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Interventions for preventing distal intestinal obstruction syndrome (DIOS) in cystic fibrosis. (2018)
Journal Article
Green, J., Gilchrist, F., & Carroll, W. (2018). Interventions for preventing distal intestinal obstruction syndrome (DIOS) in cystic fibrosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, CD012619 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012619.pub2

BACKGROUND: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common, life-limiting, genetically inherited disease. It affects multiple organs, particularly the respiratory system. However, gastrointestinal problems such as constipation and distal intestinal obstruct... Read More about Interventions for preventing distal intestinal obstruction syndrome (DIOS) in cystic fibrosis..

The effectiveness of a stratified care model for non-specific low back pain in Danish primary care compared to current practice: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial (2018)
Journal Article
Hill, J. (2018). The effectiveness of a stratified care model for non-specific low back pain in Danish primary care compared to current practice: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 315 -315. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-2685-5

Prior studies indicate that stratified care for low back pain results in better clinical outcome and reduced costs in healthcare compared to current practice. Stratified care may be associated with clinical benefits for patients with low back pain at... Read More about The effectiveness of a stratified care model for non-specific low back pain in Danish primary care compared to current practice: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial.

Patient experiences of living with heart failure and diabetes (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Wu, L., Cleator, J., Mamas, M., & Deaton, C. (2018, June). Patient experiences of living with heart failure and diabetes. Poster presented at EuroHeartCare 2018, Dublin, Ireland

Backgrounds: The presence of multi-morbidity makes self management even more complex for those with heart failure (HF). Although diabetes is a common co-morbidity in the HF population, the experiences of living with both HF and diabetes and the impac... Read More about Patient experiences of living with heart failure and diabetes.

Defining adherence to therapeutic exercise for musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review (2018)
Journal Article
Holden, M. (2018). Defining adherence to therapeutic exercise for musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 326-331. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2017-098742

Objective: To establish the meaning of the term ‘adherence’ (including conceptual and measurement definitions) in the context of therapeutic exercise (TE) for musculoskeletal (MSK) pain. Design: Systematic review using a search strategy including... Read More about Defining adherence to therapeutic exercise for musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review.

Cost-utility analysis of interventions to improve effectiveness of exercise therapy for adults with knee osteoarthritis: the BEEP trial. (2018)
Journal Article
Kigozi, J., Jowett, S., Nicholls, E., Tooth, S., Hay, E., Foster, N. E., & Holden, M. (2018). Cost-utility analysis of interventions to improve effectiveness of exercise therapy for adults with knee osteoarthritis: the BEEP trial. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, rky018 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rky018

Objectives: Evidence regarding the cost-effectiveness of enhancing physical therapy exercise programmes in order to improve outcomes for patients with knee OA remains unclear. This study investigates the cost-effectiveness of two enhanced physical th... Read More about Cost-utility analysis of interventions to improve effectiveness of exercise therapy for adults with knee osteoarthritis: the BEEP trial..

Guidance for deriving and presenting percentage study weights in meta-analysis of test accuracy studies. (2018)
Journal Article
Van Der Windt. (2018). Guidance for deriving and presenting percentage study weights in meta-analysis of test accuracy studies. Research Synthesis Methods, 163 - 178. https://doi.org/10.1002/jrsm.1283

Percentage study weights in meta-analysis reveal the contribution of each study toward the overall summary results and are especially important when some studies are considered outliers or at high risk of bias. In meta-analyses of test accuracy revie... Read More about Guidance for deriving and presenting percentage study weights in meta-analysis of test accuracy studies..

Hip arthroscopy versus best conservative care for the treatment of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (UK FASHIoN): a multicentre randomised controlled trial (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Hip arthroscopy versus best conservative care for the treatment of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (UK FASHIoN): a multicentre randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 2225 -2235. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2818%2931202-9

Background Femoroacetabular impingement syndrome is an important cause of hip pain in young adults. It can be treated by arthroscopic hip surgery, including reshaping the hip, or with physiotherapist-led conservative care. We aimed to compare the cl... Read More about Hip arthroscopy versus best conservative care for the treatment of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (UK FASHIoN): a multicentre randomised controlled trial.

Impact of peer support on inpatient and outpatient payments among people with Type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study (2018)
Journal Article
Yu. (2018). Impact of peer support on inpatient and outpatient payments among people with Type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study. Diabetic Medicine, 789-797. https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.13624

Aim To investigate the impact of a low-cost diabetes peer-support intervention, aimed at reducing inpatient and outpatient care utilization and healthcare payments, by conducting a cohort study that followed up a randomized controlled trial. Met... Read More about Impact of peer support on inpatient and outpatient payments among people with Type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study.

How common is depression in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica? (2018)
Journal Article
Mallen, Bucknall, Belcher, & Hider. (2018). How common is depression in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica?. Clinical Rheumatology, 1633 - 1638. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-017-3691-9

Depression is common in inflammatory disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus and negatively impacts on outcomes. Given the long-term nature of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and its glucocorticoid treatment, these patien... Read More about How common is depression in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica?.

Rheumatoid arthritis and excess mortality: down but not out. A primary care cohort study using data from Clinical Practice Research Datalink. (2018)
Journal Article
Mallen. (2018). Rheumatoid arthritis and excess mortality: down but not out. A primary care cohort study using data from Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Rheumatology, 977 - 981. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/key013

Objectives: To examine temporal trends in all-cause and cause-specific mortality in RA. Methods: Data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink were used. Incident RA cases and four age-, sex- and general practice-matched controls were identified... Read More about Rheumatoid arthritis and excess mortality: down but not out. A primary care cohort study using data from Clinical Practice Research Datalink..

Understanding physical activity promotion in physiotherapy practice: a qualitative study (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Understanding physical activity promotion in physiotherapy practice: a qualitative study. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2018.01.009

Objective Physical inactivity is a major public health issue and healthcare professionals are encouraged to promote physical activity during routine patient contacts in order to reduce non-communicable diseases and enhance individuals' quality of li... Read More about Understanding physical activity promotion in physiotherapy practice: a qualitative study.

OP0346-PARE A partnership in implementation: adapting an osteoarthritis guidebook across european cultures – with patients, for patients (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Campbell, L., Champions, J. P., Blackburn, S., Meesters, J., De Wit, M., Schiphof, D., …Dziedzic, K. (2018, June). OP0346-PARE A partnership in implementation: adapting an osteoarthritis guidebook across european cultures – with patients, for patients. Paper presented at Annual European Congress of Rheumatology, EULAR 2018, Amsterdam, 13–16 June 2018

Random-effects meta-analysis of the clinical utility of tests and prediction models (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Random-effects meta-analysis of the clinical utility of tests and prediction models. Statistics in Medicine, 2034-2052. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.7653

The use of data from multiple studies or centers for the validation of a clinical test or a multivariable prediction model allows researchers to investigate the test's/model's performance in multiple settings and populations. Recently, meta-analytic... Read More about Random-effects meta-analysis of the clinical utility of tests and prediction models.

Genome-wide association study of response to methotrexate in early rheumatoid arthritis patients (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Genome-wide association study of response to methotrexate in early rheumatoid arthritis patients. Pharmacogenomics Journal, 528-538. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41397-018-0025-5

Methotrexate (MTX) monotherapy is a common first treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but many patients do not respond adequately. In order to identify genetic predictors of response, we have combined data from two consortia to carry out a genome... Read More about Genome-wide association study of response to methotrexate in early rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Evidence-based physical examination (2018)
Journal Article
Smithson, S., Bartlett, M., Blanchard, D., & Webb, M. (2018). Evidence-based physical examination. InnovAiT, 11(7), 391-394. https://doi.org/10.1177/1755738018767699

It has been suggested that the focused clinical examination should be claimed as a specialist GP skill. Integral to this objective is the ability to select and interpret an examination to accurately support the diagnostic process. This article will i... Read More about Evidence-based physical examination.

Gout, Hyperuricemia, and Crystal-Associated Disease Network Consensus Statement Regarding Labels and Definitions for Disease Elements in Gout (2018)
Journal Article
Bursill, D., Taylor, W. J., Terkeltaub, R., Kuwabara, M., Merriman, T. R., Grainger, R., …Dalbeth, N. (2019). Gout, Hyperuricemia, and Crystal-Associated Disease Network Consensus Statement Regarding Labels and Definitions for Disease Elements in Gout. Arthritis Care and Research, 71(3), 427-434. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.23607

OBJECTIVE: The language currently used to describe gout lacks standardisation. The aim of this project was to develop a consensus statement on the labels and definitions used to describe the basic disease elements of gout. METHODS: Experts in g... Read More about Gout, Hyperuricemia, and Crystal-Associated Disease Network Consensus Statement Regarding Labels and Definitions for Disease Elements in Gout.

The extent, quality and impact of patient and public involvement in primary care research: a mixed methods study (2018)
Journal Article
Jinks. (2018). The extent, quality and impact of patient and public involvement in primary care research: a mixed methods study. Research Involvement and Engagement, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-018-0100-8

Background: To improve the lives of patients in primary care requires the involvement of service users in primary care research. We aimed to explore the extent, quality and impact of patient and public involvement (PPI) in primary care research. M... Read More about The extent, quality and impact of patient and public involvement in primary care research: a mixed methods study.