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Economic evaluation of prostate cancer risk assessment methods: A cost‐effectiveness analysis using population data

Cancer Medicine, 2023
Background The current prostate cancer (PCa) screening standard of care (SOC) leads to unnecessary biopsies and overtreatment because decisions are guided by prostate‐specific antigen (PSA) levels, which have low specificity in the gray zone (3–10 ng/mL).
Tima Mohammadi, Daphne P. Guh, Alexander C. T. Tam, Reka E. Pataky, Peter C. Black, Alan So, Larry D. Lynd, Wei Zhang, Annalijn I. Conklin   +8 more
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Validation and endorsement of health system performance measures for opioid use disorder in British Columbia, Canada: A Delphi panel study

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2022
Background: Limited data exists on the performance of the healthcare system in opioid use disorder (OUD). We evaluated the face validity and potential risks of a set of health system performance measures for OUD collaboratively with clinicians ...
Hasham Kamran, Micah Piske, Jeong Eun Min, Lindsay A. Pearce, Haoxuan Zhou, Fahmida Homayra, Linwei Wang, Will Small, Bohdan Nosyk   +8 more
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Chronic sleep deprivation and gender-specific risk of depression in adolescents: a prospective population-based study

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Chronic exposure to sleep deprivation may increase the risk of depression in young people who are particularly vulnerable to changes in sleep and mental health. Sleep deprivation and incident depression may also differ by gender.
Annalijn I. Conklin, Christopher A. Yao, Christopher G. Richardson   +2 more
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Comparative effectiveness of urine drug screening strategies alongside opioid agonist treatment in British Columbia, Canada: a population-based observational study protocol

BMJ Open, 2023
Introduction Urine drug tests (UDTs) are commonly used for monitoring opioid agonist treatment (OAT) responses, supporting the clinical decision for take-home doses and monitoring potential diversion.
Malcolm Maclure, M Eugenia Socías, Evan Wood, Paul Gustafson, Robert W Platt, Bohdan Nosyk, Jeong Eun Min, Micah Piske, Julie Bruneau, U Siebert, P Todd Korthuis, Paxton Bach, B Carolina Guerra-Alejos, Megan Kurz, Laura M Dale, X Joan Hu, Kyle Kampman, Tom Loughin   +17 more
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Distributive Leadership Within an Emerging Network of Integrated Youth Health Centres: A Case Study of Foundry

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2020
Background: Distributive leadership has been proposed as an effective means towards achieving integrated health services. This study draws from the case of 'Foundry', a network of integrated youth health centres in British Columbia, Canada, and explores ...
Amy Salmon, Saranee Fernando, Mai Berger, Karen Tee, Krista Gerty, Warren Helfrich, Pamela Liversidge   +6 more
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Exploring the effectiveness of dextroamphetamine for the treatment of stimulant use disorder: a qualitative study with patients receiving injectable opioid agonist treatment

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2021
Background A high proportion of people receiving both oral and injectable opioid agonist treatment report concurrent use of stimulants (i.e. cocaine and or amphetamines), which has been associated with higher rates of continued illicit opioid use and ...
Heather Palis, Kirsten Marchand, Gerald “ Spike” Peachey, Jordan Westfall, Kurt Lock, Scott MacDonald, Jennifer Jun, Anna Bojanczyk-Shibata, Scott Harrison, David C. Marsh, Martin T. Schechter, Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes   +11 more
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Learning Outcome Outcomes: An Evaluation of Quality

2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2018
Learning outcomes are a standard specification of knowledge, skills and capabilities that a student is expected to acquire by attending a course or a degree program. While, in theory, the process of evaluating learning outcomes appears to be trivial, in practice it is a complicated and daunting process.
Daniel Brur Sigurgeirsson, Marta Lárusdóttir, Mohammad Hamdaqa, Mats Daniels, Björn Þór Jónsson 0001   +4 more
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Heterogeneity in Trajectories of Systolic Blood Pressure among Young Adults in Qingdao Port Cardiovascular Health Study

Global Heart, 2020
Background: Although increased age is associated with higher systolic blood pressure (SBP) in general, there may be variation across individuals in how SBP changes over time.
Haiqun Lin, Meiping Cui, Erica S. Spatz, Yongfei Wang, Jiapeng Lu, Jing Li, Shuxia Li, Chenxi Huang, Xiancheng Liu, Lixin Jiang, Harlan M. Krumholz, Xiao Xu   +11 more
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How to analyze work productivity loss due to health problems in randomized controlled trials? A simulation study

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2021
Background An increasing number of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have measured the impact of interventions on work productivity loss. Productivity loss outcome is inflated at zero and max loss values.
Wei Zhang, Huiying Sun
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Understanding subjective quality of life in homeless and vulnerably housed individuals: The role of housing, health, substance use, and social support

SSM - Mental Health, 2021
Purpose: Much of the extant research on quality-of-life (QoL) in homelessness has focused narrowly on health-related QoL. Far less is known about broader subjective quality-of-life (SQoL). The purpose of this study was to examine levels and predictors of
Anne M. Gadermann, Anita M. Hubley, Lara B. Russell, Kimberly C. Thomson, Monica Norena, Verena Rossa-Roccor, Stephen W. Hwang, Tim Aubry, Mohammad Ehsanul Karim, Susan Farrell, Anita Palepu   +10 more
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