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Polypharmacy in atrial fibrillation: A prospective analysis of mortality and ischemic stroke using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2023)
Journal Article
Slater, N., White, S., & Frisher, M. (2024). Polypharmacy in atrial fibrillation: A prospective analysis of mortality and ischemic stroke using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Journal of Arrhythmia, 40(1), 47-56. https://doi.org/10.1002/joa3.12961

Background: Observational studies of polypharmacy and the risk of death or stroke in individuals with atrial fibrillation (AF) have produced inconsistent findings. By using propensity score matching (PSM) and Cox regression, this study aimed to deter... Read More about Polypharmacy in atrial fibrillation: A prospective analysis of mortality and ischemic stroke using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

Pre-existing musculoskeletal pain and its association with mortality in newly diagnosed co-morbid conditions: an electronic health record cohort study (2023)
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Marshall, M., Mason, K. J., Edwards, J. J., Mamas, M. A., Bailey, J., Heron, N., …Jordan, K. P. (2023). Pre-existing musculoskeletal pain and its association with mortality in newly diagnosed co-morbid conditions: an electronic health record cohort study. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 8(1), Article rkad104. https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkad104

Objective
Musculoskeletal pain is a common risk factor for co-morbid conditions and might increase the risk of poor outcomes. The objective was to determine whether patients with pre-existing musculoskeletal pain have an increased risk for mortality... Read More about Pre-existing musculoskeletal pain and its association with mortality in newly diagnosed co-morbid conditions: an electronic health record cohort study.

Estimating the direct healthcare utilization and cost of musculoskeletal pain among people with comorbidity: a retrospective electronic health record study (2023)
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Png, M. E., Mason, K. J., Marshall, M., Jordan, K. P., Bailey, J., Frisher, M., …Achana, F. (2023). Estimating the direct healthcare utilization and cost of musculoskeletal pain among people with comorbidity: a retrospective electronic health record study. Current Medical Research and Opinion, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/03007995.2023.2271862

Objective
To investigate the impact of pre-existing painful musculoskeletal conditions on healthcare utilization and costs among patients with five common conditions: acute coronary syndrome (ACS), stroke, cancer, dementia and pneumonia.

Methods... Read More about Estimating the direct healthcare utilization and cost of musculoskeletal pain among people with comorbidity: a retrospective electronic health record study.

Musculoskeletal pain and its impact on prognosis following acute coronary syndrome or stroke: A linked electronic health record cohort study (2023)
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Mason, K. J., Jordan, K. P., Heron, N., Edwards, J. J., Bailey, J., Achana, F. A., …Marshall, M. (2023). Musculoskeletal pain and its impact on prognosis following acute coronary syndrome or stroke: A linked electronic health record cohort study. Musculoskeletal Care, 21(3), 749-762. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1748

OBJECTIVE: Musculoskeletal painful conditions are a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), but less is known about whether musculoskeletal pain also worsens prognosis from CVD. The objective was to determine whether patients with musculoskelet... Read More about Musculoskeletal pain and its impact on prognosis following acute coronary syndrome or stroke: A linked electronic health record cohort study.

Use of path analysis to predict changes to community pharmacy and GP emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) provision in England (2022)
Journal Article
Thayer, N., White, S., & Frisher, M. (2022). Use of path analysis to predict changes to community pharmacy and GP emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) provision in England. BMJ Open, 12(11), Article e059039. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059039

Objectives:
In 2014/2015, 46% of community pharmacies were commissioned by local authorities to provide emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) free without prescription in England. Commissioning EHC services influences EHC prescribing from General... Read More about Use of path analysis to predict changes to community pharmacy and GP emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) provision in England.

Describing the impact of community pharmacy organisation type on emergency hormonal contraception services in England (2022)
Journal Article
Thayer, N., White, S., & Frisher, M. (2022). Describing the impact of community pharmacy organisation type on emergency hormonal contraception services in England. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 30(6), 514–519. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpp/riac067

OBJECTIVES: In England, non-dispensing pharmacy services are commissioned either nationally or locally. For the national service Medicines Use Reviews (MURs), large multiple/chain pharmacies provide more consultations than independents. This study ai... Read More about Describing the impact of community pharmacy organisation type on emergency hormonal contraception services in England.

P181 Musculoskeletal pain and prognosis of acute coronary syndrome and cerebrovascular accident: a linked electronic health record cohort study (2022)
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Mason, K. J., Jordan, K. P., Achana, F. A., Bailey, J., Chen, Y., Frisher, M., …Edwards, J. J. (2022). P181 Musculoskeletal pain and prognosis of acute coronary syndrome and cerebrovascular accident: a linked electronic health record cohort study. Rheumatology, 61(S1), https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keac133.180

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Background/Aims</jats:title> <jats:p>There is some evidence of an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with painful musculoskeletal conditions, but it is unclear if musculoskele... Read More about P181 Musculoskeletal pain and prognosis of acute coronary syndrome and cerebrovascular accident: a linked electronic health record cohort study.

What can Jane Goodall teach us about addiction? (2022)
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Frisher. (2023). What can Jane Goodall teach us about addiction?. Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 30(1), 55-59. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2022.2033164

In 2017, Jane Goodall, the well-known primatologist, wrote a letter to the United States Food and Drug Administration criticising the use of animals to test brain-based theories of addiction. She reasoned that we already know about addiction by obser... Read More about What can Jane Goodall teach us about addiction?.

