How common are side effects of treatment to prevent gout flares when starting allopurinol? (2024)
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Saul, H., Deeney, B., Swaithes, L., & Roddy, E. (in press). How common are side effects of treatment to prevent gout flares when starting allopurinol?. BMJ, 384, Article q514. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q514

The studyRoddy E, Bajpai R, Forrester H, et al. Safety of colchicine and NSAID prophylaxis when initiating urate-lowering therapy for gout: propensity score-matched cohort studies in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink. 2023;82:1618-25.To re... Read More about How common are side effects of treatment to prevent gout flares when starting allopurinol?.

Factors associated with change in health-related quality of life in people with gout: a 3-year prospective cohort study in primary care (2022)
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Watson, L., Belcher, J., Nicholls, E., Chandratre, P., Blagojevic-Bucknall, M., Hider, S., …Roddy, E. (2022). Factors associated with change in health-related quality of life in people with gout: a 3-year prospective cohort study in primary care. Rheumatology, 62(8), 2748-2756. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keac706

Objective To describe factors associated with change in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in people living with gout in primary care. Methods In a UK prospective cohort study, adults with a diagnosis of gout registered with 20 general practices... Read More about Factors associated with change in health-related quality of life in people with gout: a 3-year prospective cohort study in primary care.

British Society for Rheumatology guideline on prescribing drugs in pregnancy and breastfeeding: immunomodulatory anti-rheumatic drugs and corticosteroids (2022)
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Russell, M. D., Dey, M., Flint, J., Davie, P., Allen, A., Crossley, A., …Williams, E. (2022). British Society for Rheumatology guideline on prescribing drugs in pregnancy and breastfeeding: immunomodulatory anti-rheumatic drugs and corticosteroids. Rheumatology, 62(4), e48-e88. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keac551

Association of Gout Polygenic Risk Score with Age at Disease Onset and Tophaceous Disease in European and Polynesian Men with Gout. (2022)
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Roddy, E. (2022). Association of Gout Polygenic Risk Score with Age at Disease Onset and Tophaceous Disease in European and Polynesian Men with Gout. Arthritis and Rheumatology, 75(5), 816-825. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.42393

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a gout polygenic risk score (PRS) associates with age at gout onset and tophaceous disease in European (EUR), East Polynesian (EP), and West Polynesian (WP) men/women with gout.

METHODS: A 19-variant gout PRS was p... Read More about Association of Gout Polygenic Risk Score with Age at Disease Onset and Tophaceous Disease in European and Polynesian Men with Gout..

Predicting pain and function outcomes in people consulting with shoulder pain: the PANDA-S clinical cohort and qualitative study protocol (2021)
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Wynne-Jones, G., Myers, H., Hall, A., Littlewood, C., Hennings, S., Saunders, B., …van der Windt, D. (2021). Predicting pain and function outcomes in people consulting with shoulder pain: the PANDA-S clinical cohort and qualitative study protocol. BMJ Open, 11(9), Article e052758. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052758

INTRODUCTION: People presenting with shoulder pain considered to be of musculoskeletal origin is common in primary care but diagnosing the cause of the pain is contentious, leading to uncertainty in management. To inform optimal primary care for pati... Read More about Predicting pain and function outcomes in people consulting with shoulder pain: the PANDA-S clinical cohort and qualitative study protocol.

Mortality in Patients With Gout Treated With Allopurinol: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis (2021)
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Hay, C. A., Prior, J. A., Belcher, J., Mallen, C. D., & Roddy, E. (2021). Mortality in Patients With Gout Treated With Allopurinol: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis. Arthritis Care & Research, 73(7), 1049-1054. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.24205

ObjectiveUrate‐lowering therapy (predominantly allopurinol) is highly effective as a treatment for gout, but its wider long‐term effects remain unclear. This systematic review and meta‐analysis aimed to ascertain the association between mortality and... Read More about Mortality in Patients With Gout Treated With Allopurinol: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis.

