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2024
Dewidar O, Al-Zubaidi A, Bondok M, Abdelrazeq L, Huang J, Jearvis A, Barker LC, Elmestekawy N, Goghomu E, Rader T, Tufte J, Greer-Smith R, Waddington HS, Nicholls SG, Little J, Hardy BJ, Horsley T, Young T, Cuervo LG, Sharp MK, Chamberlain C, Shea B, Craig P, Lawson DO, Rizvi A, Wiysonge CS, Kredo T, Francis D, Kristjansson E, Bhutta Z, Antequera A, Melendez-Torres GJ, Pantoja T, Wang X, Jull J, Roberts JH, Funnell S, White H, Krentel A, Mahande MJ, Ramke J, Wells G, Petkovic J, Pottie K, Niba L, Feng C, Nguliefem MN, Tugwell P, Mbuagbaw L, Welch V. Reporting of equity in observational epidemiology: A methodological review. J Glob Health. 2024 Mar 1;14:04046. doi: 10.7189/jogh.14.04046.
Fong M, Liu A, Lung B, Alayche I, Sayfi S, Kirenga RY, Chomienne MH, Saad A, Grenier J, Kassam A, Ahmed R, Pottie K. From struggle to strength in African and Middle Eastern newcomers' integration stories to Canada: A participatory health equity research study. PLoS One. 2024 Apr 30;19(4):e0302591. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0302591.
Khalil H, Campbell F, Danial K, Pollock D, Munn Z, Welsh V, Saran A, Hoppe D, Tricco AC. Advancing the methodology of mapping reviews: A scoping review. Res Synth Methods. 2024 May;15(3):384-397. doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1694.
Maxwell LJ, Wright GC, Schultz G, Grosskleg S, Barton JL, Campbell W, Guillemin F, Hofstetter C, Shea BJ, Simon LS, Adebajo A, Barnabe C, Goel N, Hurley P, Nikiphorou E, Petkovic J, Tugwell P. Embracing unity at OMERACT: Valuing equity, promoting diversity, fostering inclusivity. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2024 Jun;66:152422. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152422.
Karam SG, Zhang Y, Pardo-Hernandez H, Siebert U, Koopman L, Noyes J, Tarride JE, Stevens AL, Welch V, Saz-Parkinson Z, Ens B, Devji T, Xie F, Hazlewood G, Mbuagbaw L, Alonso-Coello P, Brozek JL, Schünemann HJ. ROBVALU: a tool for assessing risk of bias in studies about people's values, utilities, or importance of health outcomes. BMJ. 2024 Jun 12;385:e079890. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-079890.
Brijnath B, Muoio R, Feldman P, Ghersi D, Chan AW, Welch V, Treweek S, Green H, Orkin AM, Owusu-Addo E. "We are not invited": Australian focus group results on how to improve ethnic diversity in trials. J Clin Epidemiol. 2024 Jun;170:111366. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111366.
Scott MM, Ménard A, Sun AH, Murmann M, Ramzy A, Rasaputra P, Fleming M, Orosz Z, Huynh C, Welch V, Cooper-Reed A, Hsu AT. Building evidence to advance health equity: a systematic review on care-related outcomes for older, minoritised populations in long-term care homes. Age Ageing. 2024 Apr 1;53(4):afae059. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afae059.
Dewidar O, McHale G, Al Zubaidi A, Bondok M, Abdelrazeq L, Huang J, Jearvis A, Aliyeva K, Alghamyan A, Jahel F, Greer-Smith R, Tufte J, Barker LC, Elmestekawy N, Sharp MK, Horsley T, Prats CJ, Jull J, Wolfenden L, Cuervo LG, Hardy BJ, Roberts JH, Ghogomu E, Obuku E, Owusu-Addo E, Nicholls SG, Mbuagbaw L, Funnell S, Shea B, Rizvi A, Tugwell P, Bhutta Z, Welch V, Melendez-Torres GJ. Motivations for investigating health inequities in observational epidemiology: a content analysis of 320 studies. J Clin Epidemiol. 2024 Apr;168:111283. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111283.
Sayfi S, Charide R, Elliott SA, Hartling L, Munan M, Stallwood L, Butcher NJ, Richards DP, Mathew JL, Suvada J, Akl EA, Kredo T, Mbuagbaw L, Motilall A, Baba A, Scott SD, Falavigna M, Klugar M, Friessová T, Lotfi T, Stevens A, Offringa M, Schünemann HJ, Pottie K. A multimethods randomized trial found that plain language versions improved adults understanding of health recommendations. J Clin Epidemiol. 2024 Jan;165:111219. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.11.009.
Hofstetter C, Grosskleg S, Hamilton CB, Hoens AM, Shea B, Tugwell P, Beaton D. Corrigendum to "Patient research partner engagement in OMERACT: Enhancing engagement through the implementation of patient engagement in research tools" [Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism 67 (2024) 152447]. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2024 Jun 26;68:152489. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152489.
Grosskleg S, Beaton D, Conaghan P, Hofstetter C, Tugwell P, Simon LS. Fostering connections at OMERACT 2023: A collaborative approach to Core Outcome Set development. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2024 Aug;67:152462. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152462.
Hofstetter C, Grosskleg S, Hamilton CB, Hoens AM, Shea B, Tugwell P, Beaton D. Patient research partner engagement in OMERACT: Enhancing engagement through the implementation of patient engagement in research tools. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2024 Aug;67:152447. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152447. Epub 2024 Apr 27. Erratum in: Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2024 Jun 26;68:152489. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152489.
Magwood O, Saad A, Ranger D, Volpini K, Rukikamirera F, Haridas R, Sayfi S, Alexander J, Tan Y, Pottie K. Mobile apps to reduce depressive symptoms and alcohol use in youth: A systematic review and meta-analysis: A systematic review. Campbell Syst Rev. 2024 Apr 26;20(2):e1398. doi: 10.1002/cl2.1398.
Lotfi T, Welch V, Pardo Pardo J, Petkovic J, Treweek S, Darzi AJ, Glover R, et al. Equity in evidence synthesis: You can’t play on broken strings. Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods. 2024;2:e12091
Rizvi A. Kearns M, Dignam M, Coates A, Sharp MK, Magwood O, Labelle PR, et al. Effects of guaranteed basic income interventions on poverty-related outcomes in high-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 2024; 20:c1414.
Benavent D, Carmona L, Lopez-Olivo MA, Hill CL, Westrich-Robertson T, Goel N, Strand V, Shea B, Grosskleg S, Leong A, Hofstetter C, Bingham C, Meyer D, Constien D, Berthelsen DB, Schultz G, de Groot I, Weiner J, Mather K, de Wit M, Böhm P, Cembalo SM, Tugwell P, Bruera S, Suarez-Almazor ME. Patient outcomes in longitudinal observational studies (POLOS) of rheumatoid arthritis: Determining the OMERACT core domain set. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2024; 64:152343. 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2023.152343.
Puljak L, Bala MM, Zając J, Meštrović T, Buttiġieġ S, Yanakoulia M, Briel M, Lunny C, Lesniak W, Poklepović Peričić T, Alonso-Coello P, Clarke M, Djulbegovic B, Gartlehner G, Giannakou K, Glenny AM, Glenton C, Guyatt G, Hemkens LG, Ioannidis JPA, Jaeschke R, Juhl Jørgensen K, Martins-Pfeifer CC, Marušić A, Mbuagbaw L, Meneses Echavez JF, Moher D, Nussbaumer-Streit B, Page MJ, Pérez-Gaxiola G, Robinson KA, Salanti G, Saldanha IJ, Savović J, Thomas J, Tricco AC, Tugwell P, van Hoof J, Pieper D. Methods proposed for monitoring the implementation of evidence-based research: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2024. 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111247.
2023
Eder L, Mylvaganam S, Pardo Pardo J, Petkovic J, Strand V, Mease P, Colaco K. Sex-related differences in patient characteristics, and efficacy and safety of advanced therapies in randomised clinical trials in psoriatic arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Rheumatology. 2023;5(12):e716-e727.
Karran EL, Cashin AG, Barker T, Boyd MA, Chiarotto A, Mohabir V, Petkovic J, Sharma S, Tugwell P, Moseley GL. Development of recommendations for a minimum dataset for Identifying Social factors that Stratify Health Opportunities and Outcomes (ISSHOOs) in pain research. MethodsX. 2023; 12:102496. 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102496.
Karran EL, Cashin AG, Barker T, Boyd MA, Chiarotto A, Dewidar O, Mohabir V, Petkovic J, Sharma S, Tejani S, Tugwell P, Moseley GL. Using PROGRESS-plus to identify current approaches to the collection and reporting of equity-relevant data: a scoping review. J Clin Epidemiol. 2023;163:70-78.
Maltez N, Maxwell LJ, Rirash F, Tanjong Ghogomu E, Harding SE, Tingey PC, Wells GA, Tugwell P, Pope J. Phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors (PDE5i) for the treatment of Raynaud's phenomenon. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2023; 11(11). 10.1002/14651858.CD014089.
Karunananthan S, Grimshaw JM, Maxwell L, Nguyen PY, Page MJ, Pardo Pardo J, Petkovic J, Vachon B, Welch VA, Tugwell P. Can a replication revolution resolve the duplication crisis in systematic reviews? BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine. 2023. 10.1136/bmjebm-2022-112125.
Welch V, Ghogomu ET, Barbeau VI, Dowling S, Doyle R, Beveridge E, Boulton E, Desai P, Huang J, Elmestekawy N, Hussain T, Wadhwani A, Boutin S, Haitas N, Kneale D, Salzwedel DM, Simard R, Hébert P, Mikton C. Digital interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness in older adults: An evidence and gap map. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 2023; 19(4):e1369. 10.1002/cl2.1369.
Etherington C, Palumbo A, Holloway K, Meyer S, Labrecque M, Rubini K, Shorr R, Welch V, Gibson E, Foster T, Haw J, Vesnaver E, Maharshi MT, O'Brien SF, MacPherson P, Dogba J, Steed T, Goldman M, Presseau J. Barriers and enablers to and strategies for promoting domestic plasma donation throughout the world: Overarching protocol for three systematic reviews. PLoS One. 2023; 18(12):e0296104. 10.1371/journal.pone.0296104.
Dewidar O, John J, Baqar A, Madani MT, Saad A, Riddle A, Ota E, Kung'u JK, Arabi M, Raut MK, Klobodu SS, Rowe S, Hatchard J, Busch-Hallen J, Jalal C, Wuehler S, Welch V. Effectiveness of nutrition counseling for pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries to improve maternal and infant behavioral, nutritional, and health outcomes: A systematic review. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 2023; 19(4):e1361. 10.1002/cl2.1361.
