Adrian Wagg, MB BS FRCP (Lond) FRCP (Edin) FCGS FHEA

Area of Study / Keywords

56 screened 98 screened Quality improvement sustainability incontinence multi attribute utility framework

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About

Dr. Adrian Wagg is a specialist in Geriatric and General Medicine with expertise in health services research.  He is currently a Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Alberta and Professor of Continence Sciences at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Dr. Wagg has significant front-line experience in healthcare administration and systems development, a strong knowledge of operational issues and an in-depth perspective of healthcare of older Albertans. His research interests involve improving care for people with urinary incontinence, community engagement and the quality of care for older people in nursing homes. He is active in national and international clinical practice guideline development and is the  Co-Chair of the International Consultation on Incontinence; he is Trustee and Treasurer of the International Continence Society and Treasurer of the Canadian Geriatrics Society. In his service to the community, Dr. Wagg participates in numerous community facing activities promoting health literacy and the healthy ageing of older adults.

Clinical Interests

Dr. Wagg performs inpatient and outpatient geriatric and internal medicine in the elderly and runs a specialist continence clinic for people with bladder and bowel problems.  

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Research

Dr. Wagg has an academic interest in incontinence and is nationally and internationally recognized for his expertise in the area.   His other research interests are community engagement for healthy ageing, knowledge translation and quality improvement in older residents of nursing homes.  He has a number of grants held as principal investigator and also is involved in a number of teams and collaborations with respect to improvements in older adults care. 

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Teaching

Dr. Wagg is an acknowledged high quality teacher.  His clinical teaching covers undergraduate and post graduate students.  Teaching covers basic clinical skills, geriatric and general medical subjects either in small groups or at the bedside.He has undergone teacher training and holds a qualification in medical education

He also delivers a community engagement series of lectures for Seniors' centres around Edmonton, covering the topics that no-one else covers (those below the belt) including ones that others do as well as a monthly webinar on healthy aging for seniors, posted on the web and widely viewed on youTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrOqkQAkc-mJCHXEf1DtAXw/videos)

He also works with the Alzheimer's Society as part of their Seeds of Hope program.

Adrian Wagg

Continence. 2025 December; 10.1016/j.cont.2025.102304

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Liane R. Ginsburg, Whitney Berta, Matthias Hoben, Frode F. Jacobsen, Lonnie Kehler, Jennifer Pietracci, Laurel Rose, Danielle Saj, Georgina Veldhorst, Adrian Wagg, Malcolm Doupe

2025 October; 10.1101/2025.10.09.25337684

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Adrian Wagg, Fredrik Agholme, Hardy Schwiegel, Nicole Huige, Daniela Hayder-Beichel

Age and Ageing. 2025 August; 10.1093/ageing/afaf236

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Rachel Harris, Fariba Kolahdooz, Afsaneh Omidimorad, Adrian Wagg, Carolyn Gotay, Debbie DeLancey, Kami Kandola, André Corriveau, Sami Pirkola, Arja Rautio, Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox, Sangita Sharma

Journal of Community Health. 2025 April; 10.1007/s10900-024-01366-1

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Michelle C. Gao, Saima Rajabali, Adrian Wagg

Canadian Geriatrics Journal. 2025 March; 10.5770/cgj.28.783

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Nikki Cotterill, Michael Samarinas, Angie Rantell, Caroline Selai, Salvador Arlandis, Kathryn Jones, Paul Abrams, D. Robinson, Adrian Wagg

Neurourology and Urodynamics. 2025 March; 10.1002/nau.25654

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Andries Van Huele, Michael Samarinas, Wendy F. Bower, Roger Dmochowski, Dudley Robinson, Mauro Van den Ende, François Hervé, William Gibson, Adrian Wagg, Alan Wein, Karel Everaert, George Bou Kheir

Continence. 2025 March; 10.1016/j.cont.2024.101737

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Liane Ginsburg, Adam Easterbrook, Ariane Geerts, Whitney Berta, Lynda van Dreumel, Carole A Estabrooks, Peter G Norton, Adrian Wagg

BMJ Quality & Safety. 2025 March; 10.1136/bmjqs-2024-017795

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Simran Panesar, Saima Rajabali, Megan Kennedy, Adrian Wagg