Identification of Radiographic Foot Osteoarthritis: Sensitivity of Views and Features Using the La Trobe Radiographic Atlas (2021)
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Menz, H. B., Munteanu, S. E., Marshall, M., Thomas, M. J., Rathod‐Mistry, T., Peat, G. M., & Roddy, E. (2022). Identification of Radiographic Foot Osteoarthritis: Sensitivity of Views and Features Using the La Trobe Radiographic Atlas. Arthritis Care & Research, 74(8), 1369-1373. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.24582

ObjectiveTo compare the sensitivity of alternative case finding approaches for the identification of foot osteoarthritis (OA) based on the La Trobe radiographic atlas.MethodsThis was a cross‐sectional study of 533 adults age ≥50 years with foot pain... Read More about Identification of Radiographic Foot Osteoarthritis: Sensitivity of Views and Features Using the La Trobe Radiographic Atlas.

Shoe-stiffening inserts for first metatarsophalangeal joint osteoarthritis: a randomised trial. (2021)
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Munteanu, S., Landorf, K., McClelland, J., Roddy, E., Cicuttini, F., Shiell, A., …Menz, H. (2021). Shoe-stiffening inserts for first metatarsophalangeal joint osteoarthritis: a randomised trial. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 480-490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2021.02.002

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of carbon-fibre shoe-stiffening inserts in individuals with first metatarsophalangeal joint osteoarthritis.

DESIGN: This was a randomised, sham-controlled, participant- and assessor-blinded trial. One hundred p... Read More about Shoe-stiffening inserts for first metatarsophalangeal joint osteoarthritis: a randomised trial..

The cost-effectiveness of different approaches to exercise and corticosteroid injection for subacromial pain (impingement) syndrome. (2021)
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Oppong, R., Jowett, S., Lewis, M., Roddy, E., Ogollah, R. O., Zwierska, I., …Foster, N. E. (2021). The cost-effectiveness of different approaches to exercise and corticosteroid injection for subacromial pain (impingement) syndrome. Rheumatology, 60(9), 4175-4184. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaa903

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether physiotherapist-led exercise intervention and ultrasound-guided subacromial corticosteroid injection is cost-effective when compared with standard advice and exercise leaflet and unguided injection in patients with su... Read More about The cost-effectiveness of different approaches to exercise and corticosteroid injection for subacromial pain (impingement) syndrome..

Qualitative findings from the Hip Injection Trial (HIT): experiences of living with hip osteoarthritis and receiving trial treatments (2020)
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Paskins, Holden, Mallen, Jinks, Hawarden, & Roddy. (2020). Qualitative findings from the Hip Injection Trial (HIT): experiences of living with hip osteoarthritis and receiving trial treatments. Rheumatology, https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaa111.125

Background
The HIT trial compared ultrasound-guided intra-articular hip injection (USGI) of triamcinolone acetonide and 1% lidocaine hydrochloride combined with best current treatment (BCT) with (i) BCT alone and (ii) an USGI of 1% lidocaine only co... Read More about Qualitative findings from the Hip Injection Trial (HIT): experiences of living with hip osteoarthritis and receiving trial treatments.

GPs' attitudes, beliefs and behaviours regarding exercise for chronic knee pain: a questionnaire survey (2017)
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Roddy, E., Cottrell, E., Foster, N. E., Porcheret, M., & Rathod, T. (2017). GPs' attitudes, beliefs and behaviours regarding exercise for chronic knee pain: a questionnaire survey. BMJ Open, 7(6), e014999 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014999

OBJECTIVES:
The aim of this study was to investigate general practitioners' (GPs) attitudes, beliefs and behaviours regarding the use of exercise for patients with chronic knee pain (CKP) attributable to osteoarthritis.

SETTING: Primary care GPs... Read More about GPs' attitudes, beliefs and behaviours regarding exercise for chronic knee pain: a questionnaire survey.