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Epidemiology and Biostatistics Theses and Dissertations

This collection contains theses and dissertations from the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, collected from the Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

An 8-year longitudinal assessment of health-related quality of life in children with epilepsy, Emily Chemnitz

Extrafamilial Stressors and Family Functioning in Families of Transgender and Non-Binary Youth Receiving Gender-Affirming Care: A Latent Class Analysis, Laura Douglas

Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Measurement, and Migrant Groups in Ontario, Jordan Edwards

Analysis of Gait Speed and its Correlates in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, Erica Figgins

The Impact of School Nutrition Policy on Diet Quality of Children and Youth in Canada, Victoria Gaudin

Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Pharmacogenomics (PGx) based Warfarin, Apixaban and Rivaroxaban compared to Standard Warfarin for Atrial Fibrillation Patients in Canada, Aneeka Hafeez

Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Associated With Caesarean Section, Areej A. Hezam

Printed educational materials directed at Ontario primary care physicians fail to improve adherence to guideline recommendations for the management of diabetes complications: a pragmatic, factorial, cluster randomized trial, Alison Howie

Epidemiology of upper urinary tract stones and stone management in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, Vinusha Kalatharan

Proportion of Canadian Adults with Unreported Type 2 Diabetes who Experience a Related Hospitalization: Results from Canadian Community Health Survey and Discharge Abstract Database Linkage, Aini Khan

Multi-level Analysis for Geographical Inequalities on Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations, Soushyant Kiarasi

The impact of a health technology improvement program on medication errors in three large, teaching hospitals in London Ontario, Lauren Killin

Correlates of Preventable Emergency Department Visits in Canada: Evidence from the Literature and the Canadian Community Health Survey, Tammy Lau

Understanding the Determinants of the Cost of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery, Hun Lee

Frailty, clinical outcomes, and cost in patients undergoing trans-catheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), Zhe Li

Evaluating quantitative methods for intercategorical-intersectionality research: a simulation study, Mayuri Mahendran

Risk Stratification for Treatment Decisions in People at Ultra-High Risk for Psychosis: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Olajumoke Marissa Ologundudu

Social connectedness and self-perceived mental health in Canadian transitional aged youth, Romaisa Pervez

The Prevalence of Multimorbidity among People with Non-Affective Psychotic Disorders 10-Years After First Diagnosis, Myanca D. Rodrigues

In-hospital Outcomes Following Left Atrial Appendage Closure, Shubrandu S. Sanjoy

Examining the Simultaneous Influence of Individual and Neighborhood Determinants on Cardiovascular Health: A Multilevel Study in Canadian Adults, Sarah Singh

Assessing wellness using a Medicine Wheel framework: A cross-sectional study of stress and resilience in a First Nation community in Ontario, Canada., Bryan C.R. Tanner

Analysis of Billings Data to Evaluate Patterns of Mental Health Services in Primary Care and Emergency Departments by Blended Fee-For-Service and Blended Capitation Models in Ontario, Canada, Thy H. Vu

Intersectional Social Inequalities and Cognitive Functioning among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in England: A Decomposition Analysis of the Mediating Role of Loneliness, Chantel Walwyn

ADHD Symptoms and Substance Use Among Adolescents in Ontario: A Cross-Sectional Study Examining Sex Differences and Covariates, Shannon W. Wong

Breakfast Consumption and Diet Quality of Teens in Southwestern Ontario, Nicolas Woods

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Discharged Home from an Emergency Department with Acute Kidney Injury: A Population-Based Cohort Study, Rey Acedillo

Gambling and Physical Activity among Ontario Adolescents, Maryfrances Carton

Is SABR cost-effective in oligometastatic cancer? An economic analysis of SABR-COMET randomized trial, Yujie Chen

Preventive Strategies for Acute Kidney Injury among Patients Undergoing Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Michaela Fernandes

Off-Label Use of Second Generation Antipsychotics in Primary Care -An Exploratory Study, Nima Gheisarzadeh

Epilepsy worry in adolescents and young adults with childhood-onset epilepsy ten years after diagnosis, Chen Wei Huang

Modelling clinical decision-making referral patterns to home-based or hospital-based stroke outpatient rehabilitation programs in London, Ontario: A prognostic model development study, Jerome Iruthayarajah

Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitor Use and the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury in Older Adults in Routine Clinical Practice: A Population-Based Cohort Study, Carina Iskander

Examining the Relationship between Intrinsic Drivers of Motivation and Functional Outcomes in a Cross-Section of Individuals with Psychotic Disorders, Sahana Kukan

Uptake of colorectal cancer screening tests by Ontario physicians., Owen Litwin

Relationship Between Exercise Training Adherence and Improvement in Functional Capacity Among Transient Ischemic Attack and Mild Non-disabling Stroke Survivors in Cardiac Rehabilitation, Melissa Majoni

'Such a Scary Place for a Kid': The Impact of Adolescent Hospitalization on Adult Psychiatric Units, Samantha McRae

Trends in Asthma Prevalence in Canadians, Asthma Course Trajectories in Children, and the Effect of Maternal Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on the Risk of Asthma in the Offspring, Sharifa Nasreen

Investigating Haemoglobin Thresholds for Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Patients with Acute Upper GI Bleeding, Natalie May Nightingale

The Relationship Between Sleep and Internalizing Problems Among Canadian Adolescents, Sophia Pereira Nunes

Assessing Self-Identified and Meta-Perceived Social Groups for Predicting Day-to-Day Discrimination and Examining Psychological Distress Based on Identity Mismatch, Emily C. Nunez

The Association Between Maternal Obesity and Fetal Size for Gestational Age in Singletons and Twins, Shohi Prajapati

Identifying Service Utilization Patterns in Primary Care by Young People with First-Episode Psychosis, Nicole Schoer

Social Determinants of Health and Substance Use among Women Living with HIV in Canada: Inequalities and Impacts, Mostafa Shokoohi

Atrial Fibrillation Episodes of Illness in a Primary Care Setting, Alena Tarasevich

The Impact of the Diabetes Management Incentive on Diabetes-related Services, Hospitalizations, and Mortality Risk in Ontario, Thaksha Thavam

Towards Using Model Averaging To Construct Confidence Intervals In Logistic Regression Models, Artem Uvarov

Patterns of problem behaviours among a representative sample of youth in Ontario, Chantal Williams

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Risk Indicators of Non-severe Hypoglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes: An Analysis of Real World Data, Natalie Hon Man Au

Prognostic Predictive Model to Estimate the Risk of Multiple Chronic Diseases: Constructing Copulas Using Electronic Medical Record Data, Jason E. Black

The association between fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity with the risk of glaucoma: a retrospective cohort study, Ramanpreet Brar

Child Abuse as a Determinant of Barriers to HIV Status Disclosure Among Women in Canada, Siobhan M. Churchill

Validation of an Algorithm Allowing Identification of Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax Cases from Administrative Databases, Eric Frechette

SLT versus ALT in Glaucoma Patients Treated Previously with 360-degree SLT—A Randomised, Single-Blind, Equivalence Clinical Trial, Hui Guo

Measuring the Efficiency of the Living Kidney Donor Candidate Evaluation Process, Steven Habbous

The Epidemiology of Infective Endocarditis Among People Who Inject Drugs in London, Ontario., Brian Hallam

Promoting Healthy Beverage Consumption Habits Among Elementary School Children: Evaluating the Healthy Kids Community Challenge 'Water Does Wonders' Interventions in London, Ontario, Bridget R. Irwin

A Shared Frailty Competing Risk Model With Time Varying Covariates For Estimation Of Breast And Ovarian Cancer Risks In BRCA1/2 Families, Hae Young Jung

Quality of Antenatal Care and its Relationship with Women’s Intended Use of their ANC Facility for Delivery: A National Cross-sectional Study in Kenya, Jisoo Kim

Viral etiology of rheumatoid arthritis, Fatima Kudaeva

The Indigenous Determinants of Health as Predictors for Diabetes and Unmet Health Needs Among Urban Indigenous People: A Respondent-Driven Sampling Study in Toronto, Ontario, Stephanie Rachael McConkey

Improving Prediction of Systemic Statin Exposure Using Concomitant Medications, Non-Linear Modelling and Novel SNP Discovery, Rhiannon Rose

Use of Psychotropic Medications Among Pregnant Women with Bipolar Disorder: Patterns, Determinants, and Impact on Perinatal Outcomes, Misbah Salim

