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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2024

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Psychometric Properties of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Chronic Pain Conditions with Central Sensitization:- A Systematic Review, Mst Farjana Akhter

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The Predictors of Pregnancy Loss Among Women Aged 15-49 Years in Pakistan, Kevin George Samuel

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Factors Associated with Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Yasaman Hajiesmaeili

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Sociodemographic Determinants of Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations due to Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions Among Hospitalized Patients in the United States, Munira Kashem

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The Cost-Effectiveness of Hypertension Modification Interventions to Reduce Dementia Burden, Marie Lan

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Health Care and Social Predictors of Gender Positivity and Gender Distress Among Transgender and Nonbinary People in Canada, Lux Li

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Population-Level Impacts of Non-Medical Cannabis Legalization and Commercialization on Psychosis-Related Outcomes, Maliha Mamun

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Collaborative Care for PTSD: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Kelly A. McKinney

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Examining Fragility of Health Systems in Afghanistan: Development and Application of a Theoretical Framework for Fragile Health Systems, Faiza Rab

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Interprofessional Team-Based Primary Care Practice and Healthcare Utilization for Mental Health and Substance Use, Ethan Rajaratnam

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Incidence of Psychotic Disorders Among Children with Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Retrospective Birth Cohort Study Using Health Administrative Data, Ramez Salama

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Self-Reported Sleep Quality and Sleep Disturbances in Patients with Vasculitis, Misa Tanaka

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Sex Differences in Health Service Use for Mental and Substance Use Disorders Among Methamphetamine Users, Priyadarshini Thandrasisla

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Hypertension Burden in Sub-Saharan Africa: prevalence estimates and sociodemographic drivers, Nana Ama Tiwaa-Boateng Miss

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Gender/sex differences in COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among refugee, immigrant and migrant populations: An equity-oriented systematic review and meta-analysis, Yasaman Yazdani

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Social Connectedness and Suicide Ideation among Community-Residing Older Adults: A Psychometric Investigation and Assessment of a Theoretical Model, Michelle A. Yeschin

Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Social Connectedness, Adolescent Mental Health and Well-Being at the Later Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Exploration, Sarah Abdunnabi

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The Predictors of Multimorbidity (defined as diabetes + hypertension) Amongst Males Aged 15-54 in India: An Analysis of the NFHS-5, Vikramjit Brar

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Multiple endpoints in randomized controlled trials: a review and an illustration of the global test, Lindsay Cameron

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Fluoroscopic Guided Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Placement: An Analysis of Pelvic Catheter Positioning and Early Catheter Flow Dysfunction, David Clark

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Fracture Prediction and Prevention in Individuals with Chronic Kidney Disease, Andrea C.J. Cowan

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Hypertension Awareness and Control Among Middle-aged and Older Adults in Canada: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, Mohammed A. Fadel

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The Role of Selected Dietary Factors in the Etiology of Sporadic Colorectal Cancer: Results from a Population-Based Case-Control Study, Celine J. Funk

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A Descriptive Intersectional Analysis of Anticipated Discrimination in Transgender and Non-Binary People in Canada, Rachel Girimonte

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A Descriptive Intersectional Analysis of Intimate Partner Violence and Trans-specific Partner Abuse Among Transgender and Non-binary People in Canada, Bisola F. Hamzat

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The Role of Psychosocial Factors in Oral Health and Related Major Chronic Conditions, Abby Hensel

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Sociodemographic Factors and the Risk of Paediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Samina Idrees

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This Traffic Will Be The Death Of Me!: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis Assessing The Impact Of Travelling To Access Surgery On Postoperative Outcomes In High-Income Countries, Curtis D. Jeffrey

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Social Determinants of Health and Uptake of Colorectal Cancer Screening in Canada, Seth F. Kadish

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Antidepressants versus placebo for generalized anxiety disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Katarina Kopcalic

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Social and Health Determinants of Patient Satisfaction and Wait times for Primary Care in Canada, Bill M. Le Mr

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Establishing the minimum clinically important difference (MCID) of the Quality of Life in Childhood Epilepsy Questionnaire (QOLCE-55), Mariela Leda