Shaver N, Katz M, Darko Asamoah G, Linkins LA, Abdelkader W, Beck A, Bennett A, Hughes SE, Smith M, Begin M, Coyle D, Piggott T, Kagina BM, Welch V, Colijn C, Earn DJD, El Emam K, Heffernan J, O'Brien SF, Wilson K, Collins E, Navarro T, Beyene J, Boutron I, Bowdish D, Cooper C, Costa A, Curran J, Griffith L, Hsu A, Grimshaw J, Langlois MA, Li X, Pham-Huy A, Raina P, Rubini M, Thabane L, Wang H, Xu L, Brouwers M, Horsley T, Lavis J, Iorio A, Little J. Protocol for a living evidence synthesis on variants of concern and COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness. Vaccine. 2023; 41(43):6411-6418. 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.09.012.
Li Y, Dewidar O, Wang X, Ghogomu E, Wadhwani A, Guo K, Ma M, Barbeau V, Pan B, Abdelrazeq L, Li Z, Alghamyan A, Guo L, Jahel F, Ren J, Madani MT, Allam S, Hussain T, Yang M, Kojan W, Li X, Yang K, Welch V. Methodological quality of Campbell Systematic Reviews has improved over the past decade. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 2023; 19(4):e1358. 10.1002/cl2.1358.
Bova G, Domenichiello A, Letzen JE, Rosenberger DC, Siddons A, Kaiser U, Anicich A, Baron R, Birch J, Bouhassira D, Casey G, Golden K, Iyengar S, Karp BI, Liedgens H, Meissner W, Nicholson K, Pogorzala L, Ryan D, Treede RD, Tugwell P, Turk DC, Vincent K, Vollert J, Williamson PR, Woller SA, Zaslansky R, Wandner LD, Pogatzki-Zahn EM. Developing consensus on core outcome sets of domains for acute, the transition from acute to chronic, recurrent/episodic, and chronic pain: results of the INTEGRATE-pain Delphi process. EClinicalMedicine. 2023; 66:102340. 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102340.
Naye F, Toupin-April K, de Wit M, LeBlanc A, Dubois O, Boonen A, Barton JL, Fraenkel L, Li LC, Stacey D, March L, Barber CEH, Hazlewood GS, Guillemin F, Bartlett SJ, Berthelsen DB, Mather K, Arnaud L, Akpabio A, Adebajo A, Schultz G, Sloan VS, Gill TK, Sharma S, Scholte-Voshaar M, Caso F, Nikiphorou E, Nasef SI, Campbell W, Meara A, Christensen R, Suarez-Almazor ME, Jull JE, Alten R, Morgan EM, El-Miedany Y, Singh JA, Burt J, Jayatilleke A, Hmamouchi I, Blanco FJ, Fernandez AP, Mackie S, Jones A, Strand V, Monti S, Stones SR, Lee RR, Nielsen SM, Evans V, Srinivasalu H, Gérard T, Demers JL, Bouchard R, Stefan T, Dugas M, Bergeron F, Beaton D, Maxwell LJ, Tugwell P, Décary S. OMERACT Core outcome measurement set for shared decision making in rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions: a scoping review to identify candidate instruments. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2023; 65:152344. 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2023.152344.
Kamso MM, Pardo JP, Whittle SL, Buchbinder R, Wells G, Glennon V, Tugwell P, Deardon R, Sajobi T, Tomlinson G, Elliott J, Kelly SE, Hazlewood GS. Crowd-sourcing and automation facilitated the identification and classification of randomized controlled trials in a living review. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2023; 164:1-8. 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.10.007.
Berthelsen D, Simon L, Ioannidis J, Voshaar M, Richards P, Goel N, Strand V, Nielsen S, Shea B, Tugwell P, Bartlett S, Hazlewood G, March L, Singh J, Suarez-Almazor M, Boers M, Stevens R, Furst D, Woodworth T, & Christensen R. Stakeholder Endorsement Advancing the Implementation of a Patient-Reported Domain for Harms in Rheumatology Clinical Trials: Outcome of the OMERACT Safety Working Group. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2023; 63:152288. 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2023.152288.
Dewidar O, Bondok M, Abdelrazeq L, Aliyeva K, Solo K, Welch V, Brignardello-Petersen R, Mathew J, Hazlewood G, Pottie K, Hartling L, Khalifa D, Duda S, Falavigna M, Khabsa J, Lotfi T, Petkovic J, Elliot S, Chi Y, & Tugwell P. Equity issues rarely addressed in the development of COVID-19 formal recommendations and good practice statements: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2023;161. 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.08.002.
Karran E, Cashin A, Barker T, Boyd M, Chiarotto A, Dewidar O, Mohabir V, Petkovic J, Sharma S, Tejani S, Tugwell P, & Moseley L. Using PROGRESS-Plus to identify current approaches to the collection and reporting of equity-relevant data: a scoping review. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2023;163. 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.09.017.
Dewidar O, Pardo Pardo J, Welch V, Hazlewood G, Darzi A, Barnabe C, Pottie K, Petkovic J, Kuria S, Sha Z, Allam S, Busse J, Schünemann H, & Tugwell P. Operationalizing the GRADE-Equity criterion to inform guideline recommendations: Application to a Medical Cannabis guideline. Journal of clinical epidemiology. 2023. 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.10.001.
Welch V, Pottie K, Gaudet C, Thuku M, Mallard R, Spenceley S, Amjed N, Wadhwani A, Ghogomu E, Scott C, & Dahrouge S. Realist review of community coalitions and outreach interventions to increase access to primary care for vulnerable populations: a realist review. Archives of Public Health. 2023;81:115. 10.1186/s13690-023-01105-3.
Heyn P, Terhune E, Dagne M, Piper C, Welch V, Francis D, Pizarro A, Rizvi A, Sathe N, Dewidar O, Ovelman C, Duque T, Baker T, Turner R, Viswanathan M, & Riddle D. Definitions, terminology, and related concepts of “racial health equity”: a scoping review protocol. Systematic Reviews. 2023;12. 10.1186/s13643-023-02357-4.
Wang X, Dewidar O, Rizvi A, Huang J, Desai P, Doyle R, Ghogomu E, Rader T, Nicholls S, Antequera A, Krentel A, Shea B, Hardy B, Chamberlain C, Wiysonge C, Feng C, Juando-Prats C, Lawson D, Obuku E, & Welch V. A scoping review establishes need for consensus guidance on reporting health equity in observational studies. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2023;160. 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.06.009.
Adekpedjou R, Léon P, Dewidar O, Al‐Zubaidi A, Jbilou J, Kaczorowski J, Muscedere J, Hirdes J, Heckman G, Girard M, & Hébert P. Effectiveness of interventions to address different types of vulnerabilities in community‐dwelling older adults: An umbrella review: A systematic review. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 2023;19. 10.1002/cl2.1323.
Bose D, Hundal A, Singh S, Singh S, Seth K, Hadi S, Saran A, Joseph J, Goyal K, & Salve S. Evidence and gap map report: Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) interventions for strengthening HIV prevention and research among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Campbell Systematic Reviews. 2023;19. 10.1002/cl2.1297.
Stallwood L, Sammy A, Prebeg M, Relihan J, Baba A, Charide R, Sayfi S, Elliott S, Hartling L, Munan M, Richards D, Mathew J, Kredo T, Mbuagbaw L, Motilall A, Scott S, Klugar M, Lotfi T, Stevens A, Pottie K, Schünemann H, Butcher N, & Offringa M. Plain Language vs Standard Format for Youth Understanding of COVID-19 Recommendations: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2023;177(9):956–965. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.2686
Elliott S, Scott S, Charide R, Patterson-Stallwood L, Sayfi S, Motilall A, Baba A, Lotfi T, Suvada J, Klugar M, Kredo T, Mathew J, Richards D, Butcher N, Offringa M, Pottie K, Schünemann H, & Hartling L. A multi-methods randomized trial found that plain language versions improved parents’ understanding of health recommendations. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2023;161. 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.06.018.
Pottie K & Gruner D. Community-based care for refugees to overcome health disparities. Nature reviews. Disease primers. 2023;9:16. 10.1038/s41572-023-00430-9.
Pottie K, Magwood O, Saad A, Baek S, & Lee A. Evidence-Based Approaches to Guide Health Providers for People Experiencing Vulnerable Housing and Complex Needs. 2023. 10.4324/9781351113113-14.
Holdbrook L, Hassan N, Clarke S, Coakley A, Norrie E, Yemane M, Youssef M, Sahilie A, Antonio M, Cerino E, Pendharkar S, Lake D, Spitzer D, Pottie K, Edwards S, & Fabreau G. Vaccines For All: a formative evaluation of a multistakeholder community-engaged COVID-19 vaccine outreach clinic for migrant communities. Journal of Migration and Health. 2023;7:100188. 10.1016/j.jmh.2023.100188.
Charide R, Stallwood L, Munan M, Sayfi S, Hartling L, Butcher N, Offringa M, Elliott S, Richards D, Mathew J, Akl E, Kredo T, Mbuagbaw L, Motillal A, Baba A, Prebeg M, Relihan J, Scott S, Suvada J, & Schünemann H. Knowledge mobilization activities to support decision-making by youth, parents, and adults using a systematic and living map of evidence and recommendations on COVID-19: protocol for three randomized controlled trials and qualitative user-experience studies. Trials. 2023:24. 10.1186/s13063-023-07067-9.
Logie C, Okumu M, Berry I, Hakiza R, Baral S, Kibuuka D, Nakitende A, Mwima S, Kyambadde P, Loutet M, Batte S, Lester R, Neema S, Newby K, & Mbuagbaw L. Findings from the Tushirikiane mobile health (mHealth) HIV self‐testing pragmatic trial with refugee adolescents and youth living in informal settlements in Kampala, Uganda. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2023;26. 10.1002/jia2.26185.
Zunza M, Young T, Cotton M, Slogrove A, Mbuagbaw L, Kuhn L, & Thabane L. Evaluating interactive weekly mobile phone text messaging plus motivational interviewing for breastfeeding promotion among women living with HIV, giving normal birth at a primary healthcare facility in South Africa: a feasibility randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2023;13:e073385. 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073385.
