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| Kathy N SpeechleySummaryAffiliation: University of Western Ontario Country: Canada Publications
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Quality of life in children with new-onset epilepsy: a 2-year prospective cohort studyKathy N Speechley
Department of Paediatrics, Western University, London, UK
Neurology 79:1548-55. 2012..To assess health-related quality of life (HRQL) over 2 years in children 4-12 years old with new-onset epilepsy and risk factors...- Socioeconomic status and non-fatal injuries among Canadian adolescents: variations across SES and injury measuresBeth K Potter
Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
BMC Public Health 5:132. 2005.... 
Health-related quality of life among child and adolescent survivors of childhood cancerKathy N Speechley
Departments of Pediatrics and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario and Children s Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
J Clin Oncol 24:2536-43. 2006..The main objective was to compare parent-reported health-related quality of life (HRQL) of child and adolescent survivors of childhood cancer to that of controls who had no history of cancer...
Assessing severity of epilepsy in children: preliminary evidence of validity and reliability of a single-item scaleKathy N Speechley
University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Epilepsy Behav 13:337-42. 2008..91, 0.98) for test-retest reliability for each of two raters. These promising initial results support continuation of the multistage process of testing the validity and reliability of the GASE Scale within various clinical contexts...- Prevalence and trajectories of depressive symptoms in mothers of children with newly diagnosed epilepsyMark A Ferro
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Epilepsia 52:326-36. 2011..To examine the prevalence, trajectories, and predictors of depressive symptoms (DS) in mothers of children with new-onset epilepsy... - Depressive symptoms during pregnancy in relation to fish consumption and intake of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acidsJessica Sontrop
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 22:389-99. 2008..Although pregnant women may be at risk for low concentrations of EPA and DHA, an association between low intakes of EPA+DHA and increased depressive symptoms was only observed among current smokers and women of single marital status... - The impact of maternal depressive symptoms on health-related quality of life in children with epilepsy: a prospective study of family environment as mediators and moderatorsMark A Ferro
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Epilepsia 52:316-25. 2011.... - Do depressive symptoms affect mothers' reports of child outcomes in children with new-onset epilepsy?Mark A Ferro
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Western Ontario, Kresge Building, Room K201, London, ON, N6A 5C1, Canada
Qual Life Res 19:955-64. 2010..To test whether elevated levels of depressive symptoms affect reports of child outcomes in a sample of mothers of children with new-onset epilepsy... - Depressive symptoms among mothers of children with epilepsy: a review of prevalence, associated factors, and impact on childrenMark A Ferro
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Epilepsia 50:2344-54. 2009..The overall mean score on the Quality Index was 9.7, indicating a midrange quality score, suggesting a need for more methodologically robust studies... - Fish consumption among pregnant women in London, Ontario: associations with socio-demographic and health and lifestyle factorsJessica M Sontrop
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
Can J Public Health 98:389-94. 2007..This study's purpose was to describe the socio-demographic, health and lifestyle correlates of fish consumption among pregnant women... - Parents' and physicians' perceptions of childhood epilepsyBridget L Ryan
Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Seizure 12:359-68. 2003..The degree of concordance between parents' and physicians' perceptions of epilepsy, and its effect on parents' satisfaction with care was also examined... - Parental perception of sleep problems in children of normal intelligence with pervasive developmental disorders: prevalence, severity, and patternJennifer L Couturier
Department of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 44:815-22. 2005..This study compares parents' perceptions of the prevalence, severity, and pattern of sleep problems in children of normal intelligence with pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) with a normative comparison group of children... - Removing barriers to treatment of first-episode psychotic disordersDerek J Scholten
Department of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
Can J Psychiatry 48:561-5. 2003.... - Factor structure and longitudinal invariance of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) in adult women: application in a population-based sample of mothers of children with epilepsyMark A Ferro
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Arch Womens Ment Health 16:159-66. 2013..Clinicians and researchers can be confident that longitudinal changes in CES-D scores reflect true changes in depressive symptomatology and are not an artifact of changes in the interpretation of items in the scale over time... - Is there value in using physician billing claims along with other administrative health care data to document the burden of adolescent injury? An exploratory investigation with comparison to self-reports in Ontario, CanadaBeth K Potter
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
BMC Health Serv Res 5:15. 2005.... - Identifying the determinants of childhood immunization in the PhilippinesJennifer N Bondy
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Vaccine 27:169-75. 2009..To increase immunization coverage in the Philippines, knowledge transfer to mothers must improve... - Elective tracheostomy in mechanically ventilated children in CanadaTania Principi
Children s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, ON N6A5W9, London, ON, Canada
Intensive Care Med 34:1498-502. 2008..To determine the current practice and opinions of paediatric intensivists in Canada regarding tracheostomy in children with potentially reversible conditions which are anticipated to require prolonged mechanical ventilation... - The late effects study: design and subject representativeness of a Canadian, multi-centre study of late effects of childhood cancerAmanda K Shaw
Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada, 120 Colonnade Road, PL 6702A, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0K9
Chronic Dis Can 25:119-26. 2004.... - Health status in survivors of cancer in childhood and adolescenceLisa Pogany
Public Health Agency of Canada, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Ottawa, Canada
Qual Life Res 15:143-57. 2006..However, there are limited estimates available for this population based on large samples and compared to population controls... - Use of health care services by survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer in CanadaAmanda K Shaw
Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Cancer 106:1829-37. 2006..The extent of survivors' use of health services in Canada is unknown, although coordinated, continuous, long-term follow-up care has been recommended by numerous investigators... - Quality of life among long-term adolescent and adult survivors of childhood cancerElizabeth Maunsell
Unité de recherche en santé des populations, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier affilié universitaire de Québec, Quebec, Canada
J Clin Oncol 24:2527-35. 2006..We assessed effects of childhood or adolescent cancer on quality of life among adolescent and adult cancer survivors, a group who are thought to be at particular risk for adverse late effects... - A comparison of measures of socioeconomic status for adolescents in a Canadian national health surveyBeth K Potter
Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8M5, Canada
Chronic Dis Can 26:80-9. 2005..In particular, the findings emphasize the importance of incorporating multiple measures of SES and suggest a need to further explore the meaning of socioeconomic position for this population... - Educational and social late effects of childhood cancer and related clinical, personal, and familial characteristicsMaru Barrera
Department of Psychology, Haematology Oncology Program, Population Health Sciences, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cancer 104:1751-60. 2005.... - Smoking and binge drinking among Canadian survivors of childhood and adolescent cancers: a comparative, population-based studyKendra Carswell
Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Pediatr Blood Cancer 51:280-7. 2008.... - Development and psychometric properties of the Thinking about Epilepsy questionnaire assessing children's knowledge and attitudes about epilepsyAlexandra L C Martiniuk
The George Institute for International Health at the University of Sydney, Sydney, M201 Missenden Road, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia
Epilepsy Behav 10:595-603. 2007..Our objective is to describe the development, structure, and psychometric properties of the Thinking about Epilepsy questionnaire...