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List of works by Melissa K Andrew

1468. PCV13 Serotype Trends Over Time in Pneumococcal Community Acquired Pneumonia: Which Method(s) Work Best?

2496. A Comparative Evaluation of the Burden of Disease Caused by Influenza A and Influenza B During the 2011–2012, 2012–2013, and 2013–2014 Influenza Seasons in Canada

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2714. Streptococcus pneumoniae Nasopharyngeal Carriage in Canadian Adults Hospitalized with Community-Acquired Pneumonia from 2010 to 2017

2715. Pneumococcal Community-Acquired Pneumonia Attributed to PCV13 Serotypes in Hospitalized Adults: Comparison of the 50–64 and 65+ Age Groups

992. 2016–2017 Influenza Burden of Disease and End-of-Season Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness (VE) Estimates for Preventing Influenza-Related Hospitalization Among Canadian Adults: An Analysis From the Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) S

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A Long-Term Care-Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (LTC-CGA) Tool: Improving Care for Frail Older Adults?

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A collaborative intervention for deprescribing: The role of stakeholder and patient engagement

scientific article published on 10 July 2019

A comparison of two approaches to measuring frailty in elderly people

scientific article (publication date: July 2007)

A five-point change in Modified Mini-Mental State Examination was clinically meaningful in community-dwelling elderly people.

scientific article published on 12 May 2008

A new long-term care facilities model in nova scotia, Canada: protocol for a mixed methods study of care by design

scientific article published on 29 November 2013

Above and beyond: A qualitative study of the work of nurses and care assistants in long term care

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Adherence to "No Transfer to Hospital" Advance Directives Among Nursing Home Residents

scientific article published on 27 May 2019

Age and frailty in COVID-19 vaccine development

scientific article published on 18 November 2020

Age-stratified burden of pneumococcal community acquired pneumonia in hospitalised Canadian adults from 2010 to 2015

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Assessment of older adults by emergency medical services: methodology and feasibility of a care partner Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CP-CGA).

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Burden of vaccine-preventable pneumococcal disease in hospitalized adults: A Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) Serious Outcomes Surveillance (SOS) network study

scientific article published on 26 May 2017

CCCDTD5: Reducing the risk of later-life dementia. Evidence informing the Fifth Canadian Consensus Conference on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia (CCCDTD-5)

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

COMPARING A NEUROPATHOLOGICAL INDEX WITH TRADITIONAL PATHOLOGY IN PREDICTING ALZHEIMER’S DEMENTIA

scholarly article published 1 November 2018

COVID-19, frailty and long-term care: Implications for policy and practice

scientific article published on 31 May 2020

CROSS-SECTIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FALLS AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS IN CANADIANS ACROSS LEVELS OF FRAILTY

scholarly article in Innovation in Aging, vol. 3, Suppl 1, November 2019

Canadian older adults' perceptions of effectiveness and value of regular and high-dose influenza vaccines

scientific article published on 21 September 2018

Changes in Frailty Predict Changes in Cognition in Older Men: The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study

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Comparison of the prognostic importance of diagnosed diabetes, co-morbidity and frailty in older people

scientific article published on 01 May 2010

Complicated hospitalization due to influenza: results from the Global Hospital Influenza Network for the 2017-2018 season

scientific article published on 02 July 2020

Cumulative impact of health deficits, social vulnerabilities, and protective factors on cognitive dynamics in late life: a multistate modeling approach

scientific article published on 5 June 2015

DEFINING MINIMAL IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES AND ESTABLISHING CATEGORIES FOR THE FRAILTY INDEX

Dynamics of Frailty and Cognition After Age 50: Why It Matters that Cognitive Decline is Mostly Seen in Old Age.

scientific article published on 3 April 2017

EFFECTS OF SOCIAL VULNERABILITY AND EDUCATION ON FRAILTY AND COGNITION THROUGH WORK CHARACTERISTICS

EXamining the knowledge, Attitudes and experiences of Canadian seniors Towards influenza (the EXACT survey)

scientific article published on 26 June 2019

Effect of parental age at birth on the accumulation of deficits, frailty and survival in older adults

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Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccination on Hospitalizations and Risk Factors for Severe Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients With COPD

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Epidemiology of Influenza Viruses in Canada over the 2011–2012 to 2013–2014 Seasons: A Study from the Serious Outcomes Surveillance (SOS) Network of the Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN).

