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Evaluating a primary care pharmacist-led intervention to reduce opioid use for persistent non-cancer pain: the PROMPPT cluster randomised controlled trial protocol [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review] (2025)
Journal Article
Ashworth, J., Cornwall, N., Harrisson, S. A., Woodcock, C., Nicholls, E., Hughes, G., Marshall, E., Lawton, S. A., Wathall, S., Helliwell, T., Jowett, S., Avery, A. J., Knaggs, R., Hussain, B., Santer, M., Pincus, T., White, S., Sillitto, C., Jinks, C., & Mallen, C. D. (2025). Evaluating a primary care pharmacist-led intervention to reduce opioid use for persistent non-cancer pain: the PROMPPT cluster randomised controlled trial protocol [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. NIHR Open Research, 5(54), https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13961.1

Background
Addressing the need for evidence-based interventions to reduce opioid use for persistent pain, we developed the PROMPPT intervention (Proactive clinical Review of patients taking Opioid Medicines long-term for persistent Pain led by clini... Read More about Evaluating a primary care pharmacist-led intervention to reduce opioid use for persistent non-cancer pain: the PROMPPT cluster randomised controlled trial protocol [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review].

Impact of a comprehensive review template on personalised care in general practice for patients with multiple long-term conditions: a mixed-methods evaluation. (2025)
Journal Article
Coope, C., Baker, D., Lippiett, K. A., Moult, A., Scott, L. J., Chilcott, S., Turner, A., Jinks, C., Portillo, M. C., Dziedzic, K., Mann, C., Byng, R., Scrimgeour, G., Salisbury, C., & Johnson, R. (in press). Impact of a comprehensive review template on personalised care in general practice for patients with multiple long-term conditions: a mixed-methods evaluation. British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), Article BJGPO.2025.0022. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0022

Primary care is in urgent need of more effective and efficient ways of managing the care of people living with multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity). Personalised care organised around an individual's needs and conditions, taking account of... Read More about Impact of a comprehensive review template on personalised care in general practice for patients with multiple long-term conditions: a mixed-methods evaluation..

Getting to what matters for people with osteoporosis in clinical consultations with and without conversation aids: A videographic analysis. (2025)
Journal Article
Hawarden, A., Bullock, L., García, M. L., Hartasanchez, S. A., Maraboto, A., Jinks, C., Kunneman, M., Hargraves, I., Horne, R., Montori, V. M., & Paskins, Z. (2025). Getting to what matters for people with osteoporosis in clinical consultations with and without conversation aids: A videographic analysis. Patient Education and Counseling, 137(August 2025), Article 109171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2025.109171

To evaluate if, and how, clinicians elicit and address health and medicine beliefs in osteoporosis consultations, and to evaluate the impact of a conversation aid (CA) on clinician behaviour. Secondary analysis of 107 video-recorded consultations fro... Read More about Getting to what matters for people with osteoporosis in clinical consultations with and without conversation aids: A videographic analysis..

E054 Routine osteoporosis care in UK primary care settings: a national e-survey (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hawarden, A., Cox, N., Bullock, L., Protheroe, J., Jinks, C., & Paskins, Z. (2025, April). E054 Routine osteoporosis care in UK primary care settings: a national e-survey. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2025, Manchester Central Convention Complex, Manchester, England, UK

Background/Aims Osteoporosis care is primarily delivered in primary care settings, but little is known about routine practice and implementation of evidence-based care in the UK. This e-survey aimed to examine current practice and perceptions of oste... Read More about E054 Routine osteoporosis care in UK primary care settings: a national e-survey.

E055 Exploring patient and clinician understanding of bone density (DXA) scan results: qualitative findings from the INDEX study (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kettle, C., Manning, F., Henderson, B., Griffin, J., Knapp, K., Butterworth, J., Jinks, C., Bullock, L., & Paskins, Z. (2025, April). E055 Exploring patient and clinician understanding of bone density (DXA) scan results: qualitative findings from the INDEX study. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2025, Manchester Central Convention Complex, Manchester, England, UK

Background/Aims Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans are routinely performed to assess bone mineral density (BMD), diagnose osteoporosis, refine fracture risk assessment and inform osteoporosis medicine decisions. The INDEX (understandINg bon... Read More about E055 Exploring patient and clinician understanding of bone density (DXA) scan results: qualitative findings from the INDEX study.

