Rheumatology

Rate of adherence to urate-lowering therapy among patients with gout: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Rulan Yin, Lin Li, Guo Zhang, Yafei Cui, Lijuan Zhang, Qiuxiang Zhang, Ting Fu, Haixia Cao, Liren Li, Zhifeng Gu

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017542

April 10, 2018

Associations between preoperative Oxford hip and knee scores and costs and quality of life of patients undergoing primary total joint replacement in the NHS England: an observational study

Peter Eibich, Helen A Dakin, Andrew James Price, David Beard, Nigel K Arden, Alastair M Gray

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019477

April 10, 2018

Using an internet intervention to support self-management of low back pain in primary care: findings from a randomised controlled feasibility trial (SupportBack)

Adam W A Geraghty, Rosie Stanford, Beth Stuart, Paul Little, Lisa C Roberts, Nadine E Foster, Jonathan C Hill, Elaine M Hay, David Turner, Wansida Malakan, Linda Leigh, Lucy Yardley

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016768

March 9, 2018

Design of a phase IV randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial assessing the ImPact of Residual Inflammation Detected via Imaging TEchniques, Drug Levels and Patient Characteristics on the Outcome of Dose TaperIng of Adalimumab in Clinical Remission Rheumatoid ArThritis (RA) patients (PREDICTRA)

Paul Emery, Gerd R Burmester, Esperanza Naredo, Yijie Zhou, Maja Hojnik, Philip G Conaghan

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019007

February 28, 2018

Can obesity and physical activity predict outcomes of elective knee or hip surgery due to osteoarthritis? A meta-analysis of cohort studies

Daniel Pozzobon, Paulo H Ferreira, Fiona M Blyth, Gustavo C Machado, Manuela L Ferreira

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017689

February 27, 2018

Association of common comorbidities with osteonecrosis: a nationwide population-based case–control study in Denmark

Alina Dima, Alma Becic Pedersen, Lars Pedersen, Cristian Baicus, Reimar Wernich Thomsen

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020680

February 8, 2018

Identification of new biomarkers to promote personalised treatment of patients with inflammatory rheumatic disease: protocol for an open cohort study

Tina Marie Kringelbach, Bente Glintborg, Estrid V Hogdall, Julia Sidenius Johansen, Merete Lund Hetland, on behalf of The Biomarker Protocol Study Group, Asta Linauskas, Gitte Meyer Larsen, Charlotte Modin, Karin Skovgaard, Inge Juul Sørensen, Britt Corfixen, Oliver Hendricks, Charlotte Drachmann, Hanne Lindegaard, Marina Bjørling-Poulsen, Lene Dreyer, Johnny Raun, Mikkel Østergaard, Kim Hørslev-Petersen, Henning Bliddal, Claus Rasmussen, Torkell Ellingsen, Søren Jacobsen, Tove Lorenzen, Inger Marie Jensen Hansen, Annette Schlemmer, Salome Kristensen, Kristian Stengaard-Pedersen, Michael Stoltenberg, Henrik Nordin, Peter Mosborg, Susanne Juhl Pedersen, Christoffer Tandrup Nielsen, Ellen-Margrethe Hauge, Bent Deleuran, Cecilie Brahe, Christian Gytz Ammitzbøll, Tue Wenzel Kragstrup, Karen Carlsen, Niklas Rye Jørgensen, Dorte Vendelboe Jensen, Heidi Lausten Munk, Michael Kruse Meyer, Tine Lottenburger

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019325

February 1, 2018

Quality of life, sleep and rheumatoid arthritis (QUASAR): a protocol for a prospective UK mHealth study to investigate the relationship between sleep and quality of life in adults with rheumatoid arthritis

Katie L Druce, Lis Cordingley, Vicky Short, Susan Moore, Bruce Hellman, Ben James, Mark Lunt, Simon D Kyle, Will G Dixon, John McBeth

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018752

January 26, 2018

Does vitamin D supplementation improve bone density in vitamin D-deficient children? Protocol for an individual patient data meta-analysis

Tania Winzenberg, Christel Lamberg-Allardt, Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan, Christian Mølgaard, Kun Zhu, Feitong Wu, Richard D Riley

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019584

January 23, 2018

Retrospective cohort study on risk of hearing loss in patients with rheumatoid arthritis using claims data

Chung-Ming Huang, Hsuan-Ju Chen, Po-Hao Huang, Gregory J Tsay, Joung-Liang Lan, Fung-Chang Sung

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018134

January 5, 2018