The methodology of self-controlled case series studies

HJ Whitaker, MN Hocine… - Statistical methods in …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
The self-controlled case series method is increasingly being used in pharmacoepidemiology
, particularly in vaccine safety studies. This method is typically used to evaluate the …

Case series analysis for censored, perturbed, or curtailed post-event exposures

CP Farrington, HJ Whitaker, MN Hocine - Biostatistics, 2009 - academic.oup.com
A new method is developed for analyzing case series data in situations where occurrence of
the event censors, curtails, or otherwise affects post-event exposures. Unbiased estimating …

Impact of hand hygiene on the infectious risk in nursing home residents: A systematic review

MN Hocine, L Temime - American Journal of Infection Control, 2015 - Elsevier
Background In nursing homes, the infectious risk is high, making infection control using
approaches such as hand hygiene (HH) a major issue. However, the effectiveness of HH in …

[HTML][HTML] Determinants of healthcare worker turnover in intensive care units: A micro-macro multilevel analysis

OS Daouda, MN Hocine, L Temime - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background High turnover among healthcare workers is an increasingly common
phenomenon in hospitals worldwide, especially in intensive care units (ICUs). In addition to …

Self-controlled case series analysis with event-dependent observation periods

CP Farrington, K Anaya-Izquierdo… - Journal of the …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The self-controlled case series method may be used to study the association between a time-
varying exposure and a health event. It is based only on cases, and it controls for fixed …

Seasonal influenza vaccine and Guillain-Barré syndrome: a self-controlled case series study

C Grave, P Boucheron, J Rudant, Y Mikaeloff… - Neurology, 2020 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To evaluate the risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) following seasonal
influenza vaccination based on French nationwide data. Methods All cases of GBS occurring …

Within-individual dependence in self-controlled case series models for recurrent events

CP Farrington, MN Hocine - Journal of the Royal Statistical …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The self-controlled case series model may be used to analyse recurrent events when event
times are conditionally independent given fixed or random individual effects. To test the …

Impact of a multicomponent hand hygiene–related intervention on the infectious risk in nursing homes: a cluster randomized trial

L Temime, N Cohen, K Ait-Bouziad… - American journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background The aim of this study was to assess the impact of a multifaceted hand hygiene
(HH) program on the infectious risk in nursing homes (NHs). Methods This was a 2-arm …

On case‐crossover methods for environmental time series data

HJ Whitaker, MN Hocine… - … : The official journal of the …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Case‐crossover methods are widely used for analysing data on the association between
health events and environmental exposures. In recent years, several approaches to …

[HTML][HTML] Distinct microbiotas are associated with different production lines in the cutting room of a swine slaughterhouse

F Shedleur-Bourguignon, T Duchemin, W P. Thériault… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
The microorganisms found on fresh, raw meat cuts at a slaughterhouse can influence the
meat's safety and spoilage patterns along further stages of processing. However, little is …