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Pain assessment and pain treatment for community-dwelling people with dementia: A systematic review and narrative synthesis (2019)
Journal Article
Bullock, L., Bedson, J., Jordan, J., Bartlam, B., Chew-Graham, C., & Campbell, P. (2019). Pain assessment and pain treatment for community-dwelling people with dementia: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 34(6), 807-821. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5078

OBJECTIVES:
To describe the current literature on pain assessment and pain treatment for community-dwelling people with dementia.

METHOD:
A comprehensive systematic search of the literature with narrative synthesis was conducted. Eight major... Read More about Pain assessment and pain treatment for community-dwelling people with dementia: A systematic review and narrative synthesis.

Expressed information needs of patients with osteoporosis and/or fragility fractures: a systematic review (2018)
Journal Article
Jordan, Babatunde, & Paskins. (2018). Expressed information needs of patients with osteoporosis and/or fragility fractures: a systematic review. Archives of Osteoporosis, 13(55), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-018-0470-4

This systematic review identified patients have unmet information needs about the nature of osteoporosis, medication, self-management and follow-up. Clinician knowledge and attitudes appear to be of key importance in determining whether these needs a... Read More about Expressed information needs of patients with osteoporosis and/or fragility fractures: a systematic review.

Evidence flowers: An innovative, visual method of presenting “best evidence” summaries to health professional and lay audiences (2018)
Journal Article
Babatunde, O., Tan, V., Jordan, J., Dziedzic, K., Chew-Graham, C., Jinks, C., …Van Der Windt, D. (2018). Evidence flowers: An innovative, visual method of presenting “best evidence” summaries to health professional and lay audiences. Research Synthesis Methods, 9(2), 273-284. https://doi.org/10.1002/jrsm.1295

Background & Aims
Barriers to dissemination and engagement with evidence pose a threat to implementing evidence-based medicine. Understanding, retention, and recall can be enhanced by visual presentation of information. The aim of this exploratory r... Read More about Evidence flowers: An innovative, visual method of presenting “best evidence” summaries to health professional and lay audiences.

Effective treatment options for musculoskeletal pain in primary care: A systematic overview of current evidence (2017)
Journal Article
Babatunde, O., Jordan, J., Van Der Windt, D., Hill, J., Foster, N. E., & Protheroe, J. (2017). Effective treatment options for musculoskeletal pain in primary care: A systematic overview of current evidence. PLoS ONE, 12(6), Article e0178621. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178621

Background & aims
Musculoskeletal pain, the most common cause of disability globally, is most frequently managed in primary care. People with musculoskeletal pain in different body regions share similar characteristics, prognosis, and may respond to... Read More about Effective treatment options for musculoskeletal pain in primary care: A systematic overview of current evidence.

Protocol: a systematic review of studies developing and/or evaluating search strategies to identify prognosis studies (2017)
Journal Article
Corp, N., Jordan, J. L., Hayden, J. A., Irvin, E., Parker, R., Smith, A., & van der Windt, D. A. (2017). Protocol: a systematic review of studies developing and/or evaluating search strategies to identify prognosis studies. Systematic Reviews, 6, Article 88. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-017-0482-y

BACKGROUND
Prognosis research is on the rise, its importance recognised because chronic health conditions and diseases are increasingly common and costly. Prognosis systematic reviews are needed to collate and synthesise these research findings, esp... Read More about Protocol: a systematic review of studies developing and/or evaluating search strategies to identify prognosis studies.

Multidisciplinary approaches to managing osteoarthritis in multiple joint sites: a systematic review. (2016)
Journal Article
Finney, A., Healey, E., Jordan, J., Ryan, S., & Dziedzic, K. (2016). Multidisciplinary approaches to managing osteoarthritis in multiple joint sites: a systematic review. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 17, Article 266. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-016-1125-5

BACKGROUND: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's Osteoarthritis (OA) guidelines recommended that future research should consider the benefits of combination therapies in people with OA across multiple joint sites. However, the clin... Read More about Multidisciplinary approaches to managing osteoarthritis in multiple joint sites: a systematic review..

Community-based exercise and physical activity programmes led by exercise professionals for osteoarthritis (2016)
Report
Walsh, N., Jordan, J., Babatunde, O., Powell, J., & Healey, E. (2016). Community-based exercise and physical activity programmes led by exercise professionals for osteoarthritis

This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows:

To assess the benefits and harms of community-based exercise and physical activity programmes led by non-healthcare exercise professionals for osteoarthriti... Read More about Community-based exercise and physical activity programmes led by exercise professionals for osteoarthritis.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of chronic widespread pain in the general population. (2015)
Journal Article
Mansfield, K. E., Sim, J., Jordan, J. L., & Jordan, K. P. (2015). A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of chronic widespread pain in the general population. PAIN, 157(1), 55-64. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000314

Chronic widespread pain (CWP) is common and associated with poor general health. There has been no attempt to derive a robust prevalence estimate of CWP, or assess how this is influenced by socio-demographic factors. This study therefore aimed to det... Read More about A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of chronic widespread pain in the general population..

Chronic pain and mortality: a systematic review (2014)
Journal Article
Smith, D., Wilkie, R., Uthman, O., Jordan, J. L., & McBeth, J. (2014). Chronic pain and mortality: a systematic review. PloS one, 9(6), Article e99048. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099048

Chronic pain is common, often widespread and has a substantial impact on health and quality of life. The relationship between chronic pain and mortality is unclear. This systematic review aimed to identify and evaluate evidence for a relationship bet... Read More about Chronic pain and mortality: a systematic review.

Quality indicators for the primary care of osteoarthritis: a systematic review. (2013)
Report
Edwards, J., Khanna, M., Jordan, K. P., Jordan, J. L., Bedson, J., & Dziedzic, K. S. (2013). Quality indicators for the primary care of osteoarthritis: a systematic review. Not commissioned

OBJECTIVE: To identify valid and feasible quality indicators for the primary care of osteoarthritis (OA). DESIGN: Systematic review and narrative synthesis. DATA SOURCES: Electronic reference databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, HMIC, PsychINFO), qual... Read More about Quality indicators for the primary care of osteoarthritis: a systematic review..

Exercise for lower limb osteoarthritis: systematic review incorporating trial sequential analysis and network meta-analysis (2013)
Journal Article
Uthman, O. A., Van Der Windt, D., Jordan, J., Dziedzic, K., Healey, E., Peat, G., & Foster, N. E. (2014). Exercise for lower limb osteoarthritis: systematic review incorporating trial sequential analysis and network meta-analysis. BMJ, 347, Article f5555. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f5555

To determine whether there is sufficient evidence to conclude that exercise interventions are more effective than no exercise control and to compare the effectiveness of different exercise interventions in relieving pain and improving function in pat... Read More about Exercise for lower limb osteoarthritis: systematic review incorporating trial sequential analysis and network meta-analysis.

Comparative effectiveness of treatment options for subacromial shoulder conditions: A network meta-analysis
Presentation / Conference
Babatunde, Jordan, Van Der Windt, & Roddy. Comparative effectiveness of treatment options for subacromial shoulder conditions: A network meta-analysis. Presented at Global Evidence Summit 1017

Background: Subacromial shoulder conditions (SSCs) account for nearly 70% of all shoulder pain presentations to primary care, affecting one in three persons, half of whom still report pain and functional limitations 12 months post initial diagnosis.... Read More about Comparative effectiveness of treatment options for subacromial shoulder conditions: A network meta-analysis.