Exploring research team members’ and trial participants’ perceptions of acceptability and implementation within one videoconference-based supportive care program for individuals affected by systemic sclerosis during COVID-19: a qualitative interview study (2023)
Journal Article
Wurz, A., Ellis, K., Duchek, D., Bansal, M., Carrier, M., Tao, L., …Culos-Reed, S. N. (2023). Exploring research team members’ and trial participants’ perceptions of acceptability and implementation within one videoconference-based supportive care program for individuals affected by systemic sclerosis during COVID-19: a qualitative interview study. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 13(7), 442-452. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibac091

The SPIN-CHAT Program was designed to support mental health among individuals with systemic sclerosis (SSc; commonly known as scleroderma) and at least mild anxiety symptoms at the onset of COVID-19. The program was formally evaluated in the SPIN-CHA... Read More about Exploring research team members’ and trial participants’ perceptions of acceptability and implementation within one videoconference-based supportive care program for individuals affected by systemic sclerosis during COVID-19: a qualitative interview study.

A Wearable Insole System to Measure Plantar Pressure and Shear for People with Diabetes (2023)
Journal Article
Tang, J., Bader, D. L., Jiang, L., Moser, D., Parker, D. J., Forghany, S., & Nester, C. J. (2023). A Wearable Insole System to Measure Plantar Pressure and Shear for People with Diabetes. Sensors, 23(6), Article 3126. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23063126

Pressure coupled with shear stresses are the critical external factors for diabetic foot ulceration assessment and prevention. To date, a wearable system capable of measuring in-shoe multi-directional stresses for out-of-lab analysis has been elusive... Read More about A Wearable Insole System to Measure Plantar Pressure and Shear for People with Diabetes.

Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in women with a Mediterranean diet: systematic review and meta-analysis. (2023)
Journal Article
Mamas. (2023). Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in women with a Mediterranean diet: systematic review and meta-analysis. Heart, https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2022-321930

BACKGROUND: Dietary modification is a cornerstone of cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention. A Mediterranean diet has been associated with a lower risk of CVD but no systematic reviews have evaluated this relationship specifically in women. OBJECTIV... Read More about Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in women with a Mediterranean diet: systematic review and meta-analysis..

Clinical Outcomes Of Osteoarthritis Management Programs: A Project Of The Oa Trial Bank And Oarsi Joint Effort Initiative Using Individual Participant Data (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Eyles, J., Bowden, J., Abbott, A., Abbott, J., Bierma-Zeinstra, S., Dahlberg, L., …Hunter, D. (2023). Clinical Outcomes Of Osteoarthritis Management Programs: A Project Of The Oa Trial Bank And Oarsi Joint Effort Initiative Using Individual Participant Data. . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2023.01.440

Are we giving stratified care a fair trial? (2023)
Journal Article
Hill, J. (2023). Are we giving stratified care a fair trial?. Journal of Physiotherapy, 69(2), 65-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2023.02.014

Determining cardiovascular risk in patients with unattributed chest pain in UK primary care: an electronic health record study (2023)
Journal Article
Jordan, K. P., Rathod-Mistry, T., van der Windt, D. A., Bailey, J., Chen, Y., Clarson, L., …Mamas, M. A. (2023). Determining cardiovascular risk in patients with unattributed chest pain in UK primary care: an electronic health record study. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 30(11), 1151-1161. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwad055

BACKGROUND: Most adults presenting in primary care with chest pain symptoms will not receive a diagnosis ("unattributed" chest pain) but are at increased risk of cardiovascular events. AIM: To assess within patients with unattributed chest pain, risk... Read More about Determining cardiovascular risk in patients with unattributed chest pain in UK primary care: an electronic health record study.

Exploring the longer-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical and mental health of people with inflammatory rheumatic diseases: a cross-sectional survey (2023)
Journal Article
Muller, Hider, Paskins, & Roddy. (2023). Exploring the longer-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical and mental health of people with inflammatory rheumatic diseases: a cross-sectional survey. Clinical Rheumatology, 42, 1903-1909. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-023-06565-0

OBJECTIVE: To assess the longer term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the self-reported physical and mental health of people with inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRDs). METHODS: Two thousand twenty-four patients with IRDs were randomly selected fr... Read More about Exploring the longer-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical and mental health of people with inflammatory rheumatic diseases: a cross-sectional survey.

