The association between opioid analgesics and unsafe driving actions preceding fatal crashesSacha Dubois
St Joseph s Care Group, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Accid Anal Prev 42:30-7. 2010
..Research is necessary to examine why these age differences exist, and if possible, to ensure that opioid analgesics do not contribute to crashes...
- The impact of benzodiazepines on safe driving
Sacha Dubois
St Joseph s Care Group, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Traffic Inj Prev 9:404-13. 2008
..We examined the impact of benzodiazepines on crash responsibility by drug half-life and driver age, using a case-control design with drivers aged 20 and over involved in fatal crashes in the United States from 1993-2006...
Using the Resident Assessment Instrument-Mental Health (RAI-MH) to determine levels of care for individuals with serious mental illnessCarrie Gibbons
Lakehead Psychiatric Hospital, St Joseph s Care Group, 580 North Algoma Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
J Behav Health Serv Res 35:60-70. 2008
..Although the model based on the RAI-MH is not perfect, the results warrant further research to determine its usefulness in predicting required LOC...
- Visual attention and older drivers: the contribution of inhibition of return to safe driving
Michel Bedard
Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Exp Aging Res 32:119-35. 2006
..To the authors' knowledge these findings represent the first documentation of a relationship between IOR and driving. The results are informative regarding the importance of reflexive visual attention mechanisms towards safe driving...
- The additive effects of alcohol and benzodiazepines on driving
Hillary G Maxwell
St Joseph s Care Group, Research Department, Thunder Bay, ON
Can J Public Health 101:353-7. 2010
..To examine the relationship between the combination of alcohol and benzodiazepines and the risk of committing an unsafe driver action...
- The needs of rural and urban young, middle-aged and older adults with a serious mental illness
Michel Bedard
Public Health Program, Lakehead University, St Joseph s Care Group, Division of Human Sciences, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Can J Rural Med 12:167-75. 2007
..Young and older adults with a severe mental illness (SMI) have different needs; this study was designed to identify important differences...
- A multi-case report of acute renal failure in patients treated with Aggrenox
Kerry Joy
St Joseph s Care Group, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
J Popul Ther Clin Pharmacol 17:e262-8. 2010
..Aggrenox is used in the secondary prevention of stroke. Acute renal failure, potentially associated with Aggrenox, has been observed in several patients...
- Assessing the quality of drug detailing
William Molloy
Geriatric Research Group, McMaster University, Hamilton Health Sciences, Henderson Site, 711 Concession Street, Ontario, Canada
J Clin Epidemiol 55:825-32. 2002
..64, P <.0001, presentation time, F(2, 118) = 9.98, P <.0001, pharmaceutical representative, F(4, 118) = 9.58, P <.0001, and physician rating the detail, F(109, 118) = 1.94, P <.0001...
- Understanding burden differences between men and women caregivers: the contribution of care-recipient problem behaviors
Michel Bedard
Department of Psychology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Int Psychogeriatr 17:99-118. 2005
..This study was carried out to determine why women caring for men report more burden than other caregivers, and to further examine the role of care-recipient problem behaviors as determinants of burden...
- SPSS macros to compare any two fitted values from a regression model
Bruce Weaver
Human Sciences Division, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, P7B 5E1
Behav Res Methods 44:1175-90. 2012
..The output from the macros includes the standard error of the difference between the two fitted values, a 95% confidence interval for the difference, and a corresponding statistical test with its p-value...
- A short screen for depression: the AB Clinician Depression Screen (ABCDS)
D William Molloy
St Peter s Centre for Studies in Aging, St Peter s Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Int Psychogeriatr 18:481-92. 2006
..We have developed a short screening instrument for depression for use in elderly people with normal cognition, mild cognitive impairment or early dementia...
