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A Self-Management Programme of Activity Coping and Education - SPACE for COPD(C) - in primary care: The protocol for a pragmatic trial (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). A Self-Management Programme of Activity Coping and Education - SPACE for COPD(C) - in primary care: The protocol for a pragmatic trial. BMJ Open, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014463

Introduction National guidance for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) suggests that self-management support be provided for patients. Our institution has developed a standardised, manual-based, supported self-management programme: Self-Mana... Read More about A Self-Management Programme of Activity Coping and Education - SPACE for COPD(C) - in primary care: The protocol for a pragmatic trial.

Medical students' perceptions of bedside teaching (2017)
Journal Article
Gray, D., Cozar, O., & Lefroy, J. (2017). Medical students' perceptions of bedside teaching. Clinical Teacher, 14(3), 205-210. https://doi.org/10.1111/tct.12532

Background
Bedside teaching is recognised as a valuable tool in medical education by both students and faculty members. Bedside teaching is frequently delivered by consultants; however, junior doctors are increasingly engaging in this form of clinic... Read More about Medical students' perceptions of bedside teaching.

Diagnostic delay for giant cell arteritis – a systematic review and meta-analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Prior, J. A., Ranjbar, H., Belcher, J., Mackie, S. L., Helliwell, T., Liddle, J., & Mallen, C. D. (2017). Diagnostic delay for giant cell arteritis – a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Medicine, 15, Article 120. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0871-z

BACKGROUND: Giant cell arteritis (GCA), if untreated, can lead to blindness and stroke. The study's objectives were to (1) determine a new evidence-based benchmark of the extent of diagnostic delay for GCA and (2) examine the role of GCA-specific cha... Read More about Diagnostic delay for giant cell arteritis – a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Anniversary Collection: 35 Years of STEM CELLS Homing of Mesenchymal Stem Cells An Update to: Concise Review: Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Their Phenotype, Differentiation Capacity, Immunological Features, and Potential for Homing (2017)
Journal Article
Kehoe, O., Fox, J. M., & Middleton, J. (2017). Anniversary Collection: 35 Years of STEM CELLS Homing of Mesenchymal Stem Cells An Update to: Concise Review: Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Their Phenotype, Differentiation Capacity, Immunological Features, and Potential for Homing. Journal of Stem Cells,

The role of environmental factors for the onset of restricted mobility outside the home among older adults with osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study (2017)
Journal Article
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.

A loop of cancer-stroma-cancer interaction promotes peritoneal metastasis of ovarian cancer via TNFa-TGFa-EGFR. (2017)
Journal Article
Kwong, J. (2017). A loop of cancer-stroma-cancer interaction promotes peritoneal metastasis of ovarian cancer via TNFa-TGFa-EGFR. Oncogene, 3576 - 3587. https://doi.org/10.1038/onc.2016.509

Peritoneum is the most common site for ovarian cancer metastasis. Here we investigate how cancer epigenetics regulates reciprocal tumor-stromal interactions in peritoneal metastasis of ovarian cancer. Firstly, we find that omental stromal fibroblasts... Read More about A loop of cancer-stroma-cancer interaction promotes peritoneal metastasis of ovarian cancer via TNFa-TGFa-EGFR..

Predicting risk of undiagnosed COPD: development and validation of the TargetCOPD score. (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Predicting risk of undiagnosed COPD: development and validation of the TargetCOPD score. European Respiratory Journal, https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02191-2016

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is greatly underdiagnosed worldwide and more efficient methods of case-finding are required. We developed and externally validated a risk score to identify undiagnosed COPD using primary care records.We co... Read More about Predicting risk of undiagnosed COPD: development and validation of the TargetCOPD score..