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Estimating influenza vaccine effectiveness: Evolution of methods to better understand effects of confounding in older adults

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Evaluation of two frailty indices, with practical application in a vaccine clinical trial

scientific article published on 21 June 2019

Exploring clinically meaningful changes for the frailty index in a longitudinal cohort of hospitalized older patients

scientific article published on 10 April 2020

Falls and long-term care: a report from the care by design observational cohort study.

scientific article published on 24 May 2018

Family doctors providing home visits in Nova Scotia: Who are they and how often does it happen?

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Frailty Hinders Recovery From Acute Respiratory Illness in Older Adults

Frailty Hinders Recovery From Influenza and Acute Respiratory Illness in Older Adults

scientific article published on 09 March 2020

Frailty Is Associated With Increased Hemagglutination-Inhibition Titers in a 4-Year Randomized Trial Comparing Standard- and High-Dose Influenza Vaccination

scientific article published on 24 April 2020

Frailty Prevalence in the COMPASS-ND Study of Neurodegenerative Disorders

scientific article published on 30 December 2019

Frailty among middle-aged and older Canadians: population norms for the frailty index using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

scientific article published on 13 August 2020

Frailty in Older Adults Using Pre-hospital Care and the Emergency Department: A Narrative Review

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Identifying and understanding the health and social care needs of older adults with multiple chronic conditions and their caregivers: a protocol for a scoping review.

scientific article published on 28 December 2017

Identifying and understanding the health and social care needs of older adults with multiple chronic conditions and their caregivers: a scoping review

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Immune biomarkers predictive of respiratory viral infection in elderly nursing home residents.

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Impact of Antivirals in the Prevention of Serious Outcomes Associated with Influenza in Hospitalized Canadian Adults: A Pooled Analysis from the Serious Outcomes Surveillance (SOS) Network of the Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN).

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Impact of Prior Season Influenza Vaccination on Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness: An Analysis over Four Consecutive Seasons from the Serious Outcomes Surveillance (SOS) Network of the Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN).

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Improving Continuity of Care Reduces Emergency Department Visits by Long-Term Care Residents

scientific article published on March 2016

Incomplete functional recovery after delirium in elderly people: a prospective cohort study

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Influenza Vaccination in Older Adults: Recent Innovations and Practical Applications

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Influenza Vaccination: Accelerating the Process for New Vaccine Development in Older Adults

scientific article published on 09 April 2020

Influenza surveillance case definitions miss a substantial proportion of older adults hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza: A report from the Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) Serious Outcomes Surveillance (SOS) Network

scientific article published on 09 March 2020

Influenza surveillance in Middle East, North, East and South Africa: Report of the 8th MENA Influenza Stakeholders Network

scientific article published on 22 February 2019

Influenza vaccination and the evolution of evidence-based recommendations for older adults: A Canadian perspective

scientific article published on 18 September 2020

Influenza vaccine effectiveness against influenza-related hospitalization during a season with mixed outbreaks of four influenza viruses: a test-negative case-control study in adults in Canada

scientific article published on 29 December 2017

Influenza vaccine effectiveness to prevent influenza-related hospitalizations and serious outcomes in Canadian adults over the 2011/12 through 2013/14 influenza seasons: A pooled analysis from the Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) Seriou

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

Integrating Frailty Research into the Medical Specialties-Report from a U13 Conference

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Inter-rater reliability of the DRS-R-98 in detecting delirium in frail elderly patients.

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Interim estimates of 2013/14 influenza clinical severity and vaccine effectiveness in the prevention of laboratory-confirmed influenza-related hospitalisation, Canada, February 2014.

scientific article published on 6 March 2014

Interim estimates of 2014/15 influenza vaccine effectiveness in preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza-related hospitalisation from the Serious Outcomes Surveillance Network of the Canadian Immunization Research Network, January 2015.

scientific article published on 5 February 2015

Interventions to prevent or reduce the level of frailty in community-dwelling older adults: a protocol for a scoping review of the literature and international policies

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Interventions to prevent or reduce the level of frailty in community-dwelling older adults: a scoping review of the literature and international policies

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Investigation of frailty as a moderator of the relationship between neuropathology and dementia in Alzheimer's disease: a cross-sectional analysis of data from the Rush Memory and Aging Project

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Long-Term Care Admissions Following Hospitalization: The Role of Social Vulnerability

scientific article published on 15 July 2019

Making our health and care systems fit for an ageing population: considerations for Canada

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More or Less Medication: Is One Better than the Other?

