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Edward Roddy's Outputs (264)

Risk of fragility fracture among patients with late-onset psoriasis: a United Kingdom population-based study (2018)
Journal Article
Mallen, Roddy, Bucknall, Muller, Hider, Helliwell, & Paskins. (2018). Risk of fragility fracture among patients with late-onset psoriasis: a United Kingdom population-based study. Osteoporosis International, 1659-1664. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-018-4491-z

This study aimed to examine fracture risk in patients with late-onset psoriasis. A cohort study was conducted using primary care records from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Psoriasis patients had a 10% increased risk of fracture compared to... Read More about Risk of fragility fracture among patients with late-onset psoriasis: a United Kingdom population-based study.

Comparative Effectiveness of Treatment Options for Plantar Heel Pain: A Systematic Review with Network Meta-Analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Babatunde, Van Der Windt, Roddy, & Thomas. (2018). Comparative Effectiveness of Treatment Options for Plantar Heel Pain: A Systematic Review with Network Meta-Analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 53(3), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2017-098998

Objective
To evaluate the comparative effectiveness of current treatment options for plantar heel pain (PHP).

Design
Systematic review and network meta-analysis (NMA).

Data sources
Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, AMED, PEDro, Cochrane Database, Web... Read More about Comparative Effectiveness of Treatment Options for Plantar Heel Pain: A Systematic Review with Network Meta-Analysis.

Comparative Effectiveness of Treatment Options for Plantar Heel Pain: A Systematic Review with Network Meta-Analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Babatunde, O., Legha, A., Littlewood, C., Chesterton, L. S., Thomas, M. J., B Menz, H., …Roddy, E. (2018). Comparative Effectiveness of Treatment Options for Plantar Heel Pain: A Systematic Review with Network Meta-Analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 53(3), https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2017-098998

Objective
To evaluate the comparative effectiveness of current treatment options for plantar heel pain (PHP).

Design
Systematic review and network meta-analysis (NMA).

Data Sources
Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, AMED, PEDro, Cochrane Database, We... Read More about Comparative Effectiveness of Treatment Options for Plantar Heel Pain: A Systematic Review with Network Meta-Analysis.

Gout, Hyperuricemia, and Crystal-Associated Disease Network Consensus Statement Regarding Labels and Definitions for Disease Elements in Gout (2018)
Journal Article
Bursill, D., Taylor, W. J., Terkeltaub, R., Kuwabara, M., Merriman, T. R., Grainger, R., …Dalbeth, N. (2019). Gout, Hyperuricemia, and Crystal-Associated Disease Network Consensus Statement Regarding Labels and Definitions for Disease Elements in Gout. Arthritis Care and Research, 71(3), 427-434. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.23607

OBJECTIVE:
The language currently used to describe gout lacks standardisation. The aim of this project was to develop a consensus statement on the labels and definitions used to describe the basic disease elements of gout.

METHODS: Experts in g... Read More about Gout, Hyperuricemia, and Crystal-Associated Disease Network Consensus Statement Regarding Labels and Definitions for Disease Elements in Gout.

Risk of fragility fracture among patients with gout and the effect of urate-lowering therapy (2018)
Journal Article
Paskins, Mallen, Bucknall, Hider, Muller, Helliwell, & Roddy. (2018). Risk of fragility fracture among patients with gout and the effect of urate-lowering therapy. Canadian Medical Association Journal, E581 -E587. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.170806

BACKGROUND: Previous studies that quantified the risk of fracture among patients with gout and assessed the potential effect of urate-lowering therapy have provided conflicting results. Our study aims to provide better estimates of risk by minimizing... Read More about Risk of fragility fracture among patients with gout and the effect of urate-lowering therapy.

Management of gout by UK rheumatologists: a British Society for Rheumatology national audit (2018)
Journal Article
Roddy. (2018). Management of gout by UK rheumatologists: a British Society for Rheumatology national audit. Rheumatology, 826-830. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kex521

Objectives
To assess the concordance of gout management by UK rheumatologists with evidence-based best-practice recommendations.

Methods
Data were collected on patients newly referred to UK rheumatology out-patient departments over an 8-week per... Read More about Management of gout by UK rheumatologists: a British Society for Rheumatology national audit.

Population Prevalence and Distribution of Ankle Pain and Symptomatic Radiographic Ankle Osteoarthritis in Community Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Cross-Sectional Study (2018)
Journal Article
Murray, C., Marshall, M., Rathod, T., Bowen, C. J., Menz, H. B., & Roddy, E. (2018). Population Prevalence and Distribution of Ankle Pain and Symptomatic Radiographic Ankle Osteoarthritis in Community Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Cross-Sectional Study. PloS one, 13(4), Article e0193662. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193662

Objectives
To identify by systematic review published prevalence estimates of radiographic ankle osteoarthritis (OA) and to subsequently estimate the prevalence of ankle pain and symptomatic, radiographic ankle OA within community-dwelling older adu... Read More about Population Prevalence and Distribution of Ankle Pain and Symptomatic Radiographic Ankle Osteoarthritis in Community Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Cross-Sectional Study.

