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Variation in UK fracture liaison service consultation conduct and content before and during the COVID pandemic: results from the iFraP-D UK survey (2023)
Journal Article
Bullock, L., Abdelmagid, S., Fleming, J., Leyland, S., Clark, E. M., Gidlow, C., …Paskins, Z. (2023). Variation in UK fracture liaison service consultation conduct and content before and during the COVID pandemic: results from the iFraP-D UK survey. Archives of Osteoporosis, 19(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-023-01361-4

Summary We conducted a survey of FLSs’ consultation conduct and content which identified marked variation in whether FLS HCPs discussed osteoporosis medicine with patients. A review of service pro formas showed more content related to ‘investigating... Read More about Variation in UK fracture liaison service consultation conduct and content before and during the COVID pandemic: results from the iFraP-D UK survey.

The cost-effectiveness of adding an ultrasound corticosteroid and local anaesthetic injection to advice and education for hip osteoarthritis (2023)
Journal Article
Kigozi, J., Oppong, R., Paskins, Z., Bromley, K., Lewis, M., Hughes, G., …Roddy, E. (2023). The cost-effectiveness of adding an ultrasound corticosteroid and local anaesthetic injection to advice and education for hip osteoarthritis. Rheumatology, https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kead659

Objectives. Evidence for the comparative cost-effectiveness of intra-articular corticosteroid injection in people with hip osteoarthritis (OA) remains unclear. This study investigated the cost-effectiveness of best current treatment (BCT) comprising... Read More about The cost-effectiveness of adding an ultrasound corticosteroid and local anaesthetic injection to advice and education for hip osteoarthritis.

Using the UK standards for public involvement to evaluate the public involvement sections of annual reports from NIHR managed research centres (2023)
Journal Article
Moult, A., Baker, D., Aries, A., Bailey, P., Blackburn, S., Kingstone, T., …Paskins, Z. (2023). Using the UK standards for public involvement to evaluate the public involvement sections of annual reports from NIHR managed research centres. Research Involvement and Engagement, 9(1), Article 109. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-023-00517-3

Background: Within the United Kingdom (UK), the National Institute for Health and Care Research is the largest funder of health and social care research, and additionally funds research centres that support the development and delivery of research. E... Read More about Using the UK standards for public involvement to evaluate the public involvement sections of annual reports from NIHR managed research centres.

Patients' preferences for fracture risk communication: the Risk Communication in Osteoporosis (RICO) study. (2023)
Journal Article
Beaudart, C., Sharma, M., Clark, P., Fujiwara, S., Adachi, J. D., Messina, O. D., …Hiligsmann, M. (in press). Patients' preferences for fracture risk communication: the Risk Communication in Osteoporosis (RICO) study. Osteoporosis International, 35, 451–468. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-023-06955-9

The RICO study indicated that most patients would like to receive information regarding their fracture risk but that only a small majority have actually received it. Patients globally preferred a visual presentation of fracture risk and were interest... Read More about Patients' preferences for fracture risk communication: the Risk Communication in Osteoporosis (RICO) study..

Rheumatology nurses' perceptions of undertaking a postgraduate education programme: A phenomenological study (2023)
Journal Article
Ryan, S., Hassell, A., Paskins, Z., Rule, K., Brooks, M., & Tajuria, G. (in press). Rheumatology nurses' perceptions of undertaking a postgraduate education programme: A phenomenological study. Musculoskeletal Care, 21(4), 1571-1577. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1832

Background: The expansion of the role of the rheumatology nurse specialist led to the instigation, in 1999, of the first Masters programme in rheumatology nursing, with the aim of supporting clinical advancement with evidence‐based practice. This stu... Read More about Rheumatology nurses' perceptions of undertaking a postgraduate education programme: A phenomenological study.

Clinicians’ views of prescribing oral and intravenous bisphosphonates for osteoporosis: a qualitative study (2023)
Journal Article
Bishop, S., Narayanasamy, M. J., Paskins, Z., Corp, N., Bastounis, A., Griffin, J., …Sahota, O. (2023). Clinicians’ views of prescribing oral and intravenous bisphosphonates for osteoporosis: a qualitative study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 24(1), Article 770. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-023-06865-1

Background: Bisphosphonate medications, including alendronate, ibandronate and risedronate administered orally and zoledronate, administered intravenously, are commonly prescribed for the treatment of osteoporosis based on evidence that, correctly ta... Read More about Clinicians’ views of prescribing oral and intravenous bisphosphonates for osteoporosis: a qualitative study.

Bone health assessment in adults with fragility fracture risk factors between 2002-2014: a retrospective cohort study. (2023)
Journal Article
Pradhan, A., Nicholls, E., Edwards, J., Welsh, V., & Paskins, Z. (2023). Bone health assessment in adults with fragility fracture risk factors between 2002-2014: a retrospective cohort study. British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), 8(1), Article 0084. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2023.0084

Background: Lifetime risk of fragility fractures is 50% in post-menopausal women and 20% in men aged over 50 years. Identifying people at high risk facilitates early intervention and reduction of biopsychosocial morbidity associated with these fractu... Read More about Bone health assessment in adults with fragility fracture risk factors between 2002-2014: a retrospective cohort study..

Applying the consolidated framework for implementation research to evaluate the community rapid intervention service (2023)
Journal Article
Moult, A., Baker, D., Twohig, H., Missen, M., Iqbal, Z., Duffy, H., & Paskins, Z. (2023). Applying the consolidated framework for implementation research to evaluate the community rapid intervention service. BMC Health Services Research, 23(1), 844. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09864-z

Background: Developed in 2019, the Community Rapid Intervention Service (CRIS) is a community intervention service aiming to prevent hospital admissions. CRIS provides a response within two hours to patients with sub-acute medical needs in their usua... Read More about Applying the consolidated framework for implementation research to evaluate the community rapid intervention service.

Osteoporosis and fracture as risk factors for self-harm and suicide: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2023)
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Manning, F. M., Mughal, F., Ismail, H. A. S. M., Baines, L. M., Chew-Graham, C. A., Paskins, Z., & Prior, J. A. (2023). Osteoporosis and fracture as risk factors for self-harm and suicide: a systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), 73(735), e735-e743. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2023.0035

Background: Increase in presentations of self-harm to primary care, a risk factor of suicide, has led to a growing interest in identifying at-risk populations. Aim: To examine whether osteoporosis or fractures are risk factors for self-harm, sui... Read More about Osteoporosis and fracture as risk factors for self-harm and suicide: a systematic review and meta-analysis.