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Estimating the Cost and Carbon Output of Musculoskeletal Primary Care Management Decisions: A Retrospective Analysis of Electronic Health Records (2025)
Journal Article
Braybrooke, A., Pegg, M., Naylor, R., Bailey, J., Scott, J., Burgess, R., Yu, D., Wathall, S., Jordan, K. P., Malcolm, R., Holmes, H., Peat, G., Banerjee, A., & Hill, J. C. (in press). Estimating the Cost and Carbon Output of Musculoskeletal Primary Care Management Decisions: A Retrospective Analysis of Electronic Health Records. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3919

Background: Healthcare accounts for up to 5% of worldwide carbon emissions and costs global economies an estimated $9 trillion annually. Primary care accounts for up to one‐fifth of all NHS carbon emissions, with musculoskeletal (MSK) pain accounting... Read More about Estimating the Cost and Carbon Output of Musculoskeletal Primary Care Management Decisions: A Retrospective Analysis of Electronic Health Records.

Maternal perinatal anxiety and infant primary care use in 1998–2016: a UK cohort study (2025)
Journal Article
Smith, H. C., Archer, C., Bailey, J., Chew Graham, C., Evans, J., Fisher, T., Kessler, D., Kingstone, T., Procter, J., Shivji, N., Silverwood, V., Spruce, A., Turner, K., Wu, P., Yu, D., & Petersen, I. (2025). Maternal perinatal anxiety and infant primary care use in 1998–2016: a UK cohort study. BMJ Mental Health, 28(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2024-301160

There is some evidence that perinatal anxiety (PNA) is associated with lower rates of infant vaccinations and decreased access to preventative infant healthcare, but results across studies have not been conclusive. To investigate the relationship bet... Read More about Maternal perinatal anxiety and infant primary care use in 1998–2016: a UK cohort study.

Gabapentinoid use and the risk of fractures in patients with inflammatory arthritis: nested case–control study in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum (2024)
Journal Article
Scott, I. C., Daud, N., Bailey, J., Twohig, H., Hider, S. L., Mallen, C. D., Jordan, K. P., & Muller, S. (2024). Gabapentinoid use and the risk of fractures in patients with inflammatory arthritis: nested case–control study in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum. BMC Medicine, 22(1), 575. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-024-03774-5

Background: Gabapentinoids are increasingly prescribed in inflammatory arthritis (IA), despite no trial evidence for efficacy at managing pain in this population. Observational studies in non-IA populations suggest gabapentinoids are associated with... Read More about Gabapentinoid use and the risk of fractures in patients with inflammatory arthritis: nested case–control study in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum.

Association of air pollution from a landfill site with primary care consultation (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Jordan, K. P., Muller, S., Usman, M., Bailey, J., Burton, C., Lawton, S. A., Mallen, C. D., Mason, K. J., Wathall, S., & van der Windt, D. A. Association of air pollution from a landfill site with primary care consultation

Background Waste landfill sites are associated with gaseous emissions and this air pollution can cause unpleasant smells (“malodour”). This causes concerns about its impact on the health of the local population. This study assessed change in general... Read More about Association of air pollution from a landfill site with primary care consultation.

Management of musculoskeletal pain in children and young people with mental health or neurodivergent comorbidity (CLIMB Study) (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Jenkinson, D., Bailey, J., Mughal, F., Dunn, K., & Mason, K. (2024, July). Management of musculoskeletal pain in children and young people with mental health or neurodivergent comorbidity (CLIMB Study). Presented at SAPC ASM 2024, Bristol

SNOMED Clinical terminology and Clinical Practice Record Datalink (CPRD) AURUM dataset code lists from the CLIMB Study:

The aim of the CLIMB study is to investigate whether children and young people (aged 8-18 years) with musculoskeletal pain are... Read More about Management of musculoskeletal pain in children and young people with mental health or neurodivergent comorbidity (CLIMB Study).

AB0228 GABAPENTINOID USE AND THE RISK OF FRACTURES IN PEOPLE WITH INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS: NESTED CASE-CONTROL STUDY IN THE CLINICAL PRACTICE RESEARCH DATALINK (CPRD) AURUM (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Scott, I., Daud, N., Bailey, J., Twohig, H., Hider, S., Mallen, C., Jordan, K., & Muller, S. AB0228 GABAPENTINOID USE AND THE RISK OF FRACTURES IN PEOPLE WITH INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS: NESTED CASE-CONTROL STUDY IN THE CLINICAL PRACTICE RESEARCH DATALINK (CPRD) AURUM. Presented at EULAR 2024 European Congress of Rheumatology, 12-15 June. Vienna, Austria, Vienna

Background: Recent observational studies suggest gabapentinoids associate with an increased risk of fractures. The potential for confounding inherent to non-randomised studies of interventions, however, alongside th... Read More about AB0228 GABAPENTINOID USE AND THE RISK OF FRACTURES IN PEOPLE WITH INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS: NESTED CASE-CONTROL STUDY IN THE CLINICAL PRACTICE RESEARCH DATALINK (CPRD) AURUM.

