Professor EAMONN FERGUSON's Outputs (2)

Sleep disturbance and multimorbidity: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study in the Knee Pain and related health in the Community (KPIC) cohort (2025)
Journal Article
Thompson, W., Swain, S., Coupland, C., Rees, F., Courtney, P., Hall, M., Ferguson, E., Walsh, D. A., Valdes, A. M., Morriss, R., Doherty, M., & Zhang, W. (in press). Sleep disturbance and multimorbidity: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study in the Knee Pain and related health in the Community (KPIC) cohort. SLEEP Advances, https://doi.org/10.1093/sleepadvances/zpaf039

Study Objectives
To examine whether there is a temporal association between sleep disturbance and multimorbidity.

Methods
We performed a cross-sectional and longitudinal observational analysis in people aged 40 years or more, recruited from the... Read More about Sleep disturbance and multimorbidity: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study in the Knee Pain and related health in the Community (KPIC) cohort.

How people with knee pain understand why their pain changes or remains the same over time: A qualitative study (2023)
Journal Article
Walsh, D. A., Rathbone, J., Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Fernandes, G. S., Valdes, A. M., McWilliams, D. F., Zhang, W., Doherty, M., Hancox, J. E., Vedhara, K., das Nair, R., & Ferguson, E. (2023). How people with knee pain understand why their pain changes or remains the same over time: A qualitative study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open, 5(2), Article 100345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocarto.2023.100345

Objectives
Guidelines recommend knee osteoarthritis pain management based on biopsychosocial mechanisms. Treatment adherence and effectiveness may be affected if there is a mismatch between patient perspectives and treatment focus. We therefore exam... Read More about How people with knee pain understand why their pain changes or remains the same over time: A qualitative study.