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171 PRESCRIBING FOLLOWING OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURE: DOES A PATIENT AND GENERAL
PRACTITIONER CENTRED APPROACH INCREASE PRESCRIBING?
SL Hider 1 , AA Ismail 1 , G Cook 3 , B Todd 2 , J Rogers 3 , A Hamilton 3 . 1
Department of Rheumatology,
Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, United Kingdom; 2 Department of Orthopaedics, Stepping Hill
Hospital, Stockport, United Kingdom; 3 Department of Epidemiology, Stepping Hill Hospital,
Stockport, United Kingdom
172 THE COST EFFECTIVENESS AND ACCEPTABILITY OF SHARED CARE VS HOSPITAL
TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH MILD, STABLE, ESTABLISHED RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA).
PK O’Neill 1 , EA Fargher 1 , K Tricker 1,2 , DPM Symmons 2 , LM Davies 1 . 1
Health Economics Research at
Manchester (HER@M), University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; 2 ARC
Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
173 THE USE OF A POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEM FOR CRP MEASUREMENT IN A
RHEUMATOLOGY CLINIC.
S Busteed 1 , K Hayden 2 , M Lawrence 1 , I Watson 2 , R Thompson 1 . 1
Rheumatology, University Hospital
Aintree, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom; 2 Biochemistry, University Hospital Aintree,
Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
174 INTER- AND INTRAOBSERVER VARIABILITY OF A NON-INSTRUMENTED,
STANDARDISED PHYSICAL EXAMINATION IN A PRIMARY CARE POPULATION OF OLDER
ADULTS WITH KNEE PROBLEMS.
LRJ Wood 1 , GM Peat 1 , R Wilkie 1 , E Thomas 1 , EM Hay 1,2 , J Sim 1 . 1 Primary Care Sciences Research
Centre, Keele University, Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs, United Kingdom; 2 Staffordshire
Rheumatology Centre, Haywood Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs, United Kingdom
175 THE IMPACT AND IMPLICATIONS OF NEW TREATMENTS IN ARTHRITIS: VALIDATION OF A
QUESTIONNAIRE TO MEASURE THE ‘REAL LIFE’ EFFECTIVENESS OF MEDICATION.
AJ Carr 1 , RA Hughes 2 , K Vincent 2 , M Carr 2 , C Thwaitesv. 1
Academic Rheumatology, University of
Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom; 2 Rheumatology, Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital,
Chertsey, United Kingdom
176 REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN SELF-REPORTED LONGSTANDING MUSCULOSKELETAL
CONDITIONS ARE ONLY PARTLY EXPLAINED BY SOCIAL CLASS: RESULTS FROM THE GENERAL
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY.
AM Clarke, DPM Symmons. Arthritis Research Campaign Epidemiology Unit, School of
Epidemiology and Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
177 CAN THE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE BE EXTENDED TO
PROVIDE GREATER INSIGHT INTO SPECIFIC PATIENT CONCERNS WITHOUT LOSING VALIDITY?
MC Greenwood, AJ Hakim, DV Doyle. Academic Rheumatology and Osteoporosis Unit, Whipps
Cross University Hospital, London, United Kingdom
178 THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL DEPRIVATION ON HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AND
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY IN PATIENTS WITH ESTABLISHED RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.
M Harrison 1 , K Tricker 2 , L Davies 2 , C Roberts 1 , D Symmons 1 . 1
ARC Epidemiology Unit, University of
Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; 2 Health Economics Research at Manchester, University
of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; 3 Clinical Trials Unit, University of Manchester,
Manchester, United Kingdom
179 WHY WONT RESIDENTIAL HOME RESIDENTS WEAR HIP PROTECTORS?
C Jones 1 , T Villar 2 , A Dawson 3 , P Thompson 2 . 1
Osteoporosis Dorset, Bournemouth, Dorset, United
Kingdom; 2 Poole Hospital NHS Trust, Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom; 3 Dorset Health Authority,
Verwood, Dorset, United Kingdom
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