Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Andrew Adamczyk, George Grammatopoulos, Carl van Walraven
Summary: The study showed that using a hip acetabular fracture prediction model based on administrative data can significantly reduce misclassification bias compared to using the ICD-10 code alone. Single diagnostic codes from administrative databases are inadequate in identifying hip acetabular fracture patients accurately.
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sigurd Mikkelsen, David Coggon, Johan Hviid Andersen, Patricia Casey, Esben Meulengracht Flachs, Henrik Albert Kolstad, Ole Mors, Jens Peter Bonde
Summary: This study examined the causal association between psychosocial factors at work and depressive disorders, finding limitations in exposure definitions, outcome measures, and risk parameterization, leading to biases that likely inflated observed effect estimates and hindered a confident conclusion on the relationship.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Brian P. Lee, Giuseppe Cullaro, Aidan Vosooghi, Frederick Yao, Sarjukumar Panchal, David S. Goldberg, Norah A. Terrault, Nadim Mahmud
Summary: In this study, we found that the categorization of ACLF by UNOS showed weak agreement with manual chart review. These findings are informative for ongoing allocation policy discussions, highlight the importance of prospective studies regarding ACLF in liver transplantation, and should encourage UNOS reform.
JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY
(2022)
Editorial Material
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ghassan B. Hamra
Summary: This article highlights the issue of heuristic nondifferential misclassification biases towards null results and argues against its widespread use. It provides a brief history of this heuristic and discusses its limited applicability.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Joanna Harton, Nandita Mitra, Rebecca A. Hubbard
Summary: The study found that using biomarker values collected at informative and noninformative visits can reduce bias when the biomarker is stable over time, but may lead to substantial bias when it is volatile. Adjusting for the number of prior visits within a fixed look-back window can help mitigate bias to some extent, but not eliminate it completely. Bias may frequently occur in common scenarios and adjusting for prior visit intensity may not always be effective in eliminating it.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Juha Karvanen, Santtu Tikka, Antti Hyttinen
Summary: This article introduces an algorithmic tool, do-search, for determining the identifiability of causal effects and estimating them by combining experiments and observations. Through various scenarios with different assumptions, the identifiability of the salt-adding behavior on blood pressure is discussed.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Jin Liu, Shiyuan Wang, Fang Shao
Summary: Prevalence estimates in epidemiological studies are important but susceptible to misclassification bias. Quantitative bias analysis can effectively estimate this bias, but its usage is limited due to lack of knowledge and tools. This study proposes three indicators based on quantitative bias analysis principles to express the magnitude, direction, and uncertainty of misclassification bias in prevalence estimates, highlighting the importance of using these analysis for epidemiological decision making.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Orthopedics
Isabella Zaniletti, Katrina L. Devick, Dirk R. Larson, David G. Lewallen, Daniel J. Berry, Hilal Maradit Kremers
Summary: This article provides practical guidelines to avoid, identify, and account for measurement and misclassification errors in orthopedic research, and also presents an illustrative example of a validation study to address misclassification based on real-world data.
JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Louise A. C. Millard, Alba Fernandez-Sanles, Alice R. Carter, Rachael A. Hughes, Kate Tilling, Tim P. Morris, Daniel Major-Smith, Gareth J. Griffith, Gemma L. Clayton, Emily Kawabata, George Davey Smith, Deborah A. Lawlor, Maria Carolina Borges
Summary: This study investigates potential selection bias in COVID-19 infection and prognosis studies due to non-random selection of analytic subsamples. The study finds that a broad range of characteristics is related to selection, with higher BMI being associated with increased odds of COVID-19 infection and death. The study also identifies significant bias in many simulated scenarios.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yi-Hung Sun, Pui-Ying Leong, Jing-Yang Huang, James Cheng-Chung Wei
Summary: This nationwide retrospective cohort study found a higher risk of endometriosis in women with SLE compared to women without SLE. However, when defining endometriosis as patients with a history of gynecologic surgery, the association between SLE and endometriosis was not significant.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Naroa Martinez, Javier Rodriguez-Ferreiro, Itxaso Barberia, Helena Matute
Summary: The causality bias, or causal illusion, refers to the belief that there is a causal relationship between events that are actually uncorrelated. This bias is associated with pseudoscience, stereotypes, prejudices, and ideological extremism. Evidence-based educational interventions have been developed to reduce causal illusions, but the role of the bias induction phase has not yet been investigated.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Anteo Di Napoli, Martina Ventura, Enrico Grande, Luisa Frova, Concetta Mirisola, Alessio Petrelli
Summary: This study found that immigrants in Italy have a lower mortality rate compared to native Italians for almost all causes of death and all areas of origin.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Kendra D. Sims, Mary D. Willis, Perry W. Hystad, G. David Batty, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Ellen Smit, Michelle C. Odden
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the associations between sociodemographic, economic, and housing neighborhood factors and hypertension among older adults. The findings suggest that recent relocation of homeowners to a neighborhood is associated with a reduced likelihood of hypertension among White participants, but not among participants of other races and ethnicities.