BMJ Open. 2025 February; 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091092

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Marina Kirillovich, Saima Rajabali, Adrian Wagg

Canadian Geriatrics Journal. 2024 December; 10.5770/cgj.27.758

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Adrian Wagg

Continence. 2024 December; 10.1016/j.cont.2024.101704

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Adrian Wagg, George Heckman, Melissa Northwood, John Hirdes

Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 2024 December; 10.1016/j.cjca.2024.09.028

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Anastasia Silverglow, Helle Wijk, Ian Milsom, Adrian Wagg

BMJ Open. 2024 December; 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086693

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Fariba Kolahdooz, Se Lim Jang, Sarah Deck, David Ilkiw, Gertrude Omoro, Arja Rautio, Sami Pirkola, Helle Moeller, Gary Ferguson, Birgitta Evengård, Lianne Mantla-Look, Debbie DeLancey, André Corriveau, Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox, Adrian Wagg, Cindy Roache, Katherine Rittenbach, Henry J. Conter, Ryan Falk, Sangita Sharma

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2024 December; 10.3390/ijerph22010001

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Adrian Wagg, Danielle R. Redmond

Journal of Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nursing. 2024 November; 10.1097/WON.0000000000001131

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Muyibat Omotunde, Kathleen Hunter, Adrian Wagg

BMJ Open. 2024 September; 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079475

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Christina Shaw, Adrian Wagg

Expert Review of Medical Devices. 2024 September; 10.1080/17434440.2024.2400092

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Olawunmi Olagundoye, William Gibson, Adrian Wagg

PLOS ONE. 2024 August; 10.1371/journal.pone.0306080

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Olawunmi Olagundoye, Shelley Ross, William Gibson, Adrian Wagg

PLOS ONE. 2024 July; 10.1371/journal.pone.0305052

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Mehri Karimi-Dehkordi, Heather M. Hanson, Megan Kennedy, Adrian Wagg

Healthcare. 2024 July; 10.3390/healthcare12141397

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Olawunmi Olagundoye, William Gibson, Adrian Wagg

2024 June; 10.1101/2024.06.12.24308861

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Mehri Karimi-Dehkordi, Heather M. Hanson, James Silvius, Adrian Wagg

Healthcare. 2024 April; 10.3390/healthcare12070807

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Saima Rajabali, Prosper Asaana, Sahar Nazari, Adrian Wagg

European Urology Focus. 2024 March; 10.1016/j.euf.2024.02.005

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Liane R Ginsburg, Adam Easterbrook, Ariane Massie, Whitney Berta, Malcolm Doupe, Matthias Hoben, Peter Norton, Colin Reid, Yuting Song, Adrian Wagg, Carole Estabrooks

The Gerontologist. 2024 February; 10.1093/geront/gnad064

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Adrian Wagg, A. Lenore Ackerman, H. Henry Lai, Diane K. Newman

International Journal of Clinical Practice. 2024 January; 10.1155/2024/5112405

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Michelle Knox, Adrian Wagg

Healthcare. 2023 August; 10.3390/healthcare11162305

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Yuting Song, Abubakar M Nassur, Viraji Rupasinghe, Fajr Haq, Anne-Marie Boström, R Colin Reid, Elizabeth Andersen, Adrian Wagg, Matthias Hoben, Zahra Goodarzi, Janet E Squires, Carole A Estabrooks, Lori E Weeks

The Gerontologist. 2023 May; 10.1093/geront/gnac016

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Muyibat Omotunde, Adrian Wagg

Journal of Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nursing. 2023 May; 10.1097/WON.0000000000000965

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Adrian Wagg, Matthias Hoben, Liane Ginsburg, Malcolm Doupe, Whitney Berta, Yuting Song, Peter Norton, Jennifer Knopp-Sihota, Carole Estabrooks

Implementation Science. 2023 March; 10.1186/s13012-022-01259-8

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Muyibat Omotunde, Fredrik Agholme, Arne Böhling, Nicole Huige, Hardy Schweigel, Daniela Hayder-Beichel, Robert Reidy, Adrian Wagg

