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.

2015

Beaton DE, Terwee CB, Singh JA, Hawker GA, Patrick DL, Burke LB, Toupin-April K, Tugwell P. A call for evidence-based decision making when selecting outcome measurement instruments for summary of findings tables in systematic reviews: results from an OMERACT working group. Journal of Rheumatology. 2015;42(10):1954-1961. doi:10.3899/jrheum.141446.
Berolo S, Steenstra I, Amick B, Wells R. A comparison of two methods to assess the usage of mobile hand-held communication devices. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. 2015;12(4):276-285. doi:10.1080/15459624.2014.973111.
Sears JM, Bowman SM, Rotert M, Hogg-Johnson S. A new method to classify injury severity by diagnosis: validation using workers' compensation and trauma registry data. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2015;25(4):742-751. doi:10.1007/s10926-015-9582-5.
Stupar M, Cote P, Beaton DE, Boyle E, Cassidy JD. A test-retest reliability study of the whiplash disability questionnaire in patients with acute whiplash-associated disorders. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. 2015;38(9):629-636. doi:10.1016/j.jmpt.2015.10.003.
Murphy L, Ng KW, Su VC, Woodworth-Giroux S, Levy TS, Sproule BA, Furlan AD. Approach to the pharmacological management of chronic pain in patients with an alcohol use disorder. Journal of Pain Research. 2015;8:851-857. doi:10.2147/JPR.S88900.
Gignac MA, Cao X, McAlpine J. Availability, need for, and use of work accommodations and benefits: are they related to employment outcomes in people with arthritis?. Arthritis Care & Research. 2015;67(6):855-864. doi:10.1002/acr.22508.
Chambers A, Mustard C, Holness DL, Nichol K, Breslin FC. Barriers to the adoption of safety-engineered needles following a regulatory standard: lessons learned from three acute care hospitals. Healthcare Policy. 2015;11(1):90-101. doi:10.12927/hcpol.2015.24365.
Badley EM, Canizares M, Perruccio AV, Hogg-Johnson S, Gignac MA. Benefits gained, benefits lost: comparing baby boomers to other generations in a longitudinal cohort study of self-rated health. Milbank Quarterly. 2015;93(1):40-72. doi:10.1111/1468-0009.12105.
Page MJ, McKenzie JE, Green SE, Beaton DE, Jain NB, Lenza M, Verhagen AP, Surace S, Deitch J, Buchbinder R. Core domain and outcome measurement sets for shoulder pain trials are needed: systematic review of physical therapy trials. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2015;68(11):1270-1281. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.06.006.
Tompa E, Foley M, Van Eerd D. Cost-benefit analysis for human factors. In: Wilson JR, Sharples S, editors. Evaluation of human work. Boca Raton, Fl: CRC Press-Taylor & Francis Group; 2015.
Epstein J, Osborne RH, Elsworth G, Beaton DE, Guillemin F. Cross-cultural adaptation of the Health Education Impact Questionnaire: experimental study showed expert committee, not back-translation, added value. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2015;68(4):360-369. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.07.013.
Maxwell LJ, Wells GA, Simon LS, Conaghan PG, Grosskleg S, Scrivens K, Beaton DE, Bingham CO, Busse JW, Christensen R, Goel N, Juni P, Kaiser U, Lyddiatt A, Mease PJ, Ostelo RW, Phillips K, Sapunar D, Singh JA, Strand V, Taylor AM, Terwee CB, Tugwell P. Current state of reporting pain outcomes in Cochrane reviews of chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions and considerations for an OMERACT research agenda. Journal of Rheumatology. 2015;42(10):1934-1942. doi:10.3899/jrheum.141423.
Bellamy N, Hochberg M, Tubach F, Martin-Mola E, Awada H, Bombardier C, Hajjaj-Hassouni N, Logeart I, Matucci-Cerinic M, van de Laar M, van der Heijde D, Dougados M. Development of multinational definitions of minimal clinically important improvement and patient acceptable symptomatic state in osteoarthritis. Arthritis Care & Research. 2015;67(7):972-980. doi:10.1002/acr.22538.
Tugwell P, Maxwell LJ, Beaton DE, Busse JW, Christensen R, Conaghan PG, Simon LS, Terwee CB, Tovey D, Wells GA, Williamson P. Dialogue on developing consensus on measurement and presentation of patient-important outcomes, using pain outcomes as an exemplar, in systematic reviews: a preconference meeting at OMERACT 12. Journal of Rheumatology. 2015;42(10):1931-1933. doi:10.3899/jrheum.141430.
Sears JM, Bowman SM, Hogg-Johnson S. Disparities in occupational injury hospitalization rates in five states (2003-2009). American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2015;58(5):528-540. doi:10.1002/ajim.22427.
Chambers A, Ibrahim S, Etches J, Mustard C. Diverging trends in the incidence of occupational and nonoccupational injury in Ontario, 2004-2011. American Journal of Public Health. 2015;105(2):338-343. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302223.
Tang K, Beaton DE, Hogg-Johnson S, Cote P, Loisel P, Amick B. Does the upper-limb work instability scale predict transitions out of work among injured workers?. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 2015;96(9):1658-1665. doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2015.04.022.
Shahidi FV, Muntaner C, Siddiqi A. Economic crisis, unemployment and health: conceptual and methodological issues in the modelling of national contexts. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2015;69(2):101-102. doi:10.1136/jech-2014-204487.
Guzman J, Tompa E, Koehoorn M, de Boer H, Macdonald S, Alamgir H. Economic evaluation of occupational health and safety programmes in health care. Occupational Medicine. 2015;65(7):590-597. doi:10.1093/occmed/kqv114.
Ng MK, Yousuf B, Bigelow P, Van Eerd D. Effectiveness of health promotion programmes for truck drivers: a systematic review. Health Education Journal. 2015;74(3):270-286. doi:10.1177/0017896914533953.
Yu H, Cote P, Shearer HM, Wong JJ, Sutton D, Randhawa K, Varatharajan S, Southerst D, Mior S, Ameis A, Stupar M, Nordin M, van der Velde G, Carroll LJ, Jacobs C, Taylor-Vaisey A, Abdulla SY, Shergill Y. Effectiveness of passive physical modalities for shoulder pain: systematic review by the Ontario protocol for traffic injury management collaboration. Physical Therapy. 2015;95(3):306-318. doi:10.2522/ptj.20140361.
Tang K. Estimating Productivity Costs in Health Economic Evaluations: A Review of Instruments and Psychometric Evidence. PharmacoEconomics. 2015;33(1):31-48.
Berecki-Gisolf J, Smith PM, Collie A, McClure RJ. Gender differences in occupational injury incidence. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2015;58(3):299-307. doi:10.1002/ajim.22414.
Mazza D, Brijnath B, Singh N, Kosny A, Ruseckaite R, Collie A. General practitioners and sickness certification for injury in Australia. BMC Family Practice. 2015;16:100-. doi:10.1186/s12875-015-0307-9.
Wong IS, Smith PM, Mustard C, Gignac MA. Health and occupational outcomes among injured, nonstandard shift workers. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine. 2015;57(11):1244-1249. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000000551.