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Estimating disease burden using national linked electronic health records: a study using an English population-based cohort. (2023)
Journal Article
Aldridge, R. W., Evans, H. E., Yavlinsky, A., Moayyeri, A., Bhaskaran, K., Mathur, R., …Hemingway, H. (2023). Estimating disease burden using national linked electronic health records: a study using an English population-based cohort. Wellcome Open Research,

Background: Electronic health records (EHRs) have the potential to be used to produce detailed disease burden estimates. In this study we created disease estimates using national EHR for three high burden conditions, compared estimates between linked... Read More about Estimating disease burden using national linked electronic health records: a study using an English population-based cohort..

Non-disclosure of symptoms in primary care: an observational study (2018)
Journal Article
Paskins, Z., Sanders, T., Croft, P. R., Green, J., McKinley, R., & Hassell, A. B. (2018). Non-disclosure of symptoms in primary care: an observational study. Family Practice, https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmy023

Background: Symptoms form a major component of patient agendas, with the need for an explanation of symptoms being a prominent reason for consultation. Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of different symptoms pre-consultation, to investigate whet... Read More about Non-disclosure of symptoms in primary care: an observational study.

Pain and Mortality in Older Adults: The Influence of Pain Phenotype. (2018)
Journal Article
Smith, D., Wilkie, R., Croft, P., & McBeth, J. (2018). Pain and Mortality in Older Adults: The Influence of Pain Phenotype. Arthritis Care and Research, 70(2), 236 - 243. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.23268

OBJECTIVE: Moderate to severe chronic pain affects 1 in 5 adults. Pain may increase the risk of mortality, but the relationship is unclear. This study investigated whether mortality risk was influenced by pain phenotype, characterized by pain extent... Read More about Pain and Mortality in Older Adults: The Influence of Pain Phenotype..

Exploring the Added Value of Video-Stimulated Recall in Researching the Primary Care Doctor-Patient Consultation: A Process Evaluation (2017)
Journal Article
Paskins, Z., Sanders, T., Croft, P. R., & Hassell, A. B. (2017). Exploring the Added Value of Video-Stimulated Recall in Researching the Primary Care Doctor-Patient Consultation: A Process Evaluation. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, https://doi.org/10.1177/1609406917719623

Background: Video-stimulated recall (VSR) is a method whereby researchers show research participants a video of their own behavior to prompt and enhance their recall and interpretation after the event, for example, in a postconsultation interview. T... Read More about Exploring the Added Value of Video-Stimulated Recall in Researching the Primary Care Doctor-Patient Consultation: A Process Evaluation.

The effects of implementing a point-of-care electronic template to prompt routine anxiety and depression screening in patients consulting for osteoarthritis (the Primary Care Osteoarthritis Trial): A cluster randomised trial in primary care (2017)
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Mallen, C. D., Nicholl, B. I., Lewis, M., Bartlam, B., Green, D., Jowett, S., …Peat, G. (2017). The effects of implementing a point-of-care electronic template to prompt routine anxiety and depression screening in patients consulting for osteoarthritis (the Primary Care Osteoarthritis Trial): A cluster randomised trial in primary care. PLoS Medicine, e1002273 -?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002273

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to evaluate whether prompting general practitioners (GPs) to routinely assess and manage anxiety and depression in patients consulting with osteoarthritis (OA) improves pain outcomes. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We conducted a... Read More about The effects of implementing a point-of-care electronic template to prompt routine anxiety and depression screening in patients consulting for osteoarthritis (the Primary Care Osteoarthritis Trial): A cluster randomised trial in primary care.

Epidemiology of Shoe Wearing Patterns Over Time in Older Women: Associations With Foot Pain and Hallux Valgus (2016)
Journal Article
Menz, H. B., Roddy, E., Marshall, M., Thomas, M. J., Rathod, T., Peat, G. M., & Croft, P. R. (2016). Epidemiology of Shoe Wearing Patterns Over Time in Older Women: Associations With Foot Pain and Hallux Valgus. Journals of Gerontology, Series A, 71(12), 1682 - 1687. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glw004

Background: Foot problems are prevalent in older women and are thought to be associated with footwear. This study examined women’s shoe wearing patterns over time and evaluated associations between footwear characteristics and foot pain and hallux v... Read More about Epidemiology of Shoe Wearing Patterns Over Time in Older Women: Associations With Foot Pain and Hallux Valgus.

The Identity Crisis of Osteoarthritis in General Practice: A Qualitative Study Using Video-Stimulated Recall (2015)
Journal Article
Paskins, Z., Sanders, T., Croft, P. R., & Hassell, A. B. (2015). The Identity Crisis of Osteoarthritis in General Practice: A Qualitative Study Using Video-Stimulated Recall. Annals of Family Medicine, 13(6), 537-544. https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1866

PURPOSE Patients and doctors report marked disenchantment with primary care consultation experiences relating to osteoarthritis. This study aimed to observe and analyze interactions between general practitioners (GPs) and patients presenting with ost... Read More about The Identity Crisis of Osteoarthritis in General Practice: A Qualitative Study Using Video-Stimulated Recall.