Trials. 2023 February; 10.1186/s13063-022-07031-z

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Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing. 2023 January; 10.1097/WON.0000000000000937

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BMJ Open. 2023 January; 10.1136/BMJOPEN-2022-068956

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Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2023 January; 10.1089/JPM.2022.0467

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American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2023 January; 10.1016/J.AJOG.2022.07.035

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International Urogynecology Journal. 2023 January; 10.1007/S00192-022-05364-6

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International Urogynecology Journal. 2023 January; 10.1007/S00192-023-05478-5

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Urogynecology. 2023 January; 10.1097/SPV.0000000000001272

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Urogynecology. 2023 January; 10.1097/SPV.0000000000001274

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MedRxiv. 2023 January; 10.1101/2023.02.01.23285328

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BMJ Open Quality. 2023 January; 10.1136/BMJOQ-2022-002027

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American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. 2023 January; 10.1177/10499091231155854

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Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2023 January; 10.1016/J.JAMDA.2022.12.004

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Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2023 January; 10.1016/J.JAMDA.2023.03.041

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Doupe M., Brunkert T., Wagg A., Ginsburg L., Norton P., Berta W., Knopp-Sihota J., Estabrooks C.

Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 2022 December; 8 (1) 10.1186/s40814-022-01004-4

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Doupe M., Brunkert T., Wagg A., Ginsburg L., Norton P., Berta W., Knopp-Sihota J., Estabrooks C.

Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 2022 December; 8 (1) 10.1186/s40814-022-00975-8

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Song Y., MacEachern L., Doupe M.B., Ginsburg L., Chamberlain S.A., Cranley L., Easterbrook A., Hoben M., Knopp-Sihota J., Reid R.C., Wagg A., Estabrooks C.A., Keefe J.M., Rappon T., Berta W.B.

BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2022 December; 22 (1) 10.1186/s12913-022-08026-x

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Muyibat Omotunde, Fredrik Agholme, Arne Böhling, Nicole Huige, Hardy Schweigel, Daniela Hayder-Beichel, Robert Reidy, Adrian Wagg

2022 September; 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1570514/v1

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adrian wagg, Matthias Hoben, Liane Ginsburg, Malcolm Doupe, Whitney Berta, Yuting Song, Peter Norton, Jennifer Knopp-Sihota, Carole Estabrooks

2022 September; 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1991631/v1

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Wagg A.S., Herschorn S., Carlsson M., Fernet M., Oelke M.

Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research. 2022 September; 11 (13) 10.2217/cer-2022-0041

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Vesentini G., O'Connor N., Elders A., Le Berre M., Nabhan A.F., Wagg A., Cacciari L., Dumoulin C.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2022 August; 2022 (8) 10.1002/14651858.CD015376

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Cochrane Library. 2022 June; DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD015376.

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ICS 2022 . 2022 June; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cont.2022.100239

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Pham A.N.Q., Lindeman C., Voaklander D., Wagg A., Drummond N.

FAMILY PRACTICE. 2022 May; 39 (3):406-412 10.1093/fampra/cmab168

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Knopp-Sihota J.A., Rachor G.S., Goodarzi Z., Holroyd-Leduc J., Estabrooks C.A., Wagg A.S.

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2022 March; 23 (3):514-515 10.1016/j.jamda.2021.07.037

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Heesakkers J., Dorsthorst M.t., Wagg A.

Canadian Geriatrics Journal. 2022 March; 25 (1):72-78 10.5770/cgj.25.530

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Pham A.N.Q., Voaklander D., Wagg A., Drummond N.

FAMILY PRACTICE. 2022 January; 39 (1):74-79 10.1093/fampra/cmab056

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Hunter K.F., Dahlke S., Kalogirou M.R., Pietrosanu M., Triscott J., Savard W., Wagg A.

Rehabilitation Nursing. 2022 January; 47 (3):109-118 10.1097/RNJ.0000000000000368

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Manns K., Khan A., Carlson K.V., Wagg A., Baverstock R.J., Trafford Crump R.

