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Musculoskeletal Health and Work: Development and Internal–External Cross-Validation of a Model to Predict Risk of Work Absence and Presenteeism in People Seeking Primary Healthcare (2024)
Journal Article
Archer, L., Peat, G., Snell, K. I. E., Hill, J. C., Dunn, K. M., Foster, N. E., Bishop, A., van der Windt, D., & Wynne-Jones, G. (2024). Musculoskeletal Health and Work: Development and Internal–External Cross-Validation of a Model to Predict Risk of Work Absence and Presenteeism in People Seeking Primary Healthcare. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-024-10223-w

Purpose
To develop and validate prediction models for the risk of future work absence and level of presenteeism, in adults seeking primary healthcare with musculoskeletal disorders (MSD).

Methods
Six studies from the West-Midlands/Northwest regi... Read More about Musculoskeletal Health and Work: Development and Internal–External Cross-Validation of a Model to Predict Risk of Work Absence and Presenteeism in People Seeking Primary Healthcare.

STarT MSK tool: Translation, adaptation and validation in Hebrew (2021)
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Ben Ami, N., Hill, J., & Pincus, T. (2021). STarT MSK tool: Translation, adaptation and validation in Hebrew. Musculoskeletal Care, 20(3), 541-546. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1607

Abstract Background The Keele STarT MSK Tool divides musculoskeletal patients into three prognostic groups for risk‐stratified care. It has shown good predictive and discriminative ability in development and validation samples. Objectives This study... Read More about STarT MSK tool: Translation, adaptation and validation in Hebrew.

Developing a core outcome set for community and primary care musculoskeletal services: A consensus approach. (2021)
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Lewis, M., & Hill, J. (2021). Developing a core outcome set for community and primary care musculoskeletal services: A consensus approach. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 1- 10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2021.102415

BACKGROUND: At present there is no core outcome set (COS) for use in community and primary care Musculoskeletal (MSK) services across the UK. Services are therefore collecting different MSK outcomes and metrics in different ways and at different time... Read More about Developing a core outcome set for community and primary care musculoskeletal services: A consensus approach..

Musculoskeletal case-mix adjustment in a UK primary/community care cohort: Testing musculoskeletal models to make recommendations in this setting. (2021)
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Burgess, R., Lewis, M., & Hill, J. (2021). Musculoskeletal case-mix adjustment in a UK primary/community care cohort: Testing musculoskeletal models to make recommendations in this setting. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 56, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2021.102455

Benchmarking musculoskeletal (MSK) services is limited by the need to adjust for differences in patient characteristics/case-mix. Without this providers and services cannot be usefully compared. This paper investigates the predictive ability of case-... Read More about Musculoskeletal case-mix adjustment in a UK primary/community care cohort: Testing musculoskeletal models to make recommendations in this setting..

First Contact Practitioners' (FCPs) and General Practitioners' Perceptions Towards FCPs Delivering Vocational Advice to Patients with Musculoskeletal Conditions: A Qualitative Investigation of the Implementation Potential of the I-SWAP Initiative. (2021)
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Saunders, B., Foster, N. E., Hill, J. C., Sowden, G., Evans, N., Bishop, A., Stynes, S., Dziedzic, K., Campbell, L., Rankin, G., Salmon, P., & Wynne-Jones, G. (2022). First Contact Practitioners' (FCPs) and General Practitioners' Perceptions Towards FCPs Delivering Vocational Advice to Patients with Musculoskeletal Conditions: A Qualitative Investigation of the Implementation Potential of the I-SWAP Initiative. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 32, 147–155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-021-09992-5

Purpose Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain is a common cause of work absence. The recent SWAP (Study of Work And Pain) randomised controlled trial (RCT) found that a brief vocational advice service for primary care patients with MSK pain led to fewer days' w... Read More about First Contact Practitioners' (FCPs) and General Practitioners' Perceptions Towards FCPs Delivering Vocational Advice to Patients with Musculoskeletal Conditions: A Qualitative Investigation of the Implementation Potential of the I-SWAP Initiative..