Effective treatment options for musculoskeletal pain in primary care: A systematic overview of current evidence (2017)
Journal Article
Babatunde, O., Jordan, J., Van Der Windt, D., Hill, J., Foster, N. E., & Protheroe, J. (2017). Effective treatment options for musculoskeletal pain in primary care: A systematic overview of current evidence. PLoS ONE, 12(6), Article e0178621. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178621

Background & aims
Musculoskeletal pain, the most common cause of disability globally, is most frequently managed in primary care. People with musculoskeletal pain in different body regions share similar characteristics, prognosis, and may respond to... Read More about Effective treatment options for musculoskeletal pain in primary care: A systematic overview of current evidence.

Management of shoulder pain by UK general practitioners (GPs): a national survey (2017)
Journal Article
Roddy, & Van Der Windt. (2017). Management of shoulder pain by UK general practitioners (GPs): a national survey. BMJ Open, e015711 -?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015711

OBJECTIVES: Studies in Canada, the USA and Australia suggested low confidence among general practitioners (GPs) in diagnosing and managing shoulder pain, with frequent use of investigations. There are no comparable studies in the UK; our objective wa... Read More about Management of shoulder pain by UK general practitioners (GPs): a national survey.

Association between characteristics of pain and stiffness and the functional status of patients with incident polymyalgia rheumatica from primary care (2017)
Journal Article
Cawley, A., Prior, J., Muller, S., Helliwell, T., Hider, S., Dasgupta, B., Barraclough, K., & Mallen, C. (2017). Association between characteristics of pain and stiffness and the functional status of patients with incident polymyalgia rheumatica from primary care. Clinical Rheumatology, 37(6), 1639-1644. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-017-3730-6

This paper aims to examine the relationship between different characteristics of pain and stiffness and the functional status of patients with newly diagnosed polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). Baseline analysis of an inception cohort study was conducted.... Read More about Association between characteristics of pain and stiffness and the functional status of patients with incident polymyalgia rheumatica from primary care.

GPs' attitudes, beliefs and behaviours regarding exercise for chronic knee pain: a questionnaire survey (2017)
Journal Article
Roddy, E., Cottrell, E., Foster, N. E., Porcheret, M., & Rathod, T. (2017). GPs' attitudes, beliefs and behaviours regarding exercise for chronic knee pain: a questionnaire survey. BMJ Open, 7(6), e014999 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014999

OBJECTIVES:
The aim of this study was to investigate general practitioners' (GPs) attitudes, beliefs and behaviours regarding the use of exercise for patients with chronic knee pain (CKP) attributable to osteoarthritis.

SETTING: Primary care GPs... Read More about GPs' attitudes, beliefs and behaviours regarding exercise for chronic knee pain: a questionnaire survey.

IMPROVING CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS IN FIVE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: THE JIGSAW-E PATIENT PANEL (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Blackburn, S., Meesters, J., De Wit, M., Campbell, L., Rhodes, C., Schiphof, D., Vlieland, T. V., Bierma-Zeinstra, S., Osteras, N., Pais, S., Roos, E., Evans, N., & Dziedzic, K. IMPROVING CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS IN FIVE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: THE JIGSAW-E PATIENT PANEL. Presented at EULAR: Annual European Congress of Rheumatology 2017, Spain, Madrid

Integrating case finding and initial management for osteoarthritis, anxiety and depression into routine primary care nurse-led long-term condition reviews: results from the enhance pilot trial (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jinks, C., Nicholls, E., Liddle, J., Healey, E., Evans, A., Chew-Graham, C., Dziedzic, K., Tan, V., Finney, A., Porcheret, M., Lawton, S., Cooper, V., Lewis, M., Mallen, C., & Team, E. Integrating case finding and initial management for osteoarthritis, anxiety and depression into routine primary care nurse-led long-term condition reviews: results from the enhance pilot trial

Background Co-morbid osteoarthritis (OA), anxiety and depression are undermanaged in primary care yet have significant impact on pain, disability and outcomes of other long-term conditions (LTCs).

Objectives To test the feasibility and acceptabili... Read More about Integrating case finding and initial management for osteoarthritis, anxiety and depression into routine primary care nurse-led long-term condition reviews: results from the enhance pilot 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