Journal Articles
In all of our work, we aim to advance the science as well as the practice of KT. We understand the importance of disseminating research results and reducing research waste, and so we publish our work only in open-access journals. In 2024, we published more than 30 articles in high-impact journals, on topics ranging from advancing the methods of knowledge synthesis to the implementation of rapid HIV testing in Canadian emergency departments.
Below, we provide a select overview of some of our most recent publications.
Considering the impact of vaccine communication in the COVID-19 pandemic among adults in Canada: a qualitative study of lessons learned for future vaccine campaigns. Parsons Leigh J, Moss SJ, MacDonald J, Cherak MS, Stelfox HT, Dubé È, Fiest KM, Halperin DM, Ahmed SB, MacDonald SE, Straus SE. Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics. 2025 Dec 31;21(1):2448052.
Economic evaluation of multiple falls prevention interventions among community-residing older adults: we know the ‘value’, but what about ‘value for money’?. Hancock-Howard R, Mendlowitz AB, Saunders H, Mishra S, Plett D, Loong D, Hemmelgarn B, Liu BA, Marr S, Holroyd-Leduc JM, Weldon J, Wong EK, Tricco AC, Straus SE, Isaranuwatchai W, et al. Age and Ageing. 2025 Dec;54(12):afaf343.
Using an implementation science approach to enhance advance care planning practice: a community case study. Lun P, Yu CC, Pussayapibul N, Straus SE, Goh SF, Low J, Tan WS, Ng R. Frontiers in Health Services. 2025 Dec 4;5:1680369.
Challenges facing Canadian long-term care homes and retirement homes during the covid-19 pandemic. Fahim C, Hassan AT, de Launay KQ, Takaoka A, Togo E, Strifler L, Bach V, Paul N, Mrazovac A, Firman J, Gruppuso V, Boyd J, Straus SE. Canadian Geriatrics Journal. 2025 Dec 3;28(4):359.
In older adults living in rural China, a primary care–based fall prevention program vs. usual care reduced self-reported falls at 1 y. Wong EK, Watt JA, ACP Journal Club Editorial Team at McMaster University. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2025 Dec;178(12):JC143.
Temporal association between loneliness and polypharmacy: Analyses of the Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging. Vyas MV, Sharma S, Jones A, Nicholson K, Yu AYX, Straus SE, Kapral MK, Watt JA. J Affect Disord 2025;Nov 12:120675.
Low‐value care and variation in practice in the care of children hospitalized with bronchiolitis in Canada (CareBEST): Protocol for a multi‐center prospective cohort study. Bonham B, Perez T, Bailey M, Barrowman N, Bonafide C, Boutin A, Buba M, Buchanan F, Carwana M, Chen BA, Constantin E, Fahim C et al. Journal of hospital medicine. 2025 Nov 10.
Understanding patient preferences on providing sociodemographic information in an acute care setting: a qualitative study. Garad Y, Pak N, Barker B, Kasperavicius D, Pratt J, Marwaha S, Colacci M, Pattani R, Kipp E, Conrad J, Straus SE. BMC Health Services Research. 2025 Nov 22.
Understanding changes in complex care needs over time: key research insights into multimorbidity trajectories. Calderón-Larrañaga A, Fabbri E, González AI, Perera-Salazar R, Grede N, Guthrie B, Valderas JM, Gregorio C, Muth C, Vetrano DL, Meyer G, Straus SE, et al. The Lancet Healthy Longevity. 2025 Nov 1;6(11).
Hospital care does not meet the communication needs of patients with hearing loss: A qualitative study of patient experiences. DeBusschere A, Lunney M, Reid S, Verdin N, Love S, Thompson S, Nicholas D, Boulton T, Schick-Makaroff K, Jenstad L, Straus SE, Holroyd-Leduc J, Donald M, Sullivan PJ, Howard T, Evans J, Tonelli M. PLOS ONE 2025;Oct;20(10):e0333587.
Multi-level barriers and facilitators to buprenorphine use in Ontario, Canada: a qualitative study using the theoretical domains framework. Leece P, Khorasheh T, Zerger S, Corace K, Nixon L, Strike C, Bayomi AM, Marks E, Holowaty M, Crichlow F, Taha S, Straus SE et al. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice. 2025 Oct 21;20(1):83.
