Outputs (5141)

General practitioner workforce sustainability to maximise effective and equitable patient care: a realist review protocol (2024)
Journal Article
Park, S., Owen-Boukra, E., Burford, B., Cohen, T., Duddy, C., Dunn, H., …Wong, G. (2024). General practitioner workforce sustainability to maximise effective and equitable patient care: a realist review protocol. BMJ Open, 14(5), Article e075189. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075189

Introduction: There are not enough general practitioners (GPs) in the UK National Health Service. This problem is worse in areas of the country where poverty and underinvestment in health and social care mean patients experience poorer health compare... Read More about General practitioner workforce sustainability to maximise effective and equitable patient care: a realist review protocol.

Development of the Community-based complex Interventions to sustain Independence in Older People (CII-OP) typology: a qualitative synthesis of interventions in randomised controlled trials (2024)
Journal Article
Crocker, T. F., Jordão, M., Lam, N., Ramiz, R., Mirza, L., Patel, I., …Walford, R. (2024). Development of the Community-based complex Interventions to sustain Independence in Older People (CII-OP) typology: a qualitative synthesis of interventions in randomised controlled trials. Age and ageing, 53(5), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afae102

Introduction Community-based services to sustain independence for older people have varying configurations. A typology of these interventions would improve service provision and research by providing conceptual clarity and enabling the identification... Read More about Development of the Community-based complex Interventions to sustain Independence in Older People (CII-OP) typology: a qualitative synthesis of interventions in randomised controlled trials.

Six aspects of female genital mutilation education (SAFE) model: findings from a qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article
Waigwa, S., Bradbury-Jones, C., Doos, L., & Taylor, J. (2024). Six aspects of female genital mutilation education (SAFE) model: findings from a qualitative study. BMJ Open, 14(5), Article e077838. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077838

Objectives: Recent figures show that over 200 million women and girls, globally, live with the consequences of female genital mutilation (FGM). Complex debilitating physical, psychological and social problems result from the practice. Health educatio... Read More about Six aspects of female genital mutilation education (SAFE) model: findings from a qualitative study.

P086 Trends in the Incidence and Management of Gout in England: A Nationwide Study using the OpenSAFELY Platform (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Russell, M. D., Massey, J., Roddy, E., MacKenna, B., Bacon, S., Goldacre, B., …Galloway, J. (2024, April). P086 Trends in the Incidence and Management of Gout in England: A Nationwide Study using the OpenSAFELY Platform. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims Gout is the most common inflammatory arthritis worldwide, yet one of the worst managed. Few population-level studies have evaluated how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted on incidence, prevalence, management and hospitalisations for peopl... Read More about P086 Trends in the Incidence and Management of Gout in England: A Nationwide Study using the OpenSAFELY Platform.

P047 Mortality in patients with rheumatic disease over a three year period encompassing the COVID-19 pandemic: clinically extremely vulnerable status and short form 12 scores are predictive (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Cox, N., & Bateman, J. (2024, April). P047 Mortality in patients with rheumatic disease over a three year period encompassing the COVID-19 pandemic: clinically extremely vulnerable status and short form 12 scores are predictive. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims In the United Kingdom (UK), to combat the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, social distancing measures were implemented to varying degrees between March-2020 and December-2021. UK policy deemed patients with rheumatic dise... Read More about P047 Mortality in patients with rheumatic disease over a three year period encompassing the COVID-19 pandemic: clinically extremely vulnerable status and short form 12 scores are predictive.

P064 It’s a long time to wait: exploring the support needs of people with rheumatoid arthritis starting methotrexate (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Logan, S. J., Hider, S., Green, J., & Ryan, S. (2024, April). P064 It’s a long time to wait: exploring the support needs of people with rheumatoid arthritis starting methotrexate. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims Methotrexate (MTX) is recommended as initial Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug (DMARD) therapy for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) but often takes several months to become effective. Little is known about the support needs o... Read More about P064 It’s a long time to wait: exploring the support needs of people with rheumatoid arthritis starting methotrexate.

OA32 A national survey of rheumatology telephone adviceline support in the United Kingdom: frontline perspectives (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Ryan, S., Hider, S., & Hassell, A. (2024, April). OA32 A national survey of rheumatology telephone adviceline support in the United Kingdom: frontline perspectives. Presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims Telephone advicelines (TALs) are a core feature of rheumatology services and highly valued by patients for providing clinical advice and support. The demand for TALs has increased since the pandemic, placing pressure on current capaci... Read More about OA32 A national survey of rheumatology telephone adviceline support in the United Kingdom: frontline perspectives.

P080 Supporting shared decision-making about osteoporosis medicines: Combining multiple methods to develop the prototype iFraP intervention (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Bullock, L., Fleming, J., Clark, E. M., Leyland, S., Thomas, S., Gidlow, C., …Paskins, Z. (2024, April). P080 Supporting shared decision-making about osteoporosis medicines: Combining multiple methods to develop the prototype iFraP intervention. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims Shared decision-making (SDM) is a joint process in which a person and healthcare professional work together to reach decisions about care. The iFraP (Improving uptake of Fracture Prevention drug treatments) intervention comprises comp... Read More about P080 Supporting shared decision-making about osteoporosis medicines: Combining multiple methods to develop the prototype iFraP intervention.

P045 Google Internet Searches Related to Inflammatory Arthritis: an Observational Study Using Google Trends Data (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Akthar, M., Mason, K. J., & Scott, I. C. (2024, April). P045 Google Internet Searches Related to Inflammatory Arthritis: an Observational Study Using Google Trends Data. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims Inflammatory arthritis (IA) care involves a paradox. Rheumatologists focus on reducing disease activity through treat-to-target (T2T). But surveys/qualitative studies show patients’ main concern is pain. As these studies include a min... Read More about P045 Google Internet Searches Related to Inflammatory Arthritis: an Observational Study Using Google Trends Data.

P085 Implementing treat-to-target urate-lowering therapy during hospitalisations for gout flares: a prospective cohort study (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Russell, M. D., Ameyaw-Kyeremeh, L., Dell'Accio, F., Lapham, H., Head, N., Stovin, C., …Galloway, J. B. (2024, April). P085 Implementing treat-to-target urate-lowering therapy during hospitalisations for gout flares: a prospective cohort study. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims Hospitalisations for gout flares have doubled in England during the last 15 years. Despite this, no studies have evaluated strategies designed to increase the uptake of urate-lowering therapy (ULT) in people hospitalised for gout flar... Read More about P085 Implementing treat-to-target urate-lowering therapy during hospitalisations for gout flares: a prospective cohort study.