Leaders in Learning: Publications of Faculty & Staff


Epidemiology & Biostatistics 2001-2002



CHESWORTH, B.M.

Chesworth, B.M., M. Speechley, K. Hartford, and R. Crilly. 2001. Home Care After Hip Fracture in a Health Planning Region. Canadian Journal of Public Health 92 (5): 380-384.
 
 

DONNER, A.

Ahn, C., S.-H. Jung, and A. Donner. 2002. Application of an adjusted x2 statistic to site-specific data in observational dental studies. Journal of Clinical Periodontology 29: 79-82.

Altaye, M., A. Donner, and M. Eliasziw. 2001. A general goodness-of-fit approach for inference procedures concerning the kappa statistic. Statistics in Medicine 20: 2479-2488.

Donner, A., G. Piaggio, and J. Villar. 2001. Statistical methods for the meta-analysis of cluster randomization trials. Statistical Methods in Medical Research 10: 325-338.

Donner, A., and G. Zou. 2002. Interval Estimation for a Difference Between Intraclass Kappa Statistics. Biometrics 58: 209-215.

Donner, A., and G. Zou. 2002. Testing the equality of dependent intraclass correlation coefficients. The Statistician 51 (3): 367-379.

Jung, S.-H., C. Ahn, and A. Donner. 2001. Evaluation of an adjusted chi-square statistic as applied to observational studies involving clustered binary data. Statistics in Medicine 20: 2149-2161.

Klar, N., and A. Donner. 2001. Current and future challenges in the design and analysis of cluster randomization trials. Statistics in Medicine 20: 3729-3740.

Villar, J., H. Ba'aqeel, G. Piaggio, P. Lumbiganon, J.M. Belizan, U. Farnot, Y. Al-Mazrou, G. Carroli, A. Pinol, A. Donner, A. Langer, G. Nigenda, M. Mugford, J. Fox-Rushby, G. Hutton, P. Bergsjo, L. Bakketeig, and H. Berendes. 2001. WHO antenatal care randomised trial for the evaluation of a new model of routine antenatal care. The Lancet 357: 1551-1564.

Villar, J., M.E. Mackey, G. Carroli, and A. Donner. 2001. Meta-analyses in systemic reviews of randomized controlled trials in perinatal medicine: Comparison of fixed and random effects models. Statistics in Medicine 20: 3635-3647.
 
 

FEAGAN, B.

McDonald, J.W.D., J. Mahon, K. Zarnke, B. Feagan, L. Simms, and W. Tucker. 2002. A randomized survey of the preference of gastroenterologists for a Cochrane review versus a traditional narrative review. Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology 16 (1): 17-21.
 
 

HARTFORD, K.

Chesworth, B.M., M. Speechley, K. Hartford, and R. Crilly. 2001. Home Care After Hip Fracture in a Health Planning Region. Canadian Journal of Public Health 92 (5): 380-384.

Hartford, K., C. Wong, and D. Zakaria. 2002. Randomized controlled trial of a telephone intervention by nurses to provide information and support to patients and their partners after elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Effects of anxiety. Heart & Lung 31 (3): 199-206.

Zakaria, D., J. Robertson, J.C. MacDermid, K. Hartford, and J. Koval. 2002. Estimating the population at risk for Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board-covered injuries or diseases. Chronic Diseases in Canada 23 (1): 17-21.
 
 

HOCH, J.S.

Dewa, C.S., J.S. Hoch, and P. Goering. 2001. Using Financial Incentives to Promote Shared Mental Health Care. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 46 (August): 488-495.

Fenton, W.S., J.S. Hoch, J.M. Herrell, L. Mosher, and L. Dixon. 2002. Cost and Cost-effectiveness of Hospital vs Residential Crisis Care for Patients Who Have Serious Mental Illness. Archives of General Psychiatry 59 (April): 357-364.
 
 

KOVAL, J.

Miller, W.C., A.B. Deathe, M. Speechley, and J. Koval. 2001. The Influence of Falling, Fear of Falling, and Balance Confidence on Prosthetic Mobility and Social Activity Among Individuals With a Lower Extremity Amputation. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 82 (9): 1238-1244.

Zakaria, D., J. Robertson, J.C. MacDermid, K. Hartford, and J. Koval. 2002. Estimating the population at risk for Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board-covered injuries or diseases. Chronic Diseases in Canada 23 (1): 17-21.
 
 

MACDERMID, J.C.

Zakaria, D., J. Robertson, J.C. MacDermid, K. Hartford, and J. Koval. 2002. Estimating the population at risk for Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board-covered injuries or diseases. Chronic Diseases in Canada 23 (1): 17-21.
 
 

MAHON, J.L.