NEUROUROLOGY AND URODYNAMICS. 2022 January; 41 (1):42-47 10.1002/nau.24809

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Larsudd-Kåverud J., Gyhagen J., Åkervall S., Molin M., Milsom I., Wagg A., Gyhagen M.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. 2022 January; 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.07.035

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ICS 2022 . 2022 January;

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Egbujie B.A., Northwood M., Turcotte L.A., McArthur C., Berg K., Heckman G.A., Wagg A.S., Hirdes J.P.

NEUROUROLOGY AND URODYNAMICS. 2022 January; 10.1002/nau.25018

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Suskind A.M., Vaittinen T., Gibson W., Hajebrahimi S., Ostaszkiewicz J., Davis N., Dickinson T., Spencer M., Wagg A.

NEUROUROLOGY AND URODYNAMICS. 2022 January; 41 (1):14-30 10.1002/nau.24795

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Monaghan T.F., Wagg A.S., Rahman S.N., Winer A.G.

JOURNAL OF UROLOGY. 2022 January; 207 (1):237-238 10.1097/JU.0000000000001683

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Chapple C.R., Mironska E., Wagg A., Milsom I., Diaz D.C., Koelbl H., Pushkar D., Tubaro A., De Ridder D., Chartier-Kastler E., Phillips L.D.

European Urology Focus. 2022 January; 8 (1):360-361 10.1016/j.euf.2020.12.006

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Northwood M., Turcotte L.A., McArthur C., Egbujie B.A., Berg K., Boscart V.M., Heckman G.A., Hirdes J.P., Wagg A.S.

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2022 January; 10.1016/j.jamda.2022.06.019

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Van Besien W., Shire S., Decalf V., Ervin C.E., King S., Baldrey C., Da Silva A., Wagg A., Everaert K.E., Bower W.F.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE. 2021 December; 75 (12) 10.1111/ijcp.14876

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The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. 2021 November;

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Hunter K.F., Dahlke S., Smith N., Lin A., Rajabali S., Wagg A.

Rehabilitation Nursing. 2021 November; 46 (6):305-314 10.1097/RNJ.0000000000000313

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Campbell M., Stewart T., Brunkert T., Campbell-Enns H., Gruneir A., Halas G., Hoben M., Scott E., Wagg A., Doupe M.

PLoS One. 2021 November; 16 (11 November) 10.1371/journal.pone.0259387

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Gyhagen M., Ellström Engh M., Husslein H., Koelbl H., Nilsson I.E.K., Schulz J., Wagg A., Milsom I.

ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2021 November; 100 (11):1969-1976 10.1111/aogs.14244

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International Urogynecology Journal/ IUGA 2021. 2021 November;

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Gibson W., Jones A., Hunter K., Wagg A.

PLoS One. 2021 October; 16 (10 October) 10.1371/journal.pone.0257506

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Tate K., Reid R.C., McLane P., Cummings G.E., Rowe B.H., Estabrooks C.A., Norton P., Lee J.S., Wagg A., Robinson C., Cummings G.G.

JOURNAL OF APPLIED GERONTOLOGY. 2021 October; 40 (10):1215-1225 10.1177/0733464820962638

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Wagg A., Lee R.

Current Geriatrics Reports. 2021 September; 10 (3):124-131 10.1007/s13670-021-00357-7

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Wagg A.S., Herschorn S., Carlsson M., Fernet M., Oelke M.

NEUROUROLOGY AND URODYNAMICS. 2021 August; 40 (6):1559-1568 10.1002/nau.24706

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Fox, M.T., Sidani, S, Butler, J.I., Skinner, M.W., Macdonald, M., Durocher, E., Hunter, K.F., Wagg, A., Weeks, L.E. MacLeod, A. Dahlke, S.

Implementation Science. 2021 July; 10.1186/s43058-021-00179-w

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The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting. 2021 July;

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Anh N Q Pham, Don Voaklander, Adrian Wagg, Neil Drummond

FAMILY PRACTICE. 2021 June; 10.1093/fampra/cmab056

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Virtual ICFSR 2021 Conference; 11th edition of the International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research . 2021 May;

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Saravana-Bawan B., Warkentin L.M., Ohinmaa A., Wagg A.S., Holroyd-Leduc J., Padwal R.S., Clement F., Khadaroo R.G.

