Knowledge Synthesis: Systematic & Scoping Reviews

2024 

• New Clinical Trial Research Findings from Western University Outlined (Effectiveness of Interventions for Meaningful Activity Participation In Homelessness: a Systematic Review)
• Participatory Research with Persons who Experience Mental Illness in Occupational Therapy: A Scoping Review 

2023 

• Western University Reports Findings in Central Nervous System Agents (A Systematic Review of the Effect of Short Term Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Therapy in Methamphetamine Use Disorder) 
• Social Justice in Mental Health Research Lab 

2022 

• Western Researchers find link between brain lesions, cognitive decline 
• Western University Reports Findings in Mental Health (Effectiveness of Suicide Safety Planning Interventions: a Systematic Review Informing Occupational Therapy) 
• School of Occupational Therapy Reports Findings in Central Nervous System Agents 

2018-2016

• Children and nature: A systematic review. Report by Human Environments Analysis Laboratory (HEAL) and The Lawson Foundation

2025

•  What Visual Arts Strategies Exist to Improve the Uptake of Vaccinations? A Scoping Review

2024 

• Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation of Vitamin A Supplementation Programs in Africa: A Systematic Review
• Psychometric properties of patient-reported outcome measures assessing recovery from hand fractures: a systematic review
• Work Disparities and the Health of Nurses in Long-Term Care: A Scoping Review
• Effectiveness of employment‐based interventions for persons experiencing homelessness: A systematic review 
• How is recovery defined and measured in patients with low back pain? A mixed study systematic review
• Attending to Marginalization in The Chronic Pain Literature: A Scoping Review
• Applications of artificial intelligence and bioinformatics methodologies in the analysis of ocular biofluid markers: a scoping review
• Physical functioning in the lumbar spinal surgery population: A systematic review and narrative synthesis of outcome measures and measurement properties of the physical measures
• Experiences of mental health and poverty in high-income countries during COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-aggregation' 
• Effectiveness of Interventions for Meaningful Activity Participation in Homelessness: A Systematic Review 
• Physical Activity Among Young Children With Disabilities: A Systematic Review

2023 

• A Digital-First Health Care Approach to Managing Pandemics: Scoping Review of Pandemic Self-triage Tools
• A Systematic Review of the Effect of Short Term Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Therapy in Methamphetamine Use Disorder 
• A scoping review examining the association of housing quality and psychosocial well-being following homelessness: an ecological systems perspective 
• Suicide Safety Planning: A Systematic Review Supporting OT Research & Practice 
• Effectiveness of Suicide Safety Planning Interventions: A Systematic Review Informing Occupational Therapy 
• Social entrepreneurship in sport: a peripheral country perspective
• A systematic review of the effect of short term Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation therapy in Methamphetamine Use Disorder
• The experiences and challenges of community health volunteers as agents for behaviour change programming in Africa: a scoping review
• Clinical reporting for personalized cancer genomics requires extensive access to subscription-only literature 

2022 

• White matter hyperintensities and longitudinal cognitive decline in cognitively normal populations and across diagnostic categories: A meta-analysis, systematic review, and recommendations for future study harmonization 
• Experiences of transitioning from homelessness: a systematic review and meta-aggregation of qualitative studies conducted in middle to high income countries 
• Psychotherapy Within Occupational Therapy Literature: A Scoping Review 
• Violence and victimisation in the lives of persons experiencing homelessness who use methamphetamine: A scoping review 
• From a Service to a Partnership: Reimagining and Redesigning Knowledge Synthesis Work in an Academic Research Setting 
• Endosomal-lysosomal and autophagy pathway in Alzheimer’s disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis
• Exploring implicit influences on interprofessional collaboration: A scoping review

2021 

• A systematic review of occupational therapy interventions in the transition from homelessness 
• Policies and Interventions to Reduce Familial Mental Illness Stigma: A Scoping Review of Empirical Literature 
• The incidence of multimorbidity and patterns in accumulation of chronic conditions: A systematic review

2020 

• Health outcomes of parents of children with chronic illness: A systematic review and meta-analysis
• The impact of infectious disease-related public health emergencies on suicide, suicidal behavior, and suicidal thoughts
• Insufficient sleep and fitness to drive in shift workers: A systematic literature review
• A Systematic Review of the Use of Telepsychiatry in Depression
• Iliopsoas Release: A Systematic Review of Clinical Efficacy and Associated Complications
• Intranasal Dexmedetomidine for Procedural Distress in Children: A Systematic Review

