Epidemiology and Biostatistics Publications
Research in Epidemiology and Biostatistics Publications examines age, environment, chronic disease, social health determinants, maternal and child health, and mental health all in an effort to understand and improve the health of populations as a whole. These publications contain risk assessment and examinations of various health determinants to understand the health and circumstances of certain populations.
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Submissions from 2021
A Bayesian approach to estimating the population prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders using multiple measures, Jordan Edwards, A. Demetri Pananos, Amardeep Thind, Saverio Stranges, Maria Chiu, and Kelly K. Anderson
Risk factors for hypertension in rheumatoid arthritis patients–A systematic review, Brook Hadwen, Saverio Stranges, and Lillian Barra
Emergency department use following incentives to provide after-hours primary care: a retrospective cohort study., Michael Hong, Amardeep Thind, Gregory S Zaric, and Sisira Sarma
Are COVID-19 models blind to the social determinants of health? A systematic review protocol, Ava John-Baptiste, Marc S. Moulin, and Shehzad Ali
Self-perceived acute psychological stress and risk of mortality, recurrence and disability after stroke: Mashhad Stroke Incidence Study, Naghmeh Mokhber, Mohammad Sobhan Sheikh Andalibi, Negar Morovatdar, Amanda G. Thrift, Moira K. Kapral, Saverio Stranges, Hamidreza Saber, Mohammad Taghi Farzadfard, Amin Amiri, Farzad Akbarzadeh, Neda Ghanei, Bita Khorram, and Mahmoud Reza Azarpazhooh
Prognostic models for predicting relapse or recurrence of major depressive disorder in adults, Andrew S. Moriarty, Nicholas Meader, Kym I.E. Snell, Richard D. Riley, Lewis W. Paton, Carolyn A. Chew-Graham, Simon Gilbody, Rachel Churchill, Robert S. Phillips, Shehzad Ali, and Dean McMillan
Interventions for preventing relapse or recurrence of major depressive disorder in adults in a primary care setting: a network meta-analysis, Andrew S. Moriarty, Lindsay Robertson, Faraz Mughal, Natalie Cook, Simon Gilbody, Dean McMillan, Carolyn A. Chew-Graham, Shehzad Ali, Sarah E. Hetrick, Rachel Churchill, and Nicholas Meader
Secular trends of ischaemic heart disease, stroke, and dementia in high-income countries from 1990 to 2017: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017, Negar Morovatdar, Abolfazl Avan, M. Reza Azarpazhooh, Mario Di Napoli, Saverio Stranges, Moira K. Kapral, Arash Akhavan Rezayat, Aidin Shariatzadeh, Shahram Abootalebi, Naghmeh Mokhber, J. David Spence, and Vladimir Hachinski
Interventions for people at ultra-high risk for psychosis: A systematic review of economic evaluations, Olajumoke M. Ologundudu, Tammy Lau, Lena Palaniyappan, Shehzad Ali, and Kelly K. Anderson
Vegan dietary pattern for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases, Karen Rees, Lena Al-Khudairy, Andrea Takeda, and Saverio Stranges
The risk of physical multimorbidity in people with psychotic disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Myanca Rodrigues, Joshua C. Wiener, Saverio Stranges, Bridget L. Ryan, and Kelly K. Anderson
Neighbourhood-level social capital, marginalisation, and the incidence of schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder in Toronto, Canada: A retrospective population-based cohort study., Martin Rotenberg, Andrew Tuck, Kelly Anderson, and Kwame McKenzie
Estimated visceral adiposity is associated with risk of cardiometabolic conditions in a population based study, Maria Ruiz-Castell, Hanen Samouda, Valery Bocquet, Guy Fagherazzi, Saverio Stranges, and Laetitia Huiart
