Scott, Ian;
Babatunde, Opeyemi;
Barker, Christopher;
Beesley, Rebecca;
Ciurtin, Coziana;
Xenophontos, Mikalena;
Shenker, Nicholas G;
... Brooke, Mel; + view all
(2024)
Pain Management in People with Inflammatory Arthritis: British Society for Rheumatology Guideline Scope.
Rheumatology Advances in Practice
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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 prioritised 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, monitoring 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 organisations. It will be developed using the methods outlined in the BSR’s “Creating Clinical Guidelines” protocol.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Pain Management in People with Inflammatory Arthritis: British Society for Rheumatology Guideline Scope |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Inflammatory arthritis; rheumatoid arthritis; psoriatic arthritis; axial spondyloarthritis; juvenile idiopathic arthritis; pain; analgesic; pharmacological; non-pharmacological |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10198269 |
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