P051 Trends in consultations for musculoskeletal pain in children and young people presenting to United Kingdom primary care: an electronic health record study (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mason, K. J., Jordan, K. P., Bailey, J., Jöud, A., Jowett, S., Protheroe, J., Mughal, F., Snell, K. I. E., Thomas, M., & Dunn, K. M. (2024, April). P051 Trends in consultations for musculoskeletal pain in children and young people presenting to United Kingdom primary care: an electronic health record study. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims
Musculoskeletal pain in childhood increases the risk of such pain in adulthood but there is an absence of management guidance for this group, not helped by a lack of evidence on the extent and nature of pain in children. The aim was... Read More about P051 Trends in consultations for musculoskeletal pain in children and young people presenting to United Kingdom primary care: an electronic health record study.

Weight Management with Orlistat in Type 2 Diabetes - An Electronic Healthcare Records Study. (2024)
Journal Article
Ghosal, S., Heron, N., Mason, K., Bailey, J., & Jordan, K. (2024). Weight Management with Orlistat in Type 2 Diabetes - An Electronic Healthcare Records Study. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), BJGP.2023.0684. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2023.0684

Orlistat is recommended as an adjunct to diet and exercise for weight loss in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The aims were to explore (i) associations between patient characteristics and orlistat prescribing and to determine (ii) associations of or... Read More about Weight Management with Orlistat in Type 2 Diabetes - An Electronic Healthcare Records Study..

Risk of adverse outcomes during gabapentinoid therapy and factors associated with increased risk in UK primary care using the clinical practice research datalink: a cohort study (2024)
Journal Article
Muller, S., Bailey, J., Bajpai, R., Helliwell, T., Harrisson, S. A., Whittle, R., Mallen, C. D., & Ashworth, J. (2024). Risk of adverse outcomes during gabapentinoid therapy and factors associated with increased risk in UK primary care using the clinical practice research datalink: a cohort study. PAIN, https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003239

Growing evidence from pharmacovigilance data and postmortem toxicology reports highlights the misuse potential of gabapentinoids. This study aimed to investigate the risk of serious adverse outcomes (drug misuse, overdose, major trauma), and their ri... Read More about Risk of adverse outcomes during gabapentinoid therapy and factors associated with increased risk in UK primary care using the clinical practice research datalink: a cohort study.

Could primary care records be used to identify women at risk of perinatal anxiety? A mixed-methods study. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fisher, T., Archer, C., Bailey, J., Evans, J., Kessler, D. S., Kingstone, T., Petersen, I., Proctor, J., Shivji, N., Spruce, A., Silverwood, V., Smith, H., Turner, K., Wu, P., Yu, D., & Chew-Graham, C. (2024, March). Could primary care records be used to identify women at risk of perinatal anxiety? A mixed-methods study. Presented at BJGP Research & Publishing Conference, RCGP Headquarters in London, England, UK

Perinatal anxiety (PNA) occurs throughout the antenatal period or up to 1 year after childbirth, with a prevalence of 21%. To investigate if primary care records could be used to identify women at 'higher risk' of PNA. Mixed-methods approach using qu... Read More about Could primary care records be used to identify women at risk of perinatal anxiety? A mixed-methods study..

The SelfSTarT intervention for low back pain patients presenting to first contact physiotherapists: A mixed methods service evaluation (2024)
Journal Article
Stevenson, K., Hadley‐Barrows, T., Evans, N., Campbell, L., Southam, J., Chudyk, A., Ellington, D., Jeeves, B., Jenson, C., Kleberg, S., Birkinshaw, H., Mair, F., Dziedzic, K., Peat, G., Jordan, K. P., Yu, D., Bailey, J., Braybooke, A., Mallen, C. D., & Hill, J. C. (2024). The SelfSTarT intervention for low back pain patients presenting to first contact physiotherapists: A mixed methods service evaluation. Musculoskeletal Care, 22(1), Article e1876. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1876

Introduction
Globally, back pain is the leading cause of years of disability. In the United Kingdom, over 20 million people live with musculoskeletal (MSK) pain, with low back pain being one of the most common causes. National strategies promote sel... Read More about The SelfSTarT intervention for low back pain patients presenting to first contact physiotherapists: A mixed methods service evaluation.

Pre-existing musculoskeletal pain and its association with mortality in newly diagnosed co-morbid conditions: an electronic health record cohort study (2023)
Journal Article
Marshall, M., Mason, K. J., Edwards, J. J., Mamas, M. A., Bailey, J., Heron, N., Achana, F. A., Frisher, M., Huntley, A. L., Mallen, C. D., Png, M. E., Tatton, S., White, S., & Jordan, K. P. (2023). Pre-existing musculoskeletal pain and its association with mortality in newly diagnosed co-morbid conditions: an electronic health record cohort study. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 8(1), Article rkad104. https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkad104

Objective
Musculoskeletal pain is a common risk factor for co-morbid conditions and might increase the risk of poor outcomes. The objective was to determine whether patients with pre-existing musculoskeletal pain have an increased risk for mortality... Read More about Pre-existing musculoskeletal pain and its association with mortality in newly diagnosed co-morbid conditions: an electronic health record cohort study.

