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Kelvin Jordan's Outputs (12)

Socioeconomic inequalities in outcomes, experiences and treatment among adults consulting primary care for a musculoskeletal pain condition: a prospective cohort study (2025)
Journal Article
M Peat, G., C Hill, J., Yu, D., Wathall, S., Parry, E., Bailey, J., Thompson, C., & P Jordan, K. (2025). Socioeconomic inequalities in outcomes, experiences and treatment among adults consulting primary care for a musculoskeletal pain condition: a prospective cohort study. BMJ Open, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-095132

Local variation in musculoskeletal pain consultation rates in primary care: findings from an ecologic study in Staffordshire (2025)
Journal Article
Peat, G. M., Hill, J. C., Yu, D., Wathall, S., Parry, E., Bailey, J., Stevenson, K., Thompson, C., Wilkie, R., Dziedzic, K., & Jordan, K. P. (2025). Local variation in musculoskeletal pain consultation rates in primary care: findings from an ecologic study in Staffordshire. Primary Health Care Research & Development, 26, Article e52. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1463423625100133

Summary: Variation between general practices in the rate of consultations for musculoskeletal pain conditions may signal important differences in access to primary care, perceived usefulness, or available alternative sources of care; however, it migh... Read More about Local variation in musculoskeletal pain consultation rates in primary care: findings from an ecologic study in Staffordshire.

Efficacy of Orlistat in type 2 diabetes - a systematic review and meta analysis (2025)
Journal Article
Ghosal, S., Heron, N., Mason, K., & Jordan, K. (2025). Efficacy of Orlistat in type 2 diabetes - a systematic review and meta analysis. British Journal of General Practice Open (BJGP Open), 1-29. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0058

Background
Obesity is a common comorbidity of Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM), a chronic metabolic condition affecting millions worldwide. Orlistat may be used to reduce weight as an adjunct to diet/lifestyle changes.

Aim
To assess the evidenc... Read More about Efficacy of Orlistat in type 2 diabetes - a systematic review and meta analysis.

Geographical Association of Bird Species Richness with All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Rates of Local Residents: An Ecological Study in China (2025)
Journal Article
Zhang, N., You, J., Xu, Q., Cai, J., Jordan, K. P., Li, L., Yu, T., & Chen, Y. (2025). Geographical Association of Bird Species Richness with All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Rates of Local Residents: An Ecological Study in China. Life, 15(6), Article 875. https://doi.org/10.3390/life15060875

The pressing ecological challenges of the twenty-first century underscore the need for biodiversity protection. The “One Health” approach, which integrates human, animal, and environmental health, has become increasingly vital. This study investigate... Read More about Geographical Association of Bird Species Richness with All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Rates of Local Residents: An Ecological Study in China.

Regional concentrations of heavy metals in surface soils and risk of body pain in elderly residential population: a national cohort study in China (2025)
Journal Article
Qu, B., Hu, B., Rong, R., Wu, L., Shi, X., Ma, Z. F., Yuan, L., Goodacre, R., Jordan, K. P., & Chen, Y. (2025). Regional concentrations of heavy metals in surface soils and risk of body pain in elderly residential population: a national cohort study in China. BMC Public Health, 25(1), Article 1571. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22638-y

Background: The accumulation of heavy metals in surface soil raises significant environmental and public health concerns around the world. This study aimed to examine the relationship between exposure to heavy metals in surface soil and the risk of p... Read More about Regional concentrations of heavy metals in surface soils and risk of body pain in elderly residential population: a national cohort study in China.

P102 Pain management and its variation by deprivation in patients with inflammatory arthritis: the PAIN PATH survey (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Scott, I. C., Daud, N., Hider, S., Paskins, Z., Twohig, H., Halliday, N., Mallen, C. D., Jordan, K. P., & Muller, S. (2025, April). P102 Pain management and its variation by deprivation in patients with inflammatory arthritis: the PAIN PATH survey. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2025, Manchester Central Convention Complex, Manchester, England, UK

Background/Aims UK-based electronic health record studies show that many patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) receive opioid and gabapentinoid prescriptions - particularly in areas of deprivation - despite little and no evidence for efficacy, re... Read More about P102 Pain management and its variation by deprivation in patients with inflammatory arthritis: the PAIN PATH survey.

P055 Gabapentinoid use and the risk of fractures in patients with inflammatory arthritis: nested case-control study in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Scott, I. C., Daud, N., Bailey, J., Twohig, H., Hider, S., Mallen, C. D., Jordan, K. P., & Muller, S. (2025, April). P055 Gabapentinoid use and the risk of fractures in patients with inflammatory arthritis: nested case-control study in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2025, Manchester Central Convention Complex, Manchester, England, UK

Background/Aims 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 w... Read More about P055 Gabapentinoid use and the risk of fractures in patients with inflammatory arthritis: nested case-control study in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum.

Temporal species stability underpins the link between biodiversity and human health (2025)
Journal Article
Xu, Q., Qu, B., Zhao, P., Clement, S., Shi, Y., Li, L., Jordan, K. P., & Chen, Y. (2025). Temporal species stability underpins the link between biodiversity and human health. Environmental Research, 278(1 August 2025), Article 121728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2025.121728

Biodiversity is known to impact human health, but the complex relationships between species diversity and health outcomes is poorly understood. Measuring the temporal dissimilarity in species composition can be leveraged to understand the stability o... Read More about Temporal species stability underpins the link between biodiversity and human health.

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.

Sequence Analysis to Phenotype Healthcare Patterns in Adults with Musculoskeletal Conditions Using Primary Care Electronic Health Records (2025)
Journal Article
Mathew, S., Peat, G., Parry, E., Wilkie, R., Jordan, K. P., Hill, J. C., & Yu, D. (in press). Sequence Analysis to Phenotype Healthcare Patterns in Adults with Musculoskeletal Conditions Using Primary Care Electronic Health Records. Arthritis Care & Research, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.25514

ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to apply sequence analysis (SA) to phenotype healthcare patterns of adult patients with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions using primary care electronic health records and to investigate the association between these... Read More about Sequence Analysis to Phenotype Healthcare Patterns in Adults with Musculoskeletal Conditions Using Primary Care Electronic Health Records.

An application of matching algorithms to generalize small-area estimates of chronic pain prevalence to neighbourhoods across England (2025)
Journal Article
Quinn, L., Yu, D., Lynch, M., P Jordan, K., Wilkie, R., & Peat, G. (2025). An application of matching algorithms to generalize small-area estimates of chronic pain prevalence to neighbourhoods across England. Journal of Public Health, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdaf002

Background
Local decision-makers lack granular data on the prevalence of chronic pain in their populations. We applied matching methods to generalize estimates from one local survey in England to other neighborhoods across the country with a similar... Read More about An application of matching algorithms to generalize small-area estimates of chronic pain prevalence to neighbourhoods across England.