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.

2011

Lippel K, MacEachen E, Saunders R, Werhun N, Kosny A, Mansfield L, Carrasco C, Pugliese D. Legal protections governing the occupational safety and health and workers' compensation of temporary employment agency workers in Canada: reflections on regulatory effectiveness. Policy and Practice in Health and Safety. 2011;9(2):69-90.
Smith BT, Lynch JW, Fox CS, Harper S, Abrahamowicz M, Almeida ND, Loucks EB. Life-course socioeconomic position and type 2 diabetes mellitus: the Framingham offspring study. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2011;173(4):438-447. doi:10.1093/aje/kwq379.
Tang K, Beaton DE, Boonen A, Gignac MA, Bombardier C. Measures of work disability and productivity. Arthritis Care & Research. 2011;63(0):S337-S349. doi:10.1002/acr.20633.
Tang K, Escorpizo R, Beaton DE, Bombardier C, Lacaille D, Zhang W, Anis AH, Boonen A, Verstappen SM, Buchbinder R, Osborne RH, Fautrel B, Gignac MA, Tugwell P. Measuring the impact of arthritis on worker productivity: perspectives, methodologic issues, and contextual factors. Journal of Rheumatology. 2011;38(8):1776-1790. doi:10.3899/jrheum.110405.
Beaton DE, Van Eerd D, Smith PM, van der Velde G, Cullen KL, Kennedy CA, Hogg-Johnson S. Minimal change is sensitive, less specific to recovery: a diagnostic testing approach to interpretability. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2011;64(5):487-496. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.07.012.
Busse JW, Walji R, Wilson K. Parents' experiences discussing pediatric vaccination with healthcare providers: a survey of canadian naturopathic patients. PLoS One. 2011;6(8):e22737-. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0022737.
Villeneuve E, Kuriya B, Bombardier C. Patients considered as having undifferentiated peripheral inflammatory arthritis: a systematic review. Journal of Rheumatology. 2011;87(0):42803.
Kennedy CA, Beaton DE, Warmington K, Shupak R, Jones C, Hogg-Johnson S. Prescription for education: development, evaluation, and implementation of a successful interprofessional education program for adults with inflammatory arthritis. Journal of Rheumatology. 2011;38(10):2247-2257. doi:10.3899/jrheum.101307.
Sorensen G, Landsbergis P, Hammer L, Amick B, Linnan L, Yancey A, Welch L, Goetzel R, Flannery K, Pratt C. Preventing chronic disease at the workplace: a workshop report and recommendations. American Journal of Public Health. 2011;101(0):S196-S207. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2010.300075.
van der Velde G, Cote P, Bayoumi AM, Cassidy JD, Boyle E, Shearer HM, Stupar M, Jacobs C, Ammendolia C, Carette S, van Tulder MW. Protocol for an economic evaluation alongside the University Health Network Whiplash Intervention Trial: cost-effectiveness of education and activation, a rehabilitation program, and the legislated standard of care for acute whiplash injury in Ontario. BMC Public Health. 2011;11(1):594-. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-594.
Tang K, Beaton DE, Gignac MA, Bombardier C. Rasch analysis informed modifications to the Work Instability Scale for Rheumatoid Arthritis for use in work-related upper limb disorders. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2011;64(11):1242-1251. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.02.002.
Vissers MM, Bussmann JB, Verhaar JA, Arends LR, Furlan AD, Reijman M. Recovery of physical functioning after total hip arthroplasty: systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature. Physical Therapy. 2011;91(5):615-629. doi:10.2522/ptj.20100201.
Brouwer S, Franche RL, Hogg-Johnson S, Lee H, Krause N, Shaw W. Return-to-Work Self-Efficacy: Development and Validation of a Scale in Claimants with Musculoskeletal Disorders. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2011;21(1):244-258. doi:10.1007/s10926-010-9262-4.
Tang K, MacDermid JC, Amick B, Beaton DE. The 11-item workplace organizational policies and practices questionnaire (OPP-11): examination of its construct validity, factor structure, and predictive validity in injured workers with upper-limb disorders. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2011;54(11):834-846. doi:10.1002/ajim.20994.
Van Eerd D, Cote P, Kristman VL, Rezai M, Hogg-Johnson S, Vidmar M, Beaton DE. The course of work absenteeism involving neck pain. A cohort study of Ontario lost-time claimants. Spine. 2011;36(12):977-982. doi:10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181e9b831.
Scott-Marshall H, Tompa E. The health consequences of precarious employment experiences. Work. 2011;38(4):369-382. doi:10.3233/WOR-2011-1140.
Dijkman BG, Busse JW, Walter SD, Bhandari M, Trust TI. The impact of clinical data on the evaluation of tibial fracture healing. Trials. 2011;12(1):237-. doi:10.1186/1745-6215-12-237.
Sun X, Briel M, Busse JW, You JJ, Akl EA, Mejza F, Bala MM, Bassler D, Mertz D, Diaz-Granados N, Vandvik PO, Malaga G, Srinathan SK, Dahm P, Johnston BC, Alonso-Coello P, Hassouneh B, Truong J, Dattani ND, Walter SD, Heels-Ansdell D, Bhatnagar N, Altman DG, Guyatt GH. The influence of study characteristics on reporting of subgroup analyses in randomised controlled trials: systematic review. British Medical Journal. 2011;342:d1569-. doi:10.1136/bmj.d1569.
Daraz L, MacDermid JC, Wilkins S, Gibson J, Shaw L. The quality of websites addressing fibromyalgia: an assessment of quality and readability using standardised tools. BMJ Open. 2011;42743. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000152.
Kosny A, MacEachen E, Ferrier S, Chambers L. The role of health care providers in long term and complicated workers' compensation claims. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2011;21(4):582-590. doi:10.1007/s10926-011-9307-3.
Tjulin A, MacEachen E, Stiwne EE, Ekberg K. The social interaction of return to work explored from co-workers experiences. Disability and Rehabilitation. 2011;33(21):1979-1989. doi:10.3109/09638288.2011.553708.
Davis AM, Perruccio AV, Ibrahim S, Hogg-Johnson S, Wong R, Streiner DL, Beaton DE, Cote P, Gignac MA, Flannery J, Schemitsch E, Mahomed NN, Badley EM. The trajectory of recovery and the inter-relationships of symptoms, activity and participation in the first year following total hip and knee replacement. Osteoarthritis and cartilage / OARS, Osteoarthritis Research Society. 2011;19(12):1413-1421. doi:10.1016/j.joca.2011.08.007.
Machado PM, Koevoets R, Bombardier C, van der Heijde D. The value of magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound in undifferentiated arthritis: a systematic review. Journal of Rheumatology. 2011;87(0):31-37. doi:10.3899/jrheum.101072.
Jamal S, Alibhai SM, Badley EM, Bombardier C. Time to treatment for new patients with rheumatoid arthritis in a major metropolitan city. Journal of Rheumatology. 2011;38(7):1282-1288. doi:10.3899/jrheum.101315.
Griffith LE, Wells R, Shannon HS, Walter SD, Cole DC, Cote P, Frank JW, Hogg-Johnson S, Langlois LE. Translation of mechanical exposure in the workplace into common metrics for meta-analysis: a reliability and validity study. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2011;68(8):605-610. doi:10.3899/jrheum.101315.