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Roger Chou is affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University in the United States and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans over 300 publications, with significant contributions to subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Oncology, and Clinical Psychology.

The research topics most frequently addressed by Chou include Infection Control and Ventilation, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Hepatitis C virus research, Meta-analysis and systematic reviews, and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment.

Chou has contributed to several key papers relevant to systematic reviews and physical activity guidelines, such as:

  • The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews (2021, BMJ)
  • The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews (2021, Systematic Reviews)
  • The PRISMA 2020 statement: An updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews (2021, International Journal of Surgery)
  • PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews (2021, BMJ)
  • World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour (2020, British Journal of Sports Medicine)

Chou frequently collaborates with other researchers, with the most frequent co-authors including Tracy Dana, Shelley Selph, Annette M Totten, Rebecca Jungbauer, and Christina Bougatsos.

The major venues where Chou's work is published include Annals of Internal Medicine, JAMA, The Journal of Urology, Thyroid, and EClinicalMedicine.

Best Publications

  • The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

    Matthew J Page;Joanne E McKenzie;Patrick M Bossuyt;Isabelle Boutron

  • World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour

    Fiona C. Bull;Salih S. Al-Ansari;Stuart Biddle;Katja Borodulin

  • CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain—United States, 2016

    Deborah Dowell;Tamara M. Haegerich;Roger Chou

  • PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews.

    Matthew J Page;David Moher;Patrick M Bossuyt;Isabelle Boutron

  • What low back pain is and why we need to pay attention

    Jan Hartvigsen;Mark J Hancock;Alice Kongsted;Quinette Louw

  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society

    Roger Chou;Amir Qaseem;Vincenza Snow;Donald Casey

  • Management of postoperative pain: A clinical practice guideline from the american pain society, the american society of regional anesthesia and pain medicine, and the american society of anesthesiologists' committee on regional anesthesia, executive committee, and administrative council.

    Roger Chou;Debra B. Gordon;Oscar A. De Leon-Casasola;Jack M. Rosenberg

  • Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy in Chronic Noncancer Pain

    Roger Chou;Gilbert J. Fanciullo;Perry G. Fine;Jeremy A. Adler

  • Prevention and treatment of low back pain: evidence, challenges, and promising directions.

    Nadine E Foster;Johannes R Anema;Dan Cherkin;Roger Chou

  • The Effectiveness and Risks of Long-Term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review for a National Institutes of Health Pathways to Prevention Workshop

    Roger Chou;Judith A. Turner;Emily B. Devine;Ryan N. Hansen

  • Nonpharmacologic Therapies for Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Review of the Evidence for an American Pain Society/American College of Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline

    Roger Chou;Laurie Hoyt Huffman

  • Low back pain: a call for action

    Rachelle Buchbinder;Maurits van Tulder;Birgitta Öberg;Lucíola Menezes Costa

  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer: AUA/SUO Guideline

    Sam S. Chang;Stephen A. Boorjian;Roger Chou;Peter E. Clark

  • Report of the NIH task force on research standards for chronic low back pain

    Richard A. Deyo;Samuel F. Dworkin;Dagmar Amtmann;Gunnar Andersson

  • Long‐term opioid management for chronic noncancer pain

    Meredith Noble;Jonathan R Treadwell;Stephen J Tregear;Vivian H Coates

  • Treatment of Non-Metastatic Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: AUA/ASCO/ASTRO/SUO Guideline.

    Sam S. Chang;Bernard H. Bochner;Roger Chou;Robert Dreicer

  • Will This Patient Develop Persistent Disabling Low Back Pain

    Roger Chou;Paul Shekelle

  • Nonpharmacologic Therapies for Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review for an American College of Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline

    Roger Chou;Richard Deyo;Janna Friedly;Andrea Skelly

  • Interventional therapies, surgery, and interdisciplinary rehabilitation for low back pain: an evidence-based clinical practice guideline from the American Pain Society.

    Roger Chou;John D. Loeser;Douglas K. Owens;Douglas K. Owens;Richard W. Rosenquist

  • Screening for prostate cancer: a review of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

    Roger Chou;Jennifer M. Croswell;Tracy Dana;Christina Bougatsos

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Deyo
Richard A. Deyo Oregon Health & Science University
Paul G. Shekelle
Paul G. Shekelle RAND Corporation
Margareta Nordin
Margareta Nordin New York University
Amir Qaseem
Amir Qaseem Thomas Jefferson University
John D. Loeser
John D. Loeser University of Washington
Pierre Côté
Pierre Côté University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Dennis C. Turk
Dennis C. Turk University of Washington
Eugene J. Carragee
Eugene J. Carragee Stanford University
Elie A. Akl
Elie A. Akl American University of Beirut
John A. Carrino
John A. Carrino Hospital for Special Surgery

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