Jessica Wong

DC, MPH, PhD, FCCS(C)

Assistant Professor, School of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University

 Assistant Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto

 Adjunct Scientist, ICES Western

Email: Jessica.wong@uwo.ca

ResearchGate: Jessica Wong

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Research interests and skills

My research interests include epidemiology, musculoskeletal health, back pain, health services research, and knowledge synthesis.

 

Ongoing research

  • Selection of therapeutic interventions in patients presenting for chiropractic care in Australia and Canada: secondary analysis of COAST and OCOAST data (CARL project with Hazel Jenkins, Aron Downie, James Young, Jessica Wong, David McNaughton, Cecile K Øverås, Eric Roseen, and Jan Hartvigsen)

  • Epidemiology of musculoskeletal conditions among older adults (CARL project with Eric Roseen, James Young, Jessica Wong, Cecile K Øverås, Hazel Jenkins, David McNaughton, Steen Harsted, and Aron Downie)

 

Research publications

Wong JJ, Wang D, Hogg-Johnson S, Mior SA, Côté P. Prevalence and characteristics of healthcare utilization with different providers among Canadians with chronic back problems: A population-based study. Brain and Spine 2024; 4:102812.

 Wong JJ, Côté P, Tricco AC, Watson T, Rosella LC. Characterizing high-cost healthcare users among adults with back pain in Ontario, Canada: A population-based cohort study. Pain. 2024 Mar 5. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003200. Online ahead of print.

 Côté P, Negrini S, Donzelli S, Kiekens C, Arienti C, Ceravolo MG, Gross DP, Battel I, Ferriero G, Lazzarini SG, Dan B, Shearer HM, Wong JJ, and Participants in the 5th Cochrane Rehabilitation Methodological Meeting. Introduction to Target Trial Emulation in Rehabilitation: A Systematic Approach to Emulate a Randomized Controlled Trial Using Observational Data. European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine 2024;60(1):145-53.

 DeSouza A, Wang D, Wong JJ, Furlan A, Hogg-Johnson S, Macedo L, Mior S, Côté P. Characteristics of Canadians living with long-term health conditions or disabilities who had unmet rehabilitation needs during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2023 Dec 13. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000002388.

 Wong JJ, Hogg-Johnson S, De Groote W, Ćwirlej-Sozańska A, Garin O, Ferrer M, Pont Acuña A, Côté P. Minimal important difference of the 12-item World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS) 2.0 in persons with chronic low back pain. Chiropr Man Therap 2023 Dec 5;31(1):49.

 Jenkins HJ, Downie A, Wong JJ, Young JJ, Roseen EJ, Glissmann Nim C, McNaughton D, Øveras CK, Hartvigsen J, Mior S, French SD. Patient and provider characteristics associated with therapeutic intervention selection in a chiropractic clinical encounter: a cross-sectional analysis of the COAST and O-COAST cohort study data. Chiropr Man Therap 2023;31(1):39.

 DeSouza A, Wang D, Wong JJ, Furlan AD, Hogg-Johnson S, Macedo L, Mior S, Côté P. Prevalence of unmet rehabilitation needs among Canadians living with long-term conditions or disabilities during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2023;S0003-9993(23)00426-4. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2023.07.010.

 Wong JJ, Lu M, Côté P, Watson T, Rosella LC. Effects of chiropractic utilization on medical healthcare utilization and costs in adults with back pain in Ontario, Canada: A population-based cohort study. BMC Health Serv Res 2023;23(1):793.

 Lu M, Wong JJ, Côté P, Watson T, Rosella LC. Association between physiotherapy utilization and medical healthcare utilization and costs in adults with back pain from Ontario, Canada: A population-based cohort study. Pain 2023 Jun 9. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002957. Online ahead of print.

 Wong JJ, DeSouza A, Hogg-Johnson S, De Groote W, Varmazyar H, Mior SA, Stern PJ, Southerst D, Alexopulos S, Belchos M, Lemeunier N, Nordin MC, Murnaghan K, Cieza A, Côté P. Pre-rehabilitation scores of functioning measured using the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule in persons with non-specific low back pain: A scoping review. Int J Rehabil Res 2022;45(4):302-310. 

Wong JJ, DeSouza A, Hogg-Johnson S, De Groote W, Southerst D, Belchos M, Lemeunier N, Alexopulos S, Varmazyar H, Mior SA, Stern PJ, Nordin MC, Taylor-Vaisey A, Cieza A, Côté P. Measurement properties and minimal important change of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 in persons with low back pain: A systematic review. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2022 Jul 4; S0003-9993(22)00511-1. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2022.06.005.

