Leaders in Learning: Publications of Faculty & Staff


Epidemiology & Biostatistics 2003-2004


DONNER, A.

Althabe, F., J.M. Belizan, J. Villar, S. Alexander, E. Bergel, S. Ramos, M. Romero, A. Donner, G. Lindmark, A. Langer, U. Farnot, J.G. Cecatti, G. Carroli, and E. Kestler. 2004. Mandatory second opinion to reduce rates of unnecessary caesarean sections in Latin America: a cluster randomised controlled trial. The Lancet 363: 1934-40.

Donner, A., and N. Klar. 2004. Pitfalls of and Controversies in Cluster Randomization Trials. American Journal of Public Health 94 (3): 416-422.

Donner, A., G. Piaggio, and J. Villar. 2003. Meta-Analysis of Cluster Randomization Trials: Power Considerations. Evaluation & the Health Professions 26 (3): 340-351.

Zou, G., and A. Donner. 2004. A simple alternative confidence interval for the difference between two proportions. Controlled Clinical Trials 25: 3-12.


HARTFORD, K.

Hartford, K., T. Schrecker, M. Wiktorowicz, J.S. Hoch, and C. Sharp. 2003. Four Decades of Mental Health Policy in Ontario, Canada. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 31 (1): 65-73.

Vingilis, E., K. Hartford, T. Schrecker, B. Mitchell, B. Lent, and J. Bishop. 2003. Integrating Knowledge Generation with Knowledge Diffusion and Utilization. Canadian Journal of Public Health 94 (6): 468-471.

Zakaria, D., J. Robertson, J. Koval, J. MacDermid, and K. Hartford. 2004. Rates of claims for cumulative trauma disorder of the upper extremity in Ontario workers during 1997. Chronic Diseases in Canada 25 (1): 22-31.


HOCH, J.S.

Hartford, K., T. Schrecker, M. Wiktorowicz, J.S. Hoch, and C. Sharp. 2003. Four Decades of Mental Health Policy in Ontario, Canada. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 31 (1): 65-73.


KOVAL, J.

Zakaria, D., J. Robertson, J. Koval, J. MacDermid, and K. Hartford. 2004. Rates of claims for cumulative trauma disorder of the upper extremity in Ontario workers during 1997. Chronic Diseases in Canada 25 (1): 22-31.


MACDERMID, J.

Zakaria, D., J. Robertson, J. Koval, J. MacDermid, and K. Hartford. 2004. Rates of claims for cumulative trauma disorder of the upper extremity in Ontario workers during 1997. Chronic Diseases in Canada 25 (1): 22-31.


MAHON, J.L.

Blanchard, C., D. Feeny, J.L. Mahon, R. Bourne, C. Rorabeck, L. Stitt, and S. Webster-Bogaert. 2003. Is the Health Utilities Index responsive in total hip arthroplasty patients? Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 56 (11): 1046-1054.

Blanchard, C., D. Feeny, Mahon.J.L., R. Bourne, C. Rorabeck, L. Stitt, and S. Webster-Bogaert. 2004. Is the Health Utilities Index valid in total hip arthroplasty patients? Quality of Life Research 13: 339-348.

Feeny, D., C.M. Blanchard, J.L. Mahon, R. Bourne, C. Rorabeck, L. Stitt, and S. Webster-Bogaert. 2004. The stability of utility scores: Test-retest reliability and the interpretation of utility scores in elective totalhip arthroplasty. Quality of Life Research 13 (1): 15-22.


ROBERTSON, J.

Zakaria, D., J. Robertson, J. Koval, J. MacDermid, and K. Hartford. 2004. Rates of claims for cumulative trauma disorder of the upper extremity in Ontario workers during 1997. Chronic Diseases in Canada 25 (1): 22-31.


SPEECHLEY, M.

Bhogal, S.J., R.W. Teasell, N.C. Foley, and M.R. Speechley. 2003. Rehabilitation of Aphasia: More is Better. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation 10 (2): 66-76.

Bhogal, S.K., R. Teasell, N. Foley, and M. Speechley. 2004. Lesion Location and Poststroke Depression: Systematic Review of the Methodological Limitations in the Literature. Stroke 35: 794-802.

Bhogal, S.K., R.W. Teasell, N.C. Foley, and M.R. Speechley. 2003. Community Reintegration After Stroke. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation 10 (2): 107-129.

Foley, N.C., R.W. Teasell, S.K. Bhogal, T. Doherty, and M.R. Speechley. 2003. The Efficacy of Stroke Rehabilitation: A Qualitative Review. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation 10 (2): 1-18.

Jutai, J.W., S.K. Bhogal, N.C. Foley, M. Bayley, R.W. Teasell, and M.R. Speechley. 2003. Treatment of Visual Perceptual Disorders Post Stroke. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation 10 (2): 77-106.

Teasell, R.W., S.K. Bhogal, N.C. Foley, and M.R. Speechley. 2003. Gait Retraining Post Stroke. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation 10 (2): 34-65.

Teasell, R.W., N.C. Foley, S.K. Bhogal, and M.R. Speechley. 2003. Early Supported Discharge in Stroke Rehabilitation. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation 10 (2): 19-33.


STITT, L.W.

Bella, A.J., L.W. Stitt, J.L. Chin, and J.I. Izawa. 2003. The Prognostic Significance Of Metastatic Perivesical Lymph Nodes Identified in Radical Cystectomy Specimins For Transitional Cell Carcinoma Of the Bladder. The Journal of Urology 170 (December): 2253-2257.

