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Traditional healers working with primary care and mental health for early intervention in psychosis in young persons: protocol for the feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial (2023)
Journal Article
Farooq, S., Sheikh, S., Dikomitis, L., Haq, M. M. U., Khan, A. J., Sanauddin, N., Ali, M. W., Ali, J., Khan, M. F., Chaudhry, I., Husain, N., Gul, M., Irfan, M., Andrews, G., Kaistha, P., Shah, S. M. U., Azeemi, I., Hamid, S., Minhaz, A., Mallen, C., & Lewis, M. (2023). Traditional healers working with primary care and mental health for early intervention in psychosis in young persons: protocol for the feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 13(7), e072471. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072471

Objectives: In low/middle-income countries (LMICs), more than half of patients with first-episode psychosis initially seek treatment from traditional and religious healers as their first care. This contributes to an excessively long duration of untre... Read More about Traditional healers working with primary care and mental health for early intervention in psychosis in young persons: protocol for the feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial.

POS0999-HPR THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON REFERRALS TO MUSCULOSKELETAL SERVICES FROM PRIMARY CARE AND SUBSEQUENT INCIDENCE OF INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATIC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bajpai, R., Burton, C., Mason, K., Bailey, J., Frisher, M., Jordan, K., Mallen, C., & Welsh, V. (2023, May). POS0999-HPR THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON REFERRALS TO MUSCULOSKELETAL SERVICES FROM PRIMARY CARE AND SUBSEQUENT INCIDENCE OF INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATIC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY. Poster presented at EULAR 2023 European Congress of Rheumatology, Milan, Italy

Background Inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (iRMDs), including rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and juveneille inflammatory arthritsi (JIA), are common and cause a high disease burden globally. Early diagnosis of iRMDs and subsequent time... Read More about POS0999-HPR THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON REFERRALS TO MUSCULOSKELETAL SERVICES FROM PRIMARY CARE AND SUBSEQUENT INCIDENCE OF INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATIC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY.

POS0508 A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL COMPARING ANAKINRA VERSUS STEROIDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF GOUT ATTACKS IN PEOPLE WITH RENAL DISEASE (ASGARD): A FEASIBILITY STUDY (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Balasubramaniam, G., Almond, M., Harnett, P., Zhang, J., Turner, D., Scales, J., Moore, C., Hayden, K., Roddy, E., Mallen, C., Ng, N., Bhagat, S., Rutherford, A., & Dasgupta, B. (2023, May). POS0508 A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL COMPARING ANAKINRA VERSUS STEROIDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF GOUT ATTACKS IN PEOPLE WITH RENAL DISEASE (ASGARD): A FEASIBILITY STUDY. Presented at EULAR 2023 European Congress of Rheumatology, Milan, Italy

Background Title: A study to determine the feasibility of undertaking a definitive randomised multi-centre, double-blind, double-dummy controlled study of Anakinra vs. intramuscular methylprednisolone acetate for ac... Read More about POS0508 A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL COMPARING ANAKINRA VERSUS STEROIDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF GOUT ATTACKS IN PEOPLE WITH RENAL DISEASE (ASGARD): A FEASIBILITY STUDY.

OP0076 UPDATE OF THE EULAR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL CORE MANAGEMENT OF HIP AND KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moseng, T., Vliet Vlieland, T. P. M., Battista, S., Beckwée, D., Boyadzhieva, V., Conaghan, P. G., Costa, D., Doherty, M., Finney, A., Georgiev, T., Gobbo Montoya, M., Kennedy, N., Kjeken, I., Kroon, F., Lohmander, S., Lund, H., Mallen, C., Pavelka, K., Pitsillidou, I., Rayman, M., …Osteras, N. (2023, May). OP0076 UPDATE OF THE EULAR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL CORE MANAGEMENT OF HIP AND KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS. Presented at EULAR 2023 European Congress of Rheumatology, Milan, Italy

Background The existing EULAR Recommendations for the non-pharmacological core management of hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) were published in 2013. A considerable number of new studies on various non-pharmacologic... Read More about OP0076 UPDATE OF THE EULAR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL CORE MANAGEMENT OF HIP AND KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS.