Exploring how pain leads to productivity loss in primary care consulters for osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study (2015)
Journal Article
Wilkie, R., Hay, E. M., Croft, P., & Pransky, G. (2015). Exploring how pain leads to productivity loss in primary care consulters for osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study. PloS one, 10(4), Article e0120042. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120042

OBJECTIVE: Osteoarthritis pain has become a leading cause of decreased productivity and work disability in older workers, a major concern in primary care. How osteoarthritis pain leads to decreased productivity at work is unclear; the aim of this stu... Read More about Exploring how pain leads to productivity loss in primary care consulters for osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study.

The science of clinical practice: disease diagnosis or patient prognosis? Evidence about "what is likely to happen" should shape clinical practice (2015)
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Croft, P., Altman, D. G., Deeks, J. J., Dunn, K. M., Hay, A. D., Hemingway, H., …Timmis, A. (2015). The science of clinical practice: disease diagnosis or patient prognosis? Evidence about "what is likely to happen" should shape clinical practice. BMC Medicine, 20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-014-0265-4

BACKGROUND: Diagnosis is the traditional basis for decision-making in clinical practice. Evidence is often lacking about future benefits and harms of these decisions for patients diagnosed with and without disease. We propose that a model of clinical... Read More about The science of clinical practice: disease diagnosis or patient prognosis? Evidence about "what is likely to happen" should shape clinical practice.

Pain trajectory groups in persons with, or at high risk of, knee osteoarthritis: findings from the Knee Clinical Assessment Study and the Osteoarthritis Initiative (2014)
Journal Article
Nicholls, E., Thomas, E., van der Windt, D., Croft, P., & Peat, G. (2014). Pain trajectory groups in persons with, or at high risk of, knee osteoarthritis: findings from the Knee Clinical Assessment Study and the Osteoarthritis Initiative. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 22(12), 2041 - 2050. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2014.09.026

OBJECTIVE: The authors aimed to characterize distinct trajectories of knee pain in adults who had, or were at high risk of, knee osteoarthritis using data from two population-based cohorts. METHOD: Latent class growth analysis was applied to measures... Read More about Pain trajectory groups in persons with, or at high risk of, knee osteoarthritis: findings from the Knee Clinical Assessment Study and the Osteoarthritis Initiative.

Improving the transparency of prognosis research: the role of reporting, data sharing, registration, and protocols (2014)
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Peat, G., Riley, R. D., Croft, P., Morley, K. I., Kyzas, P. A., Moons, K. G., …van der Windt, D. (2014). Improving the transparency of prognosis research: the role of reporting, data sharing, registration, and protocols. PLoS Medicine, e1001671 -?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001671

Prognosis research is concerned with predicting outcomes to make health care more effective. It has a crucial role to play in clinical and policy decision-making. The quality of much prognosis research is poor, evidenced by incomplete reporting, poor... Read More about Improving the transparency of prognosis research: the role of reporting, data sharing, registration, and protocols.

Red blood cell transfusion and mortality in trauma patients: risk-stratified analysis of an observational study (2014)
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Perel, P., Clayton, T., Altman, D. G., Croft, P., Douglas, I., Hemingway, H., …Roberts, I. (2014). Red blood cell transfusion and mortality in trauma patients: risk-stratified analysis of an observational study. PLoS Medicine, 11(6), Article e1001664. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001664

BACKGROUND: Haemorrhage is a common cause of death in trauma patients. Although transfusions are extensively used in the care of bleeding trauma patients, there is uncertainty about the balance of risks and benefits and how this balance depends on th... Read More about Red blood cell transfusion and mortality in trauma patients: risk-stratified analysis of an observational study.

FRI0567-PC Using adaptive choice based conjoint (ACBC) analysis to study patients’ preferences regarding pharmaceutical treatment for osteoarthritis (OA). (2013)
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Al-Omari, B., Frisher, M., Croft, P., & Sim, J. (2013). FRI0567-PC Using adaptive choice based conjoint (ACBC) analysis to study patients’ preferences regarding pharmaceutical treatment for osteoarthritis (OA). Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 72(Suppl 3), A567.2-A567. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-eular.1694

A cross sectional study of requests for knee radiographs from primary care (2007)
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Bedson, J., Jordan, K. P., & Croft, P. R. (2007). A cross sectional study of requests for knee radiographs from primary care. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, Article 77. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-8-77

BACKGROUND: Knee pain is the commonest pain complaint amongst older adults in general practice. General Practitioners (GPs) may use x rays when managing knee pain, but little information exists regarding this process. Our objectives, therefore, were... Read More about A cross sectional study of requests for knee radiographs from primary care.

Disabling knee pain--another consequence of obesity: results from a prospective cohort study (2006)
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Jinks, C., Jordan, K., & Croft, P. (2006). Disabling knee pain--another consequence of obesity: results from a prospective cohort study. BMC Public Health, 6, Article 258. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-258

Obesity is linked to knee osteoarthritis (OA) and knee pain. These are disabling problems that are more prevalent in older adults. No prospective study has estimated the impact of excess weight avoidance on the occurrence of knee pain in the general... Read More about Disabling knee pain--another consequence of obesity: results from a prospective cohort study.