Subgrouping patients with sciatica in primary care for matched care pathways: development of a subgrouping algorithm

Konstantinou, K; Dunn, K; Windt, DVD; Ogollah, R; Jasani, V; Foster, NE

doi:10.1186/s12891-019-2686-x

All Outputs (7)

Understanding the barriers, facilitators and extent of diagnostic delay in axial spondyloarthritis (2024)
Thesis

Background: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) causes inflammation of the pelvis and spine, resulting in chronic pain, impaired range of movement, fatigue and physical disability. Diagnosis remains challenging and is frequently delayed, resulting in poo... Read More about Understanding the barriers, facilitators and extent of diagnostic delay in axial spondyloarthritis.

The role of physiotherapy in polymyalgia rheumatica in the United Kingdom: a mixed method study (2023)
Thesis

Background: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) is the commonest rheumatic condition affecting older people, typically treated with glucocorticoids. However, the treatment side-effects including fatigue, anxiety and other alterations in mood, are frequent a... Read More about The role of physiotherapy in polymyalgia rheumatica in the United Kingdom: a mixed method study.

Association of frailty status with the causes, characteristics and outcomes of patients with cardiovascular disease using electronic health record data (2023)
Thesis

Introduction Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the commonest cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Frailty is a clinical syndrome of physiological decline, resulting in adverse health outcomes. While the bidirectional relationship between CVD a... Read More about Association of frailty status with the causes, characteristics and outcomes of patients with cardiovascular disease using electronic health record data.

Traditional healers working with primary care and mental health for early intervention in psychosis in young persons: protocol for the feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial (2023)
Journal Article

Objectives In low/middle-income countries (LMICs), more than half of patients with first-episode psychosis initially seek treatment from traditional and religious healers as their first care. This contributes to an excessively long duration of untrea... Read More about Traditional healers working with primary care and mental health for early intervention in psychosis in young persons: protocol for the feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial.

Practice Readiness: An English exploratory study describing newly qualified graduate nurses’ perceptions of practice readiness and professional identity (2022)
Thesis

Background: Greater understanding of NQNs’ perceptions of their pre-registration and transition experiences, and influences on their perceptions can inform pre-registration curricula and preceptorship programmes to support a positive transition to qu... Read More about Practice Readiness: An English exploratory study describing newly qualified graduate nurses’ perceptions of practice readiness and professional identity.

Examining the impact of an innovative online qualitative study (netnography) in developing a clinical pharmacist-led review for persistent pain patients in primary care (PROMPPT study) (2020)
Presentation / Conference

Subgrouping patients with sciatica in primary care for matched care pathways: development of a subgrouping algorithm (2019)
Journal Article

Background Sciatica is a painful condition managed by a stepped care approach for most patients. Currently, there are no decision-making tools to guide matching care pathways for patients with sciatica without evidence of serious pathology, early in... Read More about Subgrouping patients with sciatica in primary care for matched care pathways: development of a subgrouping algorithm.