Experiential learning in public health: evaluation of a health promotion campaign assessment for pharmacy students (2021)
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White, S., Gifford, A., & Frisher, M. (2021). Experiential learning in public health: evaluation of a health promotion campaign assessment for pharmacy students. Pharmacy Education, 21(1), 56 - 64. https://doi.org/10.46542/pe.2021.211.5664

Description: Students in small groups designed, delivered and evaluated real-life health promotion campaigns in the local community. A peer assessed component was included from the fifth cohort onwards. Evaluation: Six successive cohorts of pharmacy... Read More about Experiential learning in public health: evaluation of a health promotion campaign assessment for pharmacy students.

Indicators of dementia disease progression in primary care: an electronic health record cohort study (2020)
Journal Article
Rathod-Mistry, T., Marshall, M., Campbell, P., Bailey, J., Chew-Graham, C. A., Croft, P., …Jordan, K. P. (2021). Indicators of dementia disease progression in primary care: an electronic health record cohort study. European Journal of Neurology, 28(5), 1499-1510. https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.14710

BACKGROUND: The objectives were to assess the feasibility and validity of using markers of dementia-related health as indicators of dementia progression in primary care, by assessing the frequency they are recorded and by testing the hypothesis they... Read More about Indicators of dementia disease progression in primary care: an electronic health record cohort study.

Central nervous system (CNS) medications and polypharmacy in later life: cross-sectional analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) (2020)
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Slater, N., White, S., & Frisher, M. (2020). Central nervous system (CNS) medications and polypharmacy in later life: cross-sectional analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). BMJ Open, 10(9), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034346

OBJECTIVES: Many central nervous system (CNS) medications are considered potentially inappropriate for prescribing in older people; however, these medications are common in polypharmacy (=5 medicines) regimens. This paper aims to determine the preval... Read More about Central nervous system (CNS) medications and polypharmacy in later life: cross-sectional analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA).

Markers of dementia-related health in primary care electronic health records. (2020)
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Campbell, P., Rathod-Mistry, T., Marshall, M., Bailey, J., Chew-Graham, C. A., Croft, P., …Jordan, K. P. (2020). Markers of dementia-related health in primary care electronic health records. Aging and Mental Health, 25(8), https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2020.1783511

Objectives
Identifying routinely recorded markers of poor health in patients with dementia may help treatment decisions and evaluation of earlier outcomes in research. Our objective was to determine whether a set of credible markers of dementia-rela... Read More about Markers of dementia-related health in primary care electronic health records..

Patterns of symptoms before a diagnosis of first episode psychosis: a latent class analysis of UK primary care electronic health records. (2019)
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Chen, Y., Farooq, S., Edwards, J., Chew-Graham, C. A., Shiers, D., Frisher, M., …Jordan, K. P. (2019). Patterns of symptoms before a diagnosis of first episode psychosis: a latent class analysis of UK primary care electronic health records. BMC Medicine, 17, Article 227. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1462-y

Background: The nature of symptoms in the prodromal period of first episode psychosis (FEP) remains unclear. The objective was to determine patterns of symptoms recorded in primary care in the 5-years before FEP diagnosis.

Methods: The study was s... Read More about Patterns of symptoms before a diagnosis of first episode psychosis: a latent class analysis of UK primary care electronic health records..

Evaluating associations between metabolic health, obesity and depressive symptoms: a prospective analysis of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) with a 2-year follow-up. (2018)
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Slater, N., Rowley, C., Venables, R., White, S., & Frisher, M. (2018). Evaluating associations between metabolic health, obesity and depressive symptoms: a prospective analysis of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) with a 2-year follow-up. BMJ Open, 8(12), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025394

OBJECTIVES: Conflicting results have been reported when the associations between metabolic health, obesity and depression were examined previously. The primary aim of this study was to determine whether metabolic health or obesity are independently a... Read More about Evaluating associations between metabolic health, obesity and depressive symptoms: a prospective analysis of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) with a 2-year follow-up..

Factors associated with polypharmacy in primary care: a cross-sectional analysis of data from The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). (2018)
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Slater, N., White, S., Venables, R., & Frisher, M. (2018). Factors associated with polypharmacy in primary care: a cross-sectional analysis of data from The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). BMJ Open, 8(3), Article e020270. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020270

OBJECTIVES: While older age and ill health are known to be associated with polypharmacy, this paper aims to identify whether wealth, body mass index (BMI), smoking and alcohol consumption are also associated with polypharmacy (5-9 prescribed medicati... Read More about Factors associated with polypharmacy in primary care: a cross-sectional analysis of data from The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)..

Engagement in an e-Health Tool (ORION) predicts opioid-dependent patient likelihood of behavioural change (2017)
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Humphris, G., Carra, G., Frisher, M., Neufeind, J., Cecil, J., Scherbaum, N., …Baldacchino, A. (2017). Engagement in an e-Health Tool (ORION) predicts opioid-dependent patient likelihood of behavioural change. Heroin Addiction And Related Clinical Problems, 19(5), 35-44

Background: An eHealth computer-based tool named ORION was constructed to assist patients in the clinic to appreciate the factors responsible for risks of drug overdose. The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between risk perceptio... Read More about Engagement in an e-Health Tool (ORION) predicts opioid-dependent patient likelihood of behavioural change.

Generating Individual Patient Preferences for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis Using Adaptive Choice-Based Conjoint (ACBC) Analysis. (2017)
Journal Article
Al-Omari, B., Sim, J., Croft, P., & Frisher, M. (2017). Generating Individual Patient Preferences for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis Using Adaptive Choice-Based Conjoint (ACBC) Analysis. Rheumatology and Therapy, 4, 167-182. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40744-017-0056-4

INTRODUCTION: To explore how adaptive choice-based conjoint (ACBC) analysis could contribute to shared decision-making in the treatment of individual patients with osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS: In-depth case study of three individuals randomly select... Read More about Generating Individual Patient Preferences for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis Using Adaptive Choice-Based Conjoint (ACBC) Analysis..