Wong JJ, Côté P, Tricco AC, Watson T, Rosella LC. Joint effects of back pain and mental health conditions on health care utilization and costs in Ontario, Canada: A population-based cohort study. Pain 2022 Jan 25. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002587

Wong JJ, Hogg-Johnson S, Bussières AE, French SD, Mior SA. The association between chiropractors’ view of practice and patient-encounter level characteristics in Ontario, Canada: A cross-sectional study. Chiropr Man Therap 2021;29(1):41.

Wong JJ, Tricco AC, Côté P, Liang CY, Lewis JA, Bouck Z, Rosella LC. Association between depressive symptoms or depression and health outcomes for low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Aug 12. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07079-8.

Wong JJ, Côté P, Tricco AC, Watson T, Rosella LC. Effect of back problems on healthcare utilization and costs in Ontario, Canada: A population-based matched cohort study. Pain 2021; 162(10):2521-2531.

Wong JJ, Côté P, Tricco AC, Watson T, Rosella LC. Assessing the validity of health administrative data compared to population health survey data for the measurement of low back pain. Pain 2021;162(1):219-226.

Wong JJ, Tricco AC, Côté P, Rosella LC. The association between depressive symptoms or depression and health outcomes in adults with low back pain with or without radiculopathy: protocol of a systematic review. Syst Rev 2019;8(1):267.

Wong JJ, Côté P, Tricco AC, Rosella LC. Examining the effects of low back pain and mental health symptoms on healthcare utilisation and costs: a protocol for a population-based cohort study. BMJ Open 2019; 9(9):e031749

Mior S, Wong JJ, Sutton D, Beliveau PJH, Bussières AE, Hogg-Johnson S, French SD. Understanding patient profiles and characteristics of current chiropractic practice: a cross-sectional Ontario Chiropractic Observation and Analysis STudy (O-COAST). BMJ Open 2019;9(8):e029851

Beliveau PJH, Wong JJ, Sutton DA, Simon NB, Bussieres AE, Mior SA, French SD. The chiropractic profession: a scoping review of utilization rates, reasons for seeking care, patient profiles, and care provided. Chiropr Man Therap 2017;25:35.

Wong JJ, Côté P, Sutton D, Randhawa K, Yu H, Varatharajan S, Goldgrub R, Nordin M, Gross D, Shearer HM, Carrol LJ, Stern P, Southerst D, Varatharajan T, Mior S, Ameis A, Stupar M, Taylor-Vaisey A. Clinical practice guidelines for the noninvasive management of low back pain: A systematic review by the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration. Eur J Pain 2017; 21(2):201-216.

Côté P, Wong JJ, Sutton D, Shearer HM, Mior S, Randhawa K, Ameis A, Lindsay GM, Carroll LJ, Yu H, Southerst D, Varatharjan S, Stupar M, Taylor-Vaisey A, van der Velde G for the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration. Management of neck pain and associated disorders: A clinical practice guideline from the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration. Eur Spine J 2016;25(7):2000-22.

Wong JJ, Shearer HM, Mior SA, Jacobs C, Côté P, Randhawa K, Yu H, Southerst D, Varatharajan S, Sutton D, van der Velde G, Carroll LJ, Ameis A, Ammendolia C, Brison R, Nordin M, Stupar M, Taylor-Vaisey A. Are manual therapies, passive physical modalities, or acupuncture effective for the management of patients with whiplash-associated disorders or neck pain and associated disorders? An update of the Bone and Joint Decade Task Force on Neck Pain and its Associated Disorders by the OPTIMa Collaboration. Spine J 2016; 16(12):1598-1630.

Wong JJ, Côté P, Ameis A, Varatharajan S, Varatharajan T, Shearer HM, Brison RJ, Sutton D, Randhawa K, Yu H, Southerst D, Goldgrub R, Mior S, Stupar M, Carroll LJ, Taylor-Vaisey A. Are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs effective for the management of neck pain and associated disorders, whiplash-associated disorders, or non-specific low back pain? A systematic review of systematic reviews by the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration. Eur Spine J 2016;25(1):34-61.

Wong JJ, Côté P, Shearer HM, Carroll L, Yu H, Varatharajan S, Southerst D, van der Velde G, Jacobs C, Taylor-Vaisey A. Clinical practice guidelines for the management of common conditions related to traffic collisions: A systematic review by the OPTIMa Collaboration. Disabil Rehabil 2015;37(6):471-89.