Journal articles

This database lists peer-reviewed journal articles, books and book chapters that include an Institute for Work & Health (IWH) scientist or researcher (past or present) as an author. Clicking any title will allow you to view a detailed citation and, if available, an abstract. For journal articles by IWH and non-IWH researchers in the areas of occupational health and safety, return to work, workers' compensation, public health and others within the IWH mandate, see our Research Alerts.

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Flurey CA, Jones B, Gazel U, Uzoka C, Rosser K, Khoo T, Voshaar M, Hoogland W, Shea B, March L, Beaton DE. "It means almost forgetting that you've got a disease": an OMERACT study to define independence in the context of rheumatoid arthritis remission from the patient perspective. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2024;68:152526. doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152526.
Carlin L, Zhao QJ, Bhatia D, Taenzer P, Flannery J, Furlan AD. "Keep trying": a qualitative investigation into what patients with chronic pain gain from Project ECHO. SAGE Open Medicine. 2024;12:20503121241254941. doi:10.1177/20503121241254941.
Wells GA, Guillemin F, Merkel PA, de Wit M, Mackie S, March L, Tomasson G, King LK, Cembalo SM, Grosskleg S, Maxwell LJ, Monti S, Quinn KA, Shea BJ, Tugwell P, Beaton DE. Advancing composite outcome measures: insights on weighting components from OMERACT 2023. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2024;69:152503. doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152503.
Mustard C, Orchard C, Dobson KG , Carnide N, Smith PM. An observational study of pain severity, cannabis use, and benefit expenditures in work disability. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2024;115(1):157-167. doi:10.17269/s41997-023-00821-1.
Mitani AA, Espin-Garcia O, Fernandez D, Landsman V. Applying survey weights to ordinal regression models for improved inference in outcome-dependent samples with ordinal outcomes. Statistical Methods in Medical Research. 2024;epub ahead of print. doi:10.1177/09622802241282091.
Correia I, Meziat-Filho N, Furlan AD, Saragiotto B, Reis FJJ. Are we missing the opioid consumption in low- and middle-income countries?. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 2024;24(1):20230086. doi:10.1515/sjpain-2023-0086.
Queiroga F, Cembalo SM, Epstein J, Maxwell L, Buttel T, Copenhaver C, Cross M, Hunter D, King L, Callahan L, March L, Beaton DE. Assessing domain match and feasibility of candidate instruments matching with OMERACT endorsed domains to measure flare in knee and hip osteoarthritis. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2024;65:152371. doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152371.
Quinn TD, Lane A, Pettee Gabriel K, Sternfeld B, Jacobs Jr DR, Smith PM. Associations between occupational physical activity and left ventricular structure and function over 25 years in CARDIA. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. . 2024;31(4):425-433. doi:10.1093/eurjpc/zwad349.
Carnide N, Chrystoja BR, Lee H, Furlan AD, Smith PM. Cannabis use motives and associations with personal and work characteristics among Canadian workers: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology. 2024;19(1):25. doi:10.1186/s12995-024-00424-7.
Hunt C, MacKenzie H, Dosaj A, Zych J, Tartaglia C, Bayley M, Wilcock R, Zabjek K, Burke M, Kristman VL. CONNECTing concussion care with research across Ontario. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. 2024;epub ahead of print. doi:10.1017/cjn.2023.326.
Lyne SA, Yip K, Vasiliou VS, Katz DA, Richards P, Tieu J, Black RJ, Bridgewater S, Palmowski A, Beaton DE. Consensus of the definitions of the OMERACT glucocorticoid impact core domain set for people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2024;64:152338. doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2023.152338.
Decary S, de Wit M, Naye F, Barton JL, Fraenkel L, Li LC, Brooks P, Stacey D, Maxwell LJ, Campbell W, Hofstetter C, Voshaar M, Meara A, Christensen R, Boonen A, Suarez-Almazor ME, Meade T, March L, Jull JE, Alten R, Morgan EM, Stewart Hazlewood G, Barber CEH, Guillemin F, El-Miedany Y, Mittoo S, Robertson TW, Bartlett SJ, Singh JA, Mannion M, Nasef SI, Boel A, Adebajo A, Arnaud L, Gill TK, Moholt E, Burt J, Jayatilleke A, Hmamouchi I, Berthelsen DB, Blanco FJ, Mather K, Maharaj A, Sharma S, Caso F, Beaton DE. Consensus on the definitions and descriptions of the domains of the OMERACT Core Outcome Set for shared decision making interventions in rheumatology trials. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2024;65:152381. doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152381.
Kottner J, Beaton DE, Clarke M, Dodd S, Kirkham J, Lange T. Core outcome set developers should consider and specify the level of granularity of outcome domains. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2024;169:111307. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111307.
Maxwell LJ, Jones C, Bingham CO, Boers M, Boonen A, Choy E, Christensen R, Conaghan PG, D'Agostino MA, Doria AS, Grosskleg S, Hill CL, Hofstetter C, Horgan B , Kroon F, Leung YY, Mackie S, Meara A, Shea BJ, Simon LS, Touma Z, Tugwell P, Wells GA, Beaton DE. Defining domains: developing consensus-based definitions for foundational domains in OMERACT core outcome sets. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2024;66:152423. doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152423.
Gilbert-Ouimet M, Zahiriharsini A, Blanchette C, Talbot D, Trudel X, Milot A, Brisson C, Smith PM. Developing a gender measure and examining its association with cardiovascular diseases incidence: a 28-year prospective cohort study. BMC Medicine. 2024;22(1):498. doi:10.1186/s12916-024-03706-3.
Furlan AD, Severin C, Harbin S, Irvin E, Carnide N, Nowrouzi-Kia B, Macdonald S, Thompson A, Liao Q, Smith PM, Adisesh A. ECHO OEM virtual community of learning for primary care. Occupational Medicine. 2024;74(7):493-500. doi:10.1093/occmed/kqae067 .
Ponzano M, Buren R, Adams NT, Jun J, Jetha A, Mack DE, Martin KA. Effect of exercise on mental health and health-related quality of life in adults with spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 2024;epub ahead of print. doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2024.02.737.
Robson LS, Landsman V, Smith PM, Mustard C. Evaluation of the Ontario mandatory working-at-heights training requirement in construction, 2012 - 2019. American Journal of Public Health. 2024;114(1):38-41. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2023.307440.