William Dixon

2025

Clinical utility of digital pain drawings captured by people living with musculoskeletal pain conditions: A qualitative study

Ali, S. M., Elsayed , S., Lee, R. R., Firth, J., McCarthy, D., Dixon, W. G. & van der Veer, S. N., 17 Apr 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: British journal of pain.

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Comparative Risk of Severe Constipation in Patients Treated With Opioids for Non-cancer Pain: A Retrospective Cohort Study In Northwest England

Yimer, B. B., Soomro, M., Mcbeth, J., Ramirez Medina, C., Lunt, M., Dixon, W. & Jani, M., 6 May 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: BMC Medicine.

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Preparing to deliver a stepped wedge cluster-randomised trial to test the effectiveness of daily symptom tracking integrated into electronic health records for managing rheumatoid arthritis: a mixed-methods feasibility trial

Druce, K., Masood, Y., Chadwick, H., Skyrme, S., Griffiths-Jones, D., Bravo Santisteban, R. D., Bower, P., Firth, J., Sharp, C., Arden Armitage, C., Dowding, D., Mcbeth, J., Sanders, C., Dixon, W. & Van Der Veer, S., 2025, In: BMC Rheumatology. 9, 1

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The current state of digital manikins to support pain self-reporting: a systematic literature review

Ali, S. M., Mountain, D. C., Lee, R., Murphy, D., Chiarotto, A., Wong, D. C., Dixon, W. G. & van der Veer, S., 10 Mar 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Pain Reports.

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2024

Building and Sustaining Public Trust in Health Data Sharing for Musculoskeletal Research: Semistructured Interview and Focus Group Study

Yusuf, Z. K., Dixon, W. G., Sharp, C., Cook, L., Holm, S. & Sanders, C., 15 Oct 2024, In: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH. 26

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Classifying Self-Reported Rheumatoid Arthritis Flares Using Daily Patient-Generated Data From a Smartphone App: Exploratory Analysis Applying Machine Learning Approaches

Gandrup, J., Selby, D. A. & Dixon, W. G., 14 May 2024, In: JMIR Formative Research.

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Comparative risk of mortality in new users of prescription opioids for non-cancer pain: results from the International Pharmacosurveillance Study

Jani, M., Girad, N., Bates, D. W., Buckeridge, D., Dixon, W. & Tamblyn, R., 29 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Pain.

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Development and Evaluation of a Text-Analytics Algorithm for Automated Application of National COVID-19 Shielding Criteria in Rheumatology Patients

Jani, M., Alfattni, G., Belousov, M., Laidlaw, L., Zhang, Y., Cheng, M., Webb, K., Hamilton, R., Kanter, A. S., Dixon, W. G. & Nenadic, G., 4 Apr 2024, In: Annals of Rheumatic Diseases.

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Development of a measuring app for systemic sclerosis-related digital ulceration (SALVE: Scleroderma App for Lesion VErification)

Davison, A. K., Krishan, A., New, R. P., Murray, A., Dinsdale, G., Manning, J., Hall, F., Pauling, J. D., Vail, A., Kearney, K., Patrick, H., Hughes, M., Dixon, W., Dickinson, M., Taylor, C. & Herrick, A. L., 19 Jul 2024, In: Rheumatology (Oxford, England).

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Evaluating treatment response to intramuscular steroids in rheumatoid arthritis: exploring the potential of electronic patient-generated health data

Al-Attar, M., Assawamartbunlue, K., Gandrup, J., van der Veer, S. & Dixon, W. G., 2 Sept 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: JMIR Formative Research.

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Identifying Weekly Trajectories of Pain Severity Using Daily Data From an mHealth Study: Cluster Analysis

Little, C., Schultz, D., House, T., Dixon, W. & Mcbeth, J., 19 Jul 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: JMIR mHealth and uHealth. 12, p. 1–17 e48582.

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Postoperative opioids administered to inpatients with major or orthopaedic surgery: A retrospective cohort study using data from hospital electronic prescribing systems

Huang, J., Dixon, W., O'Neill, T. & Jani, M., 25 Jun 2024, In: PL o S One. 19, 6, e0305531.

