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  • Co-designing and pilot-testing an infographic to support the consent process in an adaptive platform trial for adults in ICU with community-acquired pneumonia or COVID-19: a mixed methods study within a trial (SWAT)

    April 25, 2025

    COVID-19

    O’Grady HK, Smith K, Dalziel S, Dolanjski B, Sandhu G, Santos M, Bosch J, Turkstra LS, Murthy S, Marshall JC, Kho ME, Group for the CCCT.

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  • Navigating Workforce Challenges in Long-Term Care: A Co-Design Approach to Solutions

    Boamah SA, Akter F, Karimi B, Havaei F.

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  • Mental disorders and sexual orientation in college students across 13 countries of differing levels of LGBTQ+ acceptance

    Rentería R, Andersson C, Bendtsen M, Mortier P, Auerbach RP, Bantjes J, Baumeister H, Berman AH, Bootsma E, Bruffaerts R, Cohut IF, Crockett MA, Cuijpers P, David OA, Ebert DD, Gutierrez-García RA, Hasking PA, Hunt X, Hurks P, Husky MM, Jimenez AL, Kählke F, Küchler A-M, Mac-Ginty S, Mak ADP, Martínez V, McLafferty M, Monroy-Velasco IR, Murray EK, O’Neill S, Papasteri CC, Paz P, Popescu CA, Robinson K, Salemink E, Siu O, Stein DJ, Struijs SY, Tomoiaga C, Luenen S van, Vigo DV, Wang AY, Wiers RW, Wong SYS, Benjet C, collaborators the W-I, Albor Y, Baez P, Borges G, Breet E, Díaz AC, Cruz-Hernández S, Gaete J, Gericke F, Uribe PCH, Hudec KL, Jacobs K, Jansen L, Jeannin R, Langer ÁI, Léniz MI, Medina-Mora ME, Munro L, Munthali RJ, Núñez D, Paz-Peréz MA, Pei J, Prescivalli AP, Quevedo G, Valdés-García KP, Vandepoel I, Vargas-Contreras E, Voorspoels W.

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  • Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Control Measures on Screening and Diagnoses of Type 2 Diabetes in British Columbia

    March 28, 2025

    COVID-19
    Screening & Testing

    Mahmood B, Li G, Li J, Wilton J, Tang TS, García HAV, Wong S, Jain AB, Naveed Z, Garg A, Nandra A, Janjua NZ, McKee G.

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  • Supporting learning health systems through patient-oriented practice-based research: A provincial collaboration

    April 27, 2025

    Patient-Centred Care

    Louie DR, Araiza P, Amundsen MMM, Miller KJ, Coldwell K, Mróz LW, Torrejón M-J, Ward J, Black AT, Chisholm AE.

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  • Use of the pragmatic-explanatory continuum indicator summary tool in low- and middle-income country settings: Systematic review

    Tolppa T, Hussaini A, Ahmed MJ, Bhattarai A, Aryal D, Hashmi M, Dondorp AM, Murthy S.

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  • The impact of biosimilar use on healthcare utilization among new users of etanercept for inflammatory arthritis: a population-based regression discontinuity analysis

    Zhou VY, Lacaille D, Zheng Y, Qian Y, Nosyk B, Xie H.

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  • Predicting Remission in Anti-PLA2R Antibody-Associated Membranous Nephropathy: A Secondary Analysis of the GEMRITUX, MENTOR and STARMEN Trials

    April 14, 2025

    Nephrology

    Barbour SJ, Ronco P, Praga M, Fervenza FC, Induruwage D, Zhu B, Debiec H, Fernández-Juárez G, Caravaca-Fontán F, Cattran DC, investigators F the G MENTOR and STARMEN.

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  • Are we out of the woods yet? Youth-developed recommendations on recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic: A national Delphi study

    Quinlan-Davidson M, Cleverley K, Barbic S, Courtney D, Dimitropoulos G, Hawke LD, Nandlall N, Ma C, Prebeg M, Henderson JL.

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  • The interplay between heart failure and chronic kidney disease

    Lala A, Levin A, Khunti K.

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  • MyGuide long COVID: An online self-management tool for people with long COVID

    April 4, 2025

    COVID-19

    Naik. H, Pongratz K, Malbeuf M, Kung S, Last L, Sugiyama A. Khor E, McGuire M, Levin A, Trac KC.

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  • Canadian Rheumatology Association Guidance for Developing & Endorsing Quality Measures to Support Learning Health Systems

    June 1, 2025

    Githumbi R, Barber CEH, Bartlett SJ, Toupin-April K, Twilt M, Lacaille D, Barnabe C, Dhiman K, Hoens AM, Grebowicz A, McMillan T, Widdifield J.

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