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This study evaluates predictors of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and fatigue in systemic sclerosis (SSc) using two novel self-report indices. A cross-sectional study of patients with SSc was undertake...
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Treatment Algorithms for Early Psoriatic Arthritis: Do They Depend on Disease Phenotype?
Psoriatic arthritis is a distinct inflammatory arthritis associated with psoriasis and characterized by a broad clinical phenotype. Associated with skin disease, patients may have differing patterns of periphe...
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Mortality in systemic sclerosis—a single centre study from the UK
This study aims to determine the cause and predictors of mortality in a cohort of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and assess whether the mortality rate differs significantly from the general population....
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Patient Involvement in Outcome Measures for Psoriatic Arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a heterogeneous inflammatory arthritis with a varied clinical phenotype. There has been considerable international collaboration over recent years to develop and prioritise appropr...
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Open AccessDense genoty** of immune-related susceptibility loci reveals new insights into the genetics of psoriatic arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflammatory arthritis associated with psoriasis and, despite the larger estimated heritability for PsA, the majority of genetic susceptibility loci identified to date ar...
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Open AccessExtending life for people with a terminal illness: a moral right and an expensive death? Exploring societal perspectives
Many publicly-funded health systems apply cost-benefit frameworks in response to the moral dilemma of how best to allocate scarce healthcare resources. However, implementation of recommendations based on costs...
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“The Most Supportive Environment in the World”? Tracing the Development of an Institutional ‘Ecosystem’ for Social Enterprise
While numerous accounts of policy frameworks associated with country-level support for social enterprise activity exist, explanations for when, why and how policy interventions in support of social enterprise hav...
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Correction: Corrigendum: Dense genoty** of immune-related susceptibility loci reveals new insights into the genetics of psoriatic arthritis
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Eliciting Societal Views on the Value of Life-Extending Treatments Using Q Methodology
Publicly funded healthcare systems operating with fixed budgets must incorporate rationing mechanisms of some sort in order to set priorities. Efficiency, which might be defined broadly in health terms as maxi...
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Open AccessPhysical activity but not sedentary activity is reduced in primary Sjögren’s syndrome
The aim of the study was to evaluate the levels of physical activity in individuals with primary Sjögren’s syndrome (PSS) and its relationship to the clinical features of PSS. To this cross-sectional study, s...
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Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a variable and complex inflammatory condition. Symptoms can compromise physical function, reduce quality of life, and accrue significant health costs. Commonly used patient-reporte...
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It is well documented that individuals who are materially worse-off have poorer health and subjective wellbeing. Despite their limited means, we also know these same individuals can have complicated financial ...
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Health inequalities in the UK have proved to be stubborn, and health gaps between best and worst-off are widening. While there is growing understanding of how the main causes of poor health are perceived among...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Important Treatment Outcomes for Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis: A Multisite Qualitative Study
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Open AccessLongitudinal profiling of the gut microbiome in patients with psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis: a multicentre, prospective, observational study
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the skin affecting 2–3% of UK population. 30% of people affected by psoriasis will develop a distinct form of arthritis within 10 years of the skin condition onse...
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Open AccessApplication of information theoretic feature selection and machine learning methods for the development of genetic risk prediction models
In view of the growth of clinical risk prediction models using genetic data, there is an increasing need for studies that use appropriate methods to select the optimum number of features from a large number of...
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Open AccessPolicy actors’ perceptions of public participation to tackle health inequalities in Scotland: a paradox?
Health inequalities are persistent and widening with transformative policy change needed. Radically shifting policy to tackle upstream causes of inequalities is likely to require public participation to provid...
