Alcohol Consumption in Relation to Risk and Severity of Chronic Widespread Pain : Results from a UK population-based study

Acknowledgements The study was funded by Arthritis Research UK, Chesterfield, UK (Grant award number 17292). The funder did not have any role in the design, conduct of the study, in the collection, analysis or interpretation of the data, nor in the preparation, review or approval of the manuscript. We are grateful to the following practices and their patients for participating in the study: in Aberdeen: Carden Medical Centre, Elmbank Medical Practice, Great Western Medical Practice, Garthdee Medical Group, and in East Cheshire: Readesmoor Medical Group Practice, Lawton House Surgery, Bollington Medical Centre, Park Lane Surgery. The Scottish Primary Care Research Network facilitated access to patient information at the practices in Aberdeen city. Investigators on the MUSICIAN study were: Gordon J Prescott, Paul McNamee, Philip C Hannaford (all University of Aberdeen), John McBeth, Karina Lovell, Phil Keeley, Deborah PM Symmons (all University of Manchester) and Steve Woby (Penine Acute NHS Trust). Charlie Stockton was the study manager during the setting up and for part of the conduct of the study and Chrysa Gkazinou for the remainder of the study. Elizabeth Jones was part of the study team and undertook her PhD using data from the study (unrelated to the current analysis). John Norrie was originally an investigator of the MUSICIAN study while Director of the Centre for Health Care Randomised Trials (CHART) at the University of Aberdeen. We are grateful for the input of members of the Health Services Research Unit (HSRU) at The University of Aberdeen in the conduct of the study: Alison MacDonald and Gladys McPherson. The study was conceived by GJM who also drafted the manuscript. MB undertook the data analysis and critically reviewed the manuscript.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

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Treatment expectations but not preference affect outcome in a trial of CBT and exercise for pain

The following are members of the MUSICIAN study team: Gary Macfarlane (Principal Investigator), John McBeth (Investigator), Deborah Symmons (Investigator), Karina Lovell (investigator), Philip Keeley (Investigator), Phil Hannaford (Investigator), Chrysa Gkazinou (Trial manager), Marcus Beasley (Research Assistant), Elizabeth Jones (PhD student), Gordon Prescott (Statistician), and Steve Woby (Investigator). We are grateful to the practices and patients in Aberdeen city and Cheshire, which participated in the study: Carden medical centre, Elmbank medical practice, Great Western Road medical practice, Garthdee medical group, Readesmoor medical group practice, Lawton House surgery, Bollington medical practice, Park Lane surgery. The Scottish Primary Care Research Network facilitated access to patient information at the practices in Aberdeen city. Charlie Stockton was the study manager and Ashraf El-Metwally an Investigator during the setting up and for part of the conduct of the study. John Norrie was originally an investigator of the MUSICIAN study while Director of the Centre for Health Care Randomised Trials (CHART) at the University of Aberdeen. We are grateful for the input of members of the Health Services Research Unit (HSRU) at The University of Aberdeen in the conduct of the study: Alison MacDonald and Gladys McPherson. We are grateful to the project assistants who worked on the survey: Dev Acharya, Jennifer Bannister, Flora Joyce, Michelle Rein., Karen Kane, and Rowan Jasper. Alison Littlewood was responsible for study management at the Cheshire site. Finally, we thank the independent members of the trial steering committee (Professor Matthew Hotopf, Professor Tracey Howe, Professor Martin Underwood) and data monitoring committee (Dr. Marwan Bukhari, Professor Hazel Inskip, Dr. Chris Edwards). Funding details The study was funded by Arthritis Research UK, grant number 17292.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

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Telephone cognitive behavioural therapy to prevent the development of chronic widespread pain : a qualitative study of patient perspectives and treatment acceptability

The authors would like to thank: the MAmMOTH investigators, Phil Keeley, Gordon Prescott, Paul McNamee, Majid Artus, John McBeth, Philip Hannaford, Gareth Jones, Neil Basu, and John Norrie. Kathy Longley, patient representative from Arthritis Research UK, for help with designing the MAmMOTH Study. The staff and patients at the following practices in Scotland: Mount Florida Medical Centre, Midlock Medical Centre, Buckingham Terrace Medical Practice, Levern Medical Group, Bridgetown Medical Centre, Cardonald Medical Centre, Denburn Medical Practice, Ellon Medical Group, Laurencekirk Medical Centre, Aultbea & Gairloch Medical Practice, Dr. Pearson’s Medical Practice, Cairn Medical Practice, Grantown On Spey Medical Practice, Strathpeffer Medical Practice, Fairfield Medical Practice, and Fortrose Medical Practice. The Scottish Primary Care Research Network coordinators, Samantha Holden in NHS Highland, Tracy Ibbotson in NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, and Amanda Cardy in NHS Grampian. Christine Molloy, CBT coordinator at University of Manchester. The therapists delivering the intervention, Anna Pruszynska, Christine Molloy, Clare Stephenson, Gary Lamph, Gary McNamee, Jayne Fox, Mike Fitzsimmons, Marie Pope, Natalie Broad, and Nicola McConnell. The programmers at Centre for Health Centre Randomised Trials (CHaRT), including Mark Forrest, senior IT development manager, and Brian Taylor, senior programmer. Funding The MAmMOTH study is funded by the Arthritis Research UK Grant no. 20748. Arthritis Research UK had no input into the design of the study, collection, interpretation of data or writing of the manuscript. Availability of data and materials The anonymised framework template is available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.Peer reviewedPublisher PDFsupplementary_datasupplementary_datasupplementary_dat

The epidemiology of regular opioid use and its association with mortality : Prospective cohort study of 466 486 UK biobank participants

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What is the effect of alcohol consumption on the risk of chronic widespread pain? : A Mendelian randomisation study using UK Biobank

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