2019 

• Compression stockings to prevent post-thrombotic syndrome in adults, a Bayesian meta-analysis
• The evaluation of vesicoureteral reflux among children using contrast-enhanced ultrasound: A literature review
• The risk of venous thromboembolism in women with inflammatory bowel disease during pregnancy and the postpartum period: A systematic review and meta-analysis
• Clinical Determinants of Fitness to Drive in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis: Systematic Review  
• LO62: Intranasal dexmedetomidine for procedural distress in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2018/2017

• Cannulation outcomes of the arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis: A Scoping Review
• Effects of efforts to optimise morbidity and mortality rounds to serve contemporary quality improvement and educational goals: a systematic review 
• A critical review of recent clinical practice guidelines on management of cryptorchidism
• Intranasal ketamine for anesthetic premedication in children: A systematic review
• Later school start times for supporting the education, health, and well‐being of high school students

2024 

• Upstream factors impacting COVID-19 vaccination rates across Africa: A systematic review protocol
• Physical functioning outcome measures in the lumbar spinal surgery population and measurement properties of the physical outcome measures: protocol for a systematic review 
• Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation of Vitamin A Supplementation Programs in Africa: A Systematic Review Protocol
• Exploring Global Leadership Capacity in Children’s Outdoor Play Research: A Scoping Review and Social Network Analysis 

2023 

• A Systematic Review of Process Outcomes of Perinatal Regionalization: An Update (Protocol)
• Comparison of Distribution- and Anchor-based Estimates of Minimal Important Differences: A Systematic Review (Protocol)
• The Roles of Audiologists and Speech-Language   Pathologists in Primary Healthcare Teams: A Scoping Review Protoco
• Psychometric Properties of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Assessing Recovery from Hand Fractures: A Systematic Review (Protocol)

2022 

• A systematic review of the effect of transcranial direct current stimulation therapy in methamphetamine use disorder 
• A Global Comparison of Effective Government Policies to Prevent and End Homelessness: A Scoping Review 
• A scoping review on programs and interventions that are proving effective in preventing and ending homelessness 
• Housing Quality Following Homelessness in High Income Countries: A Scoping Review 
• Tiny homes and sleeping cabins as a response to homelessness: A scoping review protocol 
• The Experiences and Challenges of Community Health Volunteers as Agents for Behaviour Change programming in Sub-Sahara Africa: A scoping review protocol
• Physical activity among young children with disabilities: a systematic review protocol
• A systematic review of the effect of transcranial direct current stimulation therapy in methamphetamine use disorder
• A systematic review of the effect of stimulant substitution therapy on craving and abstinence in methamphetamine use disorder
• How is recovery defined and measured in patients with low back pain? Protocol for a mixed study systematic review
• Intimate Partner Violence and Women Living with Episodic Disabilities A Scoping Review Protocol

2021 

• Attitudes, beliefs and perspective of healthcare staff and patients about inpatient violence and aggression. Implications for psychiatric ward management and staff training 
• Neuroimaging in COVID-19-infected critical care patients
• Digital technology and disease surveillance in the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review protocol
• Physical functioning outcome measures in the lumbar spinal surgery population and measurement properties of the physical outcome measures: protocol for a systematic review
• Adverse Effects of Albendazole Use on Human Health: a systematic review
• Maternal Cannabis Use During Lactation and Its Effects on Early Neurodevelopment for Breastfed Infants 

2020 

• Experience of Transitioning from Homelessness to Housed in Middle to High Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Aggregation 
• Effectiveness of suicide safety planning interventions on psychosocial outcomes: A systematic review
• The impact of infectious disease-related public health emergencies on suicidal behaviour and suicidal thoughts: a systematic review
• The Incidence of Multimorbidity and Accumulation of Chronic Conditions: A Systematic Review

2019 

• Insufficient Sleep and Fitness to Drive in Shift Workers: A Systematic Literature Review Protocol

