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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.
2025
Zahiriharsini A, Gilbert-Ouimet M, Lavigne-Robichaud M, Trudel X, Talbot D, Smith PM. Sex and gender differences in the associations between psychosocial stressors at work and coronary heart disease incidence: an 18-year longitudinal study of 5192 Canadian workers. American Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 2025;24:101340. doi:10.1016/j.ajpc.2025.101340.
Raskin N, Hiligsmann M, Rebutoc AR, Bansback N, Boonen A, Buchbinder R, Falahee M, Fraenkel L, Marshall DA, Maxwell L, Nieuwlaat R, Proulx L, Saadat P, Shea B, Tugwell P, Wiercioch W, Beaton DE. Standardizing health outcomes for people with rheumatoid arthritis receiving disease modifying drug therapy: a rapid review of patient-decision aids and preference studies to inform the development of OMERACT Health Outcome Descriptors. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2025;74:152769. doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2025.152769.
Hossain S, Nasir K, Carolli A, Gignac MA, Van Eerd D, Jetha A. Strategies for supporting disability-inclusive employment in the future of work. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2025;epub ahead of print. doi:10.1007/s10926-025-10339-7.
Beaton DE, Boers M, Bingham CO, Maxwell LJ, Conaghan PG, Grosskleg S. Summary of findings tables for measurement property reviews: the evolution and application of OMERACT's summary of measurement properties (SOMP) Table. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2025;72:152664. doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2025.152664.
Elsman EBM, Boers M, Terwee CB, Beaton DE, Abma I, Aiyegbusi OL. Systematic reviews of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs): table templates for effective communication. Quality of Life Research. 2025;34(12):3485-3495. doi:10.1007/s11136-025-04058-y.
Furlan AD, Zhao QJ, Taenzer P, Smith AJ, Fabico R, Morgan K . Ten years of ECHO chronic pain and opioid stewardship in Ontario: impact and future directions. Healthcare. 2025;13(24):3203. doi:10.3390/healthcare13243203.
Giesinger I, Buajitti E, Siddiqi A, Smith PM, Krishnan RG, Rosella LC. The association between total social exposure and incident multimorbidity: a population-based cohort study. SSM - Population Health. 2025;29:101743. doi:10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101743.
Gignac MA, Bowring J, Navaratnerajah L, Saunders R, Jetha A, Thompson A, Shaw WS, Franche RL, Van Eerd D, Irvin E, Tompa E, MacDermid JC, Smith PM. The Job Demands and Accommodation Planning Tool (JDAPT): a nine-month evaluation of use, changes in self-efficacy, presenteeism, and absenteeism in workers with chronic and episodic disabilities. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2025;35(3):625-640. doi:10.1007/s10926-024-10231-w.
Jessiman-Perreault G, Smith PM, Thompson A, Gignac MA. The relationship between meeting workplace accommodation needs and job disruptions among Canadians working with disabilities: a cross-sectional analysis. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2025;67(1):e54-e60. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000003262.
OLA BE, Smith PM. What factors explain recent increases in husband-to-wife violence in Nigerian households? A decomposition analysis of three waves of cross-sectional data from 2008 to 2018. Journal of Family Violence. 2025;40(3):603-619. doi:10.1007/s10896-023-00607-6.
Gignac MA, Bowring J, Saunders R, Navaratnerajah L, Smith PM, Jetha A. Why are disclosure decisions so difficult? Understanding factors that encourage and discourage workers with a chronic disabling condition from disclosing health information at work. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2025;epub ahead of print. doi:10.1007/s10926-025-10326-y.
Naik H, Zhu B, Er L, Sbihi H, Janjua NZ, Smith PM. Work productivity loss in people living with long COVID symptoms over 2 years from infection. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine. 2025;67(8):588-594. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000003440.
Jensen JH, Madsen IEH, Flachs EM, Thorup AAE, Mehlum IS, Weil HM, Gensby U. Working informal caregivers and risk of long-term sickness absence and unemployment: a Danish nationwide cohort study of effect modification by psychosocial working conditions. Journal of Public Health. 2025;epub ahead of print. doi:10.1007/s10389-025-02587-x.
Van Eerd D, Ragunathan S, Irvin E, Varickanickal J, Tompa E, McElheran M. Workplace programs to reduce post-traumatic stress injuries work disability: first responder experiences. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2025;epub ahead of print. doi:10.1007/s10926-025-10299-y.
2024
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.
Kinitz DJ, Ross LE, MacEachen E, Fehr C, Gesink D. "…full of opportunities, but not for everyone": a narrative inquiry into mechanisms of labor market inequity among precariously employed gay, bisexual, and queer men. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2024;67(4):350-363. doi:10.1002/ajim.23574.
St Cyr K, Smith PM, Kurdyak P, Cramm H, Aiken AB, Mahar A. A retrospective cohort analysis of mental health-related emergency department visits among veterans and non-veterans residing in Ontario, Canada. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 2024;69(5):347-357. doi:10.1177/07067437231223328.
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;33(11):2007-2026. 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.