Stakeholder Involvement in the Development of a New Proactive Clinical Review of Patients Prescribed Opioid Medicines Long‐Term for Persistent Pain in Primary Care (2025)
Journal Article
Harrisson, S. A., Jinks, C., Cornwall, N., Woodcock, C., Dikomitis, L., Helliwell, T., Higginbottom, A., Lefroy, J., Knaggs, R., Pincus, T., Santar, M., Sillitto, C., Webb, M., White, S., Mallen, C. D., & Ashworth, J. (2025). Stakeholder Involvement in the Development of a New Proactive Clinical Review of Patients Prescribed Opioid Medicines Long‐Term for Persistent Pain in Primary Care. Health Expectations, 28(3), Article e70264. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70264

Background: Stakeholder involvement is a core element of the Medical Research Council (MRC) framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions, but approaches to involve stakeholders are not well‐reported. We outline how stakeholders contr... Read More about Stakeholder Involvement in the Development of a New Proactive Clinical Review of Patients Prescribed Opioid Medicines Long‐Term for Persistent Pain in Primary Care.

Proactive clinical review of patients taking opioid medicines long term for persistent pain led by clinical pharmacists in primary care teams (PROMPPT): a non-randomised mixed methods feasibility study (2025)
Journal Article
Ashworth, J., Cornwall, N., Harrisson, S., Woodcock, C., Nicholls, E., Lancaster, G., Wathall, S., Laing, L., Helliwell, T., Jowett, S., Kigozi, J., Mallen, C., Avery, A., Knaggs, R., Pincus, T., White, S., & Jinks, C. (2025). Proactive clinical review of patients taking opioid medicines long term for persistent pain led by clinical pharmacists in primary care teams (PROMPPT): a non-randomised mixed methods feasibility study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 11(1), Article 53. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-025-01636-2

Background: Given the poor long-term effectiveness of opioids for persistent non-cancer pain, and their potential for harm, evidence-based interventions to address opioid overprescribing for persistent pain are needed. This study aimed to explore the... Read More about Proactive clinical review of patients taking opioid medicines long term for persistent pain led by clinical pharmacists in primary care teams (PROMPPT): a non-randomised mixed methods feasibility study.

P084 Implementing an osteoporosis shared decision-making intervention in Fracture Liaison Services: interview findings from the iFraP process evaluation (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bullock, L., Cherrington, A., Clark, E. M., Fleming, J., Bentley, I., Nicholls, E., Webb, D., Smith, J., Lewis, S., Horne, R., O’Neill, T. W., Mallen, C. D., Jinks, C., & Paskins, Z. (2025, April). P084 Implementing an osteoporosis shared decision-making intervention in Fracture Liaison Services: interview findings from the iFraP process evaluation. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2025, Manchester Central Convention Complex, Manchester, England, UK

Background/Aims High quality shared decision-making (SDM) conversations involve people with or at risk of osteoporosis and clinicians working together to reach decisions about care. The improving uptake of Fracture Prevention drug treatments (iFraP)... Read More about P084 Implementing an osteoporosis shared decision-making intervention in Fracture Liaison Services: interview findings from the iFraP process evaluation.

The Michael Mason Prize: Development and feasibility testing of a complex intervention to improve adherence to fracture prevention medicine using a person-centred approach (2025)
Preprint / Working Paper
Bullock, L., Tyler, N., Clark, E. M., Thomas, S., Gidlow, C., Bentley, I., Hawarden, A., Peel, N., Gregson, C. L., Ralston, S. H., Protheroe, J., Lefroy, J., O’Neill, T. W., Mallen, C., Clare, J., & Paskins, Z. (in press). The Michael Mason Prize: Development and feasibility testing of a complex intervention to improve adherence to fracture prevention medicine using a person-centred approach

Objectives The improving uptake of Fracture Prevention treatments (iFraP) intervention consists of an osteoporosis decision support tool (DST), clinician skills training, and information resources, to improve shared decision-making (SDM) about, and u... Read More about The Michael Mason Prize: Development and feasibility testing of a complex intervention to improve adherence to fracture prevention medicine using a person-centred approach.

