All Outputs (75)

Virtual wards for people with frailty: What works, for whom, how and why—a rapid realist review (2024)
Journal Article
Westby, M., Ijaz, S., Savović, J., McLeod, H., Dawson, S., Welsh, T., …Bradley, N. (2024). Virtual wards for people with frailty: What works, for whom, how and why—a rapid realist review. Age and Ageing, 53(3), Article afae039. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afae039

Virtual wards (VWs) deliver multidisciplinary care at home to people with frailty who are at high risk of a crisis or in crisis, aiming to mitigate the risk of acute hospital admission. Different VW models exist, and evidence of effectiveness is inco... Read More about Virtual wards for people with frailty: What works, for whom, how and why—a rapid realist review.

Development of the intelligent knee osteoarthritis lifestyle app: A person-based approach (2024)
Journal Article
Stevenson, R. D. M., Chowdhury, E. A., Inza, V. B., Western, M. J., Walsh, N. E., Jones, S. L., & Bilzon, J. L. J. (2024). Development of the intelligent knee osteoarthritis lifestyle app: A person-based approach. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 25(1), Article 189. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-024-07313-4

Background: Knee osteoarthritis is one of the most prevalent long term health conditions globally. Exercise and physical activity are now widely recognised to significantly reduce joint pain, improve physical function and quality of life in patients... Read More about Development of the intelligent knee osteoarthritis lifestyle app: A person-based approach.

First contact physiotherapy: An evaluation of clinical effectiveness and costs (2024)
Journal Article
Walsh, N., Halls, S., Thomas, R., Berry, A., Liddiard, C., Cupples, M. E., …Williams, P. (in press). First contact physiotherapy: An evaluation of clinical effectiveness and costs. British Journal of General Practice, BJGP.2023.0560. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2023.0560

Background: First Contact Physiotherapy Practitioners (FCPPs) are embedded within general practice, providing expert assessment, diagnosis and management plans for patients with musculoskeletal disorders (MSKDs), without the prior need for GP consult... Read More about First contact physiotherapy: An evaluation of clinical effectiveness and costs.

Improving patients’ experiences of diagnosis and treatment of vertebral fracture: Co-production of knowledge sharing resources (2024)
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Bennett, S. E., Gooberman-Hill, R., Clark, E. M., Paskins, Z., Walsh, N., & Drew, S. (2024). Improving patients’ experiences of diagnosis and treatment of vertebral fracture: Co-production of knowledge sharing resources. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 25(1), Article 165. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-024-07281-9

Background: Osteoporosis involves changes to bones that makes them prone to fracture. The most common osteoporotic fracture is vertebral, in which one or more spinal vertebrae collapse. People with vertebral fracture are at high risk of further fract... Read More about Improving patients’ experiences of diagnosis and treatment of vertebral fracture: Co-production of knowledge sharing resources.

Understanding paramedic work in general practice in the UK: A rapid realist synthesis (2024)
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Stott, H., Goodenough, T., Jagosh, J., Gibson, A., Harris, N., Liddiard, C., …Voss, S. (2024). Understanding paramedic work in general practice in the UK: A rapid realist synthesis. BMC Primary Care, 25(1), Article 32. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-02271-1

Background: General practice in the UK is under substantial pressure and practices are increasingly including paramedics as part of their workforce. Little is known about how different models of paramedic working may affect successful implementation... Read More about Understanding paramedic work in general practice in the UK: A rapid realist synthesis.

A qualitative investigation of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme in primary care (2024)
Journal Article
Jones, B., Anchors, Z., Voss, S., & Walsh, N. (in press). A qualitative investigation of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme in primary care. British Journal of General Practice, https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp.2023.0433

Background: The Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) aims to recruit 26,000 additional staff into general practice by 2024, intending to increase patient access to appointments. Despite the potential benefits of integrating ARRS practitioners... Read More about A qualitative investigation of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme in primary care.

Optimising the implementation of evidence-based osteoarthritis guidelines in primary care: Development of a Knowledge Mobilisation Toolkit (2024)
Journal Article
Swaithes, L., Paskins, Z., Finney, A., Walsh, N., Skrybant, M., Mallen, C., & Dziedzic, K. (in press). Optimising the implementation of evidence-based osteoarthritis guidelines in primary care: Development of a Knowledge Mobilisation Toolkit. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2024.01.003

Objective: Implementing clinical guidelines for osteoarthritis (OA) in primary care is complex. Whilst international guidelines detail what best practice for OA looks like, little is known about how this is best implemented. Limited resources are ava... Read More about Optimising the implementation of evidence-based osteoarthritis guidelines in primary care: Development of a Knowledge Mobilisation Toolkit.

From sceptic to believer: Acceptability of cognitive muscular therapy TM, a new intervention for knee osteoarthritis (2023)
Journal Article
Ghio, D., Brookes, N., Preece, S., & Walsh, N. (2023). From sceptic to believer: Acceptability of cognitive muscular therapy TM, a new intervention for knee osteoarthritis. Musculoskeletal Care, 21(4), 1639-1650. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1842

Background: Cognitive Muscular TherapyTM (CMT) is an integrated behavioural intervention developed for knee osteoarthritis. CMT teaches patients to reconceptualise the condition, integrates muscle biofeedback and aims to reduce muscle overactivity, b... Read More about From sceptic to believer: Acceptability of cognitive muscular therapy TM, a new intervention for knee osteoarthritis.

Patient access to first contact practitioner physiotherapists in the UK: A national survey (2023)
Journal Article
Lamb, K., Comer, C., Walsh, N., & McHugh, G. (2023). Patient access to first contact practitioner physiotherapists in the UK: A national survey. Musculoskeletal Care, 21(4), 1554-1562. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1834

Background: First Contact Practice Physiotherapists (FCPPs) offer expert care for patients with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions in Primary Care, usually within GP practices. This is a rapidly expanding area of practice endorsed by NHS England, the C... Read More about Patient access to first contact practitioner physiotherapists in the UK: A national survey.

Systematic co-development and testing of a digital behaviour change intervention for osteoarthritis and physical activity: Theoretical mapping and acceptability study (2023)
Journal Article
Berry, A., McCabe, C. S., Muir, S., & Walsh, N. (2023). Systematic co-development and testing of a digital behaviour change intervention for osteoarthritis and physical activity: Theoretical mapping and acceptability study. Digital Health, 9, https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076231204425

Objective: Osteoarthritis (OA) affects 8.75 million people in the UK. Physical activity (PA) is recommended as a core treatment, yet nearly half of people with OA are inactive. Accessible and user-friendly interventions are needed to motivate people... Read More about Systematic co-development and testing of a digital behaviour change intervention for osteoarthritis and physical activity: Theoretical mapping and acceptability study.

Access to first contact physiotherapy appointments in primary care (2023)
Journal Article
K, L., C, C., N, W., & G, M. (2023). Access to first contact physiotherapy appointments in primary care. Musculoskeletal Care, 21(4), 1182-1194

Background: First Contact Physiotherapy (FCP) is part of the drive to increase General Practice (GP) capacity, by providing access to expert musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapists in GP surgeries. For the FCP model to provide effective MSK care at th... Read More about Access to first contact physiotherapy appointments in primary care.

Access to first contact physiotherapy appointments in primary care: A scoping review (2023)
Journal Article
Lamb, K., Walsh, N., Comer, C., & McHugh, G. (2023). Access to first contact physiotherapy appointments in primary care: A scoping review. Musculoskeletal Care, 21(4), 1182-1194. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1798

Background: First Contact Physiotherapy (FCP) is part of the drive to increase General Practice (GP) capacity by providing access to expert musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapists in GP surgeries. For the FCP model to provide effective MSK care at the... Read More about Access to first contact physiotherapy appointments in primary care: A scoping review.

Adaptation and implementation of a shared decision-making tool from one health context to another: Partnership approach using mixed methods (2023)
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Turnbull, S., Walsh, N. E., & Moore, A. J. (2023). Adaptation and implementation of a shared decision-making tool from one health context to another: Partnership approach using mixed methods. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, Article e42551. https://doi.org/10.2196/42551

Background: Osteoarthritis is a leading cause of pain and disability. Knee osteoarthritis accounts for nearly four-fifths of the burden of osteoarthritis internationally, and 10% of adults in the United Kingdom have the condition. Shared decision-mak... Read More about Adaptation and implementation of a shared decision-making tool from one health context to another: Partnership approach using mixed methods.

P101 Understanding first contact physiotherapists experiences of remote consultations in primary care (2023)
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Walsh, N., Jones, B. E., Thomas, R., & Anchors, Z. (2023). P101 Understanding first contact physiotherapists experiences of remote consultations in primary care. Rheumatology, 62(Supplement_2), https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kead104.142

Background/Aims First Contact Physiotherapists (FCPs) assess, diagnose and manage patients presenting with musculoskeletal disorders in primary care, without the need for prior GP consultation. Prior to COVID-19 almost every consultation was conducte... Read More about P101 Understanding first contact physiotherapists experiences of remote consultations in primary care.

The experiences of physiotherapy independent prescribing in primary care: Implications for practice (2023)
Journal Article
Mullan, J., Smithson, J., Walsh, N., & Frampton, I. (2023). The experiences of physiotherapy independent prescribing in primary care: Implications for practice. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 24, e28. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423623000142

AIM: To explore the experiences of musculoskeletal (MSk) physiotherapy independent prescribing in primary care from the perspectives of physiotherapists and General Practitioners (GPs) and identify the implications these have for contemporary physiot... Read More about The experiences of physiotherapy independent prescribing in primary care: Implications for practice.

Development of evidence-based guidelines for the treatment and management of periprosthetic hip infection: The inform guidelines (2023)
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Moore, A. J., Wylde, V., Whitehouse, M. R., Beswick, A. D., Walsh, N. E., Jameson, C., & Blom, A. W. (2023). Development of evidence-based guidelines for the treatment and management of periprosthetic hip infection: The inform guidelines. Bone & Joint Open, 4(4), 226-233. https://doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.44.BJO-2022-0155.R1

Aims Periprosthetic hip-joint infection is a multifaceted and highly detrimental outcome for patients and clinicians. The incidence of prosthetic joint infection reported within two years of primary hip arthroplasty ranges from 0.8% to 2.1%. Costs of... Read More about Development of evidence-based guidelines for the treatment and management of periprosthetic hip infection: The inform guidelines.

Optimising management of complex regional pain syndrome to improve clinical outcomes throughout the therapy care pathway in England: Protocol for a qualitative interview and observational study with patients and clinicians (2023)
Journal Article
Coggins, J., McCabe, C., Walsh, N., Pearson, J., Rolls, C., Collins, C., & Llewellyn, A. (2023). Optimising management of complex regional pain syndrome to improve clinical outcomes throughout the therapy care pathway in England: Protocol for a qualitative interview and observational study with patients and clinicians. Musculoskeletal Care, 21(3), 871-877. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1764

Introduction: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a disabling and distressing chronic pain condition characterised by a range of sensory, motor, autonomic and trophic symptoms. Guidelines recommend early referral for therapies that promote movem... Read More about Optimising management of complex regional pain syndrome to improve clinical outcomes throughout the therapy care pathway in England: Protocol for a qualitative interview and observational study with patients and clinicians.

The impact of remote consultations on the health and wellbeing of first contact physiotherapists in primary care: A mixed methods study (2023)
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Anchors, Z., Jones, B., Thomas, R., Berry, A., & Walsh, N. (2023). The impact of remote consultations on the health and wellbeing of first contact physiotherapists in primary care: A mixed methods study. Musculoskeletal Care, 21(3), 655-666. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1737

Background: First Contact Physiotherapists (FCPs) were introduced to reduce demands on GPs by providing improving access to expert musculoskeletal care. FCPs experience similar workplace stressors to GPs and there is an emerging concern that remote c... Read More about The impact of remote consultations on the health and wellbeing of first contact physiotherapists in primary care: A mixed methods study.

Development and validation of multivariable prediction models for in-hospital death, 30-day death, and change in residence after hip fracture surgery and the 'stratify-hip' algorithm (2023)
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Goubar, A., Martin, F. C., Sackley, C., Foster, N. E., Ayis, S., Gregson, C. L., …Sheehan, K. J. (2023). Development and validation of multivariable prediction models for in-hospital death, 30-day death, and change in residence after hip fracture surgery and the 'stratify-hip' algorithm. Journals of Gerontology, Series A, 78(9), 1659-1668. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glad053

To develop and validate the stratify-hip algorithm (multivariable prediction models to predict those at low, medium, and high risk across in-hospital death, 30-day death, and residence change after hip fracture). Multivariable Fine-Gray and logistic... Read More about Development and validation of multivariable prediction models for in-hospital death, 30-day death, and change in residence after hip fracture surgery and the 'stratify-hip' algorithm.

Benefits of realist evaluation for rapidly changing health service delivery (2022)
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Jagosh, J., Stott, H., Halls, S., Thomas, R., Liddiard, C., Cupples, M., …Walsh, N. E. (2022). Benefits of realist evaluation for rapidly changing health service delivery. BMJ Open, 12(7), e060347. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060347

Realist evaluation is a methodology that addresses the questions: 'what works, for whom, in which circumstances, and how?'. In this approach, programme theories are developed and tested against available evidence. However, when complex interventions... Read More about Benefits of realist evaluation for rapidly changing health service delivery.