Research Report

Dr. Mathews continues to lead a Patient Partner Program for the Department of Family Medicine.  As part of this program, there is a “Brown Bag Lunch Seminar Series” held monthly for the Department to join.  The Brown Bag Series presentations have been scheduled for February, March and April as follows: 

Date

Time

Presenter

Title

21-Feb-2024

12-1pm

Jane Thornton / Jenna Schulz

·         Patient centred Medicine in the World of Performance Sport – why we need the athlete voice in injury and illness prevention research more than ever

·         Are female athlete health needs being assessed and addressed in pre-participation examinations? A Scoping Review

20-Mar-2024

12-1pm

Alexandria Ratzki-Leewing

Diabetes Research

17-Apr-2024

12-1pm

Graham Reid

Mental Health Walk-In Clinics for Children and Families

Contact Leslie (leslie.meredith@schulich.uwo.ca) for a Zoom invitation if you are interested in attending.

 

Funding Announcements

Congratulations to the following research team on their recent grant funding.

 

Title:  Does slow and steady really win the race?

Granting Agency:  Western University, The Faculty Research Development Fund Competition

Principal Investigator:  Hart H

Co-Investigators:  Prapavessis H, Birmingham T, Reichert SM
Funding Amount:  $6,000

Grant Duration:  11-2023 to 04-2025

 

Title:  The intersectionality of breathlessness and dyspnoea on health experiences of persons living with COPD

Granting Agency:  Western University, The Faculty Research Development Fund

Principal Investigator: 

Co-InvestigatorsSibbald S.L., Savundranayagam M., Zibrowski E., Dougherty M.
Funding Amount:  $5,680

Grant Duration:  11-2023 to 04-2025

 

Title:  Learning how to breathe: Understanding experiences of patients and caregivers with lung disease

Granting Agency:  Lawson Internal Research Fund

Principal Investigator: 

Co-Investigators:  Sibbald S.L., Savundranayagam M., Nicholson M., Zibrowski E., Dougherty M.
Funding Amount:  $19,637

Grant Duration:  12-2023 to 11-2024

 

Title:  How we live and breathe: Understanding experiences of patients with lung disease and their informal caregivers

Granting Agency:  WSS-SSHRC Seed

Principal Investigator: 

Co-InvestigatorsSibbald S.L., Savundranayagam M., Nicholson M., Zibrowski E., Dougherty M.
Funding Amount:  $24,806

Grant Duration:  12-2023 to 11-2024

 

Publications

Ashcroft R, Mathers A, Gin A, Lam S, Donnelly C, Brown JB, Kourgiantakis T, Mehta K, Rayner J, Sur D, Adamson K, Kirvan A, Dolovich L.  Pharmacists' role and experiences with delivering mental health care within team-based primary care settings during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Int J Pharm Pract. 2023 Dec 10:riad086. doi: 10.1093/ijpp/riad086. Online ahead of print.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38071626/.

Cai Y, Guo P, Tu J, Hu M, Liu L, Ryan BL, Liao J, Dev R, Li Y, Huang T, Wang R, Kuang L, Huang R, Li X, Melipillán ER, Zhao S, He W, Wang X, Zhang N, Xu DR. Contextualizing the revised Patient Perception of Patient-Centeredness (PPPC-R) scale in primary healthcare settings: a validity and reliability evaluation study.  BMC Prim Care. 2024 Jan 5;25(1):11. doi: 10.1186/s12875-023-02227-x.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38178035/.

Elliott- Sale KJ, Flood TR, Arent SM, Dolan E, Saunders B, Hansen M, Ihalainen J, Mikkonen R, Minahan C, Thornton J, Ackerman K, Lebrun CM, Sale C, Stellingwerff T, Swinton PA, Hackney AC. The effect of menstrual cycle and oral contraceptive pill phase on aspects of exercise physiology and athletic performance in female athletes: protocol for the Feminae international multi-site innovative project. Br J Sports Med. 2023 November 24. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001814. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38022756/.

He JW, Terry AL, Lizotte D, Bauer G, Ryan BL. Understanding intersectional inequality in access to primary care providers using multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy. PLoS One, 2024 Jan 1; 19 (1): e0296657, Coauthor, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296657. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38241267/

Flores-Sandoval C, Orange JB, Ryan BL, Adams TL, Suskin N, McKelvie R, Elliott J, Sibbald SL. Transitional Care from Hospital to Cardiac Rehabilitation During COVID-19: The Perspectives of Older Adults and Their Healthcare Providers. J Patient Exp. 2023 Nov 13; doi: 10.1177/23743735231213757. eCollection 2023.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38026069/.

