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ReviewRheumatology advances in practice2024

Pain management in people with inflammatory arthritis: British Society for Rheumatology guideline scope.

Ian C Scott, Opeyemi Babatunde, Christopher Barker, Rebecca Beesley, Richard Beesley, Hollie Birkinshaw, Mel Brooke, Hema Chaplin, Lara Chapman, Coziana Ciurtin and 23 more

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Review in Rheumatology advances in practice, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Guideline
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  3. Towards an individualised approach to pain management in inflammatory arthritis.Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

33 authors.

Ian C ScottPrimary Care Centre Versus Arthritis, School of Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1268-9808
Opeyemi BabatundePrimary Care Centre Versus Arthritis, School of Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5064-6446
Christopher BarkerCommunity Pain Management Service, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Mersey, UK.
Rebecca BeesleyJuvenile Arthritis Research (JAR), Tonbridge, UK.
Richard BeesleyJuvenile Arthritis Research (JAR), Tonbridge, UK.
Hollie BirkinshawSchool of Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education, Primary Care Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Mel BrookeExpert by experience, Bath, UK.
Hema ChaplinHealth Psychology Section, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9402-9669
Lara ChapmanLeeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4207-2809
Coziana CiurtinDivision of Medicine, Centre for Adolescent Rheumatology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8911-4113
James DaleDepartment of Rheumatology, NHS Lanarkshire, Lanarkshire, UK.
Dervil DockrellBone Research Group, University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4656-6205
Emma DuresSchool of Health and Social Wellbeing, University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, UK.
Kathyrn HarrisonDepartment of Paediatric Rheumatology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
Meghna JaniCentre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1487-277X
Charlotte LeeSchool of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Maura McCarronDepartment of Rheumatology, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK.
Christian D MallenPrimary Care Centre Versus Arthritis, School of Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2677-1028
Assie O'ConnorHaywood Academic Rheumatology Centre, Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Staffordshire, UK.
Claire PidgeonDepartment of Paediatric Occupational Therapy, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
Tamar PincusSchool of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Dee PrattDepartment of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, Surrey Downs Health and Care Community Services, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, Surrey, UK.
Yeliz PriorCentre for Human Movement and Rehabilitation, School of Health and Society, University of Salford, Salford, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9831-6254
Karim RazaDepartment of Rheumatology, Hywel Dda University Health Board, Wales, UK.
Zoe Rutter-LocherDepartment of Rheumatology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8251-4037
Seema SharmaDepartment of Rheumatology, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9030-0482
Katie ShawDepartment of Physiotherapy, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, Bolton, UK.
Samantha SmallDepartment of Paediatric Rheumatology, Southampton Children's Hospital, Southampton, UK.
Tilli SmithPrimary Care Centre Versus Arthritis, School of Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK.
Lesley TiffinDepartment of Rheumatology, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle, UK.
Jordan TsigaridesDepartment of Rheumatology, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Norwich, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9893-8002
Mikalena XenophontosKennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Nicholas G ShenkerDepartment of Rheumatology, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9852-5811

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pain is a common symptom in people with inflammatory arthritis (IA), which has far-reaching impacts on their lives. Recent electronic health record studies demonstrate that UK-based pain care in people with IA commonly involves the prescribing of long-term opioids and gabapentinoids, despite an absence of trial evidence for their efficacy. Patient surveys suggest that non-pharmacological pain management is underused. A UK-specific guideline on pain management for people with IA is required to resolve this. This scoping document outlines the context and prioritized clinical questions for the first British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) guideline on pain management for people with IA. The guideline aims to provide evidence-based recommendations on how pain can be best managed in people with IA (including its assessment, and pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments), ensuring that people with IA in the UK are offered evidence-based pain management strategies. The guideline is for healthcare professionals involved in the care of people with IA of all ages and genders, people with IA and their families and carers, NHS managers and healthcare commissioners, and other relevant stakeholders such as patient organizations. It will be developed using the methods outlined in the BSR's 'Creating Clinical Guidelines' protocol.

Indexed as

analgesicaxial spondyloarthritisinflammatory arthritisjuvenile idiopathic arthritisnon-pharmacologicalpainpharmacologicalpsoriatic arthritisrheumatoid arthritis

Identifiers

PMID39563967
PMCPMC11573413

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