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Natural History of Social Participation in the Very Old: Findings from the Newcastle 85+ Study. (2020)
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Wilkie. (2020). Natural History of Social Participation in the Very Old: Findings from the Newcastle 85+ Study. Journal of Aging and Health, 898264320944672 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264320944672

Objective: To describe the natural history of social participation in people aged 85 years and over. Methods: Prospective cohort study; Newcastle 85+ study. Data were collected at baseline (n = 850) and at 18-, 36- and 60-month follow-ups (n = 344).... Read More about Natural History of Social Participation in the Very Old: Findings from the Newcastle 85+ Study..

Population-based estimates of healthy working life expectancy in England at age 50 years: analysis of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. (2020)
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Bucknall, M., & Wilkie, R. (2020). Population-based estimates of healthy working life expectancy in England at age 50 years: analysis of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. The Lancet Public Health, 5(7), e395 - e403. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667%2820%2930114-6

BACKGROUND: Retirement ages are rising in many countries to offset the challenges of population ageing, but people's capacity to work for more years in their later working life (>50 years) is unclear. We aimed to estimate healthy working life expecta... Read More about Population-based estimates of healthy working life expectancy in England at age 50 years: analysis of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing..

Managing work participation for people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. (2020)
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Wilkie, R., & Lynch, M. (2020). Managing work participation for people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.berh.2020.101517

Improving work participation for individuals with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs), has gained increasing interest over the last 10 years. New approaches are based upon increasing adoption of a biopsychosocial approach to improving work... Read More about Managing work participation for people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases..

Extending Working Lives: A Systematic Review of Healthy Working Life Expectancy at Age 50 (2020)
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Parker, M., Bucknall, M., Jagger, C., Wilkie, R., & Lynch, M. (2020). Extending Working Lives: A Systematic Review of Healthy Working Life Expectancy at Age 50. Social Indicators Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-020-02302-1

Retirement ages for receipt of state/social pensions are rising in many countries in response to population ageing and increasing life expectancy. However, sickness absence and early retirement for health reasons (especially among adults aged?=?50) p... Read More about Extending Working Lives: A Systematic Review of Healthy Working Life Expectancy at Age 50.

Investigating multisite pain as a predictor of self-reported falls and falls requiring health care use in an older population: A prospective cohort study. (2019)
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Welsh, V., Mallen, C., Ogollah, R., Wilkie, R., & McBeth, J. (2019). Investigating multisite pain as a predictor of self-reported falls and falls requiring health care use in an older population: A prospective cohort study. PloS one, -. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226268

Older people are continuing to fall despite fall prevention guidelines targeting known falls' risk factors. Multisite pain is a potential novel falls' risk factor requiring further exploration. This study hypothesises that: (1) an increasing number o... Read More about Investigating multisite pain as a predictor of self-reported falls and falls requiring health care use in an older population: A prospective cohort study..

Reasons why osteoarthritis predicts mortality: path analysis within a Cox proportional hazards model (2019)
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Wilkie, R., Singh Parmar, S., Blagojevic-Bucknall, M., Smith, D., Thomas, M. J., Seale, B. J., …Peat, G. (2019). Reasons why osteoarthritis predicts mortality: path analysis within a Cox proportional hazards model. RMD Open, 5(2), Article e001048. https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2019-001048

Objectives: To identify potentially modifiable factors that mediate the association between symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA) and premature mortality. Methods: A population-based prospective cohort study; primary care medical record data were linked to... Read More about Reasons why osteoarthritis predicts mortality: path analysis within a Cox proportional hazards model.

TARGETS FOR REDUCING PREMATURE MORTALITY IN OLDER ADULTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS: RESULTS FROM A NOVEL PATH ANALYSIS WITHIN A COX PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL (2019)
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Wilkie, R., Parmar, S., & Bucknall, M. (2019). TARGETS FOR REDUCING PREMATURE MORTALITY IN OLDER ADULTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS: RESULTS FROM A NOVEL PATH ANALYSIS WITHIN A COX PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 78-S2, 152 - 153. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-eular.5862

Objectives The objectives of this study were to identify potential mechanisms of the impact of osteoarthritis on mortality and examine the role of modifiable targets (anxiety, depression, insomnia and walking frequency) for health professionals in rh... Read More about TARGETS FOR REDUCING PREMATURE MORTALITY IN OLDER ADULTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS: RESULTS FROM A NOVEL PATH ANALYSIS WITHIN A COX PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL.

SOCIAL HEALTH PROFILES IN PRIMARY CARE CONSULTERS FOR COMMON MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS: OPERATIONALISATION OF THE PROMIS SHORT FORM TOOL IN PATIENTS WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS (2019)
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Uraiby, Y., & Wilkie, R. (2019). SOCIAL HEALTH PROFILES IN PRIMARY CARE CONSULTERS FOR COMMON MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS: OPERATIONALISATION OF THE PROMIS SHORT FORM TOOL IN PATIENTS WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS. Rheumatology, 58(S3), Article kez107.023. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kez107.023

Reasons for retirement in older adults with osteoarthritis (2019)
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Walters, B., & Wilkie, R. (2019). Reasons for retirement in older adults with osteoarthritis. Rheumatology, 58(S3), 107 - 107. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kez108.068

Background: Osteoarthritis begins to emerge as a major cause of functional limitation, work disability and retirement from age 50 years onwards. With policies encouraging extensions to working life, older workers with osteoarthritis will be expected... Read More about Reasons for retirement in older adults with osteoarthritis.