Kahan BC, Hall SS, Beller EM, Birchenall M, Chan AW, Elbourne D, Little P, Fletcher J, Golub RM, Goulao B, Hopewell S, Islam N, Zwarenstein M, Juszczak E, Montgomery AA. Reporting of Factorial Randomized Trials: Extension of the CONSORT 2010 Statement. JAMA, 2023 Dec 5; 330 (21): 2106-2114, Coauthor, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.19793.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38051324/.

Kahan BC, Hall SS, Beller EM, Birchenall M, Elbourne D, Juszczak E, Little P, Fletcher J, Golub RM, Goulao B, Hopewell S, Islam N, Zwarenstein M, Chan A-W, Montgomery AA. Consensus Statement for Protocols of Factorial Randomized Trials: Extension of the SPIRIT 2013 Statement. JAMA Netw Open, 2023 Dec 5; 6 (12:1): e234612, Coauthor, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.46121.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38051535/.

Mathews M, Liu T, Ryan D, Hedden L, Lukewich J, Marshall EG, Buote R, Meredith L, Moritz LR, Spencer S, Asghari S, Brown JB, Freeman TR, Gill PS, Sibbald S. Practice- and System-Based Interventions to Reduce COVID-19 Transmission in Primary Care Settings: A Qualitative Study. Healthc Policy. 2023 Nov;19(2):63-78. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2023.27232. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38105668/.

Monteith H, Mamakeesick M, Rae J, Galloway T, Harris SB, Birken C, Hamilton J, Maguire JL, Parkin P, Zinman B, Hanley AJG. Determinants of Anishinabeck infant and early childhood growth trajectories in Northwestern Ontario, Canada: a cohort study. BMC Pediatr. 2023 Dec 19;23(1):641. doi: 10.1186/s12887-023-04449-5. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38115010/.

Morita LR, Buote R, McKay M, Meredith L, Ryan D, Spencer S, Vaughan C, Hedden L, Lukewich J, Mathews M, Shabnam A, Brown JB, Gill PS, Wong E, Marshall EG. Family physicians’ perspectives on collaboration challenges between primary care and specialist care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: A qualitative study. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health. 2023 Dec 1;4:100338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100338.

Newton AT, Tremblay PF, Batterink LJ, Reid GJ. Early nap cessation in young children as a correlate of language and psychosocial outcomes: Evidence from a large Canadian sample. Sleep Health. 2023 Dec 15:S2352-7218(23)00292-9. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2023.11.010. Online ahead of print. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38103982/.

Premji K, Green ME, Glazier RH, Khan S, Schultz SE, Mathews M, Nastos S, Frymire E, Ryan BL. Characteristics of patients attached to near-retirement family physicians: a population-based serial cross-sectional study in Ontario, Canada. BMJ Open. 2023 Dec 7;13(12):e074120. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074120. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38149429/

Ratzki-Leewing A, Black JE, Kahkoska AR, Ryan BL, Zou G, Klar N, Timcevska K, Harris SB. Severe (level 3) hypoglycaemia occurrence in a real-world cohort of adults with type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus (iNPHORM, United States).  Diabetes Obes Metab. 2023 Dec;25(12):3736-3747. doi: 10.1111/dom.15268. Epub 2023 Sep 13. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37700692/.

Rodrigues R, Jing A, Anderson KK, Alonzo R, Wilk P, Reid GJ, Gilliland J, Zou G, Nicholson K, Guaiana G, Stranges S.  Who sleeps well in Canada? The social determinants of sleep health among middle-aged and older adults in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Sleep Health. 2023 Nov 15: S2352-7218(23)00235-8. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2023.09.015. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37977986https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37977986/.

Rodrigues R, Reid JNS, Wiener JC, Archie S, Booth RG, Cheng C, MacDougall AG, Palaniyappan L, Ryan BL, Voineskos A, Kurdyak P, Jan SH, Anderson KK, project co-investigators. Access to a regular primary care physician among young people with early psychosis in Ontario, Canada. Early Interv Psychiatry, 2023 Nov 30, Coauthor, DOI: 10.1111/eip.13487.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38036458/

Sayfi S, Charide R, Elliott SA, Hartling L, Munan M, Stallwood L, Butcher NJ, Richards DP, Mathew JL, Suvada J, Akl EA, Kredo T, Mbuagbaw L, Motilall A, Baba A, Scott SD, Falavigna M, Klugar M, Friessová T, Lotfi T, Stevens A, Offringa M, Schünemann HJ, Pottie K.  A multimethods randomized trial found that plain language versions improved adults understanding of health recommendations. J Clin Epidemiol. 2023 Nov 25;165:111219. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.11.009. Online ahead of print.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38008266/.