Our publications, 2007

Bansback N, Maetzel A, Drummond M, Anis A, Marra C, Conway P, Boers M, Tugwell P, Boonen A. Considerations and preliminary proposals for defining a reference case for economic evaluations in ankylosing spondylitis. Journal of Rheumatology 34(5):1178-83, 2007.
Bellamy N, Bell MJ, Pericak D, Goldsmith CH, Torrance GW, Raynauld JP, Walker V, Tugwell P, Polisson R. BLISS index for analyzing knee osteoarthritis trials data. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 60(2):124-32, 2007.
Brooks P, Boers M, Simon L, Strand V, Tugwell P. Outcome Measures in Rheumatoid Arthritis - the OMERACT Process. Expert Reviews in Clinical Immunology 3(3):271-5, 2007.
Dans AM, Dans L, Oxman AD, Robinson V, Acuin J, Tugwell P, Dennis R, Kang D. Assessing equity in clinical practice guidelines. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 60(6):540-6, 2007.
Fedorowicz Z, Waters E, Tugwell P, Nasser M. Health research priority setting in developing countries of the eastern Mediterranean region: partnering with the Cochrane Collaboration. East Mediterr Health J 13(3):727-30, 2007 May-Jun.
Greenhalgh T, Kristjansson E, Robinson V. Realist review to understand the efficacy of school feeding programmes. BMJ. 2007 Oct 27;335(7625):858-61.
Ioannidis JP, Ahmed T, Awasthi S, Clarfield AM, Clark J, Dandona L, Howe A, Lozano JM, Li Y, Madani H, Marusic A, Mohammed I, Purcell GP, Rhoads M, Sliwa-Hahnle K, Straus SE, Edejer TT, Tugwell P, Ward R, Wilkes MS, Smith R. Open letter to the leader of academic medicine. BMJ 334(7586):191-3, 2007.
James PD, Wilkins R, Detsky AS, Tugwell P, Manuel DG. Avoidable mortality by neighbourhood income in Canada: 25 years after the establishment of universal health insurance. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 61:287-96, 2007.
Knottnerus J, Tugwell P. Communicating research to the peers. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 60(7):645-7, 2007.
Krishnan E, Tugwell P, Fries JF. Percentile benchmarks in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Health Assessment Questionnaire as a quality indicator (QI). Arthritis Research & Therapy 6:R505-13, 2007.
Kristjansson E, Robinson V, Petticrew M, Macdonald B, Krasevec J, Janzen L, Greenhalgh T, Wells G, Macgowan J, Farmer A, Shea B, Mayhew A, Tugwell P. School feeding for improving the physical and psychosocial health of disadvantaged elementary school children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (1):CD004676, 2007.
Kristjansson E, Tugwell PS, Wilson AJ, Brooks PM, Driedger SM, Gallois S, O’Connor AM, Qualman A, Santesso N, Wale J, Wells GA. Development of the Effective Musculoskeletal Consumer Scale. Journal of Rheumatology 34(6):1392-400, 2007.
Lassere MN, Johnson KR, Boers M, Tugwell P, Brooks P, Simon L, Strand V, Conaghan PG, Ostergaard M, Maksymowych WP, Landewe R, Bresnihan B, Tak PP, Wakefield R, Mease P, Bingham CO 3rd, Hughes M, Altman D, Buyse M, Galbraith S, Wells G. Definitions and validation criteria for biomarkers and surrogate endpoints: development and testing of a quantitative hierarchical levels of evidence schema. Journal of Rheumatology 34(3):607-15, 2007.
McGowan JL, Ellis P, Tugwell P. Access to the medical literature. Canadian Medical Association Journal 177(2):176-7, 2007.
Osiri M, Kamolratanakul P, Maetzel A, Tugwell P. Cost effectiveness analysis of disease modifying antirheumatic drugs in rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology Int 27(11):1063-9, 2007.
Osiri M, Maetzel A, Tugwell P. The economic burden of rheumatoid arthritis in a developing nation: results from a one-year prospective cohort study in Thailand. Journal of Rheumatology 34(1):57-63, 2007.
Pincus T, Tugwell P. Shouldn't standard rheumatology clinical care be evidence-based rather than eminence-based, eloquence-based, or elegance-based? Journal of Rheumatology 34(1):1-4, 2007.
Pottie K. Misinterpretation: Language proficiency, recent immigrants, and global health disparities. Can Fam Physician. 2007 Nov;53(11):1899-901.
Pottie K, Hostland S. Health advocacy for refugees: Medical student primer for competence in cultural matters and global health. Can Fam Physician. 2007 Nov;53(11):1923-6.
Pottie K, Janakiram P, Topp P, McCarthy A. lence of selected preventable and treatable diseases among government-assisted refugees: Implications for primary care providers. Can Fam Physician. 2007 Nov;53(11):1928-34.
Pottie K, Redwood-Campbell L, Rouleau K, Ouellette V, Lemire F. Degrees of engagement: Family physicians and global health. Can Fam Physician. 2007 Nov;53(11):1853-7, 1866-70.
Redwood-Campbell L, Ouellette V, Rouleau K, Pottie K, Lemire F; International Health Committee and College of Family Physicians of Canada. International health and Canadian family practice: relevant to me, is it? Can Fam Physician. 2007 Apr;53(4):600-2, 608-10.
Rostom A, Muir K, Dubé C, Jolicoeur E, Boucher M, Joyce J, Tugwell P, Wells G. Gastrointestinal Safety of Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors: A Cochrane Collaboration Systematic Review. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 5(7):818-28, 2007.
Shea BJ, Grimshaw JM, Wells GA, Boers M, Andersson N, Hamel C, Porter AC, Tugwell P, Moher D, Bouter LM. Development of AMSTAR: a measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews. BMC Medical Research Methodology 7:10, 2007.
Stucki G, Boonen A, Tugwell P, Cieza A, Boers M. The World Health Organisation International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: a conceptual model and interface for the OMERACT process. Journal of Rheumatology 34(3):600-6, 2007.
Tugwell PS, Santesso NA, O’Connor AM, Wilson AJ. Knowledge translation for effective consumers. Physical Therapy 87(12):to be determined (early online), 2007.
Tugwell P, Robinson V, Morris E. "Mapping global health inequalities: challenges and opportunities" (December 12, 2007). Center for Global, International and Regional Studies. Mapping Global Inequalities - conference papers. Paper mgi-22.
Wells G, Li T, Maxwell L, Maclean R, Tugwell P. Determining the minimal clinically important differences in activity, fatigue, and sleep quality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Journal of Rheumatology 34(2):280-9, 2007.
Wells GA, Li T, Maxwell L, Maclean R, Tugwell P. Responsiveness of patient reported outcomes including fatigue, sleep quality and activity limitation and quality of life following treatment with abatacept in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (early online), 2007.
Zhang W, Moskowitz RW, Nuki G, Abramson S, Altman RD, Arden N, Bierma-Zeinstra S, Brandt KD, Croft P, Doherty M, Dougados M, Hochberg M, Hunter DJ, Kwoh K, Lohmander LS, Tugwell P. OARSI recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis, part I: critical appraisal of existing treatment guidelines and systematic review of current research evidence. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 15(9):981-1000, 2007 Sep.