P102 Pain management and its variation by deprivation in patients with inflammatory arthritis: the PAIN PATH survey (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Scott, I. C., Daud, N., Hider, S., Paskins, Z., Twohig, H., Halliday, N., Mallen, C. D., Jordan, K. P., & Muller, S. (2025, April). P102 Pain management and its variation by deprivation in patients with inflammatory arthritis: the PAIN PATH survey. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2025, Manchester Central Convention Complex, Manchester, England, UK

Background/Aims UK-based electronic health record studies show that many patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) receive opioid and gabapentinoid prescriptions - particularly in areas of deprivation - despite little and no evidence for efficacy, re... Read More about P102 Pain management and its variation by deprivation in patients with inflammatory arthritis: the PAIN PATH survey.

Perceived barriers to smoking cessation in patients with myocardial infarction: a systematic review (2025)
Journal Article
Lovatt, S., Chowdury, N., Mallen, C., & Cooke, A. (2025). Perceived barriers to smoking cessation in patients with myocardial infarction: a systematic review. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, 20(3), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2024.0028

Myocardial infarction is a major cause of mortality and morbidity, with smoking being a major risk factor. However, a large proportion of patients continue to smoke following a myocardial infarction, suggesting that there are significant barriers to... Read More about Perceived barriers to smoking cessation in patients with myocardial infarction: a systematic review.

Everyday living with osteoarthritis in the global South: A qualitative focus group inquiry in Nigeria. (2024)
Journal Article
Owoyemi, T., Alonge, I., Adetunji, O., Ogbu, E., Ogunbanjo, A., White, S., Adebajo, A., Mallen, C., Babatunde, O. O., & Dziedzic, K. (2025). Everyday living with osteoarthritis in the global South: A qualitative focus group inquiry in Nigeria. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open, 7(1), Article 100555. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocarto.2024.100555

Objective
Africa contributes significantly to the increasing global prevalence (>37%), unmet need and treatment burden for people with osteoarthritis. Despite this, little research has examined the expressed needs of patients with osteoarthritis (OA... Read More about Everyday living with osteoarthritis in the global South: A qualitative focus group inquiry in Nigeria..

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people living with HIV in Lesotho: a qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article
Shepherd, T., Robinson, M. E., Ramaema, M., Rakuoane, M., Moletsane, N., Mpholo, R., Mallen, C., & Leigh, G. (2024). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people living with HIV in Lesotho: a qualitative study. BMJ Public Health, 2(1), Article e000414. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2023-000414

Introduction: There is a growing body of research evidencing the detrimental impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health and well-being of young people. This impact may be worse in low-resource settings, especially those in sub-Saharan Afric... Read More about Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people living with HIV in Lesotho: a qualitative study.

Traditional healers working with primary care and mental health for early intervention in psychosis in young persons: protocol for the feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial (2023)
Journal Article
Farooq, S., Sheikh, S., Dikomitis, L., Haq, M. M. U., Khan, A. J., Sanauddin, N., Ali, M. W., Ali, J., Khan, M. F., Chaudhry, I., Husain, N., Gul, M., Irfan, M., Andrews, G., Kaistha, P., Shah, S. M. U., Azeemi, I., Hamid, S., Minhaz, A., Mallen, C., & Lewis, M. (2023). Traditional healers working with primary care and mental health for early intervention in psychosis in young persons: protocol for the feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 13(7), Article e072471. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072471

Objectives In low/middle-income countries (LMICs), more than half of patients with first-episode psychosis initially seek treatment from traditional and religious healers as their first care. This contributes to an excessively long duration of untrea... Read More about Traditional healers working with primary care and mental health for early intervention in psychosis in young persons: protocol for the feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial.