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Exploring the potential extended role of community pharmacy in the management of osteoarthritis: A multi‐methods study with pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals (2024)
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Introduction: Osteoarthritis is the commonest form of chronic joint pain, which patients often self‐manage before seeking healthcare advice. Patients frequently seek advice from community pharmacies, and a recent policy has recommended integrating co... Read More about Exploring the potential extended role of community pharmacy in the management of osteoarthritis: A multi‐methods study with pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals.

Co-development and testing of an extended community pharmacy model of service delivery for managing osteoarthritis: protocol for a sequential, multi-methods study (PharmOA) (2024)
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Background Osteoarthritis is a common, painful and disabling long-term condition. Delivery of high-quality guideline-informed osteoarthritis care that successfully promotes and maintains supported self-management is imperative. However, osteoarthrit... Read More about Co-development and testing of an extended community pharmacy model of service delivery for managing osteoarthritis: protocol for a sequential, multi-methods study (PharmOA).

Bone health assessment in adults with fragility fracture risk factors between 2002-2014: a retrospective cohort study. (2023)
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Background Lifetime risk of fragility fractures is 50% in post-menopausal women and 20% in men aged over 50 years. Identifying people at high risk facilitates early intervention and reduction of biopsychosocial morbidity associated with these fractur... Read More about Bone health assessment in adults with fragility fracture risk factors between 2002-2014: a retrospective cohort study..

Improving the Effectiveness of Exercise Therapy for Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial (BEEP Trial). (2023)
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To investigate whether knee osteoarthritis (OA) related pain and function can be improved by offering enhanced physical therapist-led exercise interventions. Three-arm prospectively designed pragmatic randomized controlled trial. General practices an... Read More about Improving the Effectiveness of Exercise Therapy for Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial (BEEP Trial)..

Factors associated with change in health-related quality of life in people with gout: a 3-year prospective cohort study in primary care (2022)
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Objective To describe factors associated with change in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in people living with gout in primary care. Methods In a UK prospective cohort study, adults with a diagnosis of gout registered with 20 general practices... Read More about Factors associated with change in health-related quality of life in people with gout: a 3-year prospective cohort study in primary care.

P077 Developing a better explanation of osteoarthritis: results from a conjoint analysis of patient preferences (2022)
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Abstract Background/Aims Despite the negative impact of osteoarthritis (OA) and existence of evidence-based guidelines, many patients and professionals lack clarity about the nature of OA and effective treatment strategies. This project aims to impr... Read More about P077 Developing a better explanation of osteoarthritis: results from a conjoint analysis of patient preferences.

THE SUBGROUP EFFECTS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PATIENT WITH HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS - A PROTOCOL FOR AN INDIVIDUAL PATIENT DATA META-ANALYSIS IN THE OA TRIAL BANK (2022)
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Purpose: The hand joints are frequently affected by osteoarthritis (OA) in the adult population. Patients whose pain and disability are persistent may benefit from surgical treatment. However, based on current evidence, small and moderate effect size... Read More about THE SUBGROUP EFFECTS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PATIENT WITH HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS - A PROTOCOL FOR AN INDIVIDUAL PATIENT DATA META-ANALYSIS IN THE OA TRIAL BANK.

Subgroup effects of non-surgical and non-pharmacological treatment of patients with hand osteoarthritis: a protocol for an individual patient data meta-analysis. (2022)
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INTRODUCTION: Hand osteoarthritis (OA) is a common joint disorder in the adult population. No cure for hand OA is known yet, but treatment aims to reduce symptoms. Non-surgical and non-pharmacological therapy interventions can include splinting, pati... Read More about Subgroup effects of non-surgical and non-pharmacological treatment of patients with hand osteoarthritis: a protocol for an individual patient data meta-analysis..

Integrating case-finding and initial management for osteoarthritis, anxiety, and depression into primary care long-term condition reviews: results from the ENHANCE pilot trial. (2021)
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Background: Multimorbidity is increasingly the norm; however, primary care remains focused on single diseases. Osteoarthritis, anxiety, and depression are frequently comorbid with other long-term conditions (LTCs), but rarely prioritized by clinician... Read More about Integrating case-finding and initial management for osteoarthritis, anxiety, and depression into primary care long-term condition reviews: results from the ENHANCE pilot trial..

Clinical and cost-effectiveness of bracing in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis management: protocol for a multicentre, primary care, randomised, parallel-group, superiority trial. (2021)
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BACKGROUND: Brace effectiveness for knee osteoarthritis (OA) remains unclear and international guidelines offer conflicting recommendations. Our trial will determine the clinical and cost-effectiveness of adding knee bracing (matched to patients' cli... Read More about Clinical and cost-effectiveness of bracing in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis management: protocol for a multicentre, primary care, randomised, parallel-group, superiority trial..

Latent Class Growth Analysis of Gout Flare Trajectories: A Three-Year Prospective Cohort Study in Primary Care (2020)
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Objective To investigate the existence of distinct classes of gout flare trajectories and compare their gout-specific, comorbid, and sociodemographic characteristics. Methods In a prospective cohort study, adults with gout who were registered wi... Read More about Latent Class Growth Analysis of Gout Flare Trajectories: A Three-Year Prospective Cohort Study in Primary Care.

P142 Factors associated with change in health-related quality of life in people living with gout: a three-year prospective cohort study in primary care (2020)
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Background Gout affects 2.5% of adults in the UK but is often poorly managed. It can impair health-related quality of life (HRQOL), yet little is known about which people with gout are at risk of worse outcomes. We investigated factors associated wi... Read More about P142 Factors associated with change in health-related quality of life in people living with gout: a three-year prospective cohort study in primary care.