Refinement and validation of a tool for stratifying patients with musculoskeletal pain (2021)
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Dunn, K. M., Campbell, P., Lewis, M., Hill, J. C., van der Windt, D. A., Afolabi, E., Protheroe, J., Wathall, S., Jowett, S., Oppong, R., Mallen, C. D., Hay, E. M., & Foster, N. E. (2021). Refinement and validation of a tool for stratifying patients with musculoskeletal pain. European Journal of Pain, 25(10), 2081-2093. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1821

AbstractBackgroundPatients with musculoskeletal pain in different body sites share common prognostic factors. Using prognosis to stratify and treatment match can be clinically and cost‐effective. We aimed to refine and validate the Keele STarT MSK To... Read More about Refinement and validation of a tool for stratifying patients with musculoskeletal pain.

Self‐reported prognostic factors in adults reporting neck or low back pain: An umbrella review (2021)
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Mansell, G., Corp, N., Wynne-Jones, G., Hill, J., Stynes, S., & van der Windt, D. (2021). Self‐reported prognostic factors in adults reporting neck or low back pain: An umbrella review. European Journal of Pain, 25(8), 1627-1643. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1782

Numerous systematic reviews have attempted to synthesise evidence on prognostic factors for predicting future outcomes such as pain, disability and return-to-work/work absence in neck and low back pain populations. An umbrella review of systematic re... Read More about Self‐reported prognostic factors in adults reporting neck or low back pain: An umbrella review.

Cross-cultural validation of the start back screening tool in a Greek low back pain sample. (2021)
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Billis, E., Fousekis, K., Tsekoura, M., Lampropoulou, S., Matzaroglou, C., Gliatis, J., Sinopidis, C., Hill, J., & Strimpakos, N. (2021). Cross-cultural validation of the start back screening tool in a Greek low back pain sample. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 53, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2021.102352

BACKGROUND: Keele STarT Back Screening Tool (SBST) is a popular 9-item prognostic recovery questionnaire for low back pain (LBP) with validation studies in several cultural settings, but not Greek. OBJECTIVES: The cross-cultural adaptation and valida... Read More about Cross-cultural validation of the start back screening tool in a Greek low back pain sample..

Evidence-based treatment recommendations for neck and low back pain across Europe: A systematic review of guidelines. (2020)
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Corp, N., Mansell, G., Stynes, S., Wynne-Jones, G., Morsø, L., Hill, J., & Van Der Windt, D. (2021). Evidence-based treatment recommendations for neck and low back pain across Europe: A systematic review of guidelines. European Journal of Pain, 25(2), https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1679

Background and objective: This systematic review synthesised evidence from European neck and low back pain (NLBP) clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) to identify recommended treatment options for use across Europe. Databases and Data Treatment: Compr... Read More about Evidence-based treatment recommendations for neck and low back pain across Europe: A systematic review of guidelines..

Risk-stratified and stepped models of care for back pain and osteoarthritis: are we heading towards a common model? (2020)
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Hill, J. (2020). Risk-stratified and stepped models of care for back pain and osteoarthritis: are we heading towards a common model?. PAIN Reports, e843 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1097/PR9.0000000000000843

The overall quality of care for musculoskeletal pain conditions is suboptimal, partly due to a considerable evidence-practice gap. In osteoarthritis and low back pain, structured models of care exist to help overcome that challenge. In osteoarthritis... Read More about Risk-stratified and stepped models of care for back pain and osteoarthritis: are we heading towards a common model?.

Supporting self-management of low back pain with an internet intervention in primary care: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial of clinical and cost-effectiveness (SupportBack 2). (2020)
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Geraghty, A. W. A., Roberts, L., Hill, J., Foster, N. E., Yardley, L., Hay, E., Stuart, B., Turner, D., Griffiths, G., Webley, F., Durcan, L., Morgan, A., Hughes, S., Bathers, S., Butler-Walley, S., Wathall, S., Mansell, G., Leigh, L., & Little, P. (2020). Supporting self-management of low back pain with an internet intervention in primary care: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial of clinical and cost-effectiveness (SupportBack 2). BMJ Open, 10(8), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040543

INTRODUCTION: Self-management and remaining physically active are first-line recommendations for the care of patients with low back pain (LBP). With a lifetime prevalence of up to 85%, novel approaches to support behavioural self-management are neede... Read More about Supporting self-management of low back pain with an internet intervention in primary care: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial of clinical and cost-effectiveness (SupportBack 2)..

Validation of the Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) in Primary Care Patients with Musculoskeletal Pain (2020)
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Scott, I. C., McCray, G., Lancaster, G., Foster, N. E., & Hill, J. C. (2020). Validation of the Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) in Primary Care Patients with Musculoskeletal Pain. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 50(5), 813-820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2020.06.022

Objective
To evaluate the responsiveness, and concurrent validity of the Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) in UK primary care patients with common musculoskeletal (MSK) pain presentations.

Methods
A secondary analysis of a primary ca... Read More about Validation of the Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) in Primary Care Patients with Musculoskeletal Pain.

Stratified versus usual care for the management of primary care patients with sciatica: the SCOPiC RCT (2020)
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Foster, N. E., Konstantinou, K., Lewis, M., Ogollah, R., Saunders, B., Kigozi, J., Jowett, S., Bartlam, B., Artus, M., Hill, J. C., Hughes, G., Mallen, C. D., Hay, E. M., van der Windt, D. A., Robinson, M., & Dunn, K. M. (2020). Stratified versus usual care for the management of primary care patients with sciatica: the SCOPiC RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 2(7), e401-e411. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta24490

BACKGROUND: Sciatica has a substantial impact on patients and society. Current care is 'stepped', comprising an initial period of simple measures of advice and analgesia, for most patients, commonly followed by physiotherapy, and then by more intensi... Read More about Stratified versus usual care for the management of primary care patients with sciatica: the SCOPiC RCT.

Stratified care versus usual care for management of patients presenting with sciatica in primary care (SCOPiC): a randomised controlled trial (2020)
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Konstantinou, K., Lewis, M., Dunn, K., Hay, E., Van Der Windt, D., Artus, M., Hill, J., Hughes, G., Robinson, M., Saunders, B., Bartlam, B., Mallen, C., Ogollah, R., Kigozi, J., Jowett, S., & Foster, N. (2020). Stratified care versus usual care for management of patients presenting with sciatica in primary care (SCOPiC): a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Rheumatology, 2(7), e401-e411. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2665-9913%2820%2930099-0

Background
Sciatica has a substantial impact on individuals and society. Stratified care has been shown to lead to better outcomes among patients with non-specific low back pain, but it has not been tested for sciatica. We aimed to investigate the c... Read More about Stratified care versus usual care for management of patients presenting with sciatica in primary care (SCOPiC): a randomised controlled trial.

Stratified primary care versus non-stratified care for musculoskeletal pain: findings from the STarT MSK feasibility and pilot cluster randomized controlled trial (2020)
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Hill, J., Garvin, S., Chen, Y., Cooper, V., Wathall, S., Saunders, B., Lewis, A. M., Protheroe, J., Chudyk, A., Dunn, K., Hay, E., Van Der Windt, D., Mallen, C., & Foster, N. E. (2020). Stratified primary care versus non-stratified care for musculoskeletal pain: findings from the STarT MSK feasibility and pilot cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Family Practice, 21, Article 30. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-019-1074-9

Background: Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain from the five most common presentations to primary care (back, neck, shoulder, knee or multi-site pain), where the majority of patients are managed, is a costly global health challenge. At present, first-line de... Read More about Stratified primary care versus non-stratified care for musculoskeletal pain: findings from the STarT MSK feasibility and pilot cluster randomized controlled trial.

Costing Methodology and Key Drivers of Health Care Costs Within Economic Analyses in Musculoskeletal Community and Primary Care Services: A Systematic Review of the Literature. (2020)
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Burgess, R., Hall, J., Bishop, A., Lewis, M., & Hill, J. (2020). Costing Methodology and Key Drivers of Health Care Costs Within Economic Analyses in Musculoskeletal Community and Primary Care Services: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, https://doi.org/10.1177/2150132719899763

Background: Identifying variation in musculoskeletal service costs requires the use of specific standardized metrics. There has been a large focus on costing, efficiency, and standardized metrics within the acute musculoskeletal setting, but far less... Read More about Costing Methodology and Key Drivers of Health Care Costs Within Economic Analyses in Musculoskeletal Community and Primary Care Services: A Systematic Review of the Literature..

Association of STarT Back Tool and the short form of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire with multidimensional risk factors. (2020)
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Hill, J. (2020). Association of STarT Back Tool and the short form of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire with multidimensional risk factors. Scientific reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-57105-3

The Short form of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire (ÖMPSQ-short) and the STarT Back Tool (SBT) have been developed to screen for risk factors for future low back pain (LBP) -related disability and work loss respectively. The ai... Read More about Association of STarT Back Tool and the short form of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire with multidimensional risk factors..