Protocol of a systematic review and network meta-analysis for the prevention and treatment of perinatal depression, Robert David Smith, Sze Chai Hung, Joyce Goh, Hoi Lam Ip, Daniel Yee Tak Fong, Shehzad Ali, Claire Anna Wilson, and Kris Yuet Wan Lok
Are Brief Psychological Therapies Effective for Adults Experiencing Common Mental Health Difficulties in Primary Care?, Paul Toner, Shehzad Ali, and Antonina Mikocka-Walus
Physician remuneration schemes, psychiatric hospitalizations and follow-up care: Evidence from blended fee-for-service and capitation models., Thyna Vu, Kelly K Anderson, Rose Anne Devlin, Nibene H Somé, and Sisira Sarma
Mental Health Services Provision in Primary Care and Emergency Department Settings: Analysis of Blended Fee-for-Service and Blended Capitation Models in Ontario, Canada., Thyna Vu, Kelly K Anderson, Nibene H Somé, Amardeep Thind, and Sisira Sarma
A comparison of COVID-19 epidemiological indicators in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland, Erica A. Yarmol-Matusiak, Lauren E. Cipriano, and Saverio Stranges
Submissions from 2020
Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, C. Abbafati, D. B. Machado, B. Cislaghi, O. M. Salman, M. Karanikolos, M. McKee, K. M. Abbas, O. J. Brady, H. J. Larson, S. Trias-Llimós, S. Cummins, S. M. Langan, B. Sartorius, A. Hafiz, E. Jenabi, N. Mohammad Gholi Mezerji, S. Borzouei, G. Azarian, S. Khazaei, M. Abbasi, B. Asghari, S. Masoumi, H. Komaki, A. Taherkhani, M. Adabi, M. Abbasifard, G. Bazmandegan, Z. Kamiab, A. Vakilian, M. Anjomshoa, A. Mokari, and S. Sabour
Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2019: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, C. Abbafati, D. B. Machado, B. Cislaghi, O. M. Salman, M. Karanikolos, M. McKee, K. M. Abbas, O. J. Brady, H. J. Larson, S. Trias-Llimós, S. Cummins, S. M. Langan, B. Sartorius, A. Hafiz, E. Jenabi, N. Mohammad Gholi Mezerji, S. Borzouei, G. Azarian, S. Khazaei, M. Abbasi, B. Asghari, S. Masoumi, H. Komaki, A. Taherkhani, M. Adabi, M. Abbasifard, G. Bazmandegan, Z. Kamiab, A. Vakilian, M. Anjomshoa, A. Mokari, and S. Sabour
Call to Action: SARS-CoV-2 and CerebrovAscular DisordErs (CASCADE), Shahram Abootalebi, Benjamin M. Aertker, Mohammad Sobhan Andalibi, Negar Asdaghi, Ozlem Aykac, M. Reza Azarpazhooh, M. Cecilia Bahit, Kristian Barlinn, Hamidon Basri, Reza Bavarsad Shahripour, Anna Bersano, Jose Biller, Afshin Borhani-Haghighi, Robert D. Brown, Bruce CV Campbell, Salvador Cruz-Flores, Deidre Anne De Silva, Mario Di Napoli, Afshin A. Divani, Randall C. Edgell, Johanna T. Fifi, Abdoreza Ghoreishi, Teruyuki Hirano, Keun Sik Hong, Chung Y. Hsu, Josephine F. Huang, Manabu Inoue, Amanda L. Jagolino, Moira Kapral, Hoo Fan Kee, Zafer Keser, and Rakesh Khatri
COVID-19 and inequality: are we all in this together?, Shehzad Ali, Miqdad Asaria, and Saverio Stranges
Age at migration and the risk of psychotic disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis., Kelly K. Anderson and Jordan Edwards
A third of community-dwelling elderly with intermediate and high level of Alzheimer's neuropathologic changes are not demented: A meta-analysis, Mahmoud Reza Azarpazhooh, Abolfazl Avan, Lauren E. Cipriano, David G. Munoz, Mahdiyeh Erfanian, Amin Amiri, Saverio Stranges, and Vladimir Hachinski
Correlations between COVID-19 and burden of dementia: An ecological study and review of literature, M. Reza Azarpazhooh, Amin Amiri, Negar Morovatdar, Sandy Steinwender, Amir Rezaei Ardani, Nawaf Yassi, Jose Biller, Saverio Stranges, Masoud Tokazebani Belasi, Sepideh Kazemi Neya, Bita Khorram, Mohammad Sobhan Sheikh Andalibi, Shahram Arsang-Jang, Naghmeh Mokhber, and Mario Di Napoli