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The influence of institution accrual on patient survival in Canadian cancer...

The influence of institution accrual on patient survival in Canadian cancer clinical trials Maracle, Brooke Purpose: To determine whether participating centre annual accrual and centre-size corrected...

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Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Post-Secondary Student...

Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Post-Secondary Student Stressors Index Linden, Brooke Background: Over the past several years, reports of excessive stress and symptoms of languishing...

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Witnessing Public Drinking and its Relevance to Discrimination Against...

Witnessing Public Drinking and its Relevance to Discrimination Against Individuals Living With Alcohol Use Disorders Dorland, Alexis Objective: The primary goal of this study was to determine if a...

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Reduction in Mortality Risk With Opioid Agonist Therapy: a Systematic Review...

Reduction in Mortality Risk With Opioid Agonist Therapy: a Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis Bahji, A.; Cheng, B.; Gray, S.; Stuart, H. Introduction Opioid agonist therapies are effective medications...

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Localized prostate cancer patients' preferences for hypofractionated...

Localized prostate cancer patients' preferences for hypofractionated radiotherapy: A discrete choice experiment Sigurdson, Samantha Introduction: While external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) has always been...

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Improving the Quality of Patient Reported Outcomes by Minimizing Missing Data

Improving the Quality of Patient Reported Outcomes by Minimizing Missing Data Palmer, Michael Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) are often included as an endpoint in prospective studies. Clinicians use...

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Frequency of High Diagnostic Testing and its Association With the Specialist...

Frequency of High Diagnostic Testing and its Association With the Specialist Interval in Ontario Symptomatic Breast Cancer Patients Cohen, Lucas Purpose: The breast cancer diagnostic process is...

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Thyroid Cancer Treatment and Subsequent Infertility Diagnosis in Female...

Thyroid Cancer Treatment and Subsequent Infertility Diagnosis in Female Adolescents and Young Adults: A Population-Based Cohort Study Imsirovic, Haris Background: Unnecessary treatment of thyroid...

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Spatial Analysis of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Ontario

Spatial Analysis of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Ontario Remillard, Liam Introduction: In recent years, Ontario has witnessed a dramatic rise in the incidence of sexually transmitted infections...

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Joint Modeling of Binary Response and Survival for Clustered data in Clinical...

Joint Modeling of Binary Response and Survival for Clustered data in Clinical Trials Chen, Bingshu; Wang, Jia In clinical trials, it is often desirable to evaluate the effect of a prognostic factor...

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Surgical versus medical treatment and mortality in patients with infective...

Surgical versus medical treatment and mortality in patients with infective endocarditis: The effect of selection bias, immortal time bias, and time dependent confounding Moir, Olivia Background:...

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The Role of Ultraviolet Radiation in the Development of Skin Cancer and...

The Role of Ultraviolet Radiation in the Development of Skin Cancer and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in Canada O'Sullivan, Dylan Background: Exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is an established cause of...

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Investigating Potential Bi-directional Relationships Between Sleep and...

Investigating Potential Bi-directional Relationships Between Sleep and Melatonin Among Day and Rotating Day/Night Shift Workers Felske, Lindey Objectives: The first objective of this study is to...

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Exploring Indigenous Social Capital and Health Among Four First Nations: A...

Exploring Indigenous Social Capital and Health Among Four First Nations: A Strengths-Based Study Yeung, Sharon The impact of social networks and relationships on health outcomes has been acknowledged...

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Modelling the relationship between shift work and cardiometabolic risk...

Modelling the relationship between shift work and cardiometabolic risk through circadian disruption, sleep and stress pathways Golding, Haley Aim and objectives: The aim of this research was to use...

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Malaria prevention in eastern Myanmar

Malaria prevention in eastern Myanmar Cheng, Breagh Background: Insecticide-treated bed-nets (ITNs) and mass drug administration (MDA) are key malaria elimination tools but their varied uptake has not...

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EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE MEDICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH QTC PROLONGATION: PREVALENCE...

EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE MEDICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH QTC PROLONGATION: PREVALENCE AND OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH USE AMONG OLDER ADULTS Murray, Lauren Medications are commonly used by older adults and can...

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POST-OPERATIVE LIVER DECOMPENSATION EVENTS FOLLOWING PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY...

POST-OPERATIVE LIVER DECOMPENSATION EVENTS FOLLOWING PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY AMONG PATIENTS WITH CIRRHOSIS AND HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA Mir, Zuhaib Background: Partial hepatectomy, or liver resection, is a...

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Solar ultraviolet radiation and colorectal cancer risk in Canada

Solar ultraviolet radiation and colorectal cancer risk in Canada Barabash, Tori Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer in Canada with an estimated 26,000 new cases in 2020....

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MEASUREMENT OF UN PEACEKEEPER-PERPETRATED SEXUAL EXPLOITATION/ABUSE AND THE...

MEASUREMENT OF UN PEACEKEEPER-PERPETRATED SEXUAL EXPLOITATION/ABUSE AND THE RELATED STIGMATIZATION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Gray, Samantha Background: UN...

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