Blanchard, C., D. Feeny, J.L. Mahon, R. Bourne, C. Rorabeck, L. Stitt, and S. Webster-Bogaert. 2003. Is the Health Utilities Index responsive in total hip arthroplasty patients? Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 56 (11): 1046-1054.

Blanchard, C., D. Feeny, Mahon.J.L., R. Bourne, C. Rorabeck, L. Stitt, and S. Webster-Bogaert. 2004. Is the Health Utilities Index valid in total hip arthroplasty patients? Quality of Life Research 13: 339-348.

Feeny, D., C.M. Blanchard, J.L. Mahon, R. Bourne, C. Rorabeck, L. Stitt, and S. Webster-Bogaert. 2004. The stability of utility scores: Test-retest reliability and the interpretation of utility scores in elective totalhip arthroplasty. Quality of Life Research 13 (1): 15-22.

Hodsman, A.B., N. Platt, L. Stitt, M.J. Hodsman, S. Baker, L. Nicholson, and B. Nicholson. 2004. Evaluation of an Osteoporosis Self-Referral Program to Enhance Management Outcomes. Journal of Clinical Densitometry 7 (1): 77-83.

Moist, L.M., D.N. Churchill, A.A. House, S.F. Millward, J.E. Elliott, S.W. Kribs, W.J. Deyoung, L. Blythe, L.W. Stitt, and R.M. Lindsay. 2003. Regular Monitoring of Access Flow Compared with Monitoring of Venous Pressure Fails to Improve Graft Survival. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 14: 2645-2653.

Novick, R.J., S.A. Fox, B.B. Kiaii, L.W. Stitt, R. Rayman, K. Kodera, A.H. Menkis, and W.D. Boyd. 2003. Analysis of the Learning Curve in Telerobotic, Beating Heart Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A 90 Patient Experience. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 76 (3): 749-753.

Rockx, M.A.J., S.A. Fox, L.W. Stitt, K.R. Lehnhardt, F.N. MacKenzie, M.A. Quantz, A.H. Menkis, and R.J. Novick. 2004. Is obesity a predictor of mortality, morbidity and readmission after cardiac surgery? Canadian Journal of Surgery 47 (1): 34-38.

Videtic, G.M., L.W. Stitt, R.B. Ash, P.T. Truong, A.R. Dar, E.W. Yu, and F. Whiston. 2004. Impaired diffusion capacity predicts for decreased treatment tolerance and survival in limited stage small cell lung cancer patients treated with concurrent chemoradiation. Lung Cancer 43 (2): 159-166.

Videtic, G.M., P.T. Truong, A.R. Dar, E.W. Yu, and L.W. Stitt. 2003. Shifting From Hypofractionated To "Conventionally" Fractionated Thoracic Radiotheraphy: A Single Institution's 10-Year Experience in the Management of Limited-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer Using Concurrent Chemoradiation. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 57 (3): 709-716.


STOLEE, P.

Brymer, C., M.J. Borrie, R.G. Crilly, D. Hindman, J. Esbaugh, R. Pavlakovic, and P. Stolee. 2003. Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Long-Term Care Facilities. Geriatrics Today: Journal of the Canadian Geriactric Society 6: 146-152.

Rockwood, K., S. Howlett, K. Stadnyk, D. Carver, C. Powell, and P. Stolee. 2003. Responsiveness of goal attainment scaling in a randomized controlled trial of comprehensive geriatric assessment. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 56: 736-743.

Stolee, P., M.J. Borrie, S. Cook, and J. Hollomby. 2004. A Research Agenda for Geriatric Rehabilitation: The Canadian Consensus. Geriatrics Today: Journal of the Canadian Geriatric Society 7: 38-42.


VINGILIS, E.

Vingilis, E., K. Hartford, T. Schrecker, B. Mitchell, B. Lent, and J. Bishop. 2003. Integrating Knowledge Generation with Knowledge Diffusion and Utilization. Canadian Journal of Public Health 94 (6): 468-471.


WOODBURY, M.G.

Campbell, K.E., D. Keast, M.G. Woodbury, and P. Houghton. 2003. Wear time in two hydrocolloid dressings using a novel in-vivo model. Wounds 15 (2): 40-8.

Gibson, M.C., D. Keast, M.G. Woodbury, J. Black, L. Goettl, K. Campbell, S. O'Hara, P. Houghton, and M. Borrie. 2004. Educational intervention in the management of acute procedure related wound pain: a pilot study. Journal of Wound Care 13 (5): 187-90.

Houghton, P.E., C.B. Kincaid, M. Lovell, K.E. Campbell, D.H. Keast, M.G. Woodbury, and K.A. Harris. 2003. Effect of electrical stimulation on chronic leg ulcer size and appearance. Physical Therapy 83 (1): 17-28.

Woodbury, M.G., P.E. Houghton, K.E. Campbell, and D.H. Keast. 2004. Development, Validity, Reliability, and Responsiveness of a New Leg Ulcer Measurement Tool. Advances in Skin Wound Care 17: 187-96.


ZOU, G.

Zou, G. 2004. From Diagnostic Accuracy to Accurate Diagnosis: Interpreting a Test Result with Confidence. Medical Decision Making 24: 313-318.

Zou, G. 2004. A Modified Poisson Regression Approach to Prospective Studies with Binary Data. American Journal of Epidemiology 159: 702-706.

Zou, G., and A. Donner. 2004. A simple alternative confidence interval for the difference between two proportions. Controlled Clinical Trials 25: 3-12.