The impact of socioeconomic status on the link between osteoarthritis and the onset of common comorbidities (2019)
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Wilkie, R., Kaur, K., & Hayward, R. A. (2019). The impact of socioeconomic status on the link between osteoarthritis and the onset of common comorbidities. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, 37(1), 44-48

Objectives The temporal relationship between osteoarthritis and comorbidity is unclear and may vary with socioeconomic status. The aims of this study were to identify if osteoarthritis was associated with onset of common comorbidities, and if the ass... Read More about The impact of socioeconomic status on the link between osteoarthritis and the onset of common comorbidities.

Secular trends in work disability and its relationship to musculoskeletal pain and mental health: a time-trend analysis using five cross-sectional surveys (2002-2010) in the general population. (2018)
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Wynne-Jones, G., Chen, Y., Croft, P., Peat, G., Wilkie, R., Jordan, K., & Petersson, I. F. (2018). Secular trends in work disability and its relationship to musculoskeletal pain and mental health: a time-trend analysis using five cross-sectional surveys (2002-2010) in the general population. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 877-883. https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2018-105171

OBJECTIVES: International evidence suggests that rates of inability to work because of illness can change over time. We hypothesised that one reason for this is that the link between inability to work and common illnesses, such as musculoskeletal pai... Read More about Secular trends in work disability and its relationship to musculoskeletal pain and mental health: a time-trend analysis using five cross-sectional surveys (2002-2010) in the general population..

Pain and Mortality in Older Adults: The Influence of Pain Phenotype. (2018)
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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..

The role of environmental factors for the onset of restricted mobility outside the home among older adults with osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study (2017)
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Rantakokko, M., & Wilkie, R. (2017). The role of environmental factors for the onset of restricted mobility outside the home among older adults with osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 7(6), e012826 -?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012826

OBJECTIVES: The study examines how environmental factors contribute to the onset of restricted mobility outside the home among older adults with osteoarthritis. METHODS: This is a prospective cohort study of adults aged 50 years and older with osteoa... Read More about The role of environmental factors for the onset of restricted mobility outside the home among older adults with osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study.

Evidence for strategies that improve recruitment and retention of adults aged 65 years and over in randomised trials and observational studies: a systematic review (2017)
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Lacey, R., Wilkie, R., Wynne-Jones, G., Jordan, J., Wersocki, E., & McBeth, J. (2017). Evidence for strategies that improve recruitment and retention of adults aged 65 years and over in randomised trials and observational studies: a systematic review. Age and ageing, 46(6), 895- 903. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afx057

Background: adults aged =65 years are often excluded from health research studies. Lack of representation reduces generalisability of treatments for this age group. Objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of strategies that improve recruitment and r... Read More about Evidence for strategies that improve recruitment and retention of adults aged 65 years and over in randomised trials and observational studies: a systematic review.

Musculoskeletal pain and co-morbid insomnia in adults; a population study of the prevalence and impact on restricted social participation. (2017)
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Baker, S., McBeth, J., Chew-Graham, C. A., & Wilkie, R. (2017). Musculoskeletal pain and co-morbid insomnia in adults; a population study of the prevalence and impact on restricted social participation. BMC Family Practice, 17 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-017-0593-5

BACKGROUND: Comorbidity is common in patients consulting in primary care. Musculoskeletal pain and insomnia each increase the risk of the other. Co-occurrence may pose an increased burden on well-being. However, the prevalence and impact of co-existi... Read More about Musculoskeletal pain and co-morbid insomnia in adults; a population study of the prevalence and impact on restricted social participation..

Allostatic load and pain severity in older adults: results from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (2017)
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Sibille, K. T., McBeth, J., Smith, D., & Wilkie, R. (2017). Allostatic load and pain severity in older adults: results from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Experimental Gerontology, 51 - 58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2016.12.013

Pain is common in older adults, is frequently experienced as stressful, and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Stress regulatory systems are adaptive to challenge and change, allostasis, until demands exceed the adaptive capacity c... Read More about Allostatic load and pain severity in older adults: results from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.

Widespread pain and depression are key modifiable risk factors associated with reduced social participation in older adults: A prospective cohort study in primary care. (2016)
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Wilkie, R., Blagojevic-Bucknall, M., Belcher, J., Chew-Graham, C., Lacey, R. J., & McBeth, J. (2016). Widespread pain and depression are key modifiable risk factors associated with reduced social participation in older adults: A prospective cohort study in primary care. Medicine, 95(31), Article e4111. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000004111

In older adults, reduced social participation increases the risk of poor health-related quality of life, increased levels of inflammatory markers and cardiovascular disease, and increased mortality. Older adults frequently present to primary care, wh... Read More about Widespread pain and depression are key modifiable risk factors associated with reduced social participation in older adults: A prospective cohort study in primary care..

MAINTAINING MENTAL HEALTH IN OLDER PEOPLE WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN: A LONGITUDINAL COHORT STUDY (2016)
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Baker, S., Chew-Graham, C. A., Wilkie, R., & McBeth, J. (2016). MAINTAINING MENTAL HEALTH IN OLDER PEOPLE WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN: A LONGITUDINAL COHORT STUDY. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 75(S2), 656-657. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-eular.4037

Background Reporting troublesome pain doubled the risk of the onset of depression in older people1. However the majority (84%) of those with troublesome pain remained free of depression. Social participation (SP) (i.e. recreational and functional act... Read More about MAINTAINING MENTAL HEALTH IN OLDER PEOPLE WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN: A LONGITUDINAL COHORT STUDY.