2024 

• Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among refugees and other migrant populations: A systematic scoping review
• Association between clinical biomechanical metrics of cervical spine function and pain or disability in people with neuromusculoskeletal neck pain: Protocol for a systematic review and planned meta-analysis
• Quantitative Natural Language Processing Markers of Psychoactive Drug Effects: A Pre-Registered Systematic Revie
• Burnout factors among residents in surgical and non-surgical specialties: a scoping review 
• Association between physical measures of spinopelvic alignment and physical functioning with patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) after total hip arthroplasty: Protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis 
• Examining the Relationship Between Disability, Impairment, and Chronic Pain in Childhood Cerebral Palsy: a Scoping Review and Critical Analysis 
• The Signs and Symptoms of Discogenic Low Back Pain 
• Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among refugees and other migrant populations: A systematic scoping review.
• Experiences of belonging following homelessness: a systematic review and meta-aggregation 
• The Uses and Effectiveness of Occupational Therapy Physical Activity Interventions in Young Children with Developmental Disabilities: A Systematic Review

2023 

• Examining Individualized Participatory Approaches to Care for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• The Parallel Pandemic: A Systematic Review on the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on OCD among Children and Adolescents 
• Barriers and facilitators to paediatric caregivers’ participation in virtual speech, language, and hearing services: A scoping review
• Patient satisfaction with advanced physiotherapy practice internationally: Protocol for a systematic mixed studies review
• A Scoping Review Examining Treatment Components of Classroom and Small Group School-Based Anxiety and Test Anxiety Interventions
• A Scoping Review of Oral Health Outcomes and Oral Health Service Utilization of 2SLGBTQ+ People 
• Airway registries in primarily adult, emergent endotracheal intubation: a scoping review 
• An integrative review of the qualities of a ‘good’ physiotherapist
• Humor in rehabilitation professions: a scoping review
• Compassion fatigue in healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review protocol
• The relationship between sleep health and multimorbidity in community dwelling populations: Systematic review and global perspectives

2022 

• Supportive strategies for nonverbal communication with persons living with dementia: A scoping review 
• The experience of food insecurity during and following homelessness in high-income countries: A systematic review and meta-aggregation 
• A Scoping Review of Technology and Infrastructure Needs in the Delivery of Virtual Hearing Aid Services
• Quantifying the amount of physical rehabilitation received by individuals living with neurological conditions in the community: a scoping review 
• Epidemiology of Musculoskeletal Manifestations in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review
• Laryngeal Mask Airway for Surfactant Administration Versus Standard Treatment Methods in Preterm Neonates with Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis 
• A Scoping Review of Technology and Infrastructure Needs in the Delivery of Virtual Hearing Aid Services 
• Machine learning approaches used to analyze auditory evoked responses from the human auditory brainstem: A systematic review
• Searching for the 'Good' in Physiotherapist Practice: Toward an Ethic of Care

2021 

• Outcome evaluation of fruits and vegetables distribution interventions in schools: a systematic review and meta-analysis
• Measuring Early Childhood Educators’ Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior–Related Self-Efficacy: A Systematic Review of Tools
• A Systematic Review for Identifying Instructional Design Strategies and Principles in Extended Massive Open Online Courses (xMOOCs)
• Interplay Between Social Media Use, Sleep Quality, and Mental Health in Youth: A Systematic Review
• A Scoping Review of Virtual Focus Group Methods Used in Rehabilitation Sciences

2020 

• Population-Based Studies on Medications and Fall-Related Injury in Older Adults
• Vascularization of the human intervertebral disc: A scoping review 
• Expert consensus statements for Waldeyer’s ring involvement in pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma: The staging, evaluation, and response criteria harmonization (SEARCH) for childhood, adolescent, and young adult Hodgkin lymphoma (CAYAHL) group
• Evaluating the Process of Involving Affected Community Members in Service Delivery and Design a Deliberative Dialogue Case Study
• Analysis of Gait Speed and its Correlates in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

2019

• Gait parameters and characteristics associated with increased risk of falls in people with dementia: a systematic review
• The evaluation of vesicoureteral reflux among children using contrast-enhanced ultrasound: A literature review
• Understanding quality of life within occupational therapy intervention research: A scoping review 

2018 

• Physical activity and sedentary time among preschoolers in centre-based childcare: a systematic review
• Physical activity and sedentary time during childcare outdoor play sessions: A systematic review and meta-analysis
• Defining and measuring active play among young children: a systematic review
• Cultural factors influencing osteoarthritis care in Asian communities: a review of the evidence