Comparison of the sustainability of the impact of team-based versus individual clinician-focused training of primary care professionals in serious illness conversations on caregiver burden of care: a secondary analysis of a cluster randomized trial. Lokossou KL, Assan OQ, Gadio S, Uwizeye CB, Dofara SG, Bouba DA, Guay-Bélanger S, Michaels L, Archambault P, Paquette JS, Izumi S, Straus SE et al. BMC geriatrics. 2025 Oct 21;25(1):795.
Over 1000 terms have been used to describe evidence synthesis: a scoping review. Pollock D, Hasanoff S, Barker TH, Clyne B, Tricco AC, Booth A, Godfrey C, Khalil H, Jia RM, Taneri PE, Saif-Ur-Rahman KM, Conway T, Konstantinidis M, Stratton C, Edwards D, Alexander L, Carrier J, Habibi N, Zaccagnini M, Stern C, Valenzuela C, Price C, Stone JC, Aromataris E, Jordan Z, Dias M, McBride G, Kanukula R, Schuenemann HJ, Mustafa RA, Pearson A, Klugar M, Ximena Rojas M, Alonso-Coello P, Whaley P, Langendam M, Merlin T, Straus SE, Moola S, Alper BS, Munn Z. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2025 Oct 17:bmjebm-2024-113391.
Effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies in reducing COVID-19 cases, hospitalisations, and deaths. Saif-Ur-Rahman KM, Nurdin N, Movsisyan A, Kothari K, Gleeson C, Conway T, Tierney M, Taneri PE, Mulholland D, Tricco AC, Dinnes J, Devane D. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 Oct 2;10(10):CD016192.
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and the Risk of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Childhood. Bérard A, Cottin J, Leal LF, Picot C, Pleau J, Friedman JM, Damkier P, Cucherat M, Alwan S, Jurek L, Winn LM, Carleton BC, Bertoldi AD, Grandi SM, Masarwa R, Dodin P, Ceulemans M, Platt RW, Nourredine M, Gram EB, Veroniki AA, Massardier J, Tricco AC. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2025 Oct 6:S0890-8567(25)02106-9.
Rate of incident dementia and care needs among older adults with new traumatic brain injury: a population-based cohort study. Huang YQ, Vyas MV, Bronskill SE, Li Z, Guan J, Hoang PM, Tam A, Bayley M, Vincent C, Straus SE, Watt JA. CMAJ. 2025 Oct 6;197(33):E1067-77.
SARS-CoV-2 infection following home, community and work-related exposures: a prospective cohort of teachers and education workers in Ontario, Canada, 2021–2023. Coleman BL, Bondy S, Fischer K, Gutmanis I, Zhu V, Kanchan K, Straus SE, Kim J, Simon S, McGeer A. BMJ open. 2025 Oct 1;15(10):e103843.
Adapting a Self-Management Tool (My Kidneys My Health) to Meet the Needs of Diverse Canadian Populations: Program Report. Donald M, Jassemi S, Love S, Crysdale G, Sparkes D, Delgado M, Ferreira L, Pearson B, Verdin N, Ahrenholz K, March V, Straus SE et al. Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease. 2025 Sep;12:20543581251370922.
Updating the PRISMA reporting guideline for network meta-analysis: a scoping review. Veroniki AA, Tricco AC, Rangira D, McKenzie JE, Li T, Straus SE, Smith M, Catalá-López F, Wolfe D, Nincic V, Konstantinidis M. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2025 Sep 19:111985.
Overview of evidence synthesis types and modes. Nussbaumer-Streit B, Booth A, Garritty C, Hamel C, Munn Z, Tricco AC, Pollock D. J Clin Epidemiol. 2025 Sep 4:111970.
Virtual care in community pharmacy services: a scoping review. Aboelzahab YH, McCracken A, Abdoulrezzak R, Naguib S, McLean M, Tricco AC, Pinto AD, McCarthy LM, Dolovich L. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2025 Sep;21(9):653-666.
Implementation and Evaluation of a Patient-Focused eHealth Intervention, My Kidneys My Health, in Primary Care and General Nephrology Clinics: Multimethods Study. Jassemi S, Sparkes D, Delgado M, Harwood L, Bello AK, Beanlands H, Elliott M, McBrien K, Gil S, Straus SE, Hemmelgarn B. Journal of medical Internet research. 2025 Aug 29;27:e71832.
