulpuru

George Grammatopoulos

Manish Sood