Browsing by Subject "epidemiology"
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A COMPARISON OF HOSPITALIZATION OUTCOMES BETWEEN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS AND HOME HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS IN CANADA
(2022-11-30)Dialysis patients experience poor health outcomes including high rates of morbidity, mortality, and frequent hospitalizations. Home dialysis (peritoneal dialysis (PD) or home hemodialysis (HHD)) has been increasing due to ... -
THE EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH STATUS ON FUTURE LIVING ARRANGEMENTS OF MIDDLE-AGED AND OLDER CANADIANS - A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS
(2012-08-21)Canada’s population is aging rapidly, and understanding living arrangements and their determinants plays a critical role in supporting healthy aging. This thesis examined, using a population-based longitudinal survey, the ... -
HAPTOGLOBIN PHENOTYPE, HDL-CHOLESTEROL RAISING THERAPY (FIBRATE), AND RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE EVENTS WITHIN THE ACTION TO CONTROL CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN DIABETES (ACCORD) LIPID TRIAL
(2020-08-21)Background: The failure of many clinical trials aimed at preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD) by pharmacologically raising high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol has cast doubt on the idea that more HDL-cholesterol ... -
Lost in Transition? Health Service Utilization of IWK Mental Health and Addictions Patients on Transition to Adult Services
(2021-08-09)The objective of this thesis was to improve our understanding of transition aged youth accessing public Mental Health & Addictions (MHA) services in Nova Scotia and identify potential inequities using routinely collected ... -
Prenatal exposure to environmental contaminants and newborn immune system biomarkers
(2014-12-12)Allergic disease are among the most common chronic childhood disease and a leading cause of hospitalization. Exposure to certain environmental contaminants has been hypothesized to be a risk factor for childhood allergies ...