Inzaule S, Siedner M, Little S, Avila-Rios S, Ayitewala A, Bosch R, Calvez V, Ceccherini-Silberstein F, Charpentier C, Descamps D, Eshleman S, Fokam J, Frenkel L, Gupta R, Ioannidis J, Kaleebu P, Kantor R, Kassaye S, Pond S, & Shafer R. Recommendations on data sharing in HIV drug resistance research. PLOS Medicine. 2023;20:e1004293. 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004293.
Anderson L, Alvarez E, Incze T, Tarride J, Kwan M, & Mbuagbaw L. Motivational interviewing to promote healthy behaviors for obesity prevention in young adults (MOTIVATE): a pilot randomized controlled trial protocol. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 2023;9. 10.1186/s40814-023-01385-0.
Reekum E, Woo J, Petropoulos J, Samaan Z, & Mbuagbaw L. Association between the COVID-19 pandemic and psychiatric symptoms in people with pre-existing obsessive-compulsive, eating, anxiety, and mood disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of before-after studies. Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences. 2023;77. 10.1111/pcn.13582.
Logie C, Okumu M, Berry I, Kortenaar J, Hakiza R, Kibuuka D, Katisi B, Nakitende A, Kyambadde P, Lester R, Perez-Brumer A, Admassu Z, & Mbuagbaw L. Kukaa Salama (Staying Safe): a pre-post trial of an interactive informational mobile health intervention for increasing COVID-19 prevention practices with urban refugee youth in Uganda. International health. 2023. 10.1093/inthealth/ihad051.
Graham T, Mbuagbaw L, Stevens-Uninsky M, Rehman N, Barkhad A, & Nyambi A. HIV and Black people in Canada: A scoping review protocol (Preprint). JMIR Research Protocols. 2023;12. 10.2196/49066.
Tchouambou Youmbi C, Gilman T, Siani I, Olaye I, Popoola A, Yahy S, Kyeremanteng K, Gandotra S, Casey J, Semler M, Mbuagbaw L, Khalifa A, & Rochwerg B. Black representation in critical care randomized controlled trials: a meta-epidemiological study. Canadian Anaesthetists? Society Journal. 2023;70. 10.1007/s12630-023-02462-x.
Stevens-Uninsky M, Barkhad A, MacDonald T, Perez A, & Mbuagbaw L. Decolonization in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Methods: Protocol for a Scoping Review. JMIR research protocols. 2023;12:e45771. 10.2196/45771.
Anderson L, Yoshida Y, Dewart N, Jalil E, Khattar J, Rubeis V, Carsley S, Griffith L, & Mbuagbaw L. Obesity and weight change during the COVID-19 pandemic in children and adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity. 2023;24:e13550. 10.1111/obr.13550.
Raphael C, Chehade N, Khabsa J, Akl E, Aouad M, & Kaddoum R. Ultrasound-guided arterial cannulation in the paediatric population. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews. 2023;3:CD011364. 10.1002/14651858.CD011364.pub3.
Tugwell P, Welch V, Magwood O, Todhunter-Brown A, Akl EA, et al. Protocol for the development of guidance for collaborator and partner engagement in health care evidence syntheses. Systematic Reviews. 2023;12:134.
Parker R, Petkovic J, Pardo Pardo J, Darzi A, Dewidar O, Khabsa J, Kristjansson E, et al. The equity group: Supporting Cochrane's social responsibility of improving health equity. Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods. 2023;1:e12012.
Tomlinson E, Pardo Pardo J, Sivesind T, Szeto MD, Laughter M, Foxlee R, Brown M, et al. Prioritising Cochrane reviews to be updated with health equity focus. International Journal for Equity in Health. 2023;22:81.
Akl EA, Khabsa J, Schunemann HJ, Tomlinson E, Parker R, Tugwell P, Concannon TW. A new taxonomy is proposed for defining the interests of stakeholders' representatives in health research: the case of guideline development. J Clin Epidemiol. 2023;S0895-4356(23)00146-4.
Petkovic J, Magwood O, Lytvyn L, Khabsa J, Concannon TW, Welch V, Todhunter-Brown A, et al. Key issues for stakeholder engagement in the development of health and healthcare guidelines. Research Involvement and Engagement. 2023;9:27.
Karran EL, Cashin AG, Barker T, Boyd MA, Chiarotto A, Dewidar O, Petkovic J, et al. The 'what' and 'how' of screening for social needs in healthcare settings: a scoping review. PeerJ. 2023; 11:e15263.
Dewidar O, Lotfi T, Langendam MW, Parmelli E, Parkinson ZS, Solo K, Chu DK, et al. Good or best practice statements: proposal for the operationalisation and implementation of GRADE guidance. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2023;28(3):189-196.
Funnell S, Jull J, Mbuagbaw L, Welch V, Dewidar O, Wang X, Lesperance M, et al. Improving social justice in observational studies: protocol for the development of a global and Indigenous STROBE-equity reporting guideline. Int J Equity Health. 2023;22(1):55.
Thomas, M., Marshall, D. A., Sanchez, A. L., Bartlett, S. J., Boonen, A., Fraenkel, L., Proulx, L., Voshaar, M., Bansback, N., Buchbinder, R., Guillemin, F., Hiligsmann, M., Richards, D. P., Richards, P., Shea, B., Tugwell, P., Falahee, M., & Hazlewood, G. S. (2023). Exploring perceptions of using preference elicitation methods to inform clinical trial design in rheumatology: A qualitative study and OMERACT collaboration. Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism, 58, 152112. DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2022.152112.
Wang H, Dewidar O, Whittle SL, Ghogomu E, Hazlewood G, Leder K, Mbuagbaw L, et al. Equity considerations in COVID-19 vaccination studies of individuals with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases. Arthritis Care Res. 2023;75(5):967-974.
Wang X, Dewidar O, Rizvi A, Huang J, Desai P, Doyle R, Ghogomu E, et al. A scoping review establishes need for consensus guidance on reporting health equity in observational studies. J Clin Epidemiol. 2023;S0895-4356(23)00156-7.
Chapman L. S, Redmond A. C, Flurey C. A, Richards P, Smith T. O, Arnold J. B, Beaton D, Conaghan P. G, Golightly Y. M, Hannan M. T, Hofstetter C, Maxwell L. J, Menz H. B, Shea B, Tugwell P, Helliwell P, Siddle H. J. (2023). Developing an Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Core set of Outcome Measures for FOot and ankle disorders in RheumaTic and musculoskeletal diseases (COMFORT): core domain set study protocol. Trials, 24(1), 65. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-023-07104-7.
Khoo T, Jones B, Chin A, Terrett A, Voshaar M, Hoogland W, March L, Beaton D, Gazel U, Shea B, Tugwell P, Flurey C. A, Proudman S. (2023). Defining independence: A scoping review by the OMERACT patient perspective of remission in rheumatoid arthritis group. Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism, 58, 152152. DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2022.152152.
Méndez-Sánchez L, Clark P, Winzenberg TM, Tugwell P, Correa-Burrows P, Costello R. Calcium and vitamin D for increasing bone mineral density in premenopausal women. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2023, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD012664. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012664.pub2.
Stone J. C, Glass K, Ritskes-Hoitinga M, Munn Z, Tugwell Peter, Doi Suhail A.R. Methodological quality assessment should move beyond design specificity. JBI Evidence Synthesis ():10.11124/JBIES-22-00362, January 23, 2023. | DOI: 10.11124/JBIES-22-00362.
Campbell TM, Westby M, Ghogomu ET, Fournier J, Ghaedi BB, Welch V. Stretching, Bracing, and Devices for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis-Associated Joint Contractures in Nonoperated Joints: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Sports Health. 2023;0(0). DOI:10.1177/19417381221147281.
Riddle A.Y, Li W, Bhutta Z. A, Vlassoff C, Taljaard M, Kristjansson E, Welch V, Wells G. A. Associations between dimensions of empowerment and nutritional status among married adolescent girls in East Africa: a structural equation modelling study. BMC Public Health 23, 225 (2023). DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-14949-1.
Nicholls S. G, Al-Jaishi A. A, Niznick H, Carroll K, Madani M. T, Peak K. D, Madani L, Nevins P, Adisso L, Li F, Weijer C, Mitchell S. L, Welch V, Quiñones A. R, Taljaard M. Health equity considerations in pragmatic trials in Alzheimer's and dementia disease: Results from a methodological review. Alzheimer’s Dement. 2023; 15:e12392. DOI: 10.1002/dad2.12392.
DiRenzo D, Saygin D, de Groot I, Bingham Iii C. O, Lundberg I. E, Needham M, Park J. K, Regardt M, Sarver C, Song Y. W, Maxwell L, Beaton D, de Visser M, Christopher-Stine L, Mecoli C. A, Alexanderson H. (2023). Reliability and validity of PROMIS physical function, pain interference, and fatigue as patient reported outcome measures in adult idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: International study from the OMERACT myositis working group. Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism, 58, 152111. DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2022.152111.
Humphrey-Murto S, Ho Lee S, Gottlieb M, Horsley T, Shea B, Fournier K, Tran C, Chan T, Wood T. J, Cate O. T. (2023). Protocol for an extended scoping review on the use of virtual nominal group technique in research. PloS one, 18(1), e0280764. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280764
2022
Barnabe C, Wattiaux A, Petkovic J, Beaton D, Shea B, Greer-Smith R, Humphreys J, et al. Validation studies of rheumatoid arthritis patient-reported outcome measures in populations at risk for inequity: A systematic review and analysis using the OMERACT summary of measurement properties equity table. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2022;55:152029.
