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Responsiveness of SF-36 Health Survey and Patient Generated Index in people with chronic knee pain commenced on oral analgesia: analysis of data from a randomised controlled clinical trial (2016)
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Papou, A., Hussain, S., McWilliams, D. F., Zhang, W., & Doherty, M. (in press). Responsiveness of SF-36 Health Survey and Patient Generated Index in people with chronic knee pain commenced on oral analgesia: analysis of data from a randomised controlled clinical trial. Quality of Life Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-016-1484-2

Purpose. (1) to assess the responsiveness of the Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36) and Patient Generated Index (PGI) in people with knee pain who were given oral analgesics; and (2) to perform content analysis of the SF-36 and PGI aiming to identif... Read More about Responsiveness of SF-36 Health Survey and Patient Generated Index in people with chronic knee pain commenced on oral analgesia: analysis of data from a randomised controlled clinical trial.

Familial aggregation and heritability of schizophrenia and co-aggregation of psychiatric illnesses in affected families (2016)
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Chou, I., Kuo, C., Huang, Y., Grainge, M. J., Valdes, A. M., See, L., …Doherty, M. (in press). Familial aggregation and heritability of schizophrenia and co-aggregation of psychiatric illnesses in affected families. Schizophrenia Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbw159

Strong familial aggregation of schizophrenia has been reported but there is uncertainty concerning the degree of genetic contribution to the phenotypic variance of the disease. This study aimed to examine the familial aggregation and heritability of... Read More about Familial aggregation and heritability of schizophrenia and co-aggregation of psychiatric illnesses in affected families.

Identifying placebo responders and predictors of response in osteoarthritis: a protocol for individual patient data meta-analysis (2016)
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Fu, Y., Persson, M. S., Bhattacharya, A., Goh, S., Stocks, J., van Middelkoop, M., …Zhang, W. (2016). Identifying placebo responders and predictors of response in osteoarthritis: a protocol for individual patient data meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews, 5(1), Article 183. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0362-x

Background: The management of osteoarthritis (OA) is unsatisfactory, as most treatments are not clinically effective over placebo and most drugs have considerable side effects. On average, 75 % of the analgesic effect from OA treatments in clinical t... Read More about Identifying placebo responders and predictors of response in osteoarthritis: a protocol for individual patient data meta-analysis.

Relative efficacy of topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and topical capsaicin in osteoarthritis: protocol for an individual patient data meta-analysis (2016)
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Persson, M. S., Fu, Y., Bhattacharya, A., Goh, S., Middelkoop, M. V., Bierma-Zeinstra, S. M., …Zhang, W. (2016). Relative efficacy of topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and topical capsaicin in osteoarthritis: protocol for an individual patient data meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews, 5(1), Article 165. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0348-8

Background Pain is the most troubling issue to patients with osteoarthritis (OA), yet current pharmacological treatments offer only small-to-moderate pain reduction. Current guidelines therefore emphasise the need to identify predictors of treatme... Read More about Relative efficacy of topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and topical capsaicin in osteoarthritis: protocol for an individual patient data meta-analysis.

Relative efficacy of different types of exercise for treatment of knee and hip osteoarthritis: Protocol for network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (2016)
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Goh, S., Persson, M., Bhattacharya, A., Hall, M. C., Doherty, M., & Zhang, W. (2016). Relative efficacy of different types of exercise for treatment of knee and hip osteoarthritis: Protocol for network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Systematic Reviews, 5(147), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0321-6

Background: “Exercise” is universally recommended as a core treatment for knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA). However, there are very few head-to-head comparative trials to determine the relative efficacy between different types of exercise. The aim of... Read More about Relative efficacy of different types of exercise for treatment of knee and hip osteoarthritis: Protocol for network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Early clinical features in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: can they be used to achieve earlier diagnosis?: a risk prediction model (2016)
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Rees, F., Doherty, M., Lanyon, P., Davenport, G., Riley, R. D., Zhang, W., & Grainge, M. J. (2017). Early clinical features in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: can they be used to achieve earlier diagnosis?: a risk prediction model. Arthritis Care and Research, 69(6), 833-841. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.23021

OBJECTIVES: 1) To compare the primary care consulting behaviour prior to diagnosis of people with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) with controls, 2) to develop and validate a risk prediction model to aid earlier SLE diagnosis. METHODS: 1,739 in... Read More about Early clinical features in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: can they be used to achieve earlier diagnosis?: a risk prediction model.