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The Impact of Access to Oral Health Care on Inadequate Oral Health and Multimorbidity, Luis Limo

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Self-perceived Oral Health Status and Oral Healthcare Services Utilization among an Underserved Sample of Pregnant Women in London, Ontario., Yasaman Mohammadi Kamalabadi

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Developing an Online Questionnaire to Investigate the COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impacts on Social Isolation and Health in Older Adults Living with Multimorbidity: A Pilot Study, Patricia Nistor

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Sleep and Multimorbidity in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, Shreni Patel

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Assessing the economic costs of obstetric evacuation in rural and remote First Nation and Inuit communities in Canada, Majd Radhaa

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Oral Health Inequalities in Adolescents and Young Adults in Ontario, Maria Rahman

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Multi-Arm Randomized Control Trials in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Literature Review and an Illustration of Methods for Analysis, Sahiba Saini

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Nonparametric Methods for the Analysis of Cluster Randomization Trials with Multiple Endpoints, Emma Jean Smith

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Intranasal Midazolam for Distress or Pain Provoking Procedures in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Jie Yi Wang

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PREDICTORS OF THE DOUBLE BURDEN OF MALNUTRITION AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE AND PRESCHOOL CHILDREN IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: A CASE STUDY OF FOUR COUNTRIES, Jason Mulimba Were Mr

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Comprehensive Practice Among Western Family Medicine Graduates: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analysis, Jennifer Xiao

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An Evaluation of the Physician Retention Program in Newfoundland and Labrador, Gillian F. Young

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Socioeconomic Patterning of Physical Activity among Middle-Aged to Older Adults, Jane Yuan

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Nonparametric Methods for Analysis and Sizing of Cluster Randomization Trials with Baseline Measurements, chengchun yu

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Association of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Exposure and Treatment in Pregnancy with Pregnancy, Obstetric and Neonatal Outcomes, Natalie Zitoun

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Lithium toxicity following co-prescription of lithium and ACEI/ARBs: A population-based cohort study, Fatemeh Ahmadi

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Social determinants of access to primary care in Canada, Feben W. Alemu

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An Intersectional Analysis of Intimate Partner Violence in Canada, Isabella V. Aversa

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Fate of Registered Studies From London, Ontario, Alex Bi

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Sex Differences in the Clinical Presentation of Early Psychosis in a Primary Care Setting, Brooke Carter

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Effectiveness of Machine Learning Classifiers for Cataract Screening, Ronald Cheung

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The Impact of Initial Age of Methamphetamine Use on Social Integration, Emily E. Guarasci

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Traditional and Emerging Risk Factors and Characteristics Associated with Hypertension in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Brook EC Hadwen

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Association of Socioeconomic, Racial, and Regional Factors with In-Hospital Management and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients in the United States: National Analyses of 2.8 Million Admissions, Olivia Haldenby

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Understanding the role of social identity/position in access to primary care providers: An intersectionality approach using multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA), Jennifer W. He

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Does the way we pay primary care providers influence emergency department use during after-hours?, Michael Hong

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Patterns of multimorbidity among immigrants to Canada: an analysis of the CCHS-IMDB, Tasneem Lalva

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Spin and Distortion in Surgical Trials, Andrea Mataruga

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Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Tran M. Nguyen

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Bayesian Pharmacokinetic Models for Inference and Optimal Sequential Decision Making with Applications in Personalized Medicine, Athanasios D. Pananos

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Quantifying and predicting real-world iatrogenic severe hypoglycemia in adults with type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus (the iNPHORM study, United States), Alexandria A. Ratzki-Leewing

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Fertility Preservation Discussions with Transgender People in Canada Prior to Beginning Medical Gender Affirmation, Emily K. Sanders

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Rapid Rhino vs. Merocel: A retrospective analysis of patients with anterior epistaxis visiting emergency rooms in London, Ontario, Dhatri Shukla

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Development of a Multi-Factorial Data Quality Score for Primary Care Electronic Medical Records, Kathryn Stirling

