Assessing the Effectiveness of Bisphosphonates for the Prevention of Fragility Fractures: An Updated Systematic Review and Network Meta‐Analyses (2022)
Journal Article
Bastounis, A., Langley, T., Davis, S., Paskins, Z., Gittoes, N., Leonardi‐Bee, J., & Sahota, O. (2022). Assessing the Effectiveness of Bisphosphonates for the Prevention of Fragility Fractures: An Updated Systematic Review and Network Meta‐Analyses. JBMR Plus, 6(5), S270 - S270. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm4.10620

Bisphosphonates have been found to be effective in preventing fragility fractures. However, their comparative effectiveness in populations at risk has yet to be defined. In light of recent clinical trials, we aimed to compare four bisphosphonates (al... Read More about Assessing the Effectiveness of Bisphosphonates for the Prevention of Fragility Fractures: An Updated Systematic Review and Network Meta‐Analyses.

Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of osteoarthritis management programmes in primary or community care settings: a systematic review and qualitative framework synthesis protocol. (2021)
Journal Article
Cunningham, J., Briggs, A. M., Doyle, F., Dziedzic, K., Murphy, P., French, H. P., …Finney, A. (2021). Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of osteoarthritis management programmes in primary or community care settings: a systematic review and qualitative framework synthesis protocol. HRB Open Research, 102 - ?. https://doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.13377.1

Despite consistent international guidelines for osteoarthritis (OA) management, evidence-based treatments are underutilised. OA management programmes (OAMPs) are being implemented internationally to address this evidence-practice gap. An OAMP is defi... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of osteoarthritis management programmes in primary or community care settings: a systematic review and qualitative framework synthesis protocol..

Clinical decision-making in remote rheumatology consultations: a service evaluation of new patient and inflammatory rheumatic disease follow-up appointments (2021)
Journal Article
Paskins, B Tarar, A., B Tarar, A., Weddell, J., Weddell, J., Manning, F., …C Scott, I. (2021). Clinical decision-making in remote rheumatology consultations: a service evaluation of new patient and inflammatory rheumatic disease follow-up appointments. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkab036

Letter

PREVALENCE OF FRAGILITY FRACTURES AND MEDICATION PRESCRIPTION FOR OSTEOPOROSIS IN PATIENTS WITH POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA: RESULTS FROM THE PMR COHORT STUDY (2021)
Journal Article
Singh Sokhal, B., Hider, S. L., Paskins, Z., Muller, S., & Mallen, C. D. (2021). PREVALENCE OF FRAGILITY FRACTURES AND MEDICATION PRESCRIPTION FOR OSTEOPOROSIS IN PATIENTS WITH POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA: RESULTS FROM THE PMR COHORT STUDY. Rheumatology, 60(S1), Article ARTN keab246.002. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keab246.002

Background/Aims
Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is one of the commonest indications for long term glucocorticoid (GC) use, leading to an increased risk of osteoporosis and fragility fractures. Clinical guidelines recommend prescribing medication includ... Read More about PREVALENCE OF FRAGILITY FRACTURES AND MEDICATION PRESCRIPTION FOR OSTEOPOROSIS IN PATIENTS WITH POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA: RESULTS FROM THE PMR COHORT STUDY.

Acceptability of nurse-led reviews for inflammatory rheumatological conditions: A qualitative study. (2021)
Journal Article
Chew-Graham, C., Hider, S., Paskins, Z., & Jinks, C. (2021). Acceptability of nurse-led reviews for inflammatory rheumatological conditions: A qualitative study. Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, -. https://doi.org/10.1177/26335565211002402

Background: People with inflammatory rheumatological conditions (IRCs), are at increased risk of comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, anxiety and depression. The INCLUDE pilot trial evaluated a nurse-delivered review of people... Read More about Acceptability of nurse-led reviews for inflammatory rheumatological conditions: A qualitative study..

HIT (Hip Injection Trial) Advice and Exercise Leaflet (2021)
Book
Roddy, Paskins, & Garvin. (2021). HIT (Hip Injection Trial) Advice and Exercise Leaflet. https://doi.org/10.21252/1w07-2214

Advice and exercises recommended for hip osteoarthritis. This leaflet is divided into 2 parts: The first section includes advice for day to day activities. The second section includes exercises. These are split into easy, medium and harder exercises.