Musculoskeletal pain and its impact on prognosis following acute coronary syndrome or stroke: A linked electronic health record cohort study (2023)
Journal Article
Mason, K. J., Jordan, K. P., Heron, N., Edwards, J. J., Bailey, J., Achana, F. A., …Marshall, M. (2023). Musculoskeletal pain and its impact on prognosis following acute coronary syndrome or stroke: A linked electronic health record cohort study. Musculoskeletal Care, 21(3), 749-762. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1748

OBJECTIVE: Musculoskeletal painful conditions are a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), but less is known about whether musculoskeletal pain also worsens prognosis from CVD. The objective was to determine whether patients with musculoskelet... Read More about Musculoskeletal pain and its impact on prognosis following acute coronary syndrome or stroke: A linked electronic health record cohort study.

Overall prognosis of acute and chronic musculoskeletal, widespread, and neuropathic pain in children and adolescents (2023)
Journal Article
Dunn, K., Montgomery, L. R., Andreucci, A., Kamper, S. J., van der Windt, D., Michaleff, Z. A., …Swain, M. S. (2023). Overall prognosis of acute and chronic musculoskeletal, widespread, and neuropathic pain in children and adolescents. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023(2), https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd014773

Objectives
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (prognosis). The objectives are as follows:

We aim to describe the overall prognosis (focusing on the pain course) and the negative impact(s) of acute and chronic musculoskeletal, widespread, an... Read More about Overall prognosis of acute and chronic musculoskeletal, widespread, and neuropathic pain in children and adolescents.

Disparities in the age at osteoarthritis diagnosis: an indicator for equity-focused prevention (2023)
Journal Article
Peat, G., Kiadaliri, A., & Yu, D. (2023). Disparities in the age at osteoarthritis diagnosis: an indicator for equity-focused prevention. Rheumatology, 62(8), e240-e241. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kead080

Objectives: To investigate the association between vaccination against COVID-19 and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) flare.
Methods: Patients with IBD vaccinated against COVID-19 who consulted for disease flare between 01/12/2020 and 31/12/2021 were... Read More about Disparities in the age at osteoarthritis diagnosis: an indicator for equity-focused prevention.

Association of Depression and Poor Mental Health With Cardiovascular Disease and Suboptimal Cardiovascular Health Among Young Adults in the United States. (2023)
Journal Article
Mamas, M. A., Kwapong, Y. A., Boakye, E., Khan, S. S., Honigberg, M. C., Martin, S. S., …Sharma, G. (2023). Association of Depression and Poor Mental Health With Cardiovascular Disease and Suboptimal Cardiovascular Health Among Young Adults in the United States. Journal of the American Heart Association, 12(3), Article e028332. https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.122.028332

Background Depression is a nontraditional risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Data on the association of depression and poor mental health with CVD and suboptimal cardiovascular health (CVH) among young adults are limited. Methods and Resul... Read More about Association of Depression and Poor Mental Health With Cardiovascular Disease and Suboptimal Cardiovascular Health Among Young Adults in the United States..

Development and psychometric evaluation of the PMR-Impact Scale: a new patient reported outcome measure for polymyalgia rheumatica (2023)
Journal Article
Twohig, H., Mitchell, C., D Mallen, C., & Muller, S. (2023). Development and psychometric evaluation of the PMR-Impact Scale: a new patient reported outcome measure for polymyalgia rheumatica. Rheumatology, https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keac317

Home dialysis: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference. (2023)
Journal Article
Davies. (2023). Home dialysis: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference. Kidney International, 103(5), 842-858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2023.01.006

Home dialysis modalities (home hemodialysis [HD] and peritoneal dialysis [PD]) are associated with greater patient autonomy and treatment satisfaction compared with in-center modalities, yet the level of home-dialysis use worldwide is low. Reasons fo... Read More about Home dialysis: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference..

Prognostic factors associated with outcome following an epidural steroid injection for disc-related sciatica: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. (2023)
Journal Article
Nagington, A., Foster, N., Snell, K., Konstantinou, K., & Stynes, S. (2023). Prognostic factors associated with outcome following an epidural steroid injection for disc-related sciatica: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. European Spine Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-023-07528-4

PURPOSE: Clinical guidelines recommend epidural steroid injection (ESI) as a treatment option for severe disc-related sciatica, but there is considerable uncertainty about its effectiveness. Currently, we know very little about factors that might be... Read More about Prognostic factors associated with outcome following an epidural steroid injection for disc-related sciatica: a systematic review and narrative synthesis..

