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Illness perceptions of gout patients and the use of allopurinol in primary care: baseline findings from a prospective cohort study (2016)
Journal Article
Walsh, C. P., Prior, J., Chandratre, P., Belcher, J., Mallen, C., & Roddy, E. (2016). Illness perceptions of gout patients and the use of allopurinol in primary care: baseline findings from a prospective cohort study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 17, Article 394. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-016-1252-z

Background
Patients’ perceptions of their illness are dynamic and can directly influence aspects of management. Our aim was to examine the illness perceptions of gout patients in UK primary care and associations with allopurinol use.

Methods
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DIAGNOSTIC DELAY FOR GIANT CELL ARTERITIS (GCA). A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS (2016)
Journal Article
Prior, J. A., Ranjbar, H., Belcher, J., Mackie, S., & Mallen, C. D. (2016). DIAGNOSTIC DELAY FOR GIANT CELL ARTERITIS (GCA). A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 75(S2), 1092-1092. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-eular.2639

Background The diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA) remains difficult, with patients often presenting with non-specific and atypical symptoms. Such ambiguity can lead to delays in the diagnosis of GCA, which in-turn may result in the patient exper... Read More about DIAGNOSTIC DELAY FOR GIANT CELL ARTERITIS (GCA). A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS.

047 Obesity, Hypertension and Diuretic Use as Risk Factors for Incident Gout: A Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies (2016)
Journal Article
Evans, P. L., Prior, J. A., Mallen, C. D., Belcher, J., & Roddy, E. 047 Obesity, Hypertension and Diuretic Use as Risk Factors for Incident Gout: A Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies. Rheumatology, 55(S1), https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kew140.010

038 How Common are Giant Cell Arteritis Symptoms in Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica? Results from an Incident Primary Care Cohort (2016)
Journal Article
Muller, S., Masson, W., Hider, S. L., Helliwell, T., Lawton, S., Prior, J., …Mallen, C. D. 038 How Common are Giant Cell Arteritis Symptoms in Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica? Results from an Incident Primary Care Cohort. Rheumatology, 55(S1), i77. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kew140.001

052 The Role of Pain and Stiffness on Fatigue and Insomnia in an Incident Polymyalgia Rheumatica Cohort (2016)
Journal Article
Prior, J. A., Muller, S., Helliwell, T., Hider, S., Dasgupta, B., & Mallen, C. D. 052 The Role of Pain and Stiffness on Fatigue and Insomnia in an Incident Polymyalgia Rheumatica Cohort. Rheumatology, 55(S1), https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kew140.015

Gout characteristics associate with depression, but not anxiety, in primary care: Baseline findings from a prospective cohort study (2016)
Journal Article
Prior, J. A., Mallen, C., Chandratre, P., Muller, S., Richardson, J., & Roddy, E. (2016). Gout characteristics associate with depression, but not anxiety, in primary care: Baseline findings from a prospective cohort study. Joint Bone Spine, 83(5), 553-558. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbspin.2015.10.008

OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of anxiety and depression in gout, examine associations between gout characteristics and these comorbidities and determine the role of allopurinol in any such relationships. METHOD: As part of a prospective coh... Read More about Gout characteristics associate with depression, but not anxiety, in primary care: Baseline findings from a prospective cohort study.