Prioritising methodological research questions for scoping reviews, mapping reviews and evidence and gap maps for health research: a protocol for PROSPECT Delphi study. Pollock D, Hasanoff S, McBride G, Kanukula R, Tricco AC, Khalil H, Campbell F, Jia RM, Alexander L, Peters M, Vieira AM, Aromataris E, Nunn J, Saran A, Evans C, Godfrey C, Pieper D, de Moraes ÉB, Biesty L, Colquhoun H, Devane D, Toomey E, Clyne B, Davies E, Munn Z. BMJ Open. 2025 Aug 4;15(8):e096298.
Identifying models of care to support residents in long-term care homes (LTCHs) both during and beyond COVID-19. Danok L, Burke J, MacDonald T, Cheema S, Straus SE, Fahim C. PLOS one. 2025 Aug 20;20(8):e0329255.
Evidence based consensus statements for digital tools to address youth mental health literacy. Moss SJ, Siddiqui S, Zuniga Chacon C, Sriskandarajah C, Stelfox M, Gaunce B, Harley M, Smith S, Ahmed SB, Birnie K, Halperin D, Straus SE, et al. Scientific Reports. 2025 Aug 2;15(1):28208.
Scoping review authors view knowledge user consultations as beneficial but not without challenges: a qualitative study. Toomey E, Dabbagh A, Houghton C, O’Connell N, O’Meara C, Pollock D, Smith M, Tricco AC, Colquhoun H. J Clin Epidemiol. 2025 Aug 12;187:111928.
Connectivity between long-term care homes and subsequent SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks. X Xia Y, Ma H, Malikov K, Straus SE, Fahim C, Moloney G, Huang Q, Asgari S, Boyd JM, Ferro I, Johns J. BMC public health. 2025 Aug 2;25(1):2634.
Associations between patient characteristics and delayed acute care discharge post-hip fracture surgery: a cohort study using linked health administrative data in Ontario, Canada. Backman C, Li W, Shah S, Papp S, Fung SG, Dumicho AY, Tuna M, Engel FD, Webber C, Turcotte L, McIsaac DI, Straus SE et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2025 Jul 4;26(1):595.
Cost‐Effectiveness of the Geriatrician‐Led Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Different Healthcare Settings: An Economic Evaluation. Wong EK, Isaranuwatchai W, Sale JE, Tricco AC, Straus SE, Naimark DM. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2025 Jul;73(7):2046-56.
Unveiling the impact: A scoping review of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on racialized populations in Canada. Komeiha M, Artyukh I, Ogundele OJ, Zhao QJ, Massaquoi N, Straus SE, Razak F, Hosseini B, Persaud N, Mishra S, Eissa A. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2025 Jun 30;22(7):1054.
The ultimate power play in research – partnering with patients, partnering with power. Richards DP, Bowden J, Gee P, Haagaard A, Kothari A, McKinnon A, Primeau CA, Tricco AC, Wang E, Woolley KL, Li LC. Res Involv Engagem. 2025 Jun 17;11(1):65.
Development and validation of critical appraisal tool for individual participant data meta-analysis: protocol for a modified e-Delphi study. Otalike EG, Clarke M, Veroniki AA, Tricco AC, Moher D, Shea B, Doherty-Kirby A, Kandala NB, Gagnier J. BMJ Open. 2025 Jun 25;15(6):e097297.
High-versus low-intensity knowledge translation interventions for surgeons and rates of local tumour recurrence after rectal cancer surgery: an Ontario study. Simunovic M, Fahim C, Grubac V, Urbach DR, Pond G, Kennedy E, Baxter NN. Canadian Journal of Surgery. 2025 Jun 18;68(3):E245.
https://theconversation.com/the-world-needs-bold-equitable-climate-action-at-the-2025-g7-summit-256876. Sharon E. Straus, Françoise Baylis. The world needs bold, equitable climate action at the G7 summit. The Conversation. 2025 June 2.
Master protocol for a series of cohort-based randomized controlled trials to test tools to communicate research results to study participants and others with relevant lived experience: The SPIN-CLEAR Trials. Thombs BD, Adams C, Nassar EL, Carrier ME, Golberg M, Bharthi K, Wurz A, South A, Kwakkenbos L, Hoa S, Rice DB, Straus SE et al. Trials. 2025 May 8;26(1):149.