Article
Biology
Lauren J. Beesley, Bhramar Mukherjee
Summary: This paper develops new strategies for handling disease status misclassification and selection bias in EHR-based association studies. It proposes several methods for addressing misclassification and selection biases and provides software for implementation.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Louisa H. Smith, Maya B. Mathur, Tyler J. VanderWeele
Summary: This study demonstrates a method to bound the total composite bias due to confounding, selection bias, and measurement error, and uses that bound to assess the sensitivity of a risk ratio to any combination of these biases. The approach is conservative and provides a simpler alternative to quantitative bias analysis.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Daniel Fuller, Scott Bell, Caislin L. Firth, Nazeem Muhajarine, Trisalyn Nelson, Kevin Stanley, Meridith Sones, Jefferson Smith, Benoit Thierry, Karen Laberee, Zoe Poirier Stephens, Kole Phillips, Yan Kestens, Meghan Winters
Summary: This paper presents the initial findings of the INTERACT cohort studies conducted in Victoria, Vancouver, Saskatoon, and Montreal, Canada. These studies investigate the potential of built environment interventions to improve population health and reduce health inequities. The researchers compare the cohorts to Canadian census data, analyze outcomes of interest such as physical activity, well-being, and social connectedness, and assess proximity to built environment interventions using various data sources.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Lukar E. Thornton, Ralf-Dieter Schroers, Karen E. Lamb, Mark Daniel, Kylie Ball, Basile Chaix, Yan Kestens, Keren Best, Laura Oostenbach, Neil T. Coffee
Summary: This study aimed to develop and apply a practical definition of the 20-minute neighbourhood (20MN) to assess the presence of 20MNs in the Australian cities of Melbourne and Adelaide. The results showed the existence of 20MNs in both cities, but Adelaide had lower population and dwelling density compared to Melbourne.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(2022)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Tracie A. Barnett, Adrian E. Ghenadenik, Andraea Van Hulst, Gisele Contreras, Yan Kestens, Basile Chaix, Marie-Soleil Cloutier, Melanie Henderson
Summary: The study found that neighborhoods with lower traffic safety have a greater impact on youth adiposity, independent of other walkability-related features. It also showed that children living in neighborhoods with moderate walkability and low safety have a higher risk of obesity.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Marie Buzzi, Laetitia Minary, Yan Kestens, Nelly Agrinier, Laetitia Ricci, Jonathan Epstein
Summary: This study developed and evaluated the Ecological MOmentary Well-Being Instrument (EMOWI) for adolescents, designed to assess momentary well-being using a mixed-methods approach. The resulting 8-item pictorial EMOWI showed excellent face validity, high internal consistency, and strong test-retest reliability. It is a short and innovative instrument that can effectively measure momentary well-being in adolescents.
QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sylvain Klein, Ruben Brondeel, Basile Chaix, Olivier Klein, Benoit Thierry, Yan Kestens, Philippe Gerber, Camille Perchoux
Summary: Interest in the neighborhood effects on health beyond individual's home locations is growing, but few studies have taken into account the selective daily mobility bias. This study measured the selective mobility of 470 older adults living in urban and suburban areas of Luxembourg, and found that detour percentage was higher for walking trips than car trips. The results indicate a potential selective daily mobility bias and suggest that urban planning interventions favoring active transportation can promote walking trips with longer detours, helping older adults increase their physical activity levels and promote healthy aging.
Review
Transportation
Lea Ravensbergen, Rania Wasfi, Mathilde Van Liefferinge, Isidor Ehrlich, Stephanie A. Prince, Gregory Butler, Yan Kestens, Ahmed El-Geneidy
Summary: This study provides a systematic review on the associations between Light Rail Transit (LRT) and physical activity. The findings indicate a moderate certainty of evidence for the relationship between LRT and walking behaviour, with LRT leading to an increase in walking in most studies. The study also identifies a positive relationship between LRT and moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) and cycling, although the evidence for MVPA and cycling is not as strong.
