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The development and initial validation of a questionnaire to measure help-seeking behaviour in patients with new onset rheumatoid arthritis (2015)
Journal Article
Stack, R. J., Mallen, C., Deighton, C., Kiely, P., Shaw, K. L., Booth, A., …Raza, K. (2015). The development and initial validation of a questionnaire to measure help-seeking behaviour in patients with new onset rheumatoid arthritis. Health Expectations, 18(6), 2340-2355. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.12203

BACKGROUND: Early treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is vital. However, people often delay in seeking help at symptom onset. An assessment of the reasons behind patient delay is necessary to develop interventions to promote rapid consultation. O... Read More about The development and initial validation of a questionnaire to measure help-seeking behaviour in patients with new onset rheumatoid arthritis.

"Why me? I don't fit the mould...I am a freak of nature": a qualitative study of women's experience of gout (2015)
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Richardson, J. C., Liddle, J., Mallen, C. D., Roddy, E., Prinjha, S., Ziebland, S., & Hider, S. (2015). "Why me? I don't fit the mould...I am a freak of nature": a qualitative study of women's experience of gout. BMC Women's Health, Article 122. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-015-0277-z

Background Gout is more common in men, and is often perceived by both patients and health practitioners to be a disorder of men, but its prevalence in women is increasing. Little is known about women’s experience of gout and the impact it has on the... Read More about "Why me? I don't fit the mould...I am a freak of nature": a qualitative study of women's experience of gout.

Improving the care of people with long-term conditions in primary care: (2015)
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Healey, E. L., Jinks, C., Tan, V. A., Chew-Graham, C. A., Lawton, S. A., Nicholls, E., …Mallen, C. D. (2015). Improving the care of people with long-term conditions in primary care:. Journal of Comorbidity, 2015(5), 135-149. https://doi.org/10.15256/joc.2015.5.60

Background Long-term conditions (LTCs) are important determinants of quality of life and healthcare expenditure worldwide. Whilst multimorbidity is increasingly the norm in primary care, clinical guidelines and the delivery of care remain focused on... Read More about Improving the care of people with long-term conditions in primary care:.

Impact of gout on the risk of atrial fibrillation. (2015)
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Mallen. (2015). Impact of gout on the risk of atrial fibrillation. Rheumatology, 721 - 728. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kev418

OBJECTIVES: To examine the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) at the time of first diagnosis of gout compared with matched controls and to follow incident gout patients and their matched controls after diagnosis to compare their subsequent risk of AF.... Read More about Impact of gout on the risk of atrial fibrillation..

Effect of allopurinol on all-cause mortality in adults with incident gout: propensity score-matched landmark analysis. (2015)
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Mallen. (2015). Effect of allopurinol on all-cause mortality in adults with incident gout: propensity score-matched landmark analysis. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kev246

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between allopurinol use and all-cause mortality for patients with incident gout. METHODS: We compared all-cause mortality in incident gout patients who received allopurinol for at least 6 months within the exposu... Read More about Effect of allopurinol on all-cause mortality in adults with incident gout: propensity score-matched landmark analysis..

Physician's prescribing preference as an instrumental variable: exploring assumptions using survey data (2015)
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Mallen, C. (2015). Physician's prescribing preference as an instrumental variable: exploring assumptions using survey data. Epidemiology, 276-283. https://doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000000425

Background: Physician's prescribing preference is increasingly used as an instrumental variable in studies of therapeutic effects. However, differences in prescribing patterns among physicians may reflect differences in preferences or in case-mix. Fu... Read More about Physician's prescribing preference as an instrumental variable: exploring assumptions using survey data.

The triple whammy anxiety depression and osteoarthritis in long-term conditions (2015)
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Jinks, Chew-Graham, Mallen, & Healey. (2015). The triple whammy anxiety depression and osteoarthritis in long-term conditions. BMC Family Practice, Article 163. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-015-0346-2

Improving the management of people with long-term conditions is a key priority of the UK National Health Service. Whilst the coexistence of two or more long-term conditions in one person is increasingly the norm in primary care, guidelines and delive... Read More about The triple whammy anxiety depression and osteoarthritis in long-term conditions.

Discussing prognosis with patients with osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional survey in general practice. (2015)
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Mallen. (2015). Discussing prognosis with patients with osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional survey in general practice. Clinical Rheumatology, https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-10-50

Osteoarthritis is a leading cause of chronic pain and disability and one of the most common conditions diagnosed and managed in primary care. Despite the evidence that patients would value discussions about the course of osteoarthritis to help them m... Read More about Discussing prognosis with patients with osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional survey in general practice..

Discussing prognosis with patients with osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional survey in general practice (2015)
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Clarson, L. E., Nicholl, B. I., Bishop, A., Daniel, R., & Mallen, C. D. (2016). Discussing prognosis with patients with osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional survey in general practice. Clinical Rheumatology, 35(4), 1011-1017. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-015-3094-8

Osteoarthritis is a leading cause of chronic pain and disability and one of the most common conditions diagnosed and managed in primary care. Despite the evidence that patients would value discussions about the course of osteoarthritis to help them m... Read More about Discussing prognosis with patients with osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional survey in general practice.

Mapping patients experiences from initial symptoms to gout diagnosis: a qualitative exploration (2015)
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Roddy, Mallen, & Hider. (2015). Mapping patients experiences from initial symptoms to gout diagnosis: a qualitative exploration. BMJ Open, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008323

Objective To explore patients’ experiences from initial symptoms to receiving a diagnosis of gout. Design Data from in-depth semistructured interviews were used to construct themes to describe key features of patients’ experiences of gout diagnosi... Read More about Mapping patients experiences from initial symptoms to gout diagnosis: a qualitative exploration.