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Cost-effectiveness Analysis of TPMT Genotype-guided Azathioprine Treatment Compared to Standard Treatment for Patients with Moderate/Severe Ulcerative Colitis, Ali Unsal

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Multimorbidity and cognition among Canadian older adults: A three-decade perspective, Juan Camilo Vargas Gonzalez

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The Quality of Life Of Patients with Eye Diseases, Brian Edward Yu

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Association between air pollution and incidence of dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies, Ehsan Abolhasani

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The Association Between Ethnicity and Caregiver Health, Adetola Aboyeji

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Characterizing Risk Factors Associated with the Recurrence of Infective Endocarditis and Mortality among People Who Inject Drugs, Janica A. Adams

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Interplay between Shift Work, Psychological Distress, Sleep Quality, and Cognitive Performance, Rea Therese Alonzo

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Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease, Sarah E. Bota

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Measuring the impact of atrial fibrillation on patients, Justine Chang

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Long-Term Behavioural Problems in Youth with Childhood-Onset Epilepsy, Rebecca Grace Couper

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Societal Preferences for Trade-offs between Cancer and Non-Cancer Health Outcomes: A Choice Experiment, Roxanne Garaszczuk

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Addressing Bias in Non-Experimental Studies Assessing Treatment Outcomes in Prostate Cancer, David E. Guy

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Quantifying Timely Access to Surgery: A Global Modelling Study, Joo-Hyun Jeong

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The Association of Alcohol Use and Fruit and Vegetable Consumption with Cataracts among Adults: Results from the Longitudinal Canadian National Population Health Survey (NPHS), Yuguang Kang

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Long-Term Patterns of Acute Mental Health Service Use After a First Episode of Psychosis: Examining Ongoing Psychiatric Care Beyond the Critical Period, Eugene Law

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The Impact of a Dedicated Pediatric Ambulance on Interfacility Transport Dispatch Times: Findings from the Canadian Pediatric Transport Network Database, Tiffany Liu

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Sample Size Formulas For Estimating Areas Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves With Precision and Assurance, Grace Lu

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Survival trends of patients with subglottic squamous cell carcinoma: A population based cohort study, Danielle MacNeil

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Anxiety symptoms ten years after diagnosis of childhood-onset epilepsy: Prevalence and Correlates, Onyebuchi C. Omodon

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Fall Risk-Increasing Drugs and Gait Performance in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Results from the Gait and Brain Study, Abdelhady Osman

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Childhood-onset epilepsy and long-term child and maternal well-being, Klajdi Puka

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Factors Associated with Dating Violence Victimization among Canadians: Results from the 2014 General Social Survey, Visna Rampersad

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Analysis of health care costs over a one-year period following anticoagulant therapy among Ontario patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, Michael Situ

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Ethnic and Socioeconomic Variations in Psychiatric Hospitalization and 30-day Readmission in Canada, Meghan PJ Smith

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Health Care Utilization By Immigrants With Multimorbidity: A Population Based Cross-sectional Study Of The 2015-2016 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), Chinmoy Talukder

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The Impact of Interruptions in Gender-Affirming Medical Care during COVID-19 on Anxiety and Depression among Trans and Non-binary People in Canada: A Longitudinal Study, Sara Todorovic

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The contribution of Memorial University medical graduates to the family physician workforce in Newfoundland and Labrador, Emily M. Volpe

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Correlates Of Positive Mental Health Among Migrants In Canada, Branka Vujcic

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Residential Greenness and Substance Use, Evan R. Wiley

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Incidence of cancer and stage at diagnosis among people with recent-onset psychotic disorders, Jared C. Wootten

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Sample Size Formulas for Estimating Risk Ratios with the Modified Poisson Model for Binary Outcomes, Zhenni Xue

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Increasing Access to Essential Surgery in Resource Restricted Settings: An Economic Analysis, Anne Zhao

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Investigating quality of care for diabetes mellitus, congestive heart failure and chronic kidney disease in Ontario’s Family Health Group and Family Health Organization models, Mary Aderayo Bamimore

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Examining the Correlates of Adolescent Food and Nutrition Knowledge in London, Ontario, Rachel Ann Brown