Annals of Medicine and Surgery. 2021 May; 65 10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102368

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Hanson H.M., Léveillé T., Cole M., Soril L.J.J., Clement F., Wagg A., Silvius J.

BMJ Open Qual. 2021 April; 10 (2) 10.1136/bmjoq-2020-001211

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Wagg A.

EUROPEAN UROLOGY. 2021 April; 205 (4):1152 10.1097/JU.0000000000001506.01

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Wagg A.

JOURNAL OF UROLOGY. 2021 April; 205 (4):1152 10.1097/JU.0000000000001506.01

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Hanson H.M., Cowan K., Wagg A.

CMAJ open. 2021 April; 9 (2):E522-E528 10.9778/cmajo.20190225

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Wagg A.

EUROPEAN UROLOGY. 2021 April; 79 (4):505-506 10.1016/j.eururo.2021.01.004

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Milsom I., Wagg A., Oelke M., Chapple C.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE. 2021 April; 75 (4) 10.1111/ijcp.13870

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Keefe J.M., Cranley L., Berta W.B., Taylor D., Beacom A.M., McAfee E., Maceachern L.E., Boudreau D., Hall J., Thompson G., Squires J.E., Wagg A., Estabrooks C.A.

CANADIAN JOURNAL ON AGING-REVUE CANADIENNE DU VIEILLISSEMENT. 2021 March; 40 (1):166-176 10.1017/S0714980820000057

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Thomas F Monaghan 1 2, Adrian S Wagg 3, Syed N Rahman 1 2, Andrew G Winer 1 2

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF UROLOGY. 2021 February; doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000001683

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Fritel X., van den Heuvel E., Wagg A., Ragot S., Tannenbaum C.

NEUROUROLOGY AND URODYNAMICS. 2021 February; 40 (2):705-713 10.1002/nau.24614

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Canadian Association on Gerontology.. 2021 January; 10.3390/nursrep11010003

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Shaw C., Wagg A.

Medicine (United Kingdom). 2021 January; 49 (1):44-50 10.1016/j.mpmed.2020.10.012

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Wagg A., Lee R.

Current Geriatrics Reports. 2021 January; 10.1007/s13670-021-00357-7

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Smith N., Rajabali S., Hunter K.F., Chambers T., Fasinger R., Wagg A.

International Journal of Palliative Nursing. 2020 December; 26 (8):432-442 10.12968/ijpn.2020.26.8.432

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Gibson W., Makhani A., Hunter K.F., Wagg A.

Canadian Geriatrics Journal. 2020 December; 23 (4):329-334 10.5770/CGJ.23.423

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ICS 2020 Online. 2020 November;

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Pederson J.L., Padwal R.S., Warkentin L.M., Holroyd-Leduc J.M., Wagg A., Khadaroo R.G.

PLoS One. 2020 November; 15 (11 November) 10.1371/journal.pone.0241554

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Gibson W., Makhani A., Hunter K.F., Wagg A.

Canadian Geriatrics Journal. 2020 November; 23 (4):329-334 10.5770/CGJ.23.423

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Roy H.A., Nettleton J., Blain C., Dalton C., Farhan B., Fernandes A., Georgopoulos P., Klepsch S., Lavelle J., Martinelli E., Panicker J.N., Radoja I., Rapidi C.A., Pereira e Silva R., Tudor K., Wagg A.S., Drake M.J.

NEUROUROLOGY AND URODYNAMICS. 2020 November; 39 (8):2535-2543 10.1002/nau.24469

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Monaghan T.F., Wagg A.S., Bliwise D.L., Agudelo C.W., Michelson K.P., Rahman S.N., Epstein M.R., Haddad R., Everaert K., Lazar J.M., Weiss J.P.

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 2020 October; 32 (10):2111 10.1007/s40520-019-01456-4

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Monaghan T.F., Wagg A.S., Bliwise D.L., Agudelo C.W., Michelson K.P., Rahman S.N., Epstein M.R., Haddad R., Everaert K., Lazar J.M., Weiss J.P.

AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 2020 October; 32 (10):1993-2000 10.1007/s40520-019-01416-y

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