Dr Anne O'Brien

Patient Anxiety, Fear, and Kinesiophobia: Challenges Shared by UK Physiotherapists in Managing Polymyalgia Rheumatica - Findings from a Qualitative Study (2024)
Presentation / Conference
O'Brien, A., Muller, S., Liddle, J., Thomas, M., & Mallen, C. D. (2024, November). Patient Anxiety, Fear, and Kinesiophobia: Challenges Shared by UK Physiotherapists in Managing Polymyalgia Rheumatica - Findings from a Qualitative Study. Poster presented at ACR Convergence 2024, Washington DC, USA

P182 Exercise and activity in polymyalgia rheumatica: co-creating an education resource acceptable to patients and health professionals (2024)
Presentation / Conference
O’Brien, A. V., Eng, S., Mackie, S. L., Scrafton, N., Hider, S., Tan, A. L., …Baxter, M. (2024, April). P182 Exercise and activity in polymyalgia rheumatica: co-creating an education resource acceptable to patients and health professionals. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024

Background/Aims People with PMR report experiencing pain, stiffness and weakness, often impacting everyday tasks. Many fear exercise will exacerbate symptoms and need reassurance that exercise is helpful and not harmful. However, no PMR-specific, exe... Read More about P182 Exercise and activity in polymyalgia rheumatica: co-creating an education resource acceptable to patients and health professionals.

Evaluation of Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent Allied Health Professionals preceptorship programmes: a mixed method UK study (2023)
Journal Article
Salt, E., Jackman, K., & O’Brien, A. V. (in press). Evaluation of Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent Allied Health Professionals preceptorship programmes: a mixed method UK study. BMC Medical Education, 23(1), Article 591. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04515-7

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate current preceptorship provision across AHP professions in the Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent (SSOT) region of England to improve consistency, share and optimise best practice. Background: Preceptorship, defined as a p... Read More about Evaluation of Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent Allied Health Professionals preceptorship programmes: a mixed method UK study.

Patient Perceptions of Physical Activity After a Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis: Analysis of Multinational Qualitative Data (2021)
Journal Article
Austin, K., Dures, E., Almeida, C., Cramp, F., Guly, C. M., Hill, C. L., …Robson, J. C. (2022). Patient Perceptions of Physical Activity After a Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis: Analysis of Multinational Qualitative Data. Arthritis Care & Research, 74(1), 99-106. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.24800

Objective
To explore patient perceptions of physical activity in giant cell arteritis (GCA).

Methods
This was a multinational qualitative study, analyzing interview data collected from participants from the UK (n = 25) and Australia (n = 11) wit... Read More about Patient Perceptions of Physical Activity After a Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis: Analysis of Multinational Qualitative Data.

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (2020)
Book Chapter
O’Brien, A. (2020). Polymyalgia Rheumatica. . Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18012-6_4

SAT0216 PATIENT PERCEPTIONS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AFTER A DIAGNOSIS OF GIANT CELL ARTERITIS: A SECONDARY ANALYSIS OF MULTINATIONAL QUALITATIVE DATA (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Austin, K., Dures, E., Almeida, C., Cramp, F., Gilbert, K., Guly, C., …Robson, J. (2019, June). SAT0216 PATIENT PERCEPTIONS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AFTER A DIAGNOSIS OF GIANT CELL ARTERITIS: A SECONDARY ANALYSIS OF MULTINATIONAL QUALITATIVE DATA. Paper presented at Annual European Congress of Rheumatology, EULAR 2019, Madrid, 12–15 June 2019

WHAT IS THE ROLE OF UK PHYSIOTHERAPISTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PEOPLE WITH POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA? FINDINGS FROM A QUALITATIVE STUDY (2019)
Journal Article
O'Brien, A. V., Liddle, J., Muller, S., Thomas, M. J., & Mallen, C. D. (2019). WHAT IS THE ROLE OF UK PHYSIOTHERAPISTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PEOPLE WITH POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA? FINDINGS FROM A QUALITATIVE STUDY. Rheumatology, 58(S3), https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kez105.015

The emerging role of physiotherapists in the management of people with Polymyalgia Rheumatica; findings from a UK qualitative study (2019)
Journal Article
O'Brien, A., Muller, S., Liddle, J., Thomas, M., & Mallen, C. (2019). The emerging role of physiotherapists in the management of people with Polymyalgia Rheumatica; findings from a UK qualitative study. Physiotherapy, e178 - e179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2018.11.187

Support available for and perceived priorities of people with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis: results of the PMRGCAuk members’ survey 2017 (2018)
Journal Article
Muller, S., O'Brien, A., Helliwell, T., Hay, C. A., Gilbert, K., Mallen, C. D., & Busby, K. (2018). Support available for and perceived priorities of people with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis: results of the PMRGCAuk members’ survey 2017. Clinical Rheumatology, 3411-3418. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-018-4220-1

Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis are relatively common, but under research inflammatory rheumatological conditions. This survey aimed to ascertain the matters in which patients feel they need support with these conditions and appraise... Read More about Support available for and perceived priorities of people with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis: results of the PMRGCAuk members’ survey 2017.

From student recruitment to graduation: How are we developing the Physiotherapy leaders of the future in the West Midlands? (2017)
Conference Proceeding
O'Brien, A. V., Torney, L., Baxter, S., Johnson, C. D., Taylor, A., Owen, P., …Turner, A. (2017). From student recruitment to graduation: How are we developing the Physiotherapy leaders of the future in the West Midlands?.

Current physiotherapy practice and assessment in Polymyalgia Rheumatica: a UK cross-sectional survey. (2017)
Presentation / Conference
O'Brien, A. V., Liddle, J., Muller, S., Lawton, S., Whittle, R., Mason, E., & Mallen, C. D. (2017, July). Current physiotherapy practice and assessment in Polymyalgia Rheumatica: a UK cross-sectional survey. Paper presented at World Congress of Physiotherapy 2017 - Cape Town, South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa

Background: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) is the commonest inflammatory musculoskeletal disorder affecting older adults. Whilst physiotherapy interventions are recommended by international guidelines, the supporting evidence base is limited and of poo... Read More about Current physiotherapy practice and assessment in Polymyalgia Rheumatica: a UK cross-sectional survey..

Understanding and Maximising Leadership in Pre-registration Healthcare Curricula: Research Report September 2015 (2016)
Book
O'Brien, A., Jones, L., Owen, P., Dudley, R., Johnson, C., Turner, A., …Baxter, S. (2016). Understanding and Maximising Leadership in Pre-registration Healthcare Curricula: Research Report September 2015

Development and validation of a Patient Reported Experience Measure (PREM) for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other rheumatic conditions (2015)
Journal Article
O'Brien, A., Bosworth, A., Cox, M., Jones, P., Sargeant, I., Elliot, A., & Bukhari, M. (2015). Development and validation of a Patient Reported Experience Measure (PREM) for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other rheumatic conditions. Current Rheumatology Reviews, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.2174/1573397111666150522093712

Methods: Focus groups were held with RA patients to identify key elements of the patient experience. These were mapped against the UK Department of Health Patient Experience Framework and a PREM questionnaire developed with questions specifically rel... Read More about Development and validation of a Patient Reported Experience Measure (PREM) for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other rheumatic conditions.

Overview of physiotherapy (2014)
Book Chapter
O'Brien, A. (2014). Overview of physiotherapy. In Oxford Textbook of Rheumatology

98. Modification of a Validated Patient-Reported Experience Measure Tool for Rheumatoid Arthritis for Use in Other Rheumatic Conditions: Results of a Pilot Study (2014)
Journal Article
Bukhari, M., Bosworth, A., Cox, M., O'Brien, A., Jones, P., Sargeant, I., & Elliott, A. (2014). 98. Modification of a Validated Patient-Reported Experience Measure Tool for Rheumatoid Arthritis for Use in Other Rheumatic Conditions: Results of a Pilot Study. Rheumatology, 53(suppl_1), i93-i94. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keu101.019

SARAH: Strenghthening and stretching for people with rheumatoid arthritis of the hands: a randomised controlled trial. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Williams, M. A., Heine, P., McConkey, C., Lord, J., Dosanjh, S., Williamson, E., …SARAH trial, T. (2013). SARAH: Strenghthening and stretching for people with rheumatoid arthritis of the hands: a randomised controlled trial.

Validation Of a Patient Reported Experience Measure In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
O'Brien, A. V., Bukhari, M., Jones, P., Sargeant, I., Cox, M., Elliot, A., …Bosworth, A. (2013). Validation Of a Patient Reported Experience Measure In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Development of patient-reported experience measures for rheumatoid arthritis: results of a pilot study (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Bosworth, A., Cox, M., Johnstone, G., Shah, P., O'Brien, A. V., Jones, P., …Bukhari, M. (2013). Development of patient-reported experience measures for rheumatoid arthritis: results of a pilot study.

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