2015 recommendations for the management of polymyalgia rheumatica: a European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology collaborative initiative. (2015)
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Dejaco, C., Singh, Y. P., Perel, P., Hutchings, A., Camellino, D., Mackie, S., …Dasgupta, B. (2015). 2015 recommendations for the management of polymyalgia rheumatica: a European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology collaborative initiative. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 2569 - 2580. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.39333

Therapy for polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) varies widely in clinical practice as international recommendations for PMR treatment are not currently available. In this paper, we report the 2015 European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)/American College... Read More about 2015 recommendations for the management of polymyalgia rheumatica: a European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology collaborative initiative..

2015 Recommendations for the management of polymyalgia rheumatica: a European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology collaborative initiative. (2015)
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Dejaco, C., Singh, Y. P., Perel, P., Hutchings, A., Camellino, D., Mackie, S., …Dasgupta, B. (2015). 2015 Recommendations for the management of polymyalgia rheumatica: a European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology collaborative initiative. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 74(10), 1799 - 1807. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-207492

Therapy for polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) varies widely in clinical practice as international recommendations for PMR treatment are not currently available. In this paper, we report the 2015 European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)/American College... Read More about 2015 Recommendations for the management of polymyalgia rheumatica: a European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology collaborative initiative..

An Economic Evaluation of TENS in Addition to Usual Primary Care Management for the Treatment of Tennis Elbow: Results from the TATE Randomized Controlled Trial (2015)
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Lewis, M., Chesterton, L., Sim, J., Hay, E., Mallen, C., & Van Der Windt, D. (2015). An Economic Evaluation of TENS in Addition to Usual Primary Care Management for the Treatment of Tennis Elbow: Results from the TATE Randomized Controlled Trial. PloS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135460

Background The TATE trial was a multicentre pragmatic randomized controlled trial of supplementing primary care management (PCM)–consisting of a GP consultation followed by information and advice on exercises–with transcutaneous electrical nerve sti... Read More about An Economic Evaluation of TENS in Addition to Usual Primary Care Management for the Treatment of Tennis Elbow: Results from the TATE Randomized Controlled Trial.

You want to get on with the rest of your life: a qualitative study of health-related quality of life in gout (2015)
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Chandratre, P., Mallen, C. D., Roddy, E., Liddle, J., & Richardson, J. (2015). You want to get on with the rest of your life: a qualitative study of health-related quality of life in gout. Clinical Rheumatology, 35, 1197-1205. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-015-3039-2

The objective of the study is to examine the impact of gout and its treatments on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) using focus group interviews. From the baseline phase of a cohort study of HRQOL in gout, 17 participants (15 males, mean age 71... Read More about You want to get on with the rest of your life: a qualitative study of health-related quality of life in gout.

Foot problems in people with gout in primary care: baseline findings from a prospective cohort study (2015)
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Bucknall, Roddy, Mallen, Hider, & Muller. (2015). Foot problems in people with gout in primary care: baseline findings from a prospective cohort study. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 31 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-015-0090-9

BACKGROUND: Foot problems are common in people with gout yet the prevalence of current foot problems in people with gout and the burden they present to healthcare systems is not known. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the prevalence and... Read More about Foot problems in people with gout in primary care: baseline findings from a prospective cohort study.

Effect of allopurinol on all-cause mortality in adults with incident gout: propensity score-matched landmark analysis (2015)
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Kuo, C., Grainge, M. J., Mallen, C., Zhang, W., & Doherty, M. (2015). Effect of allopurinol on all-cause mortality in adults with incident gout: propensity score-matched landmark analysis. Rheumatology, 54(12), 2145-2150. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kev246

Objective. To examine the association between allopurinol use and all-cause mortality for patients with incident gout. Methods. We compared all-cause mortality in incident gout patients who received allopurinol for at least 6 months within the exposu... Read More about Effect of allopurinol on all-cause mortality in adults with incident gout: propensity score-matched landmark analysis.

AB0843 Case-Finding for Joint Pain and Anxiety and Depression: the Enhance Study (2015)
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Jinks, C., Morden, A., Chew-Graham, C., Porcheret, M., Finney, A., Dziedzic, K., …Mallen, C. (2015). AB0843 Case-Finding for Joint Pain and Anxiety and Depression: the Enhance Study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 74(Suppl 2), 1182.2-1182. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-eular.2270

Background Osteoarthritis (OA) related joint pain and mental health problems are common and often co-exist in patients with other long term conditions (LTCs), but are under-detected and sub-optimally managed in primary care. The ENHANCE study aims to... Read More about AB0843 Case-Finding for Joint Pain and Anxiety and Depression: the Enhance Study.

One-year trajectories of depression and anxiety symptoms in older patients presenting in general practice with musculoskeletal pain: A latent class growth analysis. (2015)
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Rzewuska, M., Mallen, C. D., Strauss, V. Y., Belcher, J., & Peat, G. (2015). One-year trajectories of depression and anxiety symptoms in older patients presenting in general practice with musculoskeletal pain: A latent class growth analysis. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 79(3), 195 - 201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2015.05.016

OBJECTIVE: Distinguishing transient from persistent anxiety and depression symptoms in older people presenting to general practice with musculoskeletal pain is potentially important for effective management. This study sought to identify distinct pos... Read More about One-year trajectories of depression and anxiety symptoms in older patients presenting in general practice with musculoskeletal pain: A latent class growth analysis..