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A randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided intra-articular corticosteroid and local anaesthetic injections: the hip injection trial (HIT) protocol (2018)
Journal Article
Paskins, Z., Hughes, G., Myers, H., Hughes, E., Hennings, S., Cherrington, A., Evans, A., Holden, M., Stevenson, K., Menon, A., Bromley, K., Roberts, P., Hall, A., Peat, G., Jinks, C., Oppong, R., Lewis, M., Foster, N. E., Mallen, C., & Roddy, E. (2018). A randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided intra-articular corticosteroid and local anaesthetic injections: the hip injection trial (HIT) protocol. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 19, Article 218. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-018-2153-0

BACKGROUND: Evidence on the effectiveness of intra-articular corticosteroid injection for hip osteoarthritis is limited and conflicting. The primary objective of the Hip Injection Trial (HIT) is to compare pain intensity over 6 months, in people with... Read More about A randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided intra-articular corticosteroid and local anaesthetic injections: the hip injection trial (HIT) protocol.

Risk of fragility fracture among patients with late-onset psoriasis: a United Kingdom population-based study (2018)
Journal Article
Mallen, Roddy, Bucknall, Muller, Hider, Helliwell, & Paskins. (2018). Risk of fragility fracture among patients with late-onset psoriasis: a United Kingdom population-based study. Osteoporosis International, 1659-1664. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-018-4491-z

This study aimed to examine fracture risk in patients with late-onset psoriasis. A cohort study was conducted using primary care records from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Psoriasis patients had a 10% increased risk of fracture compared to... Read More about Risk of fragility fracture among patients with late-onset psoriasis: a United Kingdom population-based study.

Optimal primary care management of clinical osteoarthritis and joint pain in older people: a mixed-methods programme of systematic reviews, observational and qualitative studies, and randomised controlled trials (2018)
Report
Hay, E., Dziedzic, K., Foster, N., Peat, G., van der Windt, D., Bartlam, B., Blagojevic-Bucknall, M., Edwards, J., Healey, E., Holden, M., Hughes, R., Jinks, C., Jordan, K., Jowett, S., Lewis, M., Mallen, C., Morden, A., Nicholls, E., Nio Ong, B., Porcheret, M., …Croft, P. (2018). Optimal primary care management of clinical osteoarthritis and joint pain in older people: a mixed-methods programme of systematic reviews, observational and qualitative studies, and randomised controlled trials. NIHR. PGfAR as project number RP-PG-0407-10386. Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

<jats:sec id="abs1-1"> <jats:title>Background</jats:title> <jats:p>Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common long-term condition managed in UK general practice. However, care is suboptimal despite evidence that primary care and community-based intervent... Read More about Optimal primary care management of clinical osteoarthritis and joint pain in older people: a mixed-methods programme of systematic reviews, observational and qualitative studies, and randomised controlled trials.

Risk of fragility fracture among patients with gout and the effect of urate-lowering therapy (2018)
Journal Article
Paskins, Mallen, Bucknall, Hider, Muller, Helliwell, & Roddy. (2018). Risk of fragility fracture among patients with gout and the effect of urate-lowering therapy. Canadian Medical Association Journal, E581 -E587. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.170806

BACKGROUND: Previous studies that quantified the risk of fracture among patients with gout and assessed the potential effect of urate-lowering therapy have provided conflicting results. Our study aims to provide better estimates of risk by minimizing... Read More about Risk of fragility fracture among patients with gout and the effect of urate-lowering therapy.

EULAR recommendations for the health professional’s approach to pain management in inflammatory arthritis and osteoarthritis (2018)
Journal Article
Paskins. (2018). EULAR recommendations for the health professional’s approach to pain management in inflammatory arthritis and osteoarthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 797-807. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212662

Pain is the predominant symptom for people with inflammatory arthritis (IA) and osteoarthritis (OA) mandating the development of evidence-based recommendations for the health professional’s approach to pain management. A multidisciplinary task force... Read More about EULAR recommendations for the health professional’s approach to pain management in inflammatory arthritis and osteoarthritis.

PATIENT AND PUBLIC VIEWS OF BISPHOSPHONATE DECISION AIDS: NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Paskins, Z., Worrall, A., & Chapman, S. (2018, April). PATIENT AND PUBLIC VIEWS OF BISPHOSPHONATE DECISION AIDS: NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE. Poster presented at World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (WCO-IOF-ESCEO 2018), Krakow, Poland

Objectives: Decision aids (DAs) can be used to facilitate communication of the risks and benefits of treatment with patients. Two small trials have reported the use of one osteoporosis DA resulted in improvements in satisfaction, knowledge, and patie... Read More about PATIENT AND PUBLIC VIEWS OF BISPHOSPHONATE DECISION AIDS: NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE.

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.

Cost-effectiveness of a model consultation to support self-management in patients with osteoarthritis (2018)
Journal Article
Oppong, R., Jowett, S., Lewis, M., Clarkson, K., Paskins, Z., Croft, P., Edwards, J. J., Healey, E., Jordan, K. P., Morden, A., Ong, B. N., Porcheret, M., Finney, A., Hay, E., & Dziedzic, K. (2018). Cost-effectiveness of a model consultation to support self-management in patients with osteoarthritis. Rheumatology, 57(6), 1056-1063. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/key037

Objectives: The aim of this study was to estimate the cost-effectiveness of a model OA consultation for OA to support self-management compared with usual care. Methods: An incremental cost-utility analysis using patient responses to the three-level E... Read More about Cost-effectiveness of a model consultation to support self-management in patients with osteoarthritis.

Risk of fracture among patients with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis: a population-based study (2018)
Journal Article
Mallen, Roddy, Bucknall, Hider, Muller, Paskins, & Helliwell. (2018). Risk of fracture among patients with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis: a population-based study. BMC Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0987-1

Background
Glucocorticoids are associated with increased fracture risk and are the mainstay of treatment in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA). However, fracture risk in these conditions has not been previously quantified. T... Read More about Risk of fracture among patients with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis: a population-based study.

Patterns of routine primary care for osteoarthritis in the UK: a cross-sectional electronic health records study (2017)
Journal Article
Jackson, H., Barnett, L. A., Jordan, K. P., Dziedzic, K. S., Cottrell, E., Finney, A. G., Paskins, Z., & Edwards, J. J. (2017). Patterns of routine primary care for osteoarthritis in the UK: a cross-sectional electronic health records study. BMJ Open, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019694

Abstract
Objective To determine common patterns of recorded primary care for osteoarthritis (OA), and patient and provider characteristics associated with the quality of recorded care.

Design An observational study nested within a cluster-randomi... Read More about Patterns of routine primary care for osteoarthritis in the UK: a cross-sectional electronic health records study.

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.

Implementing core NICE guidelines for osteoarthritis in primary care with a model consultation (MOSAICS): A cluster randomised controlled trial (2017)
Journal Article
Dziedzic, K., Hay, E., Porcheret, M., Afolabi, E., Lewis, A., Morden, A., Jinks, C., McHugh, G., Ryan, S., Finney, A., Main, C., Edwards, J., Paskins, Z., Pushpa-Rajah, A., & Healey, E. (2018). Implementing core NICE guidelines for osteoarthritis in primary care with a model consultation (MOSAICS): A cluster randomised controlled trial. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 26(1), 43-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2017.09.010

Objective
To determine the effectiveness of a model osteoarthritis consultation, compared with usual care, on physical function and uptake of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) osteoarthritis recommendations, in adults =45 year... Read More about Implementing core NICE guidelines for osteoarthritis in primary care with a model consultation (MOSAICS): A cluster randomised controlled trial.

FRI0690 Risk of fracture among patients with gout: a population-based cohort study (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sultan, A. A., Whittle, R., Muller, S., Roddy, E., Mallen, C., Blagojevic-Bucknall, M., Helliwell, T., Hider, S., & Paskins, Z. (2017, June). FRI0690 Risk of fracture among patients with gout: a population-based cohort study. Poster presented at Annual European Congress of Rheumatology

SAT0672 Risk of fragility fracture among patients with psoriasis: a population based matched cohort study from the united kingdom (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paskins, Z., Whittle, R., Sultan, A. A., Muller, S., Helliwell, T., Blagojevic-Bucknall, M., Hider, S., Roddy, E., & Mallen, C. (2017, June). SAT0672 Risk of fragility fracture among patients with psoriasis: a population based matched cohort study from the united kingdom. Poster presented at Annual European Congress of Rheumatology, 14–17 June, 2017

Public priorities for osteoporosis and fracture research: results from a general population survey (2017)
Journal Article
Paskins, Z., Jinks, C., Mahmood, W., Jayakumar, P., Sangan, C. B., Belcher, J., & Gwilym, S. (2017). Public priorities for osteoporosis and fracture research: results from a general population survey. Archives of Osteoporosis, 12(45), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-017-0340-5

This is the first national study of public and patient research priorities in osteoporosis and fracture. We have identified new research areas of importance to members of the public, particularly ‘access to information from health professionals’. The... Read More about Public priorities for osteoporosis and fracture research: results from a general population survey.

Incident acute pseudogout and prior bisphosphonate use: matched case-control study in the UK-Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2017)
Journal Article
Roddy, E., Muller, S., Paskins, Z., Hider, S., Blagojevic-Bucknall, M., & Mallen, C. (2017). Incident acute pseudogout and prior bisphosphonate use: matched case-control study in the UK-Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000006177

Oral bisphosphonates are the most commonly used drugs to treat postmenopausal osteoporosis. Acute pseudogout is anecdotally reported to occur following bisphosphonate initiation but empirical data are lacking. We investigated whether treatment with o... Read More about Incident acute pseudogout and prior bisphosphonate use: matched case-control study in the UK-Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

Getting back to the dissecting room: an evaluation of an innovative course in musculoskeletal anatomy for UK-based rheumatology training (2017)
Journal Article
Hassell, A. B., & Paskins, Z. (2017). Getting back to the dissecting room: an evaluation of an innovative course in musculoskeletal anatomy for UK-based rheumatology training. Musculoskeletal Care, 405-412. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1188

Background
The rheumatologist relies heavily on clinical skills to diagnose diverse conditions, something that is correlated with one's knowledge of clinical anatomy. More recently, rheumatology has offered further career flexibility with opportunit... Read More about Getting back to the dissecting room: an evaluation of an innovative course in musculoskeletal anatomy for UK-based rheumatology training.

Incidence and medical management of bisphosphonate-associated atypical femoral fractures in a major trauma centre: a retrospective observational study (2017)
Journal Article
Eisenstein, N., Kasavkar, G., Bhavsar, D., Shehzaad Khan, F., & Paskins, Z. (2017). Incidence and medical management of bisphosphonate-associated atypical femoral fractures in a major trauma centre: a retrospective observational study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-017-1392-9

BACKGROUND: Atypical femoral fractures (AFFs) are rare events associated with increased duration of bisphosphonate exposure. Recommended management of AFFs include cessation of bisphosphonates and imaging of the contralateral femur. The aims of this... Read More about Incidence and medical management of bisphosphonate-associated atypical femoral fractures in a major trauma centre: a retrospective observational study.