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.

Beliefs, motives and gains associated with physical activity in people with osteoarthritis (2020)
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Berry, A., McCabe, C. S., Halls, S., Muir, S., & Walsh, N. (2021). Beliefs, motives and gains associated with physical activity in people with osteoarthritis. Musculoskeletal Care, 19(1), 52-58. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1507

Objectives Osteoarthritis (OA) affects approximately 8.75 million people in the United Kingdom. Physical activity is recommended as a core treatment, yet 44% of people with OA are inactive. Motivation and self?efficacy for exercise are considered to... Read More about Beliefs, motives and gains associated with physical activity in people with osteoarthritis.

Provision of first contact physiotherapy in primary care across the UK: A survey of the service (2020)
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Halls, S., Thomas, R., Stott, H., Cupples, M. E., Kersten, P., Cramp, F., …Walsh, N. (2020). Provision of first contact physiotherapy in primary care across the UK: A survey of the service. Physiotherapy, 108, 2-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2020.04.005

Background: First Contact Physiotherapy (FCP) is an emerging model of care whereby a specialist physiotherapist located within general practice undertakes the first patient assessment, diagnosis and management without a prior GP consultation. Despite... Read More about Provision of first contact physiotherapy in primary care across the UK: A survey of the service.

Advancing stiffness measurement in rheumatic disease: Report from the stiffness special interest group at OMERACT 2018 (2019)
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Craig, E. T., Orbai, A., Mackie, S., Bartlett, S. J., Bingham, C. O., Goodman, S., …Halls, S. (2019). Advancing stiffness measurement in rheumatic disease: Report from the stiffness special interest group at OMERACT 2018. Journal of Rheumatology, 46(10), 1374-1378. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.181074

Objective. To improve measurement of stiffness in rheumatic disease. Methods. Data presented included (1) 2 qualitative projects, (2) the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) stiffness patient-reported outcome measure (RAST), and (3) 3 items assessing stiffn... Read More about Advancing stiffness measurement in rheumatic disease: Report from the stiffness special interest group at OMERACT 2018.

The OMERACT emerging leaders program: The good, the bad, and the future (2019)
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Flurey, C. A., Tugwell, P. S., Black, R. J., Halls, S., Page, M. J., Robson, J. C., …Richards, B. (2019). The OMERACT emerging leaders program: The good, the bad, and the future. Journal of Rheumatology, 46(8), 1047-1052. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.181126

The Journal of Rheumatology Copyright © 2019. All rights reserved. Objective. To describe the experience of the first OMERACT Emerging Leaders Program (ELP). Methods. A Delphi process identified positive aspects, areas for improvement, and future dir... Read More about The OMERACT emerging leaders program: The good, the bad, and the future.

Dose reduction of biologic therapy in inflammatory arthritis: A qualitative study of patients' perceptions and needs (2018)
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Hewlett, S., Haig-Ferguson, A., Rose-Parfitt, E., Halls, S., Freke, S., & Creamer, P. (2019). Dose reduction of biologic therapy in inflammatory arthritis: A qualitative study of patients' perceptions and needs. Musculoskeletal Care, 17(1), 63-71. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1367

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Objective: Successful biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (bDMARD) dose reduction appears increasingly possible from clinical trials. The present study aimed to understand the patient perspective of bDMARD... Read More about Dose reduction of biologic therapy in inflammatory arthritis: A qualitative study of patients' perceptions and needs.

Stiffness is the cardinal symptom of inflammatory musculoskeletal diseases, yet still variably measured: Report from the OMERACT 2016 Stiffness Special Interest Group (2017)
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Holt, R. J., Hill, C. L., Bingham, C. O., Bartlett, S. J., Mackie, S. L., Leong, A. L., …Orbai, A. M. (2017). Stiffness is the cardinal symptom of inflammatory musculoskeletal diseases, yet still variably measured: Report from the OMERACT 2016 Stiffness Special Interest Group. Journal of Rheumatology, 44(12), 1904-1910. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.161073

Copyright © 2017. All rights reserved. Objective. The objectives of the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Stiffness special interest group (SIG) are to characterize stiffness as an outcome in rheumatic disease and to identify and validate a... Read More about Stiffness is the cardinal symptom of inflammatory musculoskeletal diseases, yet still variably measured: Report from the OMERACT 2016 Stiffness Special Interest Group.

Development and testing of candidate items for inclusion in a new rheumatoid arthritis stiffness patient-reported outcome measure (2017)
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Kirwan, J. R., Halls, S., Dures, E., Pollock, J., Baker, G., Edmunds, A., & Hewlett, S. (2018). Development and testing of candidate items for inclusion in a new rheumatoid arthritis stiffness patient-reported outcome measure. Rheumatology, 57(2), 263-272. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kex085

© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology. All rights reserved. Objective. To qualitatively develop and test a set of candidate items for a new RA stiffness patientreported outcome measu... Read More about Development and testing of candidate items for inclusion in a new rheumatoid arthritis stiffness patient-reported outcome measure.

Health Professionals' Perceptions of the Effects of Exercise on Joint Health in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients (2016)
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Thom, J. M., Maddison, P. J., Markland, D. A., Jones, J. G., Halls, S., Law, R. J., …Thom, J. (2017). Health Professionals' Perceptions of the Effects of Exercise on Joint Health in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. Musculoskeletal Care, 15(3), 196-209. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1157

Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Objectives: Although exercise is an important factor in the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), research indicates that patients perceive that health professionals (HPs) are uncertain about the place of... Read More about Health Professionals' Perceptions of the Effects of Exercise on Joint Health in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients.

Development of a provisional core domain set for polymyalgia rheumatica: Report from the OMERACT 12 Polymyalgia Rheumatica Working Group (2016)
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Mackie, S. L., Kirwan, J. R., Mallen, C. D., Simon, L. S., Neill, L. M., Hill, C. L., …Mackie, S. (2016). Development of a provisional core domain set for polymyalgia rheumatica: Report from the OMERACT 12 Polymyalgia Rheumatica Working Group. Journal of Rheumatology, 43(1), 182-186. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.141179

The Journal of Rheumatology Copyright © 2016. All rights reserved. Objective. The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) working group aims to develop a core set of outcome measures to be used in clinical trials for P... Read More about Development of a provisional core domain set for polymyalgia rheumatica: Report from the OMERACT 12 Polymyalgia Rheumatica Working Group.