Addressing Child and Adolescent Musculoskeletal Pain: the CAM-Pain Programme - Code Lists (2023)
Data
Jordan, K., Mason, K., Bailey, J., Protheroe, J., Mughal, F., Thomas, M., Jöud, A., Jowett, S., Snell, K., & Dunn, K. (2023). Addressing Child and Adolescent Musculoskeletal Pain: the CAM-Pain Programme - Code Lists. [Data]

SNOMED Clinical terminology and Clinical Practice Record Datalink (CPRD) AURUM dataset code lists from CAM-Pain programme 2023:

The aim of the CAM-Pain programme is to improve the understanding, self-management, impact and healthcare of musculoske... Read More about Addressing Child and Adolescent Musculoskeletal Pain: the CAM-Pain Programme - Code Lists.

Estimating the direct healthcare utilization and cost of musculoskeletal pain among people with comorbidity: a retrospective electronic health record study (2023)
Journal Article
Png, M. E., Mason, K. J., Marshall, M., Jordan, K. P., Bailey, J., Frisher, M., Heron, N., Huntley, A. L., Mallen, C. D., Mamas, M. A., Tatton, S., White, S., Edwards, J. J., & Achana, F. (2023). Estimating the direct healthcare utilization and cost of musculoskeletal pain among people with comorbidity: a retrospective electronic health record study. Current Medical Research and Opinion, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/03007995.2023.2271862

Objective
To investigate the impact of pre-existing painful musculoskeletal conditions on healthcare utilization and costs among patients with five common conditions: acute coronary syndrome (ACS), stroke, cancer, dementia and pneumonia.

Methods... Read More about Estimating the direct healthcare utilization and cost of musculoskeletal pain among people with comorbidity: a retrospective electronic health record study.

Analgesic Prescribing in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis in England: Observational Studies in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2023)
Journal Article
Scott, I. C., Jordan, K. P., Twohig, H., Whittle, R., Muller, S., Hider, S. L., Mallen, C. D., & Bailey, J. (2023). Analgesic Prescribing in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis in England: Observational Studies in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Rheumatology, Article kead463. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kead463

Despite little evidence that analgesics are effective in inflammatory arthritis (IA), studies report substantial opioid prescribing. The extent this applies to other analgesics is uncertain. We undertook a comprehensive evaluation of analgesic prescr... Read More about Analgesic Prescribing in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis in England: Observational Studies in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

POS0999-HPR THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON REFERRALS TO MUSCULOSKELETAL SERVICES FROM PRIMARY CARE AND SUBSEQUENT INCIDENCE OF INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATIC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bajpai, R., Burton, C., Mason, K., Bailey, J., Frisher, M., Jordan, K., Mallen, C., & Welsh, V. (2023, May). POS0999-HPR THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON REFERRALS TO MUSCULOSKELETAL SERVICES FROM PRIMARY CARE AND SUBSEQUENT INCIDENCE OF INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATIC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY. Poster presented at EULAR 2023 European Congress of Rheumatology, Milan, Italy

Background Inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (iRMDs), including rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and juveneille inflammatory arthritsi (JIA), are common and cause a high disease burden globally. Early diagnosis of iRMDs and subsequent time... Read More about POS0999-HPR THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON REFERRALS TO MUSCULOSKELETAL SERVICES FROM PRIMARY CARE AND SUBSEQUENT INCIDENCE OF INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATIC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY.

Trends in consultations and prescribing for rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: an electronic primary care records study. (2023)
Journal Article
Welsh, V. K., Mason, K. J., Bailey, J., Bajpai, R., Jordan, K. P., Mallen, C. D., & Burton, C. (2023). Trends in consultations and prescribing for rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: an electronic primary care records study. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), 73(736), BJGP.2022.0648. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2022.0648

Background
Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) are common and generally managed in primary care through supported self-care, physiotherapy, analgesia, and specialist referral where indicated. The COVID-19 pandemic led to abrupt changes in... Read More about Trends in consultations and prescribing for rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: an electronic primary care records study..

P203 Comparison of coding of giant cell arteritis in primary and secondary care records: an observational feasibility study (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Padmanabhan, N., Muller, S., Bailey, J., Helliwell, T., Mackie, S. L., Mallen, C. D., & Roddy, E. (2023, April). P203 Comparison of coding of giant cell arteritis in primary and secondary care records: an observational feasibility study. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2023, Manchester Central Convention Complex, Manchester, UK

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is considered a medical emergency, and relapses are common, affecting around 50% of patients. Many of the early symptoms of GCA are non-specific and highly prevalent in older people, making the diagnosis challenging.

The... Read More about P203 Comparison of coding of giant cell arteritis in primary and secondary care records: an observational feasibility study.