Publications by authors named "Jiabi Wen"
Background: The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the strategic value of wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) of SARS-CoV-2. This multisite 28-month-long study focused on WBS for older residents in 12 long-term care facilities (LTCFs) in Edmonton (AB, Canada) by assessing relationships between COVID-19, WBS, and serostatus during the pandemic.
Methods: Wastewater samples collected two to three times per week were tested for SARS-CoV-2 using RT-quantitative PCR.
Objectives: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common type of arthritis among children. It can cause joint pain and permanent physical damage, which affects mobility and daily activities. The EQ-5D-Y-3L self-report version has been validated in JIA, but the validity of EQ-5D-Y-5L remains unknown.
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- The study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health-related quality of life (HRQL) in Alberta, Canada, focusing on differences based on age, gender, and living environment.
- Data was collected from two surveys conducted in May/June and October 2020, involving nearly 18,000 respondents, to assess HRQL using the EQ-5D-5L measurement.
- Results showed lower HRQL scores during the pandemic compared to pre-pandemic norms, particularly among younger people (16-24), older adults (75+), women, and urban residents, with anxiety and depression being the most reported issues.
Objectives: Patients with noninfected neuroischemic diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) treated with sucrose octasulfate (SOS) dressing have been shown to have improved healing compared with patients wearing a similar type of dressing without SOS. In this study, we aimed to estimate the cost-effectiveness of SOS dressing compared with conventional dressings from a Canadian public payer's perspective.
Methods: We built a Markov model in a hypothetical cohort of 1,000 inpatients with type 2 diabetes with DFUs.
Purpose: The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System-Revised: Renal (ESAS-r: Renal) is a disease-specific patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) that assesses symptoms common in chronic kidney disease (CKD). There is no preference-based scoring system for the ESAS-r: Renal or a mapping algorithm to predict health utility values. We aimed to develop a mapping algorithm from the ESAS-r: Renal to the Canadian EQ-5D-5L index scores.
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