Ayse Kuspinar
Overview
Ayse Kuspinar is an Associate Professor at the School of Rehabilitation Science in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University. Dr. Kuspinar’s research focuses on the development and assessment of patient-reported outcome measures. She uses advanced psychometric methods such as Rasch analysis and preference-based approaches to measure health outcomes that matter to patients. Dr. Kuspinar’s research also focuses on aging and mobility, the development and evaluation of strategies to optimize mobility and improve quality of life in Canadian seniors.
Affiliations
- Associate Professor
- Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
- Member, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA), McMaster University
- Associate Professor, Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Health Sciences
Education
- MSc, Rehabilitation Sciences, McGill University
- PhD, Rehabilitation Sciences, McGill University
Related Projects
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PACIFIC – A Post-Acute Care Intervention for Frailty using Information and Communication Technology
Leveraging today’s health technology to co-design a complex community-based frailty intervention for older post-acute care patients.
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The EMBOLDEN trial: Enhancing physical and community MoBility in OLDEr adults with health inequalities using commuNity co-design
Researchers, older-adult citizens and community service providers co-design, implement and evaluate an innovative community-based intervention with the goal of improved physical and community mobility, nutrition, and social participation in older adults.
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Life-space mobility in the Canadian Longitudinal Study On Aging
2022 Labarge Master’s Scholarship
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Designing a virtually administered walking speed test for older adults
2022 MIRA/AGE-WELL Epic PhD Award
