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.

2009

Turner D, Griffiths AM, Steinhart AH, Otley AR, Beaton DE. Mathematical weighting of a clinimetric index (Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index) was superior to the judgmental approach. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2009;62(7):738-744. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.09.008.
Cadarette SM, Gignac MA, Jaglal SB, Beaton DE, Hawker GA. Measuring patient perceptions about osteoporosis pharmacotherapy. BMC Research Notes. 2009;2(133):. doi:10.1186/1756-0500-2-133.
Beaton DE, Bombardier C, Escorpizo R, Zhang W, Lacaille D, Boonen A, Osborne RH, Anis AH, Strand V, Tugwell P. Measuring worker productivity: frameworks and measures. Journal of Rheumatology. 2009;36(9):2100-2109. doi:10.3899/jrheum.090366.
Amick B, Brewer S, Tullar J, Van Eerd D, Cole DC, Tompa E. Musculoskeletal disorders: examining best practices for prevention. Professional Safety. 2009;54(3):24-28.
Busse JW, Guyatt GH. Optimizing the use of patient data to improve outcomes for patients: narcotics for chronic noncancer pain. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research. 2009;9(2):171-179. doi:10.1586/erp.09.7.
Novak CB, Anastakis DJ, Beaton DE, Katz J. Patient-reported outcome after peripheral nerve injury. Journal of Hand Surgery - American Volume. 2009;34(2):281-287. doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.11.017.
Franche RL, Severin C, Lee H, Hogg-Johnson S, Hepburn CG, Vidmar M, MacEachen E. Perceived justice of compensation process for return-to-work: development and validation of a scale. Psychological Injury and Law. 2009;2(3):225-237. doi:10.1007/s12207-009-9053-4.
Stallones L, Vela Acosta MS, Sample P, Bigelow P, Rosales M. Perspectives on safety and health among migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States and Mexico: a qualitative field study. Journal of Rural Health. 2009;25(2):219-225. doi:10.1111/j.1748-0361.2009.00221.x.
Busse JW, Obremskey WT. Principles of designing an orthopaedic case-control study. Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery - American Volume. 2009;91(0):15-20.
Busse JW, Montori VM, Krasnik C, Patelis-Siotis I, Guyatt GH. Psychological intervention for premenstrual syndrome: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 2009;78:42901. doi:10.1159/000162296.
Beaton DE, Clark JP. Qualitative research: a review of methods with use of examples from the total knee replacement literature. Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery - American Volume. 2009;91(0):107-112. doi:10.2106/JBJS.H.01631.
Comondore VR, Devereaux PJ, Zhou Q, Stone SB, Busse JW, Ravindran NC, Burns KE, Haines T, Stringer B, Cook DJ, Walter SD, Sullivan TJ, Berwanger O, Bhandari M, Banglawala S, Lavis JN, Petrisor B, Schunemann HJ, Walsh K, Bhatnagar N, Guyatt GH. Quality of care in for-profit and not-for-profit nursing homes: systematic review and meta-analysis. British Medical Journal. 2009;339:b2732-. doi:10.1136/bmj.b2732.
van der Velde G, Beaton DE, Hogg-Johnson S, Hurwitz EL, Tennant A. Rasch analysis provides new insights into the measurement properties of the neck disability index. Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2009;61(4):544-551. doi:10.1002/art.24399.
Smith PM, Beaton DE. Re: 'Changes in perceived job strain and the risk of major depression: results from a population-based longitudinal study' [Letter to the editor]. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2009;170(1):131-132. doi:10.1093/aje/kwp147.
Cole DC, Theberge N, Dixon SM, Rivilis I, Neumann WP, Wells R. Reflecting on a program of participatory ergonomics interventions: a multiple case study. Work. 2009;34(2):161-178. doi:10.3233/WOR-2009-0914.
Cole DC, Koehoorn M, Ibrahim S, Hertzman C, Ostry A, Xu F, Brown P. Regions, hospitals and health outcomes over time: a multi-level analysis of repeat prevalence among a cohort of health-care workers. Health & Place. 2009;15(4):1046-1057. doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.05.004.
Tolusso D, Cook RJ. Robust estimation of state occupancy probabilities for interval-censored multistate data: an application involving spondylitis in psoriatic arthritis. Communications in Statistics - Theory & Methods. 2009;38(18):3307-3325. doi:10.1080/03610920902948236.
Cook RJ, Tolusso D. Second-order estimating equations for the analysis of clustered current status data. Biostatistics (Oxford, England). 2009;10(4):756-772. doi:10.1093/biostatistics/kxp029.
Moser C, Dickie C. Small firms need OHS services tailored to their needs. Journal of the Ontario Occupational Health Nurses Association. 2009;18(3):34-35.
Kramer D, Bigelow P, Vi P, Garritano E, Carlan N, Wells R. Spreading good ideas: A case study of the adoption of an innovation in the construction sector. Applied Ergonomics. 2009;40(5):826-832. doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2008.09.006.
Sun X, Briel M, Busse JW, Akl EA, You JJ, Mejza F, Bala MM, Diaz-Granados N, Bassler D, Mertz D, Srinathan SK, Vandvik PO, Malaga G, Alshurafa M, Dahm P, Alonso-Coello P, Heels-Ansdell D, Bhatnagar N, Johnston BC, Wang L, Walter SD, Altman DG, Guyatt GH. Subgroup Analysis of Trials Is Rarely Easy (SATIRE): a study protocol for a systematic review to characterize the analysis, reporting, and claim of subgroup effects in randomized trials. Trials. 2009;10(101):. doi:10.1186/1745-6215-10-101.
Hayden JA, Chou R, Hogg-Johnson S, Bombardier C. Systematic reviews of low back pain prognosis had variable methods and results-guidance for future prognosis reviews. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2009;62(8):781-796. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.09.004.
Van Eerd D, Hogg-Johnson S, Mazumder A, Cole DC, Wells R, Moore A. Task exposures in an office environment: a comparison of methods. Ergonomics. 2009;52(10):1248-1258. doi:10.1080/00140130903023683.
Smith PM, Frank JW. The changing nature of work in Canada and other developed countries: what do the trends over time tell us?. In: Schnall PL, Dobson M, Rosskam E, editors. Unhealthy work: causes, consequences, cures. New York: Baywood Publishing Company; 2009.
Mansyur C, Amick B, Harrist RB, Franzini L, Roberts R. The cultural production of health inequalities: a cross-sectional, multilevel examination of 52 countries. International Journal of Health Services. 2009;39(2):301-319.