Dewidar O, Kawala BA, Antequera A, Tricco AC, Tovey D, Straus S, Glover R, Tufte J, Magwood O, Smith M, Ooi P. C, Dion A, Goetghebeur M, Reveiz L, Negrini S, Tugwell Peter, Petkovic J, Welch V. Methodological guidance for incorporating equity when informing rapid-policy and guideline development. J Clin Epidemiol. 2022:150:142-153. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.07.007
Dewidar O, Rader T, Waddington H, Nicholls SG, Little J, Hardy B, Horsley T, et al. Reporting of health equity considerations in equity-relevant observational studies: Protocol for a systematic assessment. F1000Research. 2022;11:615. DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.122185.1
Petkovic J, Riddle A, Lytvyn L, Khabsa K, Akl EA, Welch V, Magwood O, Atwere P, Graham ID, Grant S, John D, Katikireddi SV, Langlois E, Mustafa RA, Todhunter-Brown A, Schünemann H, Smith M, Stein AT, Concannon T, Tugwell P. PROTOCOL: Guidance for stakeholder engagement in health guideline development: a scoping review. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 2022. DOI: 10.1002/cl2.1242
Magwood O, Riddle A, Petkovic J, Lytvyn L, Khabsa J, Atwere P, Akl EA, et al. PROTOCOL: Barriers and facilitators to stakeholder engagement in health guideline development: A qualitative evidence synthesis. 2022. DOI:10.1002/cl2.1237
Khabsa J, Petkovic J, Riddle A, Lytvyn L, Magwood O, Atwere P, Campbell P, et al. PROTOCOL: Conflict of interest issues when engaging stakeholders in health and healthcare guideline development: A systematic review. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 2022. DOI: 10.1002/cl2.1232
Parker R, Tomlinson E, Concannon TW, Akl E, Petkovic J, Welch VA, Crowe S, et al. Factors to consider during identification and invitation of individuals in a multi-stakeholder research project. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2022. DOI:10.1007/s11606-022-07411-w
Dewidar O, Podinic I, Barbeau V, Patel D, Antequera A, Birnie D, Welch V, Wells G. A. Integrating sex and gender in studies of cardiac resynchronization therapy: A systematic review. ESC Heart Fail. 2022;9(1):420-427. DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.13733
Welch, V., Dewidar, O., Tanjong Ghogomu, E., Abdisalam, S., Al Ameer, A., Barbeau, V. I., Brand, K., Kebedom, K., Benkhalti, M., Kristjansson, E., Madani, M. T., Antequera Martín, A. M., Mathew, C. M., McGowan, J., McLeod, W., Park, H. A., Petkovic, J., Riddle, A., Tugwell, P., Petticrew, M, Train J, Wells, G. A. (2022). How effects on health equity are assessed in systematic reviews of interventions. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 1, MR000028.
2021
Andermann A, Mott S, Mathew CM, Kendall C, Mendonca O, Harriott D, McLellan A, Riddle A, Saad A, Iqbal W, Magwood O, Pottie K. Evidence-informed interventions and best practices for supporting women experiencing or at risk of homelessness: a scoping review with gender and equity analysis. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2021 Jan;41(1):1-13.
Antequera A, Stallings E, Henry RS, Lopez-Alcalde JL, Runnels V, Tudiver S, Tugwell P, Welch V. Sex and Gender Appraisal Tool-Systematic reviews-2 and participation-to-prevalence ratio assessed to whom the evidence applies in sepsis reviews. J Clin Epidemiol. 2022;142:119-132.
Benjamen J, Girard V, Jamani S, Magwood O, Holland T, Sharfuddin N, Pottie K. Access to Refugee and Migrant Mental Health Care Services during the First Six Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Canadian Refugee Clinician Survey. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 May 15;18(10):5266. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18105266. PMID: 34063442; PMCID: PMC8156129.
Benkhalti M, Espinoza M, Cookson R, Welch V, Tugwell P, Dagenais P. Development of a checklist to guide equity considerations in health technology assessment. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2021 Jan 25;37:e17.
Berthelsen DB, Woodworth TG, Goel N, Ioannidis JPA, Tugwell P, Devoe D, Williamson P, Terwee CB, Suarez-Almazor ME, Strand V, Leong AL, Conaghan PG, Boers M, Shea BJ, Brooks PM, Simon LS, Furst DE, Christensen R; OMERACT Safety Working Group. Harms reported by patients in rheumatology drug trials: a systematic review of randomized trials in the cochrane library from an OMERACT working group. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2021 Jan 9:S0049-0172(21)00006-8.
Bhopal R, Gruer L, Agyemang C, Davidovitch N, de-Graft Aikins A, Krasnik A, Martinez-Donate AP, Miranda JJ, Pottie K, Segal U, Zwi A, Kumar B. The Global Society on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health: why race can't be ignored even if it causes discomfort. Eur J Public Health. 2021 Feb 1;31(1):3-4.
Dewidar O, Birnie D, Podinic I, Welch V, Wells GA. Sex differences in CRT device implantation rates, efficacy, and complications following implantation: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies. Syst Rev. 2021 Jul 23;10(1):210. doi: 10.1186/s13643-021-01746-x. PMID: 34301313; PMCID: PMC8305491.
Dewidar O, Riddle A, Ghogomu E, Hossain A, Arora P, Bhutta ZA, Black RE, et al. PRIME-IPD Part 1. The PRIME-IPD tool promoted verification and standardization of study datasets retrieved for IPD meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2021. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.05.007.
Dewidar O, Riddle A, Ghogomu E, Hossain A, Arora P, Bhutta ZA, Black RE, et al. PRIME-IPD SERIES Part 3. The PRIME-IPD tool fills a gap in guidance for preparing IPD for analysis. J Clin Epidemiol. 2021 May 15:S0895-4356(21)00144-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.05.001.
Dewidar O, Dawit H, Barbeau V, Birnie D, Welch V, Wells GA. Sex differences in implantation and outcomes of cardiac resynchronization therapy in real world settings: A systematic review of cohort studies. CJC Open. 2021 Sept 8.
Dewidar O, Podinic I, Barbeau V, Patel D, Antequera A, Birnie D, Welch V, Wells GA. Integrating sex and gender in studies of cardiac resynchronization therapy: A systematic review. ESC Heart Failure. 2021 Nov 24.
Grosskleg S, Beaton D, Conaghan P, Hofstetter C, Maxwell L, Shea B, Tugwell P, Bingham CO 3rd, Antonietta D'Agostino M, March L, Singh JA, Strand V, Wells G, Simon L. OMERACT 2020: A virtual (R)evolution. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2021 Jun;51(3):588-592. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.04.002. Epub 2021 Apr 20. PMID: 33941384.
Gushulak BD, Pottie K, Hatcher Roberts J, Torres S, DesMeules M; Canadian Collaboration for Immigrant and Refugee Health. Migration and health in Canada: health in the global village. CMAJ. 2011 Sep 6;183(12):E952-8. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.090287. Epub 2010 Jun 28. PMID: 20584934; PMCID: PMC3168671.
Gyorkos TW, Carabin H, Phillip M, Benedict L, Davis A, Hatcher Roberts J, Wasan KM, Ndao M, Krentel A. Canadian contributions to research on neglected tropical diseases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 Jul 1;15(7):e0009476. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009476. PMID: 34197474; PMCID: PMC8248598.
Hazlewood GS, Pardo JP, Barnabe C, Schieir O, Barber CEH, Bernatsky S, Colmegna I, Hitchon C, Loeb M, Mertz D, Proulx L, Richards DP, Scuccimarri R, Tugwell P, Schünemann HJ, Mirza RD, Zhou AL, Nikolic RPA, Thomas M, Chase H, Ejaredar M, Nieuwlaat R. Canadian Rheumatology Association Recommendation for the Use of COVID-19 Vaccination for Patients With Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases. J Rheumatol. 2021 Aug;48(8):1330-1339. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.210288. Epub 2021 May 15. PMID: 33993119.
Houlding-Braunberger E, Petkovic J, Lebel N, Tugwell P. Experts prioritize osteoarthritis non-surgical interventions from Cochrane systematic reviews for translation into "Evidence4Equity" summaries. Int J Equity Health. 2021;20(1):136.
Janusz N, Dowling S, Dewidar O, Conde M, Tanjong Ghogomu E, Maxwell L, Tugwell P, Howe T, Welch V. Are we measuring the right function outcomes for older adults in reviews by the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group? Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2021 Apr 3;51(3):523-529.
Karunananthan S, Welch VA, Tugwell P, Cuervo LG. When is systematic review replication useful, and when is it wasteful? Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2021 Jan 15;45:e11.
Kaur H, Saad A, Magwood O, Alkhateeb Q, Mathew C, Khalaf G, Pottie K. Understanding the health and housing experiences of refugees and other migrant populations experiencing homelessness or vulnerable housing: a systematic review using GRADE-CERQual. CMAJ Open. 2021 Jun 18;9(2):E681-E692. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20200109. PMID: 34145051; PMCID: PMC8248559.
Kelly A, Tymms K, Fallon K, Sumpton D, Tugwell P, Tunnicliffe D, Tong A. Qualitative Research in Rheumatology: An Overview of Methods and Contributions to Practice and Policy. J Rheumatol. 2021 Jan 1;48(1):6-15. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.191368. Epub 2020 Jul 15. PMID: 32669447.
Le AL, Visintini S, Tugwell P, Petkovic J, Shea B, Kinihan J, Jiang K, et al. Women’s health inequities during covid-19:a rapid scoping review. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. 2021;43(5):654.
Lund H, Juhl CB, Nørgaard B, Draborg E, Henriksen M, Andreasen J, Christensen R, Nasser M, Ciliska D, Clarke M, Tugwell P, Martin J, Blaine C, Brunnhuber K, Robinson KA; Evidence-Based Research Network. Evidence-Based Research Series-Paper 2 : Using an Evidence-Based Research approach before a new study is conducted to ensure value. J Clin Epidemiol. 2021 Jan;129:158-166.
Lund H, Juhl CB, Nørgaard B, Draborg E, Henriksen M, Andreasen J, Christensen R, Nasser M, Ciliska D, Tugwell P, Clarke M, Blaine C, Martin J, Ban JW, Brunnhuber K, Robinson KA; Evidence-Based Research Network. Evidence-Based Research Series-Paper 3: Using an Evidence-Based Research approach to place your results into context after the study is performed to ensure usefulness of the conclusion. J Clin Epidemiol. 2021 Jan;129:167-171.
Nielsen SM, Uggen Rasmussen M, Boers M, A van der Windt D, de Wit M, G Woodworth T, A Flurey C, Beaton D, Shea B, Escorpizo R, Furst DE, Smolen JS, Toupin-April K, Boonen A, Voshaar M, Ellingsen T, Wells GA, Reeves BC, March L, Tugwell P, Christensen R. Towards consensus in defining and handling contextual factors within rheumatology trials: an initial qualitative study from an OMERACT working group. Ann Rheum Dis. 2021 Feb;80(2):242-249.
Nielsen SM, Boers M, de Wit M, Shea B, van der Windt DA, Reeves BC, Beaton D, Alten R, Toupin April K, Boonen A, Escorpizo R, Flurey C, Furst DE, Guillemin F, Leong A, Pohl C, Rasmussen MU, Singh JA, Smolen JS, Strand V, Verstappen SMM, Voshaar M, Woodworth TG, Ellingsen T, March L, Wells GA, Tugwell P, Christensen R. OMERACT consensus-based operational definition of contextual factors in rheumatology clinical trials: A mixed methods study. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2021 Apr 2:S0049-0172(21)00044-5.
Noori T, Hargreaves S, Greenaway C, van der Werf M, Driedger M, Morton RL, Hui C, Requena-Mendez A, Agbata E, Myran DT, Pareek M, Campos-Matos I, Nielsen RT, Semenza J, Nellums LB, Pottie K; ECDC ad hoc scientific panel. Strengthening screening for infectious diseases and vaccination among migrants in Europe: What is needed to close the implementation gaps? Travel Med Infect Dis. 2021 Jan-Feb;39:101715.
Page MJ, Moher D, Fidler FM, Higgins JPT, Brennan SE, Haddaway NR, Hamilton DG, Kanukula R, Karunananthan S, Maxwell LJ, McDonald S, Nakagawa S, Nunan D, Tugwell P, Welch VA, McKenzie JE. The REPRISE project: protocol for an evaluation of REProducibility and Replicability In Syntheses of Evidence. Syst Rev. 2021 Apr 16;10(1):112.
Page MJ, Moher D, Bossuyt PM, Boutron I, Hoffmann TC, Mulrow CD, Shamseer L, Tetzlaff JM, Akl EA, Brennan SE, Chou R, Glanville J, Grimshaw JM, Hróbjartsson A, Lalu MM, Li T, Loder EW, Mayo-Wilson E, McDonald S, McGuinness LA, Stewart LA, Thomas J, Tricco AC, Welch VA, Whiting P, McKenzie JE. PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews. BMJ. 2021 Mar 29;372:n160.
Page MJ, McKenzie JE, Bossuyt PM, Boutron I, Hoffmann TC, Mulrow CD, Shamseer L, Tetzlaff JM, Akl EA, Brennan SE, Chou R, Glanville J, Grimshaw JM, Hróbjartsson A, Lalu MM, Li T, Loder EW, Mayo-Wilson E, McDonald S, McGuinness LA, Stewart LA, Thomas J, Tricco AC, Welch VA, Whiting P, Moher D. The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews. BMJ. 2021 Mar 29;372:n71.
Petkovic J, Duench S, Trawin J, Dewidar O, Pardo Pardo J, Simeon R, DesMeules M, et al. Behavioural interventions delivered through interactive social media for health behaviour chance, health outcomes, and health equity in the adult population. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2021, Issue 5. Art. No.: CD012932. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012932.pub2
Petkovic J, Umaefulam V, Wattiaux A, Bartels C, Barnabe C, Greer-Smith R, Hofstetter C, et al. Development of an extension of the OMERACT Summary of Measurement Properties table to capture equity considerations: SOMP-Equity. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2021 Sep 27:S0049-0172(21)00185-2.
Polisena J, Ospina M, Sanni O, Matenchuk B, Livergant R, Amjad S, Zoric I, Haddad N, Morrison A, Wilson K, Bogoch I, Welch VA. Public health measures to reduce the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Canada during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review. BMJ Open. 2021 Mar 9;11(3):e046177.
Salazar J, Pérez-Bracchiglione J, Salas-Gama K, Antequera A, Auladell-Rispau A, Dorantes-Romandía R, Meade AG, Jesús Quintana M, Requeijo C, Rodríguez-Grijalva G, Santero M, Acosta-Dighero R, Solà I, Urrútia G, Bonfill Cosp X; Systemic Treatments for Advanced Digestive Cancer Research. Efficacy of systemic oncological treatments in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer at high risk of dying in the short or medium-term: overview of systematic reviews. Eur J Cancer. 2021 Jul 9;154:82-91. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2021.05.034. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34252759.
Stone JC, Glass K, Clark J, Ritskes-Hoitinga M, Munn Z, Tugwell P, Doi SAR. The MethodologicAl STandards for Epidemiological Research (MASTER) scale demonstrated a unified framework for bias assessment. J Clin Epidemiol. 2021 Jan 21;134:52-64.
Tomlinson E, Petkovic J, Welch V, Tugwell P. It's time to increase the global relevance of Cochrane Reviews by applying an 'equity lens'. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2021;10. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.ED00015
Toupin-April K, Décary S, de Wit M, Meara A, Barton JL, Fraenkel L, Li LC, Brooks P, Shea B, Stacey D,et al. Endorsement of the OMERACT core domain set for shared decision making interventions in rheumatology trials: Results from a multi-stepped consensus-building approach. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2021 Apr 6:S0049-0172(21)00049-4.
Tugwell P, Tovey D, Cuella-Garcia CA. "NEVER LET A CRISIS GO TO WASTE": HOW SCIENCE HAS RESPONDED TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. J Clin Epidemiol. 2021 Mar;131:A5-A6.
Wilson LA, Quan AML, Bota AB, Mithani SS, Paradis M, Jardine C, Hui C, Pottie K, Crowcroft N, Wilson K. Newcomer knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination. BMC Fam Pract. 2021 Jan 9;22(1):17.
2020
Andreasen RA, Kristensen LE, Baraliakos X, Strand V, Mease PJ, de Wit M, Ellingsen T, Hansen IMJ, Kirkham J, Wells GA, Tugwell P, Maxwell L, Boers M, Egstrup K, Christensen R. Assessing the effect of interventions for axial spondyloarthritis according to the endorsed ASAS/OMERACT core outcome set: a meta-research study of trials included in Cochrane reviews. Arthritis Res Ther. 2020 Jul 25;22(1):177. doi: 10.1186/s13075-020-02262-4. PMID: 32711571; PMCID: PMC7382035.
Antequera A, Madrid-Pascual O, Solà I, Roy-Vallejo E, Petricola S, Plana MN, Bonfill X. Female under-representation in sepsis studies: a bibliometric analysis of systematic reviews and guidelines. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020 Oct;126:26-36. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.06.014. Epub 2020 Jun 17. PMID: 32561368.
Aubry T, Bloch G, Brcic V, Saad A, Magwood O, Abdalla T, Alkhateeb Q, Xie E, Mathew C, Hannigan T, Costello C, Thavorn K, Stergiopoulos V, Tugwell P, Pottie K. Effectiveness of permanent supportive housing and income assistance interventions for homeless individuals in high-income countries: a systematic review. Lancet Public Health. 2020 Jun;5(6):e342-e360. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30055-4. PMID: 32504587.
Campbell M, McKenzie JE, Sowden A, Katikireddi SV, Brennan SE, Ellis S, Hartmann-Boyce J, et al. Synthesis without meta-analysis (SWiM) in systematic reviews: reporting guideline. BMJ. 2020;368:I6890.
Dewidar O, Tsang P, Leon-Garcia M, Mathew C, Antequera A, Baldeh T, Akl EA, et al. Over half of the WHO guidelines published from 2014 to 2019 explicity considered health equity issues: A cross sectional survey. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020; S0895-4356(20)30472-8.
Frank L, Morton SC, Guise JM, Jull J, Concannon TW, Tugwell P, Multi Stakeholder Engagement (MuSE) Consortium. Engaging patients and other non-researchers in health research: Defining research engagement. J Gen Intern Med. 2020;35(1):307-314.
Garritty C, Hersi M, Hamel C, Stevens A, Monfaredi Z, Butler C, Tricco AC, et al. Assessing the format and content of journal published and non-journal published rapid review reports: A comparative study. PLoS One. 2020;15(8):e0238025.
Glover RE, van Schalkwyk MC, Akl EA, Kristjansson E, Lotfi T, Petkovic J, Petticrew MP, et al. A framework for identifying and mitigating the equity harms of COVID-19 policy interventions. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020;S0895-4356(20)30597-7.
Gruner D, Magwood O, Bair L, Duff L, Adel S, Pottie K. Understanding Supporting and Hindering Factors in Community-Based Psychotherapy for Refugees: A Realist-Informed Systematic Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jun 27;17(13):4618. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17134618. PMID: 32604990; PMCID: PMC7369747.
Haddaway NR, Akl EA, Pagee MJ, Welch VA, Keenan C, Lotfi T. Open synthesis and the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020;S0895-4352(20)30461-3.
Karunananthan S, Maxwell LJ, Welch V, Petkovic J, Pardo Pardo J, Rader T, Avey MT, et al. When and how to replicate systematic reviews. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2020, Issue 2. Art No. MR000052. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.MR000052.
Kassam A, Magwood O, Pottie K. Fostering Refugee and Other Migrant Resilience through Empowerment, Pluralism, and Collaboration in Mental Health. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Dec 21;17(24):9557.
Knottnerus JA, Tugwell P. COVID-19, health inequities, and methodology's mission. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020 Dec;128:A6-A8.
Lawson DO, Puljak L, Pieper D, Schandelmaier S, Collins GS, Brignardello-Petersen R, Moher D, Tugwell P, Welch VA, Samaan Z, Thombs BD, Nørskov AK, Jakobsen JC, Allison DB, Mayo-Wilson E, Young T, Chan AW, Briel M, Guyatt GH, Thabane L, Mbuagbaw L. Reporting of methodological studies in health research: a protocol for the development of the MethodologIcal STudy reportIng Checklist (MISTIC). BMJ Open. 2020 Dec 17;10(12):e040478.
Lu J, Jamani S, Benjamen J, Agbata E, Magwood O, Pottie K. Global Mental Health and Services for Migrants in Primary Care Settings in High-Income Countries: A Scoping Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Nov 20;17(22):8627.
MacFarlane A, Huschke S, Pottie K, Hauck FR, Griswold K, Harris MF. Barriers to the use of trained interpreters in consultations with refugees in four resettlement countries: a qualitative analysis using normalisation process theory. BMC Fam Pract. 2020 Dec 5;21(1):259.
Magwood O, Hanemaayer A, Saad A, Salvalaggio G, Bloch G, Moledina A, Pinto N, Ziha L, Geurguis M, Aliferis A, Kpade V, Arya N, Aubry T, Pottie K. Determinants of Implementation of a Clinical Practice Guideline for Homeless Health. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Oct 29;17(21):7938. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17217938. PMID: 33138054; PMCID: PMC7663114.
Magwood O, Salvalaggio G, Beder M, Kendall C, Kpade V, Daghmach W, Habonimana G, et al., The effectiveness of substance use interventions for homeless and vulnerably housed persons: A systematic review of systematic reviews on supervised consumption facilities, managed alcohol programs, and pharmacological agents for opioid use disorder. PLoS One. 2020;15(1):e0227298.
Mathew C, Hsu AT, Prentice M, Lawlor P, Kyeremanteng K, Tanuseputro P, Welch V. Economic evaluations of palliative care models: A systematic review. Palliat Med. 2020;34(1):69-82.
Merritt K, Pottie K. Caring for refugees and asylum seekers in Canada: Early experiences and comprehensive global health training for medical students. Can Med Educ J. 2020 Dec 7;11(6):e138-e140
Nielsen SM, Storgaard H, Ellingsen T, Shea BJ, Wells GA, Welch VA, Furst DE, et al. Population characteristics as important contextual factors in rheumatological trials: an exploratory meta-epidemiological study from an OMERACT Working Group. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020;79(10):1269-1276.
Page MJ, Welch VA, Haddaway NR, Karunananthan S, Maxwell LJ, Tugwell P. "One more time":why replicating some syntheses of evidence relevant to COVID-19 makes sense. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020;125:179-182.
Page M, Welch VA, Haddaway NR, Karunananthan S, Maxwell LJ, Tugwell P. "One more time": why replicating some syntheses of evidence relevant to COVID-19 makes sense. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020.05.024.
Perry-Nguyen D, Jung RG, Labinaz A, Duchez AC, Dewidar O, Simard T, Karunakaran D, Majeed K, Sarathy K, Li R, Ramirez FD, Di Santo P, Rochman R, So D, Foin N, Hibbert B. Evaluation of an in vitro coronary stent thrombosis model for preclinical assessment. Platelets. 2020;31(2):167-173. doi: 10.1080/09537104.2019.1595564. Epub 2019 Apr 11. PMID: 30973035.
Petkovic J, Jull J, Yoganathan M, Dewidar O Baird S, Grimshaw JM, et al. Reporting of health equity considerations in cluster and individually randomized trials. Trials. 2020; 21:308.
Petkovic J, Riddle A, Akl EA, Khabsa J, Lytvyn L, Atwere P, Campbell P, et al. Protocol for the development of guidance for stakeholder engagement in health and healthcare guideline development and implementation. Systematic Reviews. 2020;9:21.
Ponka D, Agbata E, Kendall C, Stergiopoulos V, Mendonca O, Magwood O, Saad A, et al. The effectiveness of case management interventions for the homeless, vulnerably housed and persons with lived experience: A systematic review. PLoS One. 2020;15(4)e0230896.
Pottie K, Kendall CE, Aubry T, Magwood O, Andermann A, Salvalaggio G, Ponka D, et al. Clinical guideline for homeless and vulnerably housed people, and people with lived homelessness experience. CMAJ;192(10):E240-254.
Pottie K, Magwood O, Rahman P, Concannon T, Alonso-Coello P, Jaramillo Garcia A, Santesso N, Thombs B, Welch V, Wells GA, Saad A, Archibald D, Grad R, Moore A, Ximena Rojas M, Iorio A, Pinto N, Doull M, Morton R, Santesso N, Akl EA, Schünemann HJ, Tugwell P. Validating the "feasibility, acceptability, cost, and equity" instrument using stakeholder perceptions of feasibility, acceptability, cost, and equity in guideline implementation. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020 Dec 1;131:133-140.
Simeon R, Dewidar O, Trawin J, Duench S, Manson H, Pardo Pardo J, Petkovic J, et al. Behaviour Change Techniques included in reports of social media interventions for promoting health behaviours in adults: Content analysis within a systematic review. J Med Internet Res. 2020;22(6):e16002.
Shoemaker ES, Kendall CE, Mathew C, Crispo S, Welch V, Andermann A, Mott S, et al., Establishing need and population priorities to improve the health of homeless and vulnerably housed women, youth and men: A Delphi consensus study. PLoS One. 2020;15(4)e0231758.
Toupin-April K, Huber AM, Duffy CM, Proulx L, Morgan EM, Cohen JS, Gaboury I, Li LC, Tugwell P, Stinson J; JIA Option Map Group. Development and Acceptability of a Patient Decision Aid for Pain Management in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: The JIA Option Map. Patient. 2020 Dec;13(6):719-728.
Tugwell P, Welch VA, Karunananthan S, Maxwell LJ, Akl EA, Avey MT, Bhutta ZA, et al. When to replicate systematic reviews of interventions: Consensus checklist. BMJ. 2020;370:m2864.
2019
Agbata EN, Padilla PF, Agbata IN, Armas LH, Sola I, Pottie K. Migrant healthcare guidelines: A systematic quality assessment. J Immigr Minor Health. 2019;21(2):401-413.
Bergman H, Buckley BS, Villanueva G, Petkovic J, Garritty C, Lutje V, Riveros-Balta AX, Low N, Henschke N. Comparison of different human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine types and dose schedules for prevention of HPV-related disease in females and males. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2019 Nov 22;2019(11):CD013479. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013479. PMID: 31755549; PMCID: PMC6873216.
Concannon TW, Grant S, Welch V, Petkovic J, Selby J, et al. Practical guidance for involving stakeholders in health research. J Gen Intern Med. 2019;34(3):458-463.
de Wit M, Cooper C, Tugwell P, Bere N, Kirwan J, et al. Practical guidance for engaging patients in health research, treatment guidelines and regulatory processes: results of an expert group meeting organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (ESCEO). Aging Clin Exp Res. 2019;31(7):905-915.
Jull J, Graham ID, Kristjansson E, Moher D, Petkovic J, Yoganathan M, et al. Taking an integrated knowledge translation approach in research to devvelop the CONSORT-Equity 2017 reporting guideline: an observational study. BMJ Open. 2019:9(7):e026866.
Magwood O, Kpadé V, Thavorn K, Oliver S, Mayhew AD, Pottie K. Effectiveness of home-based records on maternal, newborn and child health outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One. 2019 Jan 2;14(1):e0209278. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209278. Erratum in: PLoS One. 2019 Feb 14;14(2):e0212698. PMID: 30601847; PMCID: PMC6314587.
Magwood O, Leki VY, Kpade V, Saad A, Alkhateeb Q, Gebremeskel A, Rehman A, Hannigan T, Pinto N, Sun AH, Kendall C, Kozloff N, Tweed EJ, Ponka D, Pottie K. Common trust and personal safety issues: A systematic review on the acceptability of health and social interventions for persons with lived experience of homelessness. PLoS One. 2019 Dec 30;14(12):e0226306. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226306. PMID: 31887152; PMCID: PMC6936789.
Marshall Z, Welch V, Minichiello A, Swab M, Brunger F, Kaposy C. Documenting research with transgender, nonbinary, and other gender diverse (trans) individuals and communities: introducing the global trans research evidence map. Transgend Health. 2019;4(1):68-80.
Ngobi JB, Pottie K, Leonard L, Tugwell P, Hoffman SJ, Welch V. Human immunodeficiency virus testing and psychosocial outcomes: a scoping review protocol. JBI Database System Rev Implement Rep. 2019;17(8):1616-1625.
Petkovic J, Duench SL, Welch V, Jennings A, Forster AJ, Tugwell P. Potential harms associated with routine collection of patient sociodemographic information: a rapid review. Health Expectations. 2019;22:114-129.
Pottie K, Mathew CM, Mendonca O, Magwood O, Saad A, et al. PROTOCOL: A comprehensive review of prioritized interventions to improve the health and wellbeing of persons with lived experience of homelessness. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 2019;15(3).
Pottie K, Magwood O. Community-Based Mental Healthcare for Marginalized or Excluded Populations. Healthc Pap. 2019 Sep;18(2):35-41. doi: 10.12927/hcpap.2019.25922. PMID: 31596701.
Wang JZ, Mott S, Magwood O, Mathew C, Mclellan A, Kpade V, Gaba P, Kozloff N, Pottie K, Andermann A. The impact of interventions for youth experiencing homelessness on housing, mental health, substance use, and family cohesion: a systematic review. BMC Public Health. 2019 Nov 14;19(1):1528. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7856-0. PMID: 31727031; PMCID: PMC6857126.
Welch VA, Hossain A, Ghogomu E, Riddle A, Cousens S, Gaffey M, Arora P et al. Deworming children for soil-transmitted helminths in low and middle-income countries: systematic review and individual participant data network meta-analysis. J Dev Effect. 2019;11(3):288-306.
Welch V, Howe TE, Marcus S, Mathew CM, Sadana R, Rogers M, Sheehy L, et al. Protocol: Health, social care and technological interventions to improve functional ability of older adults: Evidence and gap map. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 2019:15(4):e1054.
Yadee J, Bangpan M, Thavorn K, Welch V, Tugwell P, Chaiyakunapruk N. Assessing evidence of interventions addressing inequity among migrant populations: a two-stage systematic review. Int J Equity Health. 2019;18(1):64.
2018
Agbata EN, Padilla PF, Agbata IN, Armas LH, Sola I, Pottie K, Alonso Coello P. Migrant healthcare guidelines: A systematic quality assessment. J Immigr Minor Health. 2018 May 21.
Campbell TM, Ghaedi BB, Tanjong Ghogomu E, Welch V. Shoe lifts for leg length discrepency in adults with common painful musculoskeletal conditions: A systematic review of the literature. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2018;99(5):981-993.e2.
Chen I, Opiyo N, Tavender E, Mortazhejri S, Rader T, Petkovic J, Yogasingam S, Taljaard M, Agarwal S, Laopaiboon M, Wasiak J, Khunpradit S, Lumbiganon P, Gruen RL, Betran AP. Non-clinical interventions for reducing unnecessary caesarean section. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018 Sep 28;9(9):CD005528. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005528.pub3. PMID: 30264405; PMCID: PMC6513634.
Concannon TW, Grant S, Welch V, Petkovic J, Selby J, Crowe S, Synnot A, Greer-Smith R, Mayo-Wilson E, Tambor E, Tugwell P for the MuSE Consortium. Practical guidance for involving stakeholders in health research. J Gen Intern Med. 2018.
Holland R, Tillett W, Ogdie A, Leung YY, Gladman DD, Callis Duffin K, Coates LC, Mease PJ, Eder L, Strand V, Elmamoun M, Højgaard P, Chau J, de Wit M, Goel N, Lindsay CA, FitzGerald O, Shea B, Beaton D, Orbai AM. Content and Face Validity and Feasibility of 5 Candidate Instruments for Psoriatic Arthritis Randomized Controlled Trials: The PsA OMERACT Core Set Workshop at the GRAPPA 2017 Annual Meeting. J Rheumatol Suppl. 2018 Jun;94:17-25. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.180142. PMID: 29858348.