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Magali Collonnaz, Teodora Riglea, Jodi Kalubi, Jennifer O'Loughlin, Alexandre Naud, Yan Kestens, Nelly Agrinier, Laetitia Minary
Summary: This study systematically reviews the use of social network analysis (SNA) in studies on adolescent health behaviors, providing insights and guidelines through a 5-step decision tree. The majority of the 201 included articles focused on tobacco and alcohol use. SNA was most commonly used to examine processes related to peer selection and influence, as well as the effect of sociometric position on health behaviors.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Geography
J. Karmann, M. Najjar, C. A. Ottoni, M. Shareck, S. Lord, M. Winters, D. Fuller, Y. Kestens
Summary: Cities are constantly changing, and people's emotional responses to these changes play a crucial role in shaping their future relation with urban space. However, studies on urban change often overlook the significance of emotional responses. To address this gap, we conducted a qualitative study using interviews and content analysis with residents in Montreal, Canada, and its suburbs. We found that changes in the urban environment led to both positive and negative emotions, and condominiums emerged as a significant theme triggering various emotional responses such as disappointment, fear, irritation, pessimism, and enthusiasm. These emotional responses were influenced by the impact of condominiums on daily mobility, residential stability, and place attachment.
EMOTION SPACE AND SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Charlotte Salmon, Amelie Quesnel-Vallee, Tracie A. Barnett, Andrea Benedetti, Marie-Soleil Cloutier, Geetanjali D. Datta, Yan Kestens, Belinda Nicolau, Marie-Elise Parent
Summary: A study found that men living in socially deprived neighborhoods have an increased risk of prostate cancer, with higher risks for those who are divorced, widowed, or living alone. These findings suggest the need for targeted public health interventions.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
S. Pasanen, J. I. Halonen, K. Suorsa, T. Leskinen, Y. Kestens, B. Thierry, J. Pentti, J. Vahtera, S. Stenholm
Summary: We investigated how work-related and commuting physical activity, measured by GPS and accelerometer, influenced changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior during retirement transition. Lower work-related activity was linked to a decrease in sedentary time and an increase in light physical activity during retirement. Conversely, higher work-related activity was associated with an increase in sedentary time and a decrease in light physical activity, except for active workers who also engaged in commuting activity. Therefore, both work-related and commuting physical activity predicted changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior upon retirement.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Grace Commers, Rodrigo Victoriano-Habit, Lancelot Rodrigue, Yan Kestens, Ahmed El-Geneidy
Summary: COVID-19 has impacted commuters' travel patterns and BMI. This study examines the relationship between commute mode and BMI among employed individuals in Montreal during the pandemic. The findings show that for women, BMI increased significantly during the pandemic, but telecommuting, especially as a replacement for driving, led to a statistically significant decrease in BMI. For men, higher residential local accessibility was associated with decreased BMI, while telecommuting did not have a significant effect on BMI.
JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT & HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Amy J. Youngbloom, Benoit Thierry, Daniel Fuller, Yan Kestens, Meghan Winters, Jana A. Hirsch, Yvonne L. Michael, Caislin Firth
Summary: Research suggests that surveys provide a better understanding of how residents perceive neighborhood change and its impact on mental health, compared to census-defined measures of gentrification. Individual perceptions of neighborhood change may determine the effects of gentrification on mental health. Findings from a survey in Montre & PRIME;al indicate that greater perceived affordability and positive feelings about neighborhood changes are associated with better mental health. However, census-defined gentrification is not significantly associated with mental health.
SSM-POPULATION HEALTH
(2023)
Meeting Abstract
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
S. Pasanen, J. I. Halonen, K. Suorsa, T. Leskinen, Y. Kestens, B. Thierry, J. Pentti, J. Vahtera, S. Stenholm
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Meeting Abstract
Regional & Urban Planning
Julie Vallee, Martine Shareck, Yan Kestens, Katherine L. Frohlich
JOURNAL OF PLANNING LITERATURE
(2022)
Article
Geography
Julie Vallee, Martine Shareck, Yan Kestens, Katherine L. Frohlich
Summary: The study reveals that less educated young adults have lower spatial accessibility to services in their activity space and are more vulnerable to having lower numbers of services in their surroundings, which negatively impacts their mental health.
ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GEOGRAPHERS
(2022)
