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ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2019

Encounters for foot and ankle pain in UK primary care: a population-based cohort study of CPRD data.

Rachel Ferguson, David Culliford, Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Rafael Pinedo-Villanueva, Antonella Delmestri, Nigel Arden, Catherine Bowen

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Article in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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Rachel FergusonNIHR clinical academic training fellow, University of Southampton, and Department of Podiatry, Solent NHS Trust, Southampton, UK.
David CullifordFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Daniel Prieto-AlhambraNuffield Department of Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Rafael Pinedo-VillanuevaNuffield Department of Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Antonella DelmestriNuffield Department of Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Nigel ArdenArthritis Research UK Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Medical Research Council Environmental Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK, and Medical School, University of Sydney, Australia.
Catherine BowenFaculty of Health Sciences and Arthritis Research UK Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.

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Department of Health CDF-2015-08-032
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOlder patients who have foot pain report variation in access to services to manage their foot health. To plan services it is essential to understand the scale and burden of foot pain that exists for GPs.

aimTo provide UK-wide population-level data of the frequency of foot and/or ankle pain encounters recorded in general practice. DESIGN AND

settingPopulation-based cohort design study using data drawn from the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) from January 2010 to December 2013.

methodAll CPRD data were collected prospectively by participating GPs. The primary outcome was prevalence of GP encounters for foot and/or ankle pain, stratified by age, sex, and different subgroups of causes.

resultsA foot and/or ankle pain encounter was recorded for 346 067 patients, and there was a total of 567 095 recorded encounters (mean per person 1.6, standard deviation [SD] 1.3). The prevalence of recorded encounters of foot and/or ankle pain was 2980 per 100 000 (3%). The number of patients with a recorded encounter of foot and/or ankle pain was 1820 per 100 000 (1.8%). Foot and/or ankle pain encounters were reported across all age groups (54.4% females), with those aged 71-80 years placing the greatest burden on GPs. The most common specified referrals were to orthopaedics (

conclusionThe burden of foot and/or ankle pain encounters recorded by GPs is not insubstantial, and spans all ages, with a high proportion of referrals to orthopaedics. The authors recommend further exploration of 'first-contact practitioners' for foot and/or ankle pain in general practice to alleviate the burden on GPs.

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PMCPMC6532799

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