Behme, M.T., J.L. Mahon, and J. Dupre. 2002. Autoantibodies and HLA Susceptibility Markers in Canadian First-Degree Relatives of Patients with Type 1 Diabetes. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 958: 228-231.

Diabetes Prevention Trial - Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. 2002. Effects of Insulin in Relatives of Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. New England Journal of Medicine 346 (22): 1685-1691.

Man-Son-Hing, M., A. Laupacis, K. O'Rourke, F.J. Molnar, J. Mahon, K.B.Y. Chan, and G. Wells. 2002. Determination of the Clinical Importance of Study Results: A Review. Journal of General Internal Medicine 17: 469-476.

McAlister, F.A., K.B. Zarnke, N.R.C. Campbell, R.D. Feldman, M. Levine, J. Mahon, S.A. Grover, R. Lewanczuk, F. Leenen, S. Tobe, M. Lebel, J. Stone, E.L. Schiffrin, S.W. Rabkin, R.I. Ogilvie, P. Larochelle, C. Jones, G. Honos, G. Fodor, E. Burgess, P. Hamet, R. Herman, J. Irvine, B. Culleton, and J.M. Wright. 2002. The 2001 Canadian recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part two - Therapy. Canadian Journal of Cardiology 18 (6): 625-641.

McDonald, J.W.D., J. Mahon, K. Zarnke, B. Feagan, L. Simms, and W. Tucker. 2002. A randomized survey of the preference of gastroenterologists for a Cochrane review versus a traditional narrative review. Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology 16 (1): 17-21.

The Propranolol Aneurysm Trial Investigators. 2002. Propranolol for small abdominal aortic aneurysms: Results of a randomized trial. Journal of Vascular Surgery 35: 72-79.
 
 

ROBERTSON, J.

Zakaria, D., J. Robertson, J.C. MacDermid, K. Hartford, and J. Koval. 2002. Estimating the population at risk for Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board-covered injuries or diseases. Chronic Diseases in Canada 23 (1): 17-21.
 
 

SPEECHLEY, M.R.

Borrie, M.J., M. Bawden, M. Speechley, and M. Kloseck. 2002. Interventions led by nurse continence advisers in the management of urinary incontinence: A randomized controlled trial. Canadian Medical Association Journal 166 (10): 1267-1273.

Chesworth, B.M., M. Speechley, K. Hartford, and R. Crilly. 2001. Home Care After Hip Fracture in a Health Planning Region. Canadian Journal of Public Health 92 (5): 380-384.

Miller, W.C., A.B. Deathe, and M. Speechley. 2001. Lower Extremity Prosthetic Mobility: A Comparison of 3 Self-Report Scales. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 82 (10): 1432-1440.

Miller, W.C., A.B. Deathe, M. Speechley, and J. Koval. 2001. The Influence of Falling, Fear of Falling, and Balance Confidence on Prosthetic Mobility and Social Activity Among Individuals With a Lower Extremity Amputation. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 82 (9): 1238-1244.

Miller, W.C., M. Speechley, and B. Deathe. 2001. The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Falling and Fear of Falling Among Lower Extremity Amputees. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 82 (8): 1031-1037.

White, K.P., W.R. Nielson, M. Harth, T. Ostbye, and M. Speechley. 2002. Chronic Widespread Musculoskeletal Pain with or without Fibromyalgia: Psychological Distress in a Representative Community Adult Sample. The Journal of Rheumatology 29 (3): 588-94.

White, K.P., W.R. Nielson, M. Harth, T. Ostbye, and M. Speechley. 2002. Does the Label "Fibromyalgia" Alter Health Status, Function, and Health Service Utilization? A Prospective, Within-Group Comparison in a Community Cohort of Adults With Chronic Widespread Pain. Arthritis and Rheumatism 47 (3): 260-265.

Wojcik, J.P., M.R. Speechley, A.E. Kertesz, S. Chakrabarti, and P.C. Adams. 2002. Natural history of C282Y homozygotes for hemochromatosis. Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology 16 (5): 297-302.
 
 

STITT, L.W.

Fazel, S., E.A. Everson, Stitt. L.W., C. Smith, M. Quantz, F.N. McKenzie, and R.J. Novick. 2001. Predictors of General Surgical Complications after Heart Transplantation. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 193: 52-59.

Fisher, B.J., C.C. Leighton, O. Vujovic, D.R. Macdonald, and L. Stitt. 2001. Results of a policy of surveillance alone after surgical management of pediatric low-grade gliomas. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology & Physics 51 (3): 704-710.

Fisher, B.J., E. Naumova, C.C. Leighton, G.N. Naumov, N. Kerklviet, D. Fortin, D.R. Macdonald, J.G. Cairncross, G.S. Bauman, and L. Stitt. 2002. Ki-67: A Prognostic Factor for Low-Grade Glioma? International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology & Physics 52 (4): 996-1001.