Risk stratified monitoring for methotrexate toxicity in immune mediated inflammatory diseases: prognostic model development and validation using primary care data from the UK (2023)
Journal Article
Nakafero, G., Grainge, M. J., Williams, H. C., Card, T., Taal, M. W., Aithal, G. P., Fox, C. P., Mallen, C. D., van der Windt, D. A., Stevenson, M. D., Riley, R. D., & Abhishek, A. (2023). Risk stratified monitoring for methotrexate toxicity in immune mediated inflammatory diseases: prognostic model development and validation using primary care data from the UK. BMJ, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-074678

Objective To develop and validate a prognostic model to inform risk stratified decisions on frequency of monitoring blood tests during long term methotrexate treatment.

Evaluation of an electronic clinical decision support system (DeSSBack) to improve low back pain management: a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial (2023)
Journal Article
Firzara, A. M. T., Teo, C. H., Teh, S. Y., Su, J. Y., Zaini, H. S. M., Suhaimi, A., Ng, W. L., Danaee, M., Stevenson, K., Mallen, C. D., & Ng, C. J. (2023). Evaluation of an electronic clinical decision support system (DeSSBack) to improve low back pain management: a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial. Family Practice, 40(5-6), 742-752. https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmad044

Background Low back pain (LBP) is a common reason for primary care consultation; yet doctors often find managing it challenging. An electronic decision support system for LBP (DeSSBack) was developed based on an evidence-based risk stratification too... Read More about Evaluation of an electronic clinical decision support system (DeSSBack) to improve low back pain management: a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial.

Trends in consultations and prescribing for rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: an electronic primary care records study. (2023)
Journal Article
Welsh, V. K., Mason, K. J., Bailey, J., Bajpai, R., Jordan, K. P., Mallen, C. D., & Burton, C. (2023). Trends in consultations and prescribing for rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: an electronic primary care records study. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), 73(736), BJGP.2022.0648. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2022.0648

Background
Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) are common and generally managed in primary care through supported self-care, physiotherapy, analgesia, and specialist referral where indicated. The COVID-19 pandemic led to abrupt changes in... Read More about Trends in consultations and prescribing for rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: an electronic primary care records study..

Proactive review of patients taking opioid medicines for persistent pain led by pharmacists in primary care teams (PROMPPT): A feasibility study (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ashworth, J., Cornwall, N., Harrisson, S. A., Woodcock, C., Nicholls, E., Laing, L., Helliwell, T., Lancaster, G., Mallen, C. D., Avery, A., Knaggs, R., Pincus, T., & Jinks, C. (2023, May). Proactive review of patients taking opioid medicines for persistent pain led by pharmacists in primary care teams (PROMPPT): A feasibility study. Presented at BPS Annual Scientific Meeting 2023, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Healthcare utilisation and mortality in people with osteoarthritis in the UK: findings from a national primary care database (2023)
Journal Article
Swain, S., Coupland, C., Sarmanova, A., Kuo, C. F., Mallen, C., Doherty, M., & Zhang, W. (2023). Healthcare utilisation and mortality in people with osteoarthritis in the UK: findings from a national primary care database. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), 73(733), e615-e622. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0419

The burden of osteoarthritis (OA) in UK primary care has not been investigated thoroughly. To estimate healthcare use and mortality in people with OA (overall and joint specific). A matched cohort study of adults with an incident diagnosis of OA in p... Read More about Healthcare utilisation and mortality in people with osteoarthritis in the UK: findings from a national primary care database.

P203 Comparison of coding of giant cell arteritis in primary and secondary care records: an observational feasibility study (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Padmanabhan, N., Muller, S., Bailey, J., Helliwell, T., Mackie, S. L., Mallen, C. D., & Roddy, E. (2023, April). P203 Comparison of coding of giant cell arteritis in primary and secondary care records: an observational feasibility study. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2023, Manchester Central Convention Complex, Manchester, UK

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is considered a medical emergency, and relapses are common, affecting around 50% of patients. Many of the early symptoms of GCA are non-specific and highly prevalent in older people, making the diagnosis challenging.

The... Read More about P203 Comparison of coding of giant cell arteritis in primary and secondary care records: an observational feasibility study.