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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)
Journal Article
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.

Clinical and cost-effectiveness oral abstractsO07. The role of socio-economic factors on the onset of comorbidity in primary care consulters with osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Kaur, K. A., Hayward, R. A., & Wilkie, R. (2017, April). Clinical and cost-effectiveness oral abstractsO07. The role of socio-economic factors on the onset of comorbidity in primary care consulters with osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study. Presented at Rheumatology 2017, Birmingham ICC, England, UK

Musculoskeletal pain and co-morbid insomnia in adults; a population study of the prevalence and impact on restricted social participation. (2017)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Social Participation, Loneliness and Depression (2016)
Book Chapter
Burroughs, H., & Wilkie, R. (2016). Social Participation, Loneliness and Depression. In Mental Health and Older People (57-65). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29492-6_6

Retirement from paid employment and other changes in role can, for some older people, lead to a decline in social participation. A lack of social participation can cause loneliness, but the two states are not synonymous. Loneliness is emotional distr... Read More about Social Participation, Loneliness and Depression.

Clustering of pain and its associations with health in people aged 50 years and older: cross-sectional results from the North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project (2015)
Journal Article
Lacey, R. J., Strauss, V. Y., Rathod, T., Belcher, J., Croft, P. R., Natvig, B., …McBeth, J. (2015). Clustering of pain and its associations with health in people aged 50 years and older: cross-sectional results from the North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project. BMJ Open, 5(11), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008389

Objective Most pain in patients aged =50 years affects multiple sites and yet the predominant mode of presentation is single-site syndromes. The aim of this study was to investigate if pain sites form clusters in this population and if any such clust... Read More about Clustering of pain and its associations with health in people aged 50 years and older: cross-sectional results from the North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project.

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.

Anticipated significant work limitation in primary care consulters with osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study (2014)
Journal Article
Wilkie, R., Phillipson, C., Hay, E. M., & Pransky, G. (2014). Anticipated significant work limitation in primary care consulters with osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 4(9), Article e005221. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005221

OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence of expected work limitations (EWL) prior to future retirement age in osteoarthritis consulters, and the associated health, sociodemographic and workplace factors. DESIGN: Population-based prospective cohort study... Read More about Anticipated significant work limitation in primary care consulters with osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study.

Pain at multiple body sites and health-related quality of life in older adults: results from the North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project. (2014)
Journal Article
Lacey, R. J., Belcher, J., Rathod, T., Wilkie, R., Thomas, E., & McBeth, J. (2014). Pain at multiple body sites and health-related quality of life in older adults: results from the North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project. Rheumatology, 53(11), 2071 - 2079. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keu240

OBJECTIVES: Number of pain sites (NPS) is a potentially important marker of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) but remains unexplored in older people. This cross-sectional study investigated whether, in older people including the oldest old, NPS... Read More about Pain at multiple body sites and health-related quality of life in older adults: results from the North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project..

Chronic pain and mortality: a systematic review (2014)
Journal Article
Smith, D., Wilkie, R., Uthman, O., Jordan, J. L., & McBeth, J. (2014). Chronic pain and mortality: a systematic review. PloS one, 9(6), Article e99048. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099048

Chronic pain is common, often widespread and has a substantial impact on health and quality of life. The relationship between chronic pain and mortality is unclear. This systematic review aimed to identify and evaluate evidence for a relationship bet... Read More about Chronic pain and mortality: a systematic review.