Functional outcome and complications following surgery for Dupuytren’s disease: a multi-centre cross-sectional study (2016)
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Rodrigues, J., Zhang, W., Scammell, B. E., Chakrabarti, I., Russell, P., Fulllilove, S., …Davis, T. (in press). Functional outcome and complications following surgery for Dupuytren’s disease: a multi-centre cross-sectional study. Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume), https://doi.org/10.1177/1753193416660045

Variables associated with recurrent Dupuytren’s disease, or a ‘diathesis’, have been investigated, but those associated with functional outcome and complications are less well studied. Outcomes 1 or 5 years after an aponeurotomy, fasciectomy or derm... Read More about Functional outcome and complications following surgery for Dupuytren’s disease: a multi-centre cross-sectional study.

2016 updated EULAR evidence-based recommendations for the management of gout (2016)
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Richette, P., Doherty, M. T., Pascual, E., Barskova, V., Becce, F., Castañeda-Sanabria, J., …Bardin, T. (2017). 2016 updated EULAR evidence-based recommendations for the management of gout. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 76(1), 29-42. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209707

Background: New drugs and new evidence concerning the use of established treatments have become available since the publication of the first European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the management of gout, in 2006. This situatio... Read More about 2016 updated EULAR evidence-based recommendations for the management of gout.

Burden of comorbidity in systemic lupus erythematosus in the UK, 1999–2012 (2016)
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Rees, F., Doherty, M., Grainge, M., Lanyon, P., Davenport, G., & Zhang, W. (in press). Burden of comorbidity in systemic lupus erythematosus in the UK, 1999–2012. Arthritis Care and Research, 68(6), https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.22751

Objective: To estimate the comorbidity associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in the UK during 1999–2012. Methods: A retrospective cohort study using the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink was conducted. Prevalent cases of SLE wer... Read More about Burden of comorbidity in systemic lupus erythematosus in the UK, 1999–2012.

Erosive and osteoarthritic structural progression in early rheumatoid arthritis (2016)
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McWilliams, D. F., Marshall, M., Jayakumar, K., Doherty, S., Doherty, M., Zhang, W., …Walsh, D. A. (2016). Erosive and osteoarthritic structural progression in early rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology, 55(8), 1477-1488. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kew197

OBJECTIVES: To investigate factors associated with joint damage in early RA, and how comorbid OA might influence patient assessment and outcomes. METHODS: Baseline radiographs of hands and feet from 512 participants in the Early RA Network cohort, an... Read More about Erosive and osteoarthritic structural progression in early rheumatoid arthritis.

Synovial changes detected by ultrasound in people with knee osteoarthritis – a meta-analysis of observational studies (2016)
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Sarmanov, A., Hall, M. C., Moses, J., Doherty, M., & Zhang, W. (2016). Synovial changes detected by ultrasound in people with knee osteoarthritis – a meta-analysis of observational studies. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 24(8), 1376-1383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2016.03.004

© 2016 The Authors Objectives To examine the prevalence of synovial effusion, synovial hypertrophy and positive Doppler signal (DS) detected by ultrasound (US) in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA) and/or knee pain compared to that in the general p... Read More about Synovial changes detected by ultrasound in people with knee osteoarthritis – a meta-analysis of observational studies.

Does flare trial design affect the effect size of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in symptomatic osteoarthritis? A systematic review and meta-analysis (2016)
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Smith, T. O., Zou, K., Abdullah, N., Chen, X., Kingsbury, S. R., Doherty, M., …Conaghan, P. G. (2016). Does flare trial design affect the effect size of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in symptomatic osteoarthritis? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 75(11), https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-208823

Objectives: It is thought that the clinical trial benefits of oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may relate to flare designs. The aim of this study was to examine the difference in NSAID (including cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors... Read More about Does flare trial design affect the effect size of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in symptomatic osteoarthritis? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Examination of overall treatment effect and the proportion attributable to contextual effect in osteoarthritis: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (2016)
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Zou, K., Wong, J., Abdullah, N., Chen, X., Smith, T., Doherty, M., & Zhang, W. (2016). Examination of overall treatment effect and the proportion attributable to contextual effect in osteoarthritis: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 75(11), 1964-1970. doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-208387

Objective: To examine the overall treatment effect and the proportion attributable to contextual effect (PCE) in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of diverse treatments for osteoarthritis (OA). Methods: We searched Medline, Embase, Central, Scienc... Read More about Examination of overall treatment effect and the proportion attributable to contextual effect in osteoarthritis: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus in the United Kingdom 1999-2012 (2016)
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Rees, F., Doherty, M., Grainge, M. J., Lanyon, P., Davenport, G., & Zhang, W. (2016). Mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus in the United Kingdom 1999-2012. Rheumatology, 55(5), 854-860. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kev424

OBJECTIVES: To estimate the mortality associated with SLE during the period 1999-2012 by age, gender and region; and to ascertain the cause of death for people with SLE. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study using the UK Clinical Practice Research... Read More about Mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus in the United Kingdom 1999-2012.