Foot osteoarthritis: latest evidence and developments (2018)
Journal Article
Roddy, E., & Menz, H. B. (2018). Foot osteoarthritis: latest evidence and developments. Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease, 10(4), 91-103. https://doi.org/10.1177/1759720x17753337

Foot osteoarthritis (OA) is a common problem in older adults yet is under-researched compared to knee or hand OA. Most existing studies focus on the first metatarsophalangeal joint, with evidence relating to midfoot OA being particularly sparse. Symp... Read More about Foot osteoarthritis: latest evidence and developments.

Risk of fracture among patients with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis: a population-based study (2018)
Journal Article
Mallen, Roddy, Bucknall, Hider, Muller, Paskins, & Helliwell. (2018). Risk of fracture among patients with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis: a population-based study. BMC Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0987-1

Background
Glucocorticoids are associated with increased fracture risk and are the mainstay of treatment in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA). However, fracture risk in these conditions has not been previously quantified. T... Read More about Risk of fracture among patients with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis: a population-based study.

The symptomatic course of foot osteoarthritis phenotypes: an 18-month prospective analysis of community-dwelling older adults. (2017)
Journal Article
Downes, T. J., Chesterton, L., Whittle, R., Roddy, E., Menz, H. B., Marshall, M., & Thomas, M. J. (2018). The symptomatic course of foot osteoarthritis phenotypes: an 18-month prospective analysis of community-dwelling older adults. Arthritis Care and Research, 70(7), 1107-1112. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.23502

OBJECTIVE: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a heterogeneous disease with symptom progression at the foot unclear. This study investigated the symptomatic course of three pre-defined foot OA phenotypes over an 18-month period. METHODS: The Clinical Assessment S... Read More about The symptomatic course of foot osteoarthritis phenotypes: an 18-month prospective analysis of community-dwelling older adults..

Factors Influencing Allopurinol Initiation in Primary Care. (2017)
Journal Article
Roddy, Mallen, Clarson, Belcher, & Hider. (2017). Factors Influencing Allopurinol Initiation in Primary Care. Annals of Family Medicine, 15(6), 557 - 560. https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.213

Despite guidance on appropriate initiation, urate-lowering therapy is prescribed for only a minority of patients with gout. Electronic health records for 8,142 patients with gout were used to investigate the effect of age, sex, comorbidities, number... Read More about Factors Influencing Allopurinol Initiation in Primary Care..

Feasibility randomised multicentre, double-blind, double-dummy controlled trial of anakinra, an interleukin-1 receptor antagonist versus intramuscular methylprednisolone for acute gout attacks in patients with chronic kidney disease (ASGARD): protocol st… (2017)
Journal Article
Mallen, & Roddy. (2017). Feasibility randomised multicentre, double-blind, double-dummy controlled trial of anakinra, an interleukin-1 receptor antagonist versus intramuscular methylprednisolone for acute gout attacks in patients with chronic kidney disease (ASGARD): protocol st…. BMJ Open, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017121

Introduction Acute gout occurs in people with chronic kidney disease, who are commonly older people with comorbidities such as hypertension, heart disease and diabetes. Potentially harmful treatments are administered to these vulnerable patients due... Read More about Feasibility randomised multicentre, double-blind, double-dummy controlled trial of anakinra, an interleukin-1 receptor antagonist versus intramuscular methylprednisolone for acute gout attacks in patients with chronic kidney disease (ASGARD): protocol st….

The British Society for Rheumatology Guideline for the Management of Gout (2017)
Journal Article
Mallen, C., & Roddy, E. (2017). The British Society for Rheumatology Guideline for the Management of Gout. Rheumatology, 56(7), E1-E20. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kex156

OBJECTIVES: We previously found large variations in general practitioner (GP) hypertension treatment probability in oldest-old (>80 years) between countries. We wanted to explore whether differences in country-specific cardiovascular disease (CVD) bu... Read More about The British Society for Rheumatology Guideline for the Management of Gout.

Management of shoulder pain by UK general practitioners (GPs): a national survey (2017)
Journal Article
Roddy, & Van Der Windt. (2017). Management of shoulder pain by UK general practitioners (GPs): a national survey. BMJ Open, e015711 -?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015711

OBJECTIVES: Studies in Canada, the USA and Australia suggested low confidence among general practitioners (GPs) in diagnosing and managing shoulder pain, with frequent use of investigations. There are no comparable studies in the UK; our objective wa... Read More about Management of shoulder pain by UK general practitioners (GPs): a national survey.