Evaluation of quality and readability of online patient information on osteoporosis and osteoporosis drug treatment and recommendations for improvement (2021)
Journal Article
Crawford Manning, F., Greenall, C., Hawarden, A., Bullock, L., Leyland, S., Jinks, C., …Paskins, Z. (2021). Evaluation of quality and readability of online patient information on osteoporosis and osteoporosis drug treatment and recommendations for improvement. Osteoporosis International, 32, pages1567–1584. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-020-05800-7

Purpose: Identify commonly accessed patient information resources about osteoporosis and osteoporosis drug treatment, appraise the quality and make recommendations for improvement. Methods: Patient information resources were purposively sampled and t... Read More about Evaluation of quality and readability of online patient information on osteoporosis and osteoporosis drug treatment and recommendations for improvement.

Acceptability of bisphosphonates among patients, clinicians and managers: a systematic review and framework synthesis (2020)
Journal Article
Paskins, Z., Crawford-Manning, F., Cottrell, E., Corp, N., Wright, J., Jinks, C., …Sahota, O. (2020). Acceptability of bisphosphonates among patients, clinicians and managers: a systematic review and framework synthesis. BMJ Open, 10(11), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040634

OBJECTIVE: To explore the acceptability of different bisphosphonate regimens for the treatment of osteoporosis among patients, clinicians and managers, payers and academics. DESIGN: A systematic review of primary qualitative studies. Seven databases... Read More about Acceptability of bisphosphonates among patients, clinicians and managers: a systematic review and framework synthesis.

Understanding the uptake of a clinical innovation for osteoarthritis in primary care: a qualitative study of knowledge mobilisation using the i-PARIHS framework. (2020)
Journal Article
Swaithes, L., Dziedzic, K., Finney, A., Cottrell, E., Jinks, C., Mallen, C., …Paskins, Z. (2020). Understanding the uptake of a clinical innovation for osteoarthritis in primary care: a qualitative study of knowledge mobilisation using the i-PARIHS framework. Implementation Science, 15, Article 95. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-020-01055-2

BACKGROUND: Osteoarthritis is a leading cause of pain and disability worldwide. Despite research supporting best practice, evidence-based guidelines are often not followed. Little is known about the implementation of non-surgical models of care in ro... Read More about Understanding the uptake of a clinical innovation for osteoarthritis in primary care: a qualitative study of knowledge mobilisation using the i-PARIHS framework..

GP perceptions on improving a secondary care-based Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) (2020)
Journal Article
Paskins. (2020). GP perceptions on improving a secondary care-based Fracture Liaison Service (FLS). Osteoporosis International, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-020-05648-x

Letter to the editor.

Public priorities for osteoporosis and fracture research: results from a focus group study (2020)
Journal Article
Hawarden, A., Jinks, C., Mahmood, W., Bullock, L., Blackburn, S., Gwilym, S., & Paskins, Z. (2020). Public priorities for osteoporosis and fracture research: results from a focus group study. Archives of Osteoporosis, 15, Article 89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-020-00766-9

Summary
Four focus groups were conducted with members of the public to identify important areas for future osteoporosis research. Participants identified priorities to increase public awareness of osteoporosis, reduce delays in diagnosis, improve co... Read More about Public priorities for osteoporosis and fracture research: results from a focus group study.

Quality and effectiveness of osteoporosis treatment decision aids: a systematic review and environmental scan (2020)
Journal Article
Paskins, Z., Torres Roldan, V., Hawarden, A., Bullock, L., Meritxell Urtecho, S., Torres, G., …Brito, J. (2020). Quality and effectiveness of osteoporosis treatment decision aids: a systematic review and environmental scan. Osteoporosis International, 31, 1837–1851. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-020-05479-w

Decision aids (DAs) are evidence-based tools that support shared decision-making (SDM) implementation in practice; this study aimed to identify existing osteoporosis DAs and assess their quality and efficacy; and to gain feedback from a patient advis... Read More about Quality and effectiveness of osteoporosis treatment decision aids: a systematic review and environmental scan.

Qualitative findings from the Hip Injection Trial (HIT): experiences of living with hip osteoarthritis and receiving trial treatments (2020)
Journal Article
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.