Fortin, D., D.R. Macdonald, L. Stitt, and J.G. Cairncross. 2001. PCV for Oligodendroglial Tumors: In Search of Prognostic Factors for Response and Survival. The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences 28: 215-223.

Joseph, M.G., D. Banerjee, W. Kocha, R. Feld, L.W. Stitt, and M.G. Cherian. 2001. Metallothionein Expression in Patients with Small Cell Carcinoma of. Cancer 92 (4): 836-842.

Lee, P., A. Helewa, C.H. Goldsmith, H.A. Smythe, and L.W. Stitt. 2001. Low Back Pain: Prevalence and Risk Factors in an Industrial Setting. The Journal of Rheumatology 28 (2): 346-351.

Novick, R.J., S.A. Fox, L.W. Stitt, B.B. Kiaii, S.A. Swinamer, R. Rayman, T.R. Wenske, and W.D. Boyd. 2002. Assessing the Learning Curve in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Surgery via CUSUM Failure Analysis. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 73: S358-362.

Novick, R.J., S.A. Fox, L.W. Stitt, S.A. Swinamer, K.R. Lehnhardt, R. Rayman, and W.D. Boyd. 2001. Cumulative Sum Failure Analysis of a Policy Change From On-Pump to Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 72: S1016-21.

Tomiak, A., M. Vincent, C.C. Earle, P.G. Johnston, W. Kocha, M. Taylor, J. Maroun, L. Eidus, F. Whiston, and L. Stitt. 2001. Thymidylate Synthase Expression in Stage II and III Colon Cancer. American Journal of Clinical Oncology 24 (6): 597-602.

Videtic, G.M.M., K. Fung, A.T. Tomiak, L.W. Stitt, A.R. Dar, P.T. Truong, E.W. Yu, M.D. Vincent, and W.I. Kocha. 2001. Using treatment interruptions to palliate the toxicity from concurrent chemoradiation for limited small cell lung cancer decreases survival and disease control. Lung Cancer 33: 249-258.

Videtic, G.M.M., L.E. Gaspar, L. Zamorano, L.W. Stitt, J. Fontanesi, and K.J. Levin. 2001. Implant volume as a prognostic variable in brachytherapy decision-making for malignant gliomas stratified by the RTOG recursive partitioning analysis. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology & Physics 51 (4): 963-968.
 
 

TAMBLYN, S.

Bowles, S.K., W. Lee, A.E. Simor, M. Vearncombe, M. Loeb, S. Tamblyn, M. Fearon, Y. Li, A. McGeer, and The Oseltamivir Compassionate Use Program Group. 2002. Use of Oseltamivir During Influenza Outbreaks in Ontario Nursing Homes, 1999-2000. Journal of American Geriatric Society 50: 608-616.
 
 

WHITE, K.P.

White, K.P., W.R. Nielson, M. Harth, T. Ostbye, and M. Speechley. 2002. Chronic Widespread Musculoskeletal Pain with or without Fibromyalgia: Psychological Distress in a Representative Community Adult Sample. The Journal of Rheumatology 29 (3): 588-94.

White, K.P., W.R. Nielson, M. Harth, T. Ostbye, and M. Speechley. 2002. Does the Label "Fibromyalgia" Alter Health Status, Function, and Health Service Utilization? A Prospective, Within-Group Comparison in a Community Cohort of Adults With Chronic Widespread Pain. Arthritis and Rheumatism 47 (3): 260-265.
 
 

ZARNKE, K.B.

McAlister, F.A., K.B. Zarnke, N.R.C. Campbell, R.D. Feldman, M. Levine, J. Mahon, S.A. Grover, R. Lewanczuk, F. Leenen, S. Tobe, M. Lebel, J. Stone, E.L. Schiffrin, S.W. Rabkin, R.I. Ogilvie, P. Larochelle, C. Jones, G. Honos, G. Fodor, E. Burgess, P. Hamet, R. Herman, J. Irvine, B. Culleton, and J.M. Wright. 2002. The 2001 Canadian recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part two - Therapy. Canadian Journal of Cardiology 18 (6): 625-641.

McDonald, J.W.D., J. Mahon, K. Zarnke, B. Feagan, L. Simms, and W. Tucker. 2002. A randomized survey of the preference of gastroenterologists for a Cochrane review versus a traditional narrative review. Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology 16 (1): 17-21.
 
 

ZOU, G.

Donner, A., and G. Zou. 2002. Interval Estimation for a Difference Between Intraclass Kappa Statistics. Biometrics 58: 209-215.

Donner, A., and G. Zou. 2002. Testing the equality of dependent intraclass correlation coefficients. The Statistician 51 (3): 367-379.