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Ghassan El-Baalbaki

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ProfesseurDépartement de psychologieUniversité du Québec à Montréal

Ghassan El-Baalbaki

Professeur

Département de psychologie

Université du Québec à Montréal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (1 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2017.

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153

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Research

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Body Image Feasibility Musculoskeletal Scleroderma Skin Social Anxiety Systemic Sclerosis Telehealth

Latest papers

Women expert gamers: portrait of an understudied population.
Frontiers in psychology · 2025 · senior author
A qualitative interview study exploring the psychological health impacts of the SPIN-CHAT program among people with systemic sclerosis at the onset of COVID-19: perceptions of trial participants and research team members
Disability and Rehabilitation · 2024
Exploring research team members’ and trial participants’ perceptions of acceptability and implementation within one videoconference-based supportive care program for individuals affected by systemic sclerosis during COVID-19: a qualitative interview study
Translational Behavioral Medicine · 2023

All 18 publications

Latest funding

Identification of Factors to Improve Effectiveness and Implementation of a Multi-faceted COVID-19 Mental Health Intervention: Follow-up to the SPIN-CHAT Trial
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$89,901
Partially Nested Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network COVID-19 Home-isolation Activities Together (SPIN-CHAT) Program to Reduce Anxiety among Vulnerable Persons with a Pre-existing Medical Condition
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$156,353
The Scleroderma Support group Leader EDucation (SPIN-SSLED) Program: a randomized controlled trial
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$348,074

All 7 grants and awards

18 publications.

Women expert gamers: portrait of an understudied population.

Hébert-Ratté R, Dufour M, Martel-Brosseau G, El-Baalbaki G

Frontiers in psychology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1601425 PMID: 40625447

A qualitative interview study exploring the psychological health impacts of the SPIN-CHAT program among people with systemic sclerosis at the onset of COVID-19: perceptions of trial participants and research team members

Wurz A, Duchek D, Ellis K, Bansal M, Carrier M-E, Tao L, Dyas L, Kwakkenbos L, Levis B, El-Baalbaki G

Disability and Rehabilitation20242 citations

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2023.2169775

Exploring research team members’ and trial participants’ perceptions of acceptability and implementation within one videoconference-based supportive care program for individuals affected by systemic sclerosis during COVID-19: a qualitative interview study

Wurz A, Ellis K, Duchek D, Bansal M, Carrier M-E, Tao L, Dyas L, Kwakkenbos L, Levis B, El-Baalbaki G

Translational Behavioral Medicine20231 citations

DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibac091

Effects of a support group leader education program jointly developed by health professionals and patients on peer leader self-efficacy among leaders of scleroderma support groups: a two-arm parallel partially nested randomised controlled trial.

Thombs BD, Levis B, Carrier ME, Dyas L, Nordlund J, Tao L, Aguila K, Bourgeault A, Konrad V, Sauvé M, Connolly K, Henry RS, Østbø N, Levis AW, Kwakkenbos L, Malcarne VL, El-Baalbaki G, Hudson M, Wurz A, Culos-Reed SN, Platt RW, Benedetti A, SPIN-SSLED Support Group Leader Advisory Team

Orphanet journal of rare diseases2022

DOI: 10.1186/s13023-022-02552-x PMID: 36307891

Effects of a multi-faceted education and support programme on anxiety symptoms among people with systemic sclerosis and anxiety during COVID-19 (SPIN-CHAT): a two-arm parallel, partially nested, randomised, controlled trial

Thombs BD, Kwakkenbos L, Levis B, Bourgeault A, Henry RS, Levis AW, Harb S, Tao L, Carrier M-E, Bustamante L

The Lancet Rheumatology202138 citations

DOI: 10.1016/s2665-9913(21)00060-6

Protocol for a partially nested randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the scleroderma patient-centered intervention network COVID-19 home-isolation activities together (SPIN-CHAT) program to reduce anxiety among at-risk scleroderma patients

Thombs BD, Kwakkenbos L, Carrier M-E, Bourgeault A, Tao L, Harb S, Gagarine M, Rice D, Bustamante L, Ellis K

Journal of Psychosomatic Research202028 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2020.110132

Protocol for a partially nested randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network Support Group Leader EDucation (SPIN-SSLED) Program.