Risk Perceptions of Smoking in China, Imran Syed

Analysis of Added Sugar Intake of Canadian Children and Adolescents: Findings from the Canadian Community Health Survey on Nutrition, Ulaina Tariq

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Exploring the Relationship Between Early Severity of Epilepsy and Depressive Symptoms in Youth Ten Years after Diagnosis, Samanpreet Brar

Reducing Distortion – Identifying Areas to Improve the Quality of Randomized Clinical Trials Published in Anesthesiology Journals, Jeffrey T.Y. Chow

Transition from Paediatric to Adult Healthcare: Readiness and Experiences of Canadian Adolescents and Young Adults Diagnosed with Epilepsy in Childhood, Alison S.B. Dasiewicz

Fatigue in Children and Adolescents with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Basmah El-Aloul

Development of Clinical Prediction Models for Surgery and Complications in Crohn’s Disease, Leonard M. Guizzetti

Improving the Use of Electronic Medical Records in Primary Health Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Noura Hamade

Efficacy of Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty in Patients with Open-angle Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Muna Hassan

Incidence, Characteristics, and Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury Treated with Dialysis during Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period, Ainslie M. Hildebrand

Risk Factors for BK Virus Infection after Kidney Transplantation, London, Ontario 2016, Seyed M Hosseini-Moghaddam

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Intravenous Sedation in Modern Cataract Surgery, Efstathia Kiatos

Chronic Disease Risk Prediction Models and their Impacts on Behavioural and Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Patrick Kim

Maternal Healthcare Utilization Among Muslim Mothers From India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh: Is There Equity?, Rohin J. Krishnan

Cognition and Motor Function: A Novel Outcome Measure for Studies on Pre-Dementia Syndromes, Jacqueline K. Kueper

Housing and Social Support Among Individuals with Mental Illness, Sz-Wing Melody Lam

A matched case-control study to assess the association between non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use and thrombotic microangiopathy, Ranke Liu

Determinants of Maternal Mortality: A Comparison of Geographic Differences in the Northern and Southern Regions of Cameroon, Catherine Meh

Multimorbidity Among Adult Primary Health Care Patients In Canada: Examining Multiple Chronic Diseases Using An Electronic Medical Record Database, Kathryn Nicholson

On the estimation of penetrance in the presence of competing risks with family data, Daniel Prawira

Financial Costs Incurred by Living Kidney Donors: Findings from a Canadian Multi-centre Prospective Cohort Study, Sebastian Przech

Evidence Reversal: An exploratory analysis of randomized controlled trials from the New England Journal of Medicine, Riaz G. Qureshi

Factors Associated with Involuntary Hospitalization among Young People with Early Psychosis, Rebecca Rodrigues

Discrimination and Health: Measurement and Impacts on Ontario’s Transgender Communities, Ayden I. Scheim

Confidence Interval Estimation of Cumulative Incidence for Clustered Competing Risks, Atul Sivaswamy

Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis, Karla Solo

Indigenous Food Insecurity in Canada: An Analysis Using the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey, Melissa Subnath

Communicating Through a Brain-Computer Interface: Towards the Assessment of Quality of Life in Minimally Conscious and Covertly Aware Vegetative State Patients, Jasmine Tung

Predicting Important Patient-Reported Outcomes for Glaucoma Management: Cross-Sectional Study, Lavanya Uruthiramoorthy

Measuring Community Mobility in Older Adults with Parkinson’s Disease Using A Wearable GPS Sensor And Self-report Assessment Tools, Lynn Zhu

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Examining the Relationship between Duration of Untreated Psychosis and Self-Perceived Recovery in Clients of an Early Intervention Program in London, Canada: A 10-Year Prospective Cohort Study, Gina Bhullar

Antenatal Depressive Symptoms and Antidepressant Use in Pregnancy, Jerry Yu-Hsiang Chen

Evaluation of Sexual Orientation Items in Population Health Surveys Among Canadians: A Mixed Methods Approach, Christoffer Dharma

Cost-Effectiveness Of Bevacizumab Concomitant With The Standard Of Therapy For Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma, Aren Fischer

Infants born large for gestational age and developmental attainment in early childhood, Cairina E. Frank

Risk of Hyponatremia in Older Adults Receiving Psychotropic Drug Treatment, Sonja Gandhi