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Prognosis of patients with neuropathic low back-related leg pain: An exploratory study using prospective data from UK primary care (2023)
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Harrisson, S. A., Ogollah, R., Dunn, K. M., Foster, N. E., & Konstantinou, K. (2023). Prognosis of patients with neuropathic low back-related leg pain: An exploratory study using prospective data from UK primary care. Journal of Pain, 25(2), 533-544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2023.09.016

This prospective cohort study investigates the prognosis of patients with neuropathic low back-related leg pain (LBLP) consulting in UK primary care. Data from 511 patients were collected using standardised baseline clinical examinations (including M... Read More about Prognosis of patients with neuropathic low back-related leg pain: An exploratory study using prospective data from UK primary care.

Development and External Validation of Individualized Prediction Models for Pain Intensity Outcomes in Patients with Neck Pain, Low Back Pain, or both in Primary Care Settings (2023)
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Archer, L., Snell, K. I. E., Stynes, S., Axen, I., Dunn, K. M., Foster, N. E., …Hill, J. C. (in press). Development and External Validation of Individualized Prediction Models for Pain Intensity Outcomes in Patients with Neck Pain, Low Back Pain, or both in Primary Care Settings. Physical Therapy, 103(11), Article pzad128. https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzad128

Objective The purpose of this study was to develop and externally validate multivariable prediction models for future pain intensity outcomes to inform targeted interventions for patients with neck or low back pain in primary care settings. Metho... Read More about Development and External Validation of Individualized Prediction Models for Pain Intensity Outcomes in Patients with Neck Pain, Low Back Pain, or both in Primary Care Settings.

Are childhood factors predictive of adult health literacy? A longitudinal birth cohort analysis (2023)
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Solis-Trapala, I., Campbell, P., Lacey, R., Rowlands, G., Dunn, K., & Protheroe, J. (2023). Are childhood factors predictive of adult health literacy? A longitudinal birth cohort analysis. SSM - Population Health, 13, Article 101426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101426

Health literacy (HL), defined as the ability of an individual to understand and appraise health information to make informed decisions on their health, helps maintain and improve one's health and thus reduce the use of healthcare services. There is a... Read More about Are childhood factors predictive of adult health literacy? A longitudinal birth cohort analysis.

Symptom patterns and life with post-acute COVID-19 in children aged 8-17: a mixed methods studyprotocol. (2023)
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Faux-Nightingale, A., Burton, C., Twohig, H., Bucknall, M., Carroll, W., Chew-Graham, C., …Welsh, V. (2023). Symptom patterns and life with post-acute COVID-19 in children aged 8-17: a mixed methods studyprotocol. British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), 7(2), Article BJGPO20220149. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpo.2022.0149

Background: While there is a substantial body of knowledge about acute COVID-19, less is known about long-COVID, where symptoms continue beyond 4 weeks. Aim: To describe longer-term effects of COVID-19 infection in children and young people (CYP)... Read More about Symptom patterns and life with post-acute COVID-19 in children aged 8-17: a mixed methods studyprotocol..

Overall prognosis of acute and chronic musculoskeletal, widespread, and neuropathic pain in children and adolescents (2023)
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Dunn, K., Montgomery, L. R., Andreucci, A., Kamper, S. J., van der Windt, D., Michaleff, Z. A., …Swain, M. S. (2023). Overall prognosis of acute and chronic musculoskeletal, widespread, and neuropathic pain in children and adolescents. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023(2), https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd014773

Objectives This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (prognosis). The objectives are as follows: We aim to describe the overall prognosis (focusing on the pain course) and the negative impact(s) of acute and chronic musculoskeletal, widespread, an... Read More about Overall prognosis of acute and chronic musculoskeletal, widespread, and neuropathic pain in children and adolescents.

Comparison of healthcare utilisation, costs and health-related quality of life across the subgroups defined by the Keele STarT MSK Tool (2022)
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Oppong, R., Lewis, A., Campbell, P., Dunn, K., Foster, N., Hill, J., & Jowett, S. (2022). Comparison of healthcare utilisation, costs and health-related quality of life across the subgroups defined by the Keele STarT MSK Tool. Rheumatology, https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keac560

Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe and compare health economic outcomes (healthcare utilisation, costs, work outcomes and health-related quality of life (EQ-5D-5L)) in patients classified into different risk subgroups by the Keele STar... Read More about Comparison of healthcare utilisation, costs and health-related quality of life across the subgroups defined by the Keele STarT MSK Tool.