Thombs BD, Aguila K, Dyas L, Carrier ME, Fedoruk C, Horwood L, Cañedo-Ayala M, Sauvé M, Kwakkenbos L, Malcarne VL, El-Baalbaki G, Peláez S, Connolly K, Hudson M, Platt RW, SPIN-SSLED Support Group Advisory Team

Trials2019

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-019-3747-z PMID: 31831073

Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network-Scleroderma Support group Leader EDucation (SPIN-SSLED) program: non-randomised feasibility trial.

Thombs BD, Dyas L, Pépin M, Aguila K, Carrier ME, Tao L, Harb S, Malcarne VL, El-Baalbaki G, Peláez S, Sauve M, Hudson M, Platt RW, SPIN-SSLED Patient Advisory Team

BMJ open2019

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029935 PMID: 31719073

Hypnosis for burn wound care pain and anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Provençal SC, Bond S, Rizkallah E, El-Baalbaki G

Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2018.04.017 PMID: 29803586

Social Support and Symptom Severity Among Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder or Panic Disorder With Agoraphobia: A Systematic Review.

Palardy V, El-Baalbaki G, Fredette C, Rizkallah E, Guay S

Europe's journal of psychology2018

DOI: 10.5964/ejop.v14i1.1252 PMID: 29899808

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Ghassan El-Baalbaki

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Women expert gamers: portrait of an understudied population.

A qualitative interview study exploring the psychological health impacts of the SPIN-CHAT program among people with systemic sclerosis at the onset of COVID-19: perceptions of trial participants and research team members

Exploring research team members’ and trial participants’ perceptions of acceptability and implementation within one videoconference-based supportive care program for individuals affected by systemic sclerosis during COVID-19: a qualitative interview study

Effects of a support group leader education program jointly developed by health professionals and patients on peer leader self-efficacy among leaders of scleroderma support groups: a two-arm parallel partially nested randomised controlled trial.

Effects of a multi-faceted education and support programme on anxiety symptoms among people with systemic sclerosis and anxiety during COVID-19 (SPIN-CHAT): a two-arm parallel, partially nested, randomised, controlled trial

Protocol for a partially nested randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the scleroderma patient-centered intervention network COVID-19 home-isolation activities together (SPIN-CHAT) program to reduce anxiety among at-risk scleroderma patients

Protocol for a partially nested randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network Support Group Leader EDucation (SPIN-SSLED) Program.

Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network-Scleroderma Support group Leader EDucation (SPIN-SSLED) program: non-randomised feasibility trial.

Hypnosis for burn wound care pain and anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Social Support and Symptom Severity Among Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder or Panic Disorder With Agoraphobia: A Systematic Review.

Identification of Factors to Improve Effectiveness and Implementation of a Multi-faceted COVID-19 Mental Health Intervention: Follow-up to the SPIN-CHAT Trial

Partially Nested Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network COVID-19 Home-isolation Activities Together (SPIN-CHAT) Program to Reduce Anxiety among Vulnerable Persons with a Pre-existing Medical Condition

The Scleroderma Support group Leader EDucation (SPIN-SSLED) Program: a randomized controlled trial

Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network Teletherapy for Appearance Anxiety (SPIN-TAPA) Feasibility Study

The Scleroderma Support group Leader EDucation (SSLED) Program: a randomized controlled trial

Reciprocal personality assessment of both partners in a romantic relationship and its correlates to couple satisfaction and dyadic dynamics

Emerging Team: The Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network

Frequent collaborators

Marie Hudson

Danielle Rice

Amanda Wurz

Murray Baron

Andrea Benedetti

Nader Khalidi

Margaret Larche

Scott Patten

Annett Korner

Michel Perreault

Natacha Godbout

Luc Mouthon

Serge Poiraudeau

Maureen Sauve

Linda Kwakkenbos