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Geographical differences in the perspective of osteoarthritis care management: A cross-sectional study in Italy, Sweden and Russia (2024)
Journal Article

Background: This study aimed to explore the awareness, experiences, and beliefs of individuals with osteoarthritis (OA) regarding their healthcare management, along with assessing their overall satisfaction levels.

Methods: A cross-sectional onli... Read More about Geographical differences in the perspective of osteoarthritis care management: A cross-sectional study in Italy, Sweden and Russia.

POS1477-HPR Understanding treatment utilisation in individuals with osteoarthritis and metabolic multimorbidity: A cross-sectional study (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) and metabolic conditions are major causes of disability. A growing hypothesis posits the presence of a metabolic OA phenotype where the co-occurrence of OA and metabolic conditions may worsen joint symptoms and overall... Read More about POS1477-HPR Understanding treatment utilisation in individuals with osteoarthritis and metabolic multimorbidity: A cross-sectional study.

AB1575-HPR Geographical differences in osteoarthritis care management: A European cross-sectional study (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) burdens individuals and healthcare systems across Europe. With limited curative options, symptom management becomes pivotal, yet underdiagnosis and varied healthcare professional education in OA prevail. The role of in... Read More about AB1575-HPR Geographical differences in osteoarthritis care management: A European cross-sectional study.

Effectiveness of a novel digital patient education programme to support self-management of early rheumatoid arthritis: A randomised controlled trial (2024)
Journal Article

Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of a novel digital patient education (PE) programme in improving self-management in patients newly diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods This was a parallel, open-label, two arms, randomised contro... Read More about Effectiveness of a novel digital patient education programme to support self-management of early rheumatoid arthritis: A randomised controlled trial.

Access to chronic pain services for adults from minority ethnic groups in the United Kingdom (UK): A scoping review (2023)
Journal Article

Background: Chronic pain services in the UK are required to provide services which meet the diverse needs of patients, but little is known about the access and use of these services by minority ethnic groups. Objective: To assess the available eviden... Read More about Access to chronic pain services for adults from minority ethnic groups in the United Kingdom (UK): A scoping review.

EULAR recommendations for the non-pharmacological management of systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic sclerosis (2023)
Journal Article

Objective: To develop evidence-based recommendations for the non-pharmacological management of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods: A task force comprising 7 rheumatologists, 15 other healthcare professionals and... Read More about EULAR recommendations for the non-pharmacological management of systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic sclerosis.

E038 A common measure of the impact of glucocorticoids in patients with inflammatory and autoimmune conditions - The Steroid PRO: A cross-cultural validation study with Rasch models (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background/Aims Systemic glucocorticoids are key in the management of life- and organ-threatening rheumatic diseases, but have wide-ranging adverse effects of concern to patients and clinicians. We aimed to validate a Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) m... Read More about E038 A common measure of the impact of glucocorticoids in patients with inflammatory and autoimmune conditions - The Steroid PRO: A cross-cultural validation study with Rasch models.

Implementation of recommendations in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: Considerations for development and uptake (2022)
Journal Article

A clinical guideline is a document with the aim of guiding decisions based on evidence regarding diagnosis, management and treatment in specific areas of healthcare. Specific to rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs), adherence to clinical gui... Read More about Implementation of recommendations in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: Considerations for development and uptake.

POS0003 Development and validation of a disease specific patient reported outcome for giant cell arteritis (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is caused by inflammation of the blood vessels of the head and neck; patients can present with cranial, ocular or large vessel vasculitis involvement. Treatment is with glucocorticoids, steroid sparing agents a... Read More about POS0003 Development and validation of a disease specific patient reported outcome for giant cell arteritis.

Access to chronic pain services for adults from Minority Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom: A scoping review protocol (2022)
Journal Article

Background: Chronic pain services in the United Kingdom are required to provide services which meet the diverse needs of patients, but little is known about the access and use of these services by Minority Ethnic groups. This protocol describes a sco... Read More about Access to chronic pain services for adults from Minority Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom: A scoping review protocol.

The patient perspective of nurse-led care in early rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review of qualitative studies with thematic analysis (2020)
Journal Article

Introduction:
Management of rheumatoid arthritis has changed dramatically over the last decade and is characterised by early start of intensive treatment and tight monitoring of disease activity until remission. The role of nurse-led care at early... Read More about The patient perspective of nurse-led care in early rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review of qualitative studies with thematic analysis.

Revisiting the use of remission criteria for rheumatoid arthritis by excluding patient global assessment: An individual meta-analysis of 5792 patients (2020)
Journal Article

Objectives: To determine the impact of excluding patient global assessment (PGA) from the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Boolean remission criteria, on prediction of radiographic and functional outco... Read More about Revisiting the use of remission criteria for rheumatoid arthritis by excluding patient global assessment: An individual meta-analysis of 5792 patients.