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2017-11-01

Alaazi, Dominic, Vallianatos, Helen, Yohani, Sophie, Okeke-Ohejirika, Philomena, Ayalew, Tesfaye, Salami, Bukola, Nsaliwa, Christina

Parenting practices are known predictors of child health and social outcomes. Yet very little is known about the parenting practices of African immigrants in Canada and their impact on child health and wellbeing, including mental health. This dearth of knowledge exists despite widespread...

Fall 2017

Hancock, Myles T

ABSTRACT Background: Health care requires constant improvement. Harms in health care are becoming a priority, as is incorporating the patient’s voice in both clinical research and clinical care. Patients have been found to provide a more subjective, detailed perspective of their treatment...

2015

Fuentes, Jorge, Cummings, Greta G., Ha, Christine, Egger, Matthias, da Costa, Bruno R., Saltaji, Humam, Armijo-Olivo, Susan

Objective: There is debate on how the methodological quality of clinical trials should be assessed. We compared trials of physical therapy (PT) judged to be of adequate quality based on summary scores from the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale with trials judged to be of adequate...

2014

Saltaji, H., Ha, C., Cummings, G. G., da Costa, B. R., Armijo-Olivo, S., Egger, M., Ospina, M., Fuentes, J.

Objectives: To test the inter-rater reliability of the RoB tool applied to Physical Therapy (PT) trials by comparing ratings from Cochrane review authors with those of blinded external reviewers. Methods: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in PT were identified by searching the Cochrane Database...

Fall 2009

Richer, Lawrence

This thesis presents the results of three studies examining the management of migraine in children. First we conducted a systematic review of all clinical trials conducted in children and adolescents of the acute migraine therapy. A meta-analysis of the 26 randomized controlled trials is...

2016-09-22

Adams, Denise, Terwee, Caroline B., Hansraj, Namrata, Hartling, Lisa, Vohra, Sunita, Bhaloo, Zafira, Liu, Yali

Objective: Conduct a systematic review of pediatric randomized controlled trials published in high impact journals to assess the reporting of primary outcomes and the psychometric properties of their measures. Study Design and Setting: Systematic review with screening and simultaneous data...

2013

Scott, S. D., Brett-Maclean, P., Archibald, M., Hartling, L.

Background The arts are powerful, accessible forms of communication that have the potential to impart knowledge by attracting interest and developing meaningful connections. Knowledge translation aims to reduce the ‘evidence-practice’ gap by developing, implementing and evaluating strategies...

2014

Hartling, L., Vandermeer, B., Dryden, D. M., Fernandes, R. M., Hamm, M. P.

Objective: To quantify bias related to specific methodological characteristics in child-relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Design: Meta-epidemiological study. Data Sources: We identified systematic reviews containing a meta-analysis with 10–40 RCTs that were relevant to child health in...

2013-10-29

Hegadoren, Kathleen, Lewis, Jacqueline, Ross, Sue J., Shandro, Tami, Campbell, Sandy, Sydora, Beate C., Yuksel, Nese, Fast, Hilary

This study reviews the literature surrounding the use of the Meonpause-specific Quality of Life questionnaire (MENQOL). One hundred sixty-six articles were included in the qualitative and quantitiative analyses for this study. The study revealed that the tool has been used extensively and...

2008

Russell, K., Liang, Y., O'Gorman, K., Klassen, T. P., Friesen, C., Dryden, D. M., Wild, T. C., Durec, T.

Background: Methamphetamine (MA) is a potent stimulant that is readily available. Its effects are similar to cocaine, but the drug has a profile associated with increased acute and chronic toxicities. The objective of this systematic review was to identify and synthesize literature on risk...