CLINICAL AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ULTRASOUND-GUIDED INTRA-ARTICULAR CORTICOSTEROID AND LOCAL ANAESTHETIC INJECTION FOR HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS: A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL (HIT) (2020)
Journal Article
Paskins, Z., Bromley, K., Lewis, M., Hughes, G., Hughes, E., Cherrington, A., …Roddy, E. (2020). CLINICAL AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ULTRASOUND-GUIDED INTRA-ARTICULAR CORTICOSTEROID AND LOCAL ANAESTHETIC INJECTION FOR HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS: A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL (HIT). Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 28(S1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2020.02.751

Research priorities for the management of broken bones of the upper limb in people over 50: a UK priority setting partnership with the James Lind Alliance (2019)
Journal Article
Sheehan, W. J., Williams, M. A., Paskins, Z., Costa, M. L., Antonio Fernandez, M., Gould, J., …Gwilym, S. (2019). Research priorities for the management of broken bones of the upper limb in people over 50: a UK priority setting partnership with the James Lind Alliance. BMJ Open, e030028 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030028

OBJECTIVE: To determine research priorities for the management of broken bones of the upper limb in people over 50, which represent the shared priorities of patients, their families, carers and healthcare professionals. DESIGN/SETTING: A national (UK... Read More about Research priorities for the management of broken bones of the upper limb in people over 50: a UK priority setting partnership with the James Lind Alliance.

Return of the symptom? (2019)
Journal Article
Paskins. (2019). Return of the symptom?. Rheumatology, 273-274. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kez512

Identifying women and men at risk of fragility fractures, who can benefit from prevention strategies such as bisphosphonate therapy, is an important topic for clinical and population epidemiology.

An observational cohort study to produce and evaluate an improved tool to screen older women with back pain for osteoporotic vertebral fractures (Vfrac): Study protocol (2019)
Journal Article
Paskins. (2019). An observational cohort study to produce and evaluate an improved tool to screen older women with back pain for osteoporotic vertebral fractures (Vfrac): Study protocol. Archives of Osteoporosis, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-019-0558-5

The aim of this study is to produce an easy to use checklist for general practitioners to complete whenever a woman aged over 65years with back pain seeks healthcare. This checklist will produce a binary output to determine if the patient should have... Read More about An observational cohort study to produce and evaluate an improved tool to screen older women with back pain for osteoporotic vertebral fractures (Vfrac): Study protocol.

Oral Bisphosphonate Prescription In Primary Care: A Baseline Audit Of Practice (2018)
Journal Article
Paskins. (2018). Oral Bisphosphonate Prescription In Primary Care: A Baseline Audit Of Practice. Osteoporosis International, 611 -612. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-018-4738-8

Conference abstract, first published within Supplement of Osteoporosis International entitled Osteoporosis Conference 2018 Birmingham, UK 2 – 4 December 2018 Abstracts

A randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided intra-articular corticosteroid and local anaesthetic injections: the hip injection trial (HIT) protocol (2018)
Journal Article
Paskins, Z., Hughes, G., Myers, H., Hughes, E., Hennings, S., Cherrington, A., …Roddy, E. (2018). A randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided intra-articular corticosteroid and local anaesthetic injections: the hip injection trial (HIT) protocol. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 19, Article 218. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-018-2153-0

BACKGROUND: Evidence on the effectiveness of intra-articular corticosteroid injection for hip osteoarthritis is limited and conflicting. The primary objective of the Hip Injection Trial (HIT) is to compare pain intensity over 6 months, in people with... Read More about A randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of ultrasound-guided intra-articular corticosteroid and local anaesthetic injections: the hip injection trial (HIT) protocol.

Risk of fragility fracture among patients with late-onset psoriasis: a United Kingdom population-based study (2018)
Journal Article
Mallen, Roddy, Bucknall, Muller, Hider, Helliwell, & Paskins. (2018). Risk of fragility fracture among patients with late-onset psoriasis: a United Kingdom population-based study. Osteoporosis International, 1659-1664. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-018-4491-z

This study aimed to examine fracture risk in patients with late-onset psoriasis. A cohort study was conducted using primary care records from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Psoriasis patients had a 10% increased risk of fracture compared to... Read More about Risk of fragility fracture among patients with late-onset psoriasis: a United Kingdom population-based study.