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular disease prevention and management. (2023)
Journal Article
Mamas, M., Scourfield, A., Dale, C., Takhar, R., Carragher, R., Katsoulis, M., …Thygesen, J. (2023). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular disease prevention and management. Nature Medicine, 219 - 225. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-02158-7

How the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected prevention and management of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is not fully understood. In this study, we used medication data as a proxy for CVD management using routinely collected, de-id... Read More about The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular disease prevention and management..

Tri- modality therapy in advanced esophageal carcinoma: long- term results and insights from a developing world, institutional cohort (2023)
Journal Article
Chufal, K. S., Ahmad, I., Bajpai, R., Miller, A. A., Chowdhary, R. L., Makker, J., …Gairola, M. (2023). Tri- modality therapy in advanced esophageal carcinoma: long- term results and insights from a developing world, institutional cohort. British Journal of Radiology, 96(1143), Article ARTN 20220413. https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr.20220413

Objective: To evaluate treatment outcomes in patients from a low-middle income country (LMIC) with esophageal carcinoma who underwent esophagectomy after neoadjuvant chemoradiation (NACRT/S). Methods: Between 2010 and 2020, 254 patients (median follo... Read More about Tri- modality therapy in advanced esophageal carcinoma: long- term results and insights from a developing world, institutional cohort.

Interventions for supporting self-management in people with musculoskeletal pain, including focus on varying levels of health literacy: A systematic overview of reviews [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review] (2023)
Journal Article
O Babatunde, O., Corp, N., Shivji, N., Rowlands, G., Quicke, J., L Healey, E., …A van der Windt, D. (2023). Interventions for supporting self-management in people with musculoskeletal pain, including focus on varying levels of health literacy: A systematic overview of reviews [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Health Open Research, https://doi.org/10.12688/healthopenres.13151.1

Background: Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain is a major cause of disability globally, affecting one in three adults. Self-management is a core recommendation for managing MSK pain; however, most self-management programmes require a high level of patient en... Read More about Interventions for supporting self-management in people with musculoskeletal pain, including focus on varying levels of health literacy: A systematic overview of reviews [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review].

IMPROVE-PD Finder: A Web-Based Platform to Search and Share Peritoneal Dialysis Biobank, Registry, and Clinical Trial Metadata (2023)
Journal Article
Devuyst, O., Jakulj, L., Vervloet, M., Ruiz-Ortega, M., Rossignol, P., Rutherford, P., …Johnson, D. (2023). IMPROVE-PD Finder: A Web-Based Platform to Search and Share Peritoneal Dialysis Biobank, Registry, and Clinical Trial Metadata. Kidney International Reports, 8(4), 912-915. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2023.01.003

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a life-sustaining kidney replacement therapy for the increasing number of people with permanent kidney failure across all age groups worldwide. Although PD potentially offers socioeconomic and performance benefits over hem... Read More about IMPROVE-PD Finder: A Web-Based Platform to Search and Share Peritoneal Dialysis Biobank, Registry, and Clinical Trial Metadata.

Sex-Specific Outcomes of Acute Stroke in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A National Inpatient Sample Study. (2023)
Journal Article
Carter, B., Jesenakova, S., Pana, T., Mohamed, M., Mamas, M., Myint, P., & Hollick, R. (2023). Sex-Specific Outcomes of Acute Stroke in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A National Inpatient Sample Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine, https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12020462

Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disorder associated with increased stroke risk. Its association with stroke outcomes remains poorly understood. In this study, we aimed to compare the sex-specific SLE-associated acute s... Read More about Sex-Specific Outcomes of Acute Stroke in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A National Inpatient Sample Study..

Digital exclusion as a potential cause of inequalities in access to care: a survey in people with inflammatory rheumatic diseases (2023)
Journal Article
Hider, S., Muller, S., Gray, L., Manning, F., Heining, D., Menon, A., …Paskins, Z. (2023). Digital exclusion as a potential cause of inequalities in access to care: a survey in people with inflammatory rheumatic diseases. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 7(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkac109

Objectives: COVID-19 led to rapid uptake of digital healthcare. We sought to examine digital access, health and digital literacy, and impact on confidence and satisfaction with remote consultations in people with inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRDs... Read More about Digital exclusion as a potential cause of inequalities in access to care: a survey in people with inflammatory rheumatic diseases.