How Do Individuals Perceive Diagnostic Labels and Explanations for Hip Pain? A Qualitative Study Among Adults With Persistent Hip Pain (2025)
Journal Article
Haber, T., Hinman, R. S., Hall, M., Lawford, B. J., Zhu, S. J., Bunzli, S., Jinks, C., O’Keeffe, M., & Dobson, F. (in press). How Do Individuals Perceive Diagnostic Labels and Explanations for Hip Pain? A Qualitative Study Among Adults With Persistent Hip Pain. Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research, https://doi.org/10.1097/corr.0000000000003445

Background Depending on how clinicians label and explain hip pain, patients may form different beliefs about hip pain and its management. When clinicians describe hip pain as a problem of passive “wear and tear,” patients may be more likely to believ... Read More about How Do Individuals Perceive Diagnostic Labels and Explanations for Hip Pain? A Qualitative Study Among Adults With Persistent Hip Pain.

A person-centred consultation intervention to improve shared decision-making about, and uptake of, osteoporosis medicines (iFraP): a pragmatic, parallel-group, individual randomised controlled trial protocol (2024)
Journal Article
Bullock, L., Nicholls, E., Cherrington, A., Butler-Walley, S., Clark, E. M., Fleming, J., Leyland, S., Bentley, I., Thomas, S., Iglesias-Urrutia, C. P., Webb, D., Smith, J., Bathers, S., Lewis, S., Clifford, A., Siciliano, M., Protheroe, J., Ryan, S., Lefroy, J., Dale, N., …Paskins, Z. (2024). A person-centred consultation intervention to improve shared decision-making about, and uptake of, osteoporosis medicines (iFraP): a pragmatic, parallel-group, individual randomised controlled trial protocol. NIHR Open Research, https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13571.2

Background
Good quality shared decision-making (SDM) conversations involve people with, or at risk of osteoporosis and clinicians collaborating to decide, where appropriate, which evidence-based medicines best fit the person’s life, beliefs, and val... Read More about A person-centred consultation intervention to improve shared decision-making about, and uptake of, osteoporosis medicines (iFraP): a pragmatic, parallel-group, individual randomised controlled trial protocol.

Proactive clinical Review of patients taking Opioid Medicines long-term for persistent Pain led by clinical Pharmacists in primary care Teams (PROMPPT). A non-randomised Mixed Methods Feasibility Study. (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Ashworth, J., Cornwall, N., Harrisson, S. A., Woodcock, C., Nicholls, E., Lancaster, G., Wathall, S., Laing, L., Helliwell, T., Jowett, S., Kigozi, J., Mallen, C. D., Avery, A., Knaggs, R., Pincus, T., White, S., & Jinks, C. (2024). Proactive clinical Review of patients taking Opioid Medicines long-term for persistent Pain led by clinical Pharmacists in primary care Teams (PROMPPT). A non-randomised Mixed Methods Feasibility Study

Background:

Given the poor long-term effectiveness of opioids for persistent non-cancer pain, and their potential for harm, evidence–based interventions to address opioid overprescribing for persistent pain are needed. This study aimed to explore... Read More about Proactive clinical Review of patients taking Opioid Medicines long-term for persistent Pain led by clinical Pharmacists in primary care Teams (PROMPPT). A non-randomised Mixed Methods Feasibility Study..

Physiotherapists' Experiences and Perceived Acceptability of Delivering a Knee Bracing Intervention for People With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis in a Randomised Trial (PROP OA): A Qualitative Study (2024)
Journal Article
Bullock, L., Holden, M. A., Jinks, C., Atiah Asamane, E., Herron, D., Borrelli, B., Callaghan, M. J., Birrell, F., Halliday, N., Marshall, M., Sowden, G., Ingram, C., McBeth, J., Dziedzic, K., Foster, N. E., Jowett, S., Lawton, S., Mallen, C. D., & Peat, G. (2024). Physiotherapists' Experiences and Perceived Acceptability of Delivering a Knee Bracing Intervention for People With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis in a Randomised Trial (PROP OA): A Qualitative Study. Musculoskeletal Care, 22(4), Article e70021. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.70021

Objectives: To explore physiotherapists' experiences and perceived acceptability of delivering a bracing intervention for knee osteoarthritis (OA) in the ‘PROvision of braces for Patients with knee OA’ (PROP OA) randomised controlled trial. Method: S... Read More about Physiotherapists' Experiences and Perceived Acceptability of Delivering a Knee Bracing Intervention for People With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis in a Randomised Trial (PROP OA): A Qualitative Study.