Hui C, Dunn J, Morton R, Staub LP, Tran A, Hargreaves S, Greenaway C, Biggs BA, Christensen R, Pottie K. Interventions to improve vaccination and cost effectiveness of vaccination strategies in newly arrived migrants in the EU/EEA: A systematic review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018;15.
Jull J, Petticrew M, Kristjansson E, Yoganathan M, Petkovic J, Tugwell P, Welch V, and the CONSORT-Equity 2017 and Boston Equity Symposium participants. Engaging knowledge users in development of the CONSORT-Equity 2017 reporting guideline: a qualitative study using in-depth interviews. Research Involvement and Engagement. 2018.4:24.
Lu J, Danko KJ, Elfassy MD, Welch V, Grimshaw JM, Ivers NM. Do quality improvement initiatives for diabetes care address social inequalities? Secondary analysis of a systematic review. BMJ Open. 2018;8(2).
Magwood O, Kpadé V, Afza R, Oraka C, McWhirter J, Oliver S, Pottie K. Understanding women's, caregivers', and providers' experiences with home-based records: A systematic review of qualitative studies. PLoS One. 2018 Oct 4;13(10):e0204966. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204966. PMID: 30286161; PMCID: PMC6171900.
Marshall Z, Brunger F, Welch V, Asghari S, Kaposy C. Open availability of patient medical photographs in Google images search results: Cross-sectional study of transgender research. J Med Internet Res. 2018;20(2):e70.
Nixon SA, Lee K, Bhutta ZA, Blanchard J, Haddad S, Hoffman SJ, Tugwell P. Canada's global health role: supporting equity and global citizenship as a middle power. Lancet. 2018. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30322-2.
Petkovic J, Trawin J, Dewidar O, Yoganathan M, Tugwell P, Welch V. Sex/gender reporting and analysis in Campbell and Cochrane systematic reviews: a cross-sectional methods study. Syst Rev. 2018 Aug 2;7(1):113.
Petkovic J, Welch V, Tugwell P. Do evidence summaries increase health policy-makers' use of evidence from systematic reviews? The Campbell Library. 2018 September 10.
Pottie K, Agic B, Archibald D, Ratnayake A, Tapia M, Thanos J. HEIA Tools: Inclusion of migrants in health policy in Canada. Health Promot Int. 2018 Apr 17.
Pottie K, Gruner D, Magwood O. Canada's response to refugees at the primary health care level. Public Health Res Pract. 2018 Mar 15;28(1):2811803. doi: 10.17061/phrp2811803. PMID: 29582036.
Pottie K, Lotfi T, Kilzar L, Howeiss P, Rizk N, Akl EA, Dias S, Biggs BA, Christensen R, Rahman P, Magwood O, Tran A, Rowbotham N, Pharris A, Noori T, Pareek M, Morton R. The effectiveness of cost-effectiveness of screening for HIV in migrants in the EU/EEA: A systematic review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018;15(8).
Salam RA, Middleton P, Makrides M, Welch V, Gaffey M, Cousens S, Bhutta Z. Mass deworming for soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomiasis among pregnant women: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis protocol. The Campbell Library. 2018-06-12.
Swelleh WM, Wickramage K, Pottie K, Hui C, Roberts B, Sawalha AF, Zyoud SH. Bibliometric analysis of global migration health research in peer-reviewed literature (2000-2016). BMC Public Health. 2018;18(1):777.
Tanjong-Ghogomu E, Suresh S, Rayco-Solon P, Hossain A, McGowan J, Pena-Rosas JP, Welch V. Deworming in non-pregnant adolescent girls and women: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Syst Rev. 2018;70(1):239.
Welch V, Petkovic J, Simeon R, Presseau J, Gagnon D, Hossain A, Pardo Pardo J, Pottie K, Rader T, Sokolovski A, Yoganathan M, Tugwell P, DesMeules M. Interactive social media interventions for health behaviour change, health outcomes, and health equity in the adult population. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2018, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD012932. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012932
Zhang Y, Alonso Coello P, Guyatt G, Yepes-Nunez JJ, Akl EA, Hazlewood G, Pardo-Hernandez H, Etxeandia-Ikobaltzeta I, Qaseem A, Williams JW Jr, Tugwell P, Flottorp S, Chang Y, Zhang Y, Mustafa RA, Rojas MX, Xie F, Schunemann HJ. GRADE Guidelines: 20. Assessing the certainty of evidence in the importance of outcomes or values and preferences - Inconsistency, Imprecision, and other Domains. J Clin Epidemiol. 2018 May 22.
Zhang Y, Alonso Coelle P, Guyatt G, Yepes-Nunez JJ, Akl EA, Hazlewood G, Pardo-Hernandez H, et al. GRADE Guidelines: 19. Assessing the certainty of evidence in the importance of outcomes or values and preferences -- Risk of bias and indirectness. J Clin Epidemiol. 2018 Feb 13. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2018.01.013.
2017
Akl EA, Welch V, Pottie K, Eslava-Schmalbach J, Darzi A, Sola I, et al. GRADE Equity Guidelines 2: COnsidering health equity in the GRADE guideline development process. JCE. 2017.[epub ahead of print]
Akl EA, Welch VA, Pottie K, Eslava-Schmalbach J, Darzi A, Sola I, Katikireddi SV, Singh J, Murad MH, Meerpohl J, Stanev R, Lang E, Matovinovic E, Shea B, Agoritsas T, Alexander PE, Snellman A, Brignardello-Petersen R, Gloss D, Thabane L, Shi C, Stein AT, Sharaf R, Briel M, Guyatt G, Schunemann H, Tugwell P. GRADE Equity Guidelines 2: Considering health equity in the GRADE guideline development: Equity extension of the GRADE Development Checklist. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017 May 9. [Epub ahead of print].
Bolvig J, Juhl CB, Boutron I, Tugwell P, Ghogomu EAT, Pardo JP, Rader T, Wells GA, Mayhew A, Maxwell L, Lund H, Bliddal H, Christensen R, Editorial Board of the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group. Some Cochrane risk of bias items are not important in osteoarthritis trials: A meta-epidemiological study based on Cochrane reviews. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017. pii: S0895-4356(17)31326-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.11.026. [Epub ahead of print]
Cornelsen L, Mytton OT, Adams J, Gsaparrini A, Iskander D, Knai C, Petticrew M, Scott C, Smith R, Thompson C, White M, Cummins S. Change in non-alcoholic beverage sales following a 10-pence levy on sugar-sweetened beverages within a national chain of restaurants in the UK: interrupted time series analysis of a natural experiment. J Epidmiol Community Health. 2017;71(11):1107-1112.
Eslava-Schmalbach J, Mosquera P, Alzate JP, Pottie K, Welch V, Akl E, Jull J, Lang E, Katikireddi SV, Morton R, Thabane L, Shea B, Stein AT, Singh J, Florez ID, Guyatt G, Schunemann H, Tugwell P. Considering health equity when moving from evidence-based guideline recommendations to implementation: a case study from an upper-middle income country on the GRADE approach. Health Policy Plan. 2017. [Epub ahead of print]
Farrell B, Black C, Thompson W, McCarthy L, Rojas-Fernandez C, Lochnan H, Shamji S, Upshur R, Bouchard M, Welch V. Deprescribing antihyperglycemic agents in older persons: Evidence-based clinical practice guideline. Can Fam Physician. 2017 Nov;63(11):832-843.
Fiedeldey-Van Dijk C, Rowan M, Dell C, Mushquash C, Hopkins C, Fornssler B, Hall L, Mykota D, Farag M, Shea B. Honoring Indigenous culture-as-intervention: Development and validity of the Native Wellness AssessmentTM. J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2017 Apr-Jun;16(2):181-218. doi: 10.1080/15332640.2015.1119774. Epub 2016 Mar 15. PMID: 26980712.
Guise JM, Butler ME, Chang C, Viswanathan M, Piggot T, Tugwell P, Complex Interventions Working Group. AHRQ series on complex intervention systematic reviews - paper 6: PRISMA CI extension statement and checklist. JCE. 2017 Jul 15 [Epub ahead of print].
Horsley T, Galipeau J, Petkovic J, Zeiter J, Hamstra SJ, Cook DA. Reporting quality and risk of bias in randomised trials in health professions education. Med Educ. 2017 Jan;51(1):61-71. doi: 10.1111/medu.13130. PMID: 27981660.
Jull J, Whitehead M, Petticrew M, Kristjansson E, Gough D, Petkovic J, Volmink J, Weijer C, Taljaard M, Edwards S, Mbuagbaw L, Cookson R, McGowan J, Lyddiatt A, Boyer S, Cuervo LG, Armstrong R, White H, Yoganathan M, Pantoja T, Shea B, Pottie K, Norheim O, Baird S, Robberstad B, Sommerfelt H, Asada Y, Wells G, Tugwell P, Welch V. When is a randomised controlled trial health equity relevant? Development and validation of a conceptual framework. BMJ Open. 2017;7:e015815. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015815.
Lewin S, Hendry M, Chandler J, Oxman AD, Michie S, Shepperd S, Reeves BC, Tugwell P, Hannes K, Rehfuess EA, Welch V, Mckenzie JE, Burford B, Petkovic J, Anderson LM, Harris J, Noyes J. Assessing the complexity of interventions within systematic reviews: development, content and use of a new tool (iCAT_SR). BMC Med Res Methodol. 2017 Apr 26;17(1):76. doi: 10.1186/s12874-017-0349-x. PMID: 28446138; PMCID: PMC5406941.
Mbuagbaw L, Aves T, Shea B, Jull J, Welch V, Taljaard M, Yoganathan M, Greer-Smith R, Wells G, Tugwell P. Considerations and guidance in designing equity-relevant trials. In J Equity Health. 2017;16(1):93.
Orbai AM, de Wit M, Mease P, Shea JA, Gossec L, Leung YY, Tillett W, Elmamoun M, Callis Duffin K, Campbell W, Christensen R, Coates L, Dures E, Eder L, FitzGerald O, Gladman D, Goel N, Grieb SD, Hewlett S, Hoejgaard P, Kalyoncu U, Lindsay C, McHugh N, Shea B, Steinkoenig I, Strand V, Ogdie A. International patient and physician consensus on a psoriatic arthritis core outcome set for clinical trials. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Apr;76(4):673-680. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210242. Epub 2016 Sep 9. PMID: 27613807; PMCID: PMC5344772.
