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Barriers and facilitators in diagnosing axial spondyloarthritis: a qualitative study (2024)
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Diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is frequently delayed for years after symptom onset. However, little is known about patient and healthcare professional (HCP) perspectives on barriers and facilitators in axSpA diagnosis. This study explor... Read More about Barriers and facilitators in diagnosing axial spondyloarthritis: a qualitative study.

How do clinicians prescribe bridging glucocorticoids in people starting or escalating disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs for rheumatoid arthritis: a service evaluation survey (2023)
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Patients’ views and experiences of delayed diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease: a qualitative study (2023)
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Diagnosing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can be challenging and patients have been found to experience significant diagnostic delay, which can lead to poorer clinical outcomes. The reasons for this delay are not fully understood, and exploring pat... Read More about Patients’ views and experiences of delayed diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease: a qualitative study.

Osteoporosis and fracture as risk factors for self-harm and suicide: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2023)
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Background: Increase in presentations of self-harm to primary care, a risk factor of suicide, has led to a growing interest in identifying at-risk populations. Aim: To examine whether osteoporosis or fractures are risk factors for self-harm, sui... Read More about Osteoporosis and fracture as risk factors for self-harm and suicide: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Knowledge, attitudes and practice of female genital mutilation and cutting: An observational cross-sectional study in primary care (FGM/C Study) (2023)
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Background: Female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) describes procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. Increasing migration means many c... Read More about Knowledge, attitudes and practice of female genital mutilation and cutting: An observational cross-sectional study in primary care (FGM/C Study).

Diagnostic delay in adult inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic review (2023)
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BACKGROUND: The extent of diagnostic delay in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is incompletely understood. We aimed to understand the extent of diagnostic delay of IBD in adults and identify associations between patient or healthcare characteristics... Read More about Diagnostic delay in adult inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic review.

Diagnostic Delay in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review (2022)
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Introduction Delays in diagnosing pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are common, but the extent of this delay remains unclear due to variations in reported time-periods between studies. The objectives of this systematic review were to examine... Read More about Diagnostic Delay in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review.

Diagnostic delay in axial spondyloarthritis: a systematic review (2022)
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Identification of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) remains challenging, frequently resulting in a diagnostic delay for patients. Current benchmarks of delay are usually reported as mean data, which are typically skewed and therefore may be overestimat... Read More about Diagnostic delay in axial spondyloarthritis: a systematic review.

Controlling diabetes and hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from HIV programmes (2021)
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Reply (2021)
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Mortality in Patients With Gout Treated With Allopurinol: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis (2021)
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ObjectiveUrate‐lowering therapy (predominantly allopurinol) is highly effective as a treatment for gout, but its wider long‐term effects remain unclear. This systematic review and meta‐analysis aimed to ascertain the association between mortality and... Read More about Mortality in Patients With Gout Treated With Allopurinol: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis.

Using Google Trends to assess the impact of Global Public Health Days on online health information-seeking behaviour in Arabian Peninsula (2021)
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BACKGROUND: Global Public Health Days (GPHD) are public health interventions which serve to improve public awareness of specific health conditions. Google Trends is a publicly available tool that allows the user to view the popularity of a searched k... Read More about Using Google Trends to assess the impact of Global Public Health Days on online health information-seeking behaviour in Arabian Peninsula.

Rheumatic Conditions as Risk Factors for Self-Harm: A Retrospective Cohort Study (2021)
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Objective To examine the risk of self-harm in rheumatological conditions Methods Retrospective cohort study using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Patients with ankylosing spondylitis, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arth... Read More about Rheumatic Conditions as Risk Factors for Self-Harm: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Clinical Characteristics, Management Strategies and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. (2021)
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the management strategies, temporal trends, and clinical outcomes of patients with a history of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and presenting with acute myocardial infarction (MI). PATIENTS AND METHODS: We under... Read More about Clinical Characteristics, Management Strategies and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting..

O40 Trends in incidence of GCA in the UK (2020)
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Background Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common form of medium and large vessel vasculitis. Diagnosis remains difficult since there are a multitude of symptoms experienced by patients with GCA and if not promptly identified or treated, pati... Read More about O40 Trends in incidence of GCA in the UK.

P63 The association between presenting clinical features and subsequent diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (2020)
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Background The diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA) remains challenging due to the varied number and type of clinical features (symptoms and comorbidities) that patients with GCA can present with. Prompt diagnosis is important, as if left undiagn... Read More about P63 The association between presenting clinical features and subsequent diagnosis of giant cell arteritis.

Characteristics of patients with giant cell arteritis who experience visual symptoms (2019)
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Permanent vision loss is one of the most serious complications of giant cell arteritis (GCA) and therefore prompt diagnosis is paramount. However, diagnosis of GCA remains challenging due to its frequently non-specific presentation. Our aim was to id... Read More about Characteristics of patients with giant cell arteritis who experience visual symptoms.

Gender-specific risk factors for gout: a systematic review of cohort studies (2019)
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BACKGROUND: Though gout is more prevalent in men than women, it remains unclear whether gender influences risk factors for incident gout. We aimed to systematically review all cohort studies examining risk factors for the development of gout by gend... Read More about Gender-specific risk factors for gout: a systematic review of cohort studies.

The association of pain and stiffness with fatigue in incident polymyalgia rheumatica: baseline results from the polymyalgia rheumatica cohort study (2019)
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We aimed to examine the association between pain, stiffness and fatigue in newly diagnosed polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) patients using baseline data from a prospective cohort study. Fatigue is a known, but often ignored symptom of PMR. Newly diagnose... Read More about The association of pain and stiffness with fatigue in incident polymyalgia rheumatica: baseline results from the polymyalgia rheumatica cohort study.

Symptoms associated with inflammatory arthritis are common in the primary care population: results from the Joint Symptoms Survey (2019)
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Objectives: To describe the prevalence of self-reported inflammatory joint symptoms, such as joint pain, stiffness and swelling in UK primary care patients consulting for both musculoskeletal (MSK) and non-musculoskeletal (non-MSK) complaints. Met... Read More about Symptoms associated with inflammatory arthritis are common in the primary care population: results from the Joint Symptoms Survey.