Protocol for a mixed methods process evaluation for a randomised controlled trial to improve shared decision-making about, and uptake of, osteoporosis medicines: the iFraP study (2024)
Other
Bullock, L., Cherrington, A., Clark, E. M., Fleming, J., Bentley, I., Nicholls, E., Webb, D., Smith, J., Bathers, S., Lewis, S., Horne, R., O'Neill, T. W., Mallen, C. D., Jinks, C., & Paskins, Z. (2024). Protocol for a mixed methods process evaluation for a randomised controlled trial to improve shared decision-making about, and uptake of, osteoporosis medicines: the iFraP study

Background
High quality shared decision-making (SDM) conversations involve people with or at risk of osteoporosis and clinicians working together to decide, where appropriate, which evidence-based medicines best fit the person’s life, beliefs, and v... Read More about Protocol for a mixed methods process evaluation for a randomised controlled trial to improve shared decision-making about, and uptake of, osteoporosis medicines: the iFraP study.

Evaluating qualitative data analysis workshops from the perspective of public contributors (2024)
Journal Article
Moult, A., McGrath, C., Lippiett, K., Coope, C., Turner, A., Chillcott, S., Parton, L., Holloway, P., Dace, S., Gibson, A., Jinks, C., Paskins, Z., Portillo, M. C., Mann, C., & Dziedzic, K. (2024). Evaluating qualitative data analysis workshops from the perspective of public contributors. Research Involvement and Engagement, 10(1), Article 99. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-024-00628-5

Background: The aim of this project is to evaluate public contributors’ experiences of their involvement in qualitative data analysis workshops during an on-going research project titled ‘Personalised Primary care for Patients with Multiple long-term... Read More about Evaluating qualitative data analysis workshops from the perspective of public contributors.

Knee braces for knee osteoarthritis: A scoping review and narrative synthesis of interventions in randomised controlled trials (2024)
Journal Article
Holden, M. A., Murphy, M., Simkins, J., Thomas, M. J., Huckfield, L., Quicke, J. G., Halliday, N., Birrell, F. N., Borrelli, B., Callaghan, M. J., Dziedzic, K., Felson, D., Foster, N. E., Ingram, C., Jinks, C., Jowett, S., Nicholls, E., & Peat, G. (2024). Knee braces for knee osteoarthritis: A scoping review and narrative synthesis of interventions in randomised controlled trials. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2024.08.010

Objective
To identify and synthesise the content of knee bracing interventions in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of knee osteoarthritis (OA).

Design
In this scoping review, three electronic databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane) were... Read More about Knee braces for knee osteoarthritis: A scoping review and narrative synthesis of interventions in randomised controlled trials.

Hearing the patient voice for persistent pain intervention development: Recommendations for using a bespoke online discussion forum for qualitative data collection (2024)
Journal Article
Woodcock, C., Cornwall, N., Harrisson, S., Jinks, C., Buttery, A., Ashworth, J., Mallen, C. D., & Dikomitis, L. (2024). Hearing the patient voice for persistent pain intervention development: Recommendations for using a bespoke online discussion forum for qualitative data collection. British Journal of Pain, https://doi.org/10.1177/204946372412540

Introduction Understanding patients’ experiences is important when developing interventions for people living with persistent pain. Interviews and focus groups are frequently used to capture beliefs, views, and perspectives. These methods often requi... Read More about Hearing the patient voice for persistent pain intervention development: Recommendations for using a bespoke online discussion forum for qualitative data collection.

Hearing the patient voice for persistent pain intervention development: recommendations for using a bespoke online discussion forum for qualitative data collection (2024)
Journal Article
Woodcock, C., Cornwall, N., Harrisson, S. A., Jinks, C., Buttery, A., Ashworth, J., Mallen, C. D., & Dikomitis, L. (2024). Hearing the patient voice for persistent pain intervention development: recommendations for using a bespoke online discussion forum for qualitative data collection. British Journal of Pain, 18(6), 461-471. https://doi.org/10.1177/20494637241254098

Introduction
Understanding patients’ experiences is important when developing interventions for people living with persistent pain. Interviews and focus groups are frequently used to capture beliefs, views, and perspectives. These methods often requ... Read More about Hearing the patient voice for persistent pain intervention development: recommendations for using a bespoke online discussion forum for qualitative data collection.