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Is cancer associated with polymyalgia rheumatica?: A cohort study in the General Practice Research Database (2014)
Journal Article
Muller, S., Hider, S. L., Belcher, J., Helliwell, T., & Mallen, C. D. (2014). Is cancer associated with polymyalgia rheumatica?: A cohort study in the General Practice Research Database. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 73(10), 1769 -1773. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203465

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the incidence of new cancer diagnoses in a community sample of patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). METHODS: All incident cases of PMR in the UK General Practice Research Database (GPRD) (1987-99), without pre-existin... Read More about Is cancer associated with polymyalgia rheumatica?: A cohort study in the General Practice Research Database.

Pain at multiple body sites and health-related quality of life in older adults: results from the North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project. (2014)
Journal Article
Lacey, R. J., Belcher, J., Rathod, T., Wilkie, R., Thomas, E., & McBeth, J. (2014). Pain at multiple body sites and health-related quality of life in older adults: results from the North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project. Rheumatology, 53(11), 2071 - 2079. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keu240

OBJECTIVES: Number of pain sites (NPS) is a potentially important marker of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) but remains unexplored in older people. This cross-sectional study investigated whether, in older people including the oldest old, NPS... Read More about Pain at multiple body sites and health-related quality of life in older adults: results from the North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project..

195. Does Intra-Articular Corticosteroid Injection in the Pre-Operative Period Increase the Risk of Joint Infection Following Hip or Knee Arthroplasty? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2014)
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Ellerby, N., Hider, S., Mallen, C., Belcher, J., & Roddy, E. (2014). 195. Does Intra-Articular Corticosteroid Injection in the Pre-Operative Period Increase the Risk of Joint Infection Following Hip or Knee Arthroplasty? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Rheumatology, 53(suppl_1), i132-i132. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keu112.003

Background: OA is the commonest arthritis, and is increasing in prevalence. NICE OA guidelines include IA corticosteroid injections as an adjunctive treatment. There are theoretical concerns that their use prior to joint replacement surgery may incre... Read More about 195. Does Intra-Articular Corticosteroid Injection in the Pre-Operative Period Increase the Risk of Joint Infection Following Hip or Knee Arthroplasty? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Health services changes: is a run-in period necessary before evaluation in randomised clinical trials? (2014)
Journal Article
Rathod, T., Belcher, J., Montgomery, A. A., Salisbury, C., & Foster, N. E. (2014). Health services changes: is a run-in period necessary before evaluation in randomised clinical trials?. Trials, 15, Article 41. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-41

BACKGROUND: Most randomised clinical trials (RCTs) testing a new health service do not allow a run-in period of consolidation before evaluating the new approach. Consequently, health professionals involved may feel insufficiently familiar or confiden... Read More about Health services changes: is a run-in period necessary before evaluation in randomised clinical trials?.

Point-of-Care Prognosis for Common Musculoskeletal Pain in Older Adults (2013)
Journal Article
Mallen, C. D., Thomas, E., Belcher, J., Rathod, T., Croft, P., & Peat, G. (2013). Point-of-Care Prognosis for Common Musculoskeletal Pain in Older Adults. JAMA Internal Medicine, 173(12), 1119-1125. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.962

Importance Many site-specific, multivariable risk models for predicting the outcome of musculoskeletal pain problems have been published. The overlapping content in these models suggests a common set of generic indicators suitable for use in primary... Read More about Point-of-Care Prognosis for Common Musculoskeletal Pain in Older Adults.

The development and validation of an internet-based training package for the management of perineal trauma following childbirth: MaternityPEARLS (2013)
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Mahmud, A., Kettle, C., Bick, D., Rowley, C., Rathod, T., Belcher, J., …Ismail, K. M. K. (2013). The development and validation of an internet-based training package for the management of perineal trauma following childbirth: MaternityPEARLS. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 89(1053), 382-389. https://doi.org/10.1136/postgradmedj-2012-131491

Statin Use and Clinical Osteoarthritis in the General Population: A Longitudinal Study (2013)
Journal Article
Kadam, U. T., Blagojevic, M., & Belcher, J. (2013). Statin Use and Clinical Osteoarthritis in the General Population: A Longitudinal Study. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 28(7), 943-949. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-013-2382-8

BACKGROUND: One hypothesis has posited whether abnormal lipid metabolism might be a causal factor in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA). Routine statin use in clinical practice provides the basis for a natural experiment in testing this hypothes... Read More about Statin Use and Clinical Osteoarthritis in the General Population: A Longitudinal Study.

The risk of a subsequent cancer diagnosis after herpes zoster infection: primary care database study (2013)
Journal Article
Cotton, S. J., Belcher, J., Rose, P., Jagadeesan, S. K., & Neal, R. D. (2013). The risk of a subsequent cancer diagnosis after herpes zoster infection: primary care database study. British Journal of Cancer, 108(3), 721-726. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2013.13

Background: Herpes zoster and cancer are associated with immunosuppression. Zoster occurs more often in patients with an established cancer diagnosis. Current evidence suggests some risk of cancer after zoster but is inconclusive. We aimed to assess... Read More about The risk of a subsequent cancer diagnosis after herpes zoster infection: primary care database study.

Does life course socio-economic position influence chronic disabling pain in older adults? A general population study (2012)
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Lacey, R. J., Belcher, J., & Croft, P. R. (2013). Does life course socio-economic position influence chronic disabling pain in older adults? A general population study. European Journal of Public Health, 23(4), 534 - 540. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cks056

Background Chronic pain is the leading cause of disability in developed countries. Prevalence is linked with socio-economic position (SEP), but little is known about the influence of SEP on disabling pain over the life course. We have investigated t... Read More about Does life course socio-economic position influence chronic disabling pain in older adults? A general population study.

The effectiveness of national guidance in changing analgesic prescribing in primary care from 2002 to 2009: an observational database study (2012)
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Bedson, J., Belcher, J., Martino, O., Ndlovu, M., Rathod, T., Walters, K., …Jordan, K. (2013). The effectiveness of national guidance in changing analgesic prescribing in primary care from 2002 to 2009: an observational database study. European Journal of Pain, 17(3), 434 -443. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1532-2149.2012.00189.x

BACKGROUND: Numerous national guidelines have been issued to assist general practitioners' safe analgesic prescribing. Their effectiveness is unclear. The objective of this study was to examine trends in general practitioners' prescribing behaviour i... Read More about The effectiveness of national guidance in changing analgesic prescribing in primary care from 2002 to 2009: an observational database study.