Systemic therapies for psoriatic disease and serious infections in older adults. Drucker AM, Sutradhar R, Ling V, Gatley JM, Eder L, Fahim C, Fralick M, Gomes T, Li P, MacDougall S, Manolson M. JAMA dermatology. 2025 May;161(5):490-7.
Factors influencing initial rehabilitation type after hip fracture surgery: A retrospective cohort study. Backman C, Li W, Shah S, Papp S, Fung SG, Dumicho AY, Tuna M, Engel FD, Webber C, Turcotte L, McIsaac DI, Straus SE et al. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2025 May 1;26(5):105521.
Patient- and public-driven health research: a model of co-leadership and partnership in research priority setting using a modified James Lind Alliance approach. Zarin W, Sreetharan S, Doherty-Kirby A, Scott M, Zibrowski E, Soobiah C, Elliott M, Chaudhry S, Al-Khateeb S, Tam C, Pham B, Straus SE, Tricco AC. J Clin Epidemiol. 2025 May;181:111731.
Scoping reviews and their role in identifying research priorities. Khalil H, Jia R, Moraes EB, Munn Z, Alexander L, Peters M, Asran A, Godfrey CM, Tricco AC, Pollock D, Evans C. J Clin Epidemiol. 2025 May;181:111712.
Improving the reports of systematic reviews in sexual medicine. Shamseer L, Ayala AP, Tricco AC, Rethlefsen ML. J Sex Med. 2025 Apr 15;22(4):652-657.
Evaluation of a Canadian social media platform for communicating perinatal health information during a pandemic. Postill G, Hussain-Shamsy N, Dephoure S, Wong A, Shore EM, Cooper J, Pak N, Fahim C, Kasperavicius D, Bogler T. PLOS Digital Health. 2025 Apr 7;4(4):e0000802.
Rapid reviews methods series (paper 7): guidance on rapid scoping, mapping and evidence and gap map (‘Big Picture Reviews’). Campbell F, Sutton A, Pollock D, Garritty C, Tricco AC, Schmidt L, Khalil H. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2025 Apr 21:bmjebm-2023-112389.
An evaluation of barriers and facilitators to implementing multiplex rapid antigen testing for SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A and B in congregate living settings. Garad Y, Manea AA, Pak N, Danok L, Baral S, Dykstra T, Kasperavicius D, Straus SE, Fahim C. Frontiers Public Health; volume 13, April 6 2025.
Cochrane Rapid Reviews Methods Group. Rapid review method series: interim guidance for the reporting of rapid reviews. Stevens A, Hersi M, Garritty C, Hartling L, Shea BJ, Stewart LA, Welch VA, Tricco AC. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2025 Mar 21;30(2):118-123.
Conducting Pairwise and Network Meta-analyses in Updated and Living Systematic Reviews: a Scoping Review Protocol. Konstantinidis M, Stratton C, Tsokani S, Elliott J, Simmonds M, McGowan J, Moher D, Tricco AC, Veroniki AA. JBI Evid Synth. 2025 Mar 1;23(3):527-535.
Co-building Patient and Public Capacity in Knowledge Synthesis: Designed and Delivered by Patient and Public Partners for Patient and Public Partners. Smith M, Gunderson J, Sreetharan S, Chaudhry S, Tam C, Al-Khateeb S, Veroniki AA, Straus SE, Tricco AC, Zarin W. J Clin Epidemiol. 2025 Mar;179:111635.
Performance of Hearing Test Software Applications to Detect Hearing Loss. Lunney M, Wiebe N, Howarth T, Jenstad L, DeBusschere A, Crysdale G, Straus SE, Schick-Makaroff K, Donald M, Thompson S, Holroyd-Leduc J, Tonelli M. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Mar 3;8(3):e252166.
mRNA vaccine-induced SARS-CoV-2 spike-specific IFN-γ and IL-2 T-cell responses are predictive of serological neutralization and are transiently enhanced by pre-existing cross-reactive immunity.Samaan P, Korosec CS, Budylowski P, Chau SLL, Pasculescu A, Qi F, Delgado-Brand M, Tursun TR, Mailhot G, Dayam RM, Arnold CR, Langlois M-A, Mendoza J, Morningstar T, Law R, Mihelic E, Sheikh-Mohamed S, Cao EY, Paul N, Patel A, de Launay KQ, Boyd JM, Takaoka A, Colwill K, Matveev V, Yue FY, McGeer A, Straus SE, Gingras A-C, Heffernen JM, Ostrowski M. J Virol. 2025 Mar 18;99(3):e0168524.
Rehabilitation Outcomes and Experiences of People Living With Dementia: A Mixed-Methods Study. Ally MZ, Casey J, Devitt R, Filinski J, Marple R, Beleno R, Kadri Z, Hussain Z, Jones A, Straus SE, Marr S, Goodarzi Z, Watt JA. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2025 Mar;26(3):105460.
Update to the PRISMA guidelines for network meta-analyses and scoping reviews and development of guidelines for rapid reviews: a scoping review protocol. Veroniki AA, Hutton B, Stevens A, McKenzie JE, Page MJ, Moher D, McGowan J, Straus SE, Li T, Munn Z, Pollock D, Colquhoun H, Godfrey C, Smith M, Tufte J, Logan S, Catalá-López F, Tovey D, Franco JVA, Chang S, Garritty C, Hartling L, Horsley T, Langlois EV, McInnes M, Offringa M, Welch V, Pritchard C, Khalil H, Mittmann N, Peters M, Konstantinidis M, Elsman EBM, Kelly SE, Aldcroft A, Thirugnanasampanthar SS, Dourka J, Neupane D, Wells G, Akl E, Wilson M, Soares-Weiser K, Tricco AC. JBI Evid Synth. 2025 Mar 1;23(3):517-526.
. Risk of bias in network meta-analysis (RoB NMA) tool. Lunny C, Higgins JP, White IR, Dias S, Hutton B, Wright JM, Veroniki AA, Whiting PF, Tricco AC. BMJ. 2025 Mar 18;388.
Patterns of SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity among essential workers in long term care and retirement homes in Ontario, Canada: A descriptive cross-sectional study. Fahim C, Wang S, Paul N, Colwill K, Dayam R, Boyd JM, Ma H, Gruppuso V, Mrazovac A, Firman J, Patel A. PLOS Global Public Health. 2025 Mar 28;5(3):e0004294.
Changing Time Representation in Microsimulation Models. Wong EK, Isaranuwatchai W, Sale JEM, Tricco AC, Straus SE, Naimark DMJ. Medical Decision Making. 2025 Feb 25;45(3):276-285.
Effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies. Saif-Ur-Rahman KM, Nurdin N, Movsisyan A, Kothari K, Conway T, Tierney M, Taneri PE, Mulholland D, Tricco AC, Dinnes J, Devane D. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 Feb 24;2(2):CD016192.
Participation of Racialized Individuals in Healthcare Research: A Scoping Review Protocol. Shah N-U-H, Khan B, Essue B, Marshall L-J, Munce S, Sandhu H, Tricco AC. University of Toronto Journal of Public Health. 2025 Feb;6(1).
Research culture influences in health and biomedical research: rapid scoping review and content analysis. Uttley L, Falzon L, Byrne JA, Tricco AC, Munafò MR, Moher D, Stoeger T, Matandika L, Labbé C, Naudet F. J Clin Epidemiol. 2025 Feb;178:111616.
Sociodemographic bias in clinical machine learning models: A scoping review of algorithmic bias instances and mechanisms. Colacci M, Huang YQ, Postill G, Zhelnov P, Fennelly O, Verma A, Straus SE, Tricco AC. J Clin Epidemiol. 2025 Feb;178:111606.
Perspectives on which health settings geriatricians should staff: a qualitative study of patients, care providers and health administrators. Wong EK, Tricco AC, Isaranuwatchai W, Naimark DMJ, Straus SE, Sale JEM. BMC Geriatr. 2025 Jan 18;25(1):39.
Patient Complexity, Social Factors, and Hospitalization Outcomes at Academic and Community Hospitals. Colacci M, Loffler A, Roberts SB, Straus SE, Verma AA, Razak F, GEMINI Investigator Group. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jan 2;8(1):e2454745.
Stigma and fear during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study on the perceptions of healthcare workers in Canada and Singapore. Fahim C, Yu CC, Cooper J, Theivendrampillai S, Lee T, Wai-Ki Lau M, Marquez C, Tang B, Mathew M, Sharma M, Wong E. Frontiers in public health. 2025 Jan 23;12:1490814.
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