Orbai AM, de Wit M, Mease PJ, Callis Duffin K, Elmamoun M, Tillett W, Campbell W, FitzGerald O, Gladman DD, Goel N, Gossec L, Hoejgaard P, Leung YY, Lindsay C, Strand V, van der Heijde DM, Shea B, Christensen R, Coates L, Eder L, McHugh N, Kalyoncu U, Steinkoenig I, Ogdie A. Updating the Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) Core Domain Set: A Report from the PsA Workshop at OMERACT 2016. J Rheumatol. 2017 Oct;44(10):1522-1528. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.160904. Epub 2017 Feb 1. Erratum in: J Rheumatol. 2017 Apr;44(4):543. PMID: 28148697; PMCID: PMC5538953.
Petkovic J, Barton JL, FLurey C, Goel N, Bartels CM, Barnabe C, de Wit MP, Lyddiatt A, Lacaille D, Welch V, Boonen A, Shea B, Christensen R, Maxwell LJ, Campbell W, Jull J, Toupin-April K, Singh JA, Goldsmith CH, Sreih AG, Pohl C, Hofstetter C, Beaton DE, Buchbinder R, Guillemin F, Tugwell PS. Health equity considerations for developing and reporting patient-reported outcomes in clinical trials: A report from the OMERACT Equity Special Interest Group. J Rheum. Nov;44(11):1727-1733. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.160975
Petkovic J, Welch V, Jull J, Petticrew M, Kristjansson E, Rader T, Yoganathan M, McGowan J, Lyddiatt A, Grimshaw JM, Volmink J, Moher D, Shea B, Pottie K, Pantoja T, Wells GA, Tugwell P. How health equity is reported and analyzed in randomized trials. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2017, Issue 8. Art No: MR000046. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.MR000046.
Petkovic J, Welch V, Tugwell P. Do evidence summaries increase health policy-makers' use of evidence from systematic reviews? (Protocol). The Campbell Library. 2017 August 3.
Petticrew M, Katikireddi SV, Knai C, Cassidy R, Maani Hessari N, Thomas J, Weishaar H. 'Nothing can be done until everything is done': the use of complexity arguments by food, beverage, alcohol and gambling industries. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2017;71(11):1078-1083.
Petticrew M, Maani Hessari N, Knai C, Weiderpass E. How alcohol industry organizations mislead the public about alcohol and cancer. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2017 Sep 7. doi: 10.1111/dar.12596. [Epub ahead of print].
Pottie K, Mayhew AD, Morton RL, Akl EA, Rahman P, Zenner D, Pareek M, Tugwell P, Welch V, Meepohl J, Alonso-Coello P, Hui C, Biggs BA, Requena-Mendez A, Agbata E, Noori T, Schunemann H. Prevention and assessment of infectious diseases among children and adult migrants arriving to the European Union/European Economic Association: a protocol for a suite of systematic reviews for public health and health systems. BMJ Open. 2017;7(9):e014608.
Pottie K, Welch VA, Morton R, Akl EA, Eslava-Schmalbach JH, Katikireddi V, Singh J, Moja L, Lang E, Magrini N, Thabane L, Stanev R, Matovinovic E, Snellman A, Briel M, Shea B, Tugwell P, Schunemann H, Alonso-Coello P. GRADE Equity Guidelines 4: Guidance on how to assess and address health equity within the evidence to decision process. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017 Aug 9. [Epub ahead of print].
Ramke J, Palagyi A, Petkovic J, Gilbert CE. Reporting of inequities in blindness in low income and middle income countries: a review of cross-sectional surveys. Clinical & Experimental Opthalmology. 2017;46(1):99-100.
Ramke J, Petkovic J, Welch V, Bligneault I, Gilbert C, Blanchet L, Christensen R, Zwi AB, Tugwell P. Interventions to improve access to cataract surgical services and their impact on equity in low- and middle-income countries. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017;11:CD011307.
Ramke J, Palagyi A, Jordan V, Petkovic J, Gilbert CE. Using the STROBE statement to assess reporting in blindness prevalence surveys in low and middle income countries. PLoS ONE. 12(5): e0176178.
Riddle AY, Ramage AK, Kroeger CM, Welch V, Vlassof C, Bhutta Z, Kristjansson E, Taljaard M, Wells GA. The effect of women's empowerment strategies on adolescent girls' nutritional status (Title). Campbell Library. 2017.
Rirash F, Tingey PC, Harding SE, Maxwell LJ, Tanjong Ghogomu E, Wells GA, Tugwell P, Pope J. Calcium channel blockers for primary and secondary Raynaud's phenomenon. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Dec 13;12(12):CD000467. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000467.pub2. PMID: 29237099; PMCID: PMC6486273.
Rockers P, Tugwell P, Grimshaw J, Oliver S, Atun R, Rottingen JA, Fretheim A, Ranson MK, Daniels K, Luiza VL, Barnighausen T. Quasi-experimental study designs series - paper 12: Strengthening global capacity for evidence synthesis of quasi-experimental health systems research. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017 Mar 28.
Rolvig J, Juhl CB, Boutron I, Tugwell P, Ghogomu EAT, Pardo JP, Rader T, Wells GA, Mayhew A, Maxwell L, Lund H, Bliddal H, Christensen R, Editorial Board of the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group. Some Cochrane risk of bias items are not important in osteoarthritis trials: A meta-epidemiological study based on Cochrane reviews. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017. pii: S0895-4356(17)31326-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.11.026. [Epub ahead of print]
Shea BJ, Reeves BC, Wells G, Thuku M, Hamel C, Moran J, Moher D, Tugwell P, Welch V, Kristjansson E, Henry DA. AMSTAR 2: a critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews that include randomised or non-randomised studies of healthcare interentions, or both. BMJ. 2017;358:j4008.
Singh JA, Hossain A, Tanjong-Ghogomu E, Mudano AS, Maxwell LJ, Buchbinder R, Lopez-Olivo MA, Suarez-Almazor ME, Tugwell P, Wells GA. Biologics or tofacitinib for people with rheumatoid arthritis unsuccessfully treated with biologics: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017. Mar 10.
Singh JA, Hossain A, Mudano AS, Tanjong Ghogomu E, Suarez-Almazor ME, Buchbinder R, Maxwell LJ, Tugwell P, Wells GA. Biologics or tofacitinib for people with rheumatoid arthritis naive to methotrexate: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 May 8;5(5):CD012657. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012657. PMID: 28481462; PMCID: PMC6481641.
Thompson W, Farrell B, Welch V, Tugwell P, Bjerre LM. Should I continue taking my acid reflux medication? Design of a pilot before/after study evaluating a patient decision aid. Can Pharm J. 2016. Nov 30.
Trenaman L, Boonen A, Guilleminb F, Hiligsmann M, Hoens A, Marra C, Taylor W, Barton J, Tugwell P, Wells G, Bansback N. OMERACT Quality-adjusted life-years (QALY) working group: Do current QALY measures capture what matters to patients. J Rheumatol. 2017 March 15.
Tugwell P, Petkovic J, Welch V, Vincent J, Bhutta ZA, Churchill R, de Savigny D, Mbuagbaw L, Pantoja T. Setting priorities for knowledge translation of Cochrane reviews for health equity: Evidence for Equity. International Journal for Equity in Health. 2017;16:208.
Tunnicliffe DJ, Singh-Grewal D, Craig JC, Howell M, Tugwell P, Mackie F, Lin MW, O'Neill SG, Ralph AF, Tong A. Healthcare and Research Priorities of Adolescents and Young Adults with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Mixed-methods Study. J Rheum. 2017 Mar 1.
Waddington H, Aloe A, Becker BJ, Djimeu EW, Hombrados JG, Tugwell P, Wells G, Reeves B. Quasi-experimental study designs series - paper 6: Risk of bias assessment. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017 Mar 25.
Welch VA, Norheim OF, Jull J, Cookson R, Sommerfelt H, Tugwell P, CONSORT-Equity and Boston Equity Symposium. CONSORT-Equity 2017 extension and elaboration for better reporting of health equity in randomised trials. BMJ. 2017;359:j5085.
Welch V, Doull M, Yoganathan M, Jull J, Boscoe M, Coen SE, Marshall Z, Pardo Pardo J, Pederson A, Petkovic J, Puil L, Quinlan L, Shea B, Rader T. Runnels V, Tudiver S. Reporting of sex and gender in randomized controlled trials in Canada: a cross-sectional methods study. Research Integrity and Peer Review. 2017;2:15.
Welch VA, Akl EA, Pottie K, Ansari MT, Briel M, Christensen R, Dans A, Dans L, Eslava-Schmalbach J, Guyatt G, Hultcrantz M, Jull J, Katikireddi SV, Land E, Matovinovic E, Meerpohl JJ, Morton RL, Mosdol A, Murad MH, Petkovic J, Schunemann H, Sharaf R, Shea B, Singh JA, Sola I, Stanev R, Stein A, Thabaneii L, Tonia T, Tristan M, Vitols S, Watine J, Tugwell P. GRADE equity guidelines 3: health equity considerations in rating the certainty of synthesized evidence. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017 Apr 4. [Epub ahead of print].
Welch VA, Akl EA, Guyatt G, Pottie K, Eslava-Schmalbach J, Ansari MT, de Beer H, Briel M, Dans T, Dans I, Hultcrantz M, Jull J, Katikireddi SV, Meerpohl J, Morton R, Mosdol A, Petkovic J, Schunemann H, Sharaf RN, Singh JA, Stanev R, Tonia T, Tristan M, Vitols S, Watine J, Tugwell P. GRADE equity guidelines 1: health equity in guideline developement-introduction and rationale. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017 Apr 12. [Epub ahead of print].
Welch VA, Ghogomu E, Hossain A, Awasthi S, Bhutta ZA, Cumberbatch C, Fletcher R, McGowan J, Krishnaratne S, Kristjansson E, Sohani S, Suresh S, Tugwell P, White H, Wells GA. Mass deworming to improve developmental health and wellbeing of children in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Lancet Glob Health. 2017 Jan;5(1):e40-e50.
Welch VA, Akl EA, Guyatt G, Pottie K, Eslava-Schmalbach J, Ansari MT, de Beer H, et al. GRADE Equity guidelines 1: Health equity in guideline development- introduction and rationale. JCE. 2017.[epub ahead of print]
Welch VA, Ekl EA, Pottie K, Ansari MT, Briel M, Christensen R, Dans A, et al. GRADE Equity Guidelines 3: Health equity considerations in rating the certainty of synthesized evidence. JCE. 2017.[epub ahead of print]
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