Identification and characterisation of trajectories of sickness absence due to musculoskeletal pain: a 1-year population-based study Tarjei Rysstad1; Margreth Grotle1, 2; Lene Aasdahl3, 4; Kate M. Dunn5; Anne Therese Tveter1 (2022)
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Dunn. (2022). Identification and characterisation of trajectories of sickness absence due to musculoskeletal pain: a 1-year population-based study Tarjei Rysstad1; Margreth Grotle1, 2; Lene Aasdahl3, 4; Kate M. Dunn5; Anne Therese Tveter1. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-022-10070-7

Purpose This study aimed to identify trajectories of sickness absence in workers on sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorders and explore the association between these trajectories and established prognostic factors for sickness absence. Methods We... Read More about Identification and characterisation of trajectories of sickness absence due to musculoskeletal pain: a 1-year population-based study Tarjei Rysstad1; Margreth Grotle1, 2; Lene Aasdahl3, 4; Kate M. Dunn5; Anne Therese Tveter1.

Risk-based stratified primary care for common musculoskeletal pain presentations (STarT MSK): a cluster-randomised, controlled trial (2022)
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Hill, J. C., Garvin, S., Bromley, K., Saunders, B., Kigozi, J., Cooper, V., …Foster, N. E. (2022). Risk-based stratified primary care for common musculoskeletal pain presentations (STarT MSK): a cluster-randomised, controlled trial. The Lancet Rheumatology, 4(9), e591 - e602. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2665-9913%2822%2900159-X

Background Risk-based stratified care shows clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness versus usual primary care for non-specific low back pain but is untested for other common musculoskeletal disorders. We aimed to test the clinical effectiveness... Read More about Risk-based stratified primary care for common musculoskeletal pain presentations (STarT MSK): a cluster-randomised, controlled trial.

Refinement and validation of a tool for stratifying patients with musculoskeletal pain (2021)
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Dunn, K. M., Campbell, P., Lewis, M., Hill, J. C., van der Windt, D. A., Afolabi, E., …Foster, N. E. (2021). Refinement and validation of a tool for stratifying patients with musculoskeletal pain. European Journal of Pain, 25(10), 2081-2093. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1821

AbstractBackgroundPatients with musculoskeletal pain in different body sites share common prognostic factors. Using prognosis to stratify and treatment match can be clinically and cost‐effective. We aimed to refine and validate the Keele STarT MSK To... Read More about Refinement and validation of a tool for stratifying patients with musculoskeletal pain.

Chronic widespread pain in children and adolescents presenting in primary care: prevalence and associated risk factors (2021)
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Somayajula, G., GG, S., Campbell, P., P, C., Protheroe, J., J, P., …KM, D. (2021). Chronic widespread pain in children and adolescents presenting in primary care: prevalence and associated risk factors. PAIN, 163(2), E333-E341. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002354

A significant proportion of children/adolescents report Chronic Widespread Pain (CWP), but little is known about clinically relevant CWP or what factors lead to onset in this population. Objectives were to report the primary care consultation prevale... Read More about Chronic widespread pain in children and adolescents presenting in primary care: prevalence and associated risk factors.

Are psychological symptoms a risk factor for musculoskeletal pain in adolescents? (2021)
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Andreucci, A., Campbell, P., & Dunn, K. (2021). Are psychological symptoms a risk factor for musculoskeletal pain in adolescents?. European Journal of Pediatrics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-021-04002-5

AbstractAdolescent musculoskeletal pain is common and is associated with musculoskeletal pain in adulthood. Psychological symptoms, also common in adolescence, have been shown to be associated with musculoskeletal pain, but the current evidence is mi... Read More about Are psychological symptoms a risk factor for musculoskeletal pain in adolescents?.

Estimating the population health burden of musculoskeletal conditions using primary care electronic health records (2021)
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Yu, D., Peat, G., Jordan, K., Bailey, J., Prieto-Alhambra, D., Robinson, D., …Wilkie, R. (2021). Estimating the population health burden of musculoskeletal conditions using primary care electronic health records. Rheumatology, 60(10), 4832-4843. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keab109

Objectives Better indicators from affordable, sustainable data sources are needed to monitor population burden of musculoskeletal conditions. We propose five indicators of musculoskeletal health and assessed if routinely available primary care elect... Read More about Estimating the population health burden of musculoskeletal conditions using primary care electronic health records.

