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Fall 2011

Kolber, Michael Robert

This thesis examines the quality of colonoscopies performed by primary care physicians. Methods: A systematic review examined existing evidence pertaining to the quality of colonoscopies performed by primary care physicians. Subsequently, a prospective, multi-centre observational study (the...

Fall 2011

El Shayeb, Mohamed

Adjuvant chemotherapy is the standard of care for stage-III colon cancer. Despite this, large proportions of patients do not receive it; the oncologist may not recommend it or the patient may refuse it. We aimed to identify the physicians’ and patients’ reasons for making treatment decisions. We...

Fall 2012

Garad, Hayat

Childhood trauma is a chronic stressor that has been linked to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Evidence also shows that females may have a heightened reactivity to interpersonal and chronic stress than males. The subjects for this study included 6881 members of Statistics Canada's National...

Fall 2013

Hwang, Jongnam

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a major cause of visual impairment that ultimately impedes daily activities. Visual impairment caused by DR is manageable if diagnosed early. Despite comprehensive clinical guidelines, there is underuse of the recommended eye examinations among patients with diabetes...

Fall 2012

Faruque, Labib I

Background: Canadians often live far from health care facilities, which may compromise their care. However, no objective method exists for selecting new facilities from potential locations. We used a new method for selecting optimum clinic locations and characterized remote-dwellers clinically....

Fall 2013

Ehteshami Afshar, Arash

Telemedicine is a promising but unproven tool for improving the quality of chronic disease care. The aim of this research is to investigate the potential of telemedicine for the care of patients with chronic diseases in Canada. We did a systematic review and meta-analysis of telemedicine for...

Fall 2013

Alibhai, Arif A

Background: A research team from the University of Alberta and Uganda established a community based antiretroviral treatment (ART) program for AIDS patients in rural western Uganda. This program engaged laypersons as volunteer community health workers (CHWs) to support ART activities. Research...

Spring 2013

Conter, Henry J

How the costs of research and its associated risks contribute to a minimum price that would support continued private pharmaceutical investment is unclear. We employed a linear cost-volume-revenue breakeven analysis to equate initial capital investment and risk, and its associated...

Fall 2012

Wickham, Maeve E.

Maternal depression is a known risk factor for offspring psychopathology; however, the role of maternal depressive symptoms in the adolescent engagement in health-risk behaviours (e.g., substance use and delinquency) needs further study. Using data from 2910 youth in the National Longitudinal...

Fall 2012

Colmers, Isabelle N.

Individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) have an increased risk of bladder cancer, relative to non-diabetic individuals. We aimed to investigate factors that may influence this association. Some reports suggest an association between the glucose-lowering drug pioglitazone and bladder cancer. Our...