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Reliability, validity and responsiveness of a smartphone-based manikin to support pain self-reporting

van der Veer, S. N., Ali, S. M., Yu, Z., Mcbeth, J., Chiarotto, A., James, B. & Dixon, W. G., 1 Apr 2024, In: Pain Reports. 9, 2, E1131.

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Remote monitoring of rheumatoid arthritis (REMORA): study protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial and process evaluation of an integrated symptom tracking intervention

REMORA team, Dec 2024, In: Trials. 25, 1, p. 683 683.

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Strategies to optimise the health equity impact of digital pain self-reporting tools: a series of multi-stakeholder focus groups

Ali, S. M., Gambin, A., Chadwick, H., Dixon, W. G., Crawford, A. & Van der Veer, S. N., 11 Nov 2024, In: International Journal for Equity in Health. 23, 1, 233.

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The role of patient reported symptom data in co-producing meaning in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Skyrme, S. L., Dixon, W., Van Der Veer, S., Sanders, C., Sharp, C. & Dowding, D., 13 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 8 p.

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Trends for opioid prescribing and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases between 2006 and 2021

Huang, Y.-T., Jenkins, D. A., Yimer, B. B., Benitez-Aurioles, J., Peek, N., Lunt, M., Dixon, W. G. & Jani, M., 2 Apr 2024, In: Rheumatology (Oxford, England). 63, 4, p. 1093-1103 11 p.

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Trends for opioid prescriptions and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic among patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases between 2006 and 2021

Huang, J., Jenkins, D. A., Yimer, B. B., Benitez-Aurioles, J., Peek, N., Lunt, M., Dixon, W. & Jani, M., 1 Apr 2024, In: Rheumatology. 63, 4, p. 1093–1103

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Use of over-the-counter supplements, sleep aids, and analgesic medicines in rheumatology: results of a cross-sectional survey

Soomro, M., Lyons, S., Bravo, R., Mcbeth, J., Lunt, M., Dixon, W. & Jani, M., 9 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Rheumatology Advances in Practice .

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Users’ views on the use of a smartwatch app to collect daily symptom data in individuals with multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity): a qualitative study.

Kenning, C., Bower, P., Small, N., Ali, S. M., Brown, B. C., Dempsey, K., Mackey, E., McMillan, B., Sanders, C., Serafimova, I., van der Veer, S., Dixon, W. & Mcbeth, J., 10 Jan 2024, In: Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity. 14

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Writing directly to patients, the time is now - but how?

Sharp, C., Staniland, K., McMillan, B., Firth, J., Gregory, W. J., Macphie, E. & Dixon, W., 9 Feb 2024, In: Rheumatology (Oxford).

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2023

Charting a Course for Smartphones and Wearables to Transform Population Health Research

Dixon, W. G., Veer, S. N. V. D., Ali, S. M., Laidlaw, L., Dobson, R. J. B., Sudlow, C., Chico, T., MacArthur, J. A. L. & Doherty, A., 7 Feb 2023, In: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH.

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Examining the variability of multiple daily symptoms over time among individuals with multiple long-term conditions (MLTC-M/multimorbidity): An exploratory analysis of a longitudinal smartwatch feasibility study

Kazi, K., Ali, S. M., Selby, D. A., McBeth, J., van der Veer, S. & Dixon, W. G., 18 Jan 2023, In: Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity. 13

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Exploring the cross-cultural acceptability of digital tools for pain self-reporting: A qualitative study

Ali, S. M., Lee, R., Mcbeth, J., James, B., McAlister , S., Chiarotto, A., Dixon, W. & van der Veer, S., 8 Feb 2023, In: JMIR Human Factors . 10, e42177.

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Feasibility and acceptability to use a smartphone-based manikin for daily longitudinal self-reporting of chronic pain

Ali, S. M., Selby, D., Bourke, D., Bravo, R., Chiarotto, A., Firth, J., James, B., Parker, B., Dixon, W. & van der Veer, S., 16 Aug 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Digital Health. 9

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How to self-examine for tender and swollen joints: Co-producing a training video for people with rheumatoid arthritis

Sharp, C., Staniland, K., Gandrup, J