All Outputs (2)

Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of nurse-lead care involving education and engagement of patients and a treat-to-target urate-lowering strategy versus usual care for gout: a randomised controlled trial (2018)
Journal Article
Doherty, M., Jenkins, W., Richardson, H., Sarmanova, A., Abhishek, A., Ashton, D., …Zhang, W. (2018). Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of nurse-lead care involving education and engagement of patients and a treat-to-target urate-lowering strategy versus usual care for gout: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 392(10156), 1403-1412. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2818%2932158-5

Background: In the UK gout management is suboptimal, only 40% of patients receiving urate-lowering therapy (ULT), usually without titration to a target serum urate (SU) level. Nurses successfully manage many diseases in primary care. This trial compa... Read More about Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of nurse-lead care involving education and engagement of patients and a treat-to-target urate-lowering strategy versus usual care for gout: a randomised controlled trial.

Contribution of central and peripheral risk factors to prevalence, incidence and progression of knee pain: a community-based cohort study (2018)
Journal Article
Sarmanova, A., Fernandes, G., Richardson, H., Valdes, A., Walsh, D., Zhang, W., & Doherty, M. (2018). Contribution of central and peripheral risk factors to prevalence, incidence and progression of knee pain: a community-based cohort study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 26(11), 1461-1473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2018.07.013

Aim To explore risk factors that may influence knee pain (KP) through central or peripheral mechanisms. Methods A questionnaire-based prospective community cohort study with KP defined as pain in or around a knee on most days for at least a... Read More about Contribution of central and peripheral risk factors to prevalence, incidence and progression of knee pain: a community-based cohort study.