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Neighborhood Deprivation, Individual Socioeconomic Status, and Frailty in Older Adults

scientific article published on 15 September 2009

Neuropathological burden and the degree of frailty in relation to global cognition and dementia

scientific article published on 28 September 2020

Persistent Functional Decline Following Hospitalization with Influenza or Acute Respiratory Illness

scientific article published on 08 December 2020

Persistent pain and frailty: a case for homeostenosis

scientific article published on 8 December 2011

Polypharmacy and use of potentially inappropriate medications in long-term care facilities: does coordinated primary care make a difference?

scientific article published on 27 September 2017

Prevalence and outcomes of delirium in community and non-acute care settings in people without dementia: a report from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging

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Psychiatric illness in relation to frailty in community-dwelling elderly people without dementia: a report from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging.

scientific article published in January 2007

Psychological well-being in relation to frailty: a frailty identity crisis?

scientific article published on 21 March 2012

Rates of influenza vaccination in older adults and factors associated with vaccine use: a secondary analysis of the Canadian Study of Health and Aging

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Recombinant Zoster Vaccine Is Efficacious and Safe in Frail Individuals

scientific article published on 16 November 2020

Relationship between frailty and Alzheimer's disease biomarkers: A scoping review

scientific article published on 30 May 2018

Relationship between persistent pain and 5-year mortality: a population-based prospective cohort study

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Reliability of the hierarchical assessment of balance and mobility in frail older adults.

scientific article published on 22 May 2008

Reply to Skowronski et al.

scientific article published on 13 October 2017

Resource utilization and cost of influenza requiring hospitalization in Canadian adults: A study from the serious outcomes surveillance network of the Canadian Immunization Research Network

scientific article published on 10 November 2017

Screening for Frailty in Canada’s Health Care System: A Time for Action

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Sex and gender differences in polypharmacy in persons with dementia: A scoping review

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Social and societal implications of frailty, including impact on Canadian healthcare systems

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Social vulnerability and prefrontal cortical function in elderly people: a report from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging

scientific article published on 11 August 2010

Social vulnerability and survival across levels of frailty in the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study

scientific article published on 10 March 2015

Social vulnerability as a predictor of mortality and disability: cross-country differences in the survey of health, aging, and retirement in Europe (SHARE).

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Social vulnerability predicts cognitive decline in a prospective cohort of older Canadians.

scientific article published in July 2010

Social vulnerability, frailty and mortality in elderly people

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Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3 is masking PCV13-mediated herd immunity in Canadian adults hospitalized with community acquired pneumonia: A study from the Serious Outcomes Surveillance (SOS) Network of the Canadian immunization research Network

scientific article published on 23 July 2019

T-Cell Phenotypes Predictive of Frailty and Mortality in Elderly Nursing Home Residents

scientific article published on 24 October 2016

THE ROLE OF FRAILTY IN DEMENTIA EXPRESSION: EVIDENCE FROM CLINICAL-PATHOLOGIC COHORT STUDIES

scholarly article by Lindsay M Wallace et al published 8 November 2019 in Innovation in Aging

The Canadian Frailty Priority Setting Partnership: Research Priorities for Older Adults Living with Frailty

scientific article published on 30 March 2019

The Comprehensive Assessment of Neurodegeneration and Dementia: Canadian Cohort Study

scientific article published on 16 July 2019

The Impact of Prior Season Vaccination on Subsequent Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness to Prevent Influenza-related Hospitalizations Over 4 Influenza Seasons in Canada

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

The Importance of Frailty in the Assessment of Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Against Influenza-Related Hospitalization in Elderly People

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The Pictorial Fit-Frail Scale: Developing a Visual Scale to Assess Frailty

scientific article published on 30 June 2019

The immune response to influenza in older humans: beyond immune senescence

scientific article published on 07 May 2020

The impact of frailty and cognitive impairment on quality of life: employment and social context matter

scientific article published on 13 November 2018

The impact of social vulnerability on the survival of the fittest older adults

scientific article published on 26 January 2012

The relationship of pain and cognitive impairment with social vulnerability--an analysis of the Canadian Study of Health and Aging.

scientific article published on 13 January 2012

The validation of a care partner-derived frailty index based upon comprehensive geriatric assessment (CP-FI-CGA) in emergency medical services and geriatric ambulatory care.

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Validation of the Pictorial Fit-Frail Scale in a memory clinic setting

scientific article published on 16 September 2019

Validation of the Seegene RV15 multiplex PCR for the detection of influenza A subtypes and influenza B lineages during national influenza surveillance in hospitalized adults

scientific article published on 28 June 2019