Family-based Interventions Benefit Individuals with Musculoskeletal Pain in the Short-term but not in the Long Term: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. (2021)
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Fritsch, C., Ferreira, M., da Silva, A., Simic, M., Dunn, K., Campbell, P., …Ferreira, P. (2021). Family-based Interventions Benefit Individuals with Musculoskeletal Pain in the Short-term but not in the Long Term: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Clinical Journal of Pain, 37(2), 140-157. https://doi.org/10.1097/AJP.0000000000000897

INTRODUCTION: The benefits of family-based interventions for patients with musculoskeletal pain have been previously shown in individual randomised controlled trials (RCTs), but no systematic review has summarised their effects. MATERIALS AND METHODS... Read More about Family-based Interventions Benefit Individuals with Musculoskeletal Pain in the Short-term but not in the Long Term: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis..

Prevalence, Characteristics and Clinical Course of Neuropathic Pain in Primary Care Patients Consulting with Low Back-related Leg Pain. (2020)
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Dunn. (2020). Prevalence, Characteristics and Clinical Course of Neuropathic Pain in Primary Care Patients Consulting with Low Back-related Leg Pain. Clinical Journal of Pain, https://doi.org/10.1097/AJP.0000000000000879

OBJECTIVES: Little is known about the epidemiology of neuropathic pain in primary care patients consulting with low back-related leg pain. We aimed to describe prevalence, characteristics and clinical course of low back-related leg pain patients with... Read More about Prevalence, Characteristics and Clinical Course of Neuropathic Pain in Primary Care Patients Consulting with Low Back-related Leg Pain..

Computer-Based Stratified Primary Care for Musculoskeletal Consultations Compared With Usual Care: Study Protocol for the STarT MSK Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. (2020)
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Hill, J., Garvin, S., Chen, Y., Cooper, V., Wathall, S., Bartlam, B., …Foster, N. E. (2020). Computer-Based Stratified Primary Care for Musculoskeletal Consultations Compared With Usual Care: Study Protocol for the STarT MSK Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 9(7), https://doi.org/10.2196/17939

BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain is a major cause of pain and disability. We previously developed a prognostic tool (STarT Back Tool) with demonstrated effectiveness in guiding primary care low back pain management by supporting decision-making... Read More about Computer-Based Stratified Primary Care for Musculoskeletal Consultations Compared With Usual Care: Study Protocol for the STarT MSK Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial..

Stratified versus usual care for the management of primary care patients with sciatica: the SCOPiC RCT (2020)
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Foster, N. E., Konstantinou, K., Lewis, M., Ogollah, R., Saunders, B., Kigozi, J., …Dunn, K. M. (2020). Stratified versus usual care for the management of primary care patients with sciatica: the SCOPiC RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 2(7), e401-e411. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta24490

BACKGROUND: Sciatica has a substantial impact on patients and society. Current care is 'stepped', comprising an initial period of simple measures of advice and analgesia, for most patients, commonly followed by physiotherapy, and then by more intensi... Read More about Stratified versus usual care for the management of primary care patients with sciatica: the SCOPiC RCT.

Stratified care versus usual care for management of patients presenting with sciatica in primary care (SCOPiC): a randomised controlled trial (2020)
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Konstantinou, K., Lewis, M., Dunn, K., Hay, E., Van Der Windt, D., Artus, M., …Foster, N. (2020). Stratified care versus usual care for management of patients presenting with sciatica in primary care (SCOPiC): a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Rheumatology, 2(7), e401-e411. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2665-9913%2820%2930099-0

Background Sciatica has a substantial impact on individuals and society. Stratified care has been shown to lead to better outcomes among patients with non-specific low back pain, but it has not been tested for sciatica. We aimed to investigate the c... Read More about Stratified care versus usual care for management of patients presenting with sciatica in primary care (SCOPiC): a randomised controlled trial.

Risk factors for non-specific neck pain in young adults. A systematic review. (2020)
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Dunn. (2020). Risk factors for non-specific neck pain in young adults. A systematic review. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03379-y

BACKGROUND: Young adulthood is a sensitive period of life where development of musculoskeletal neck pain may be established and impact future health. The objective of this systematic review was to investigate risk factors for non-specific neck pain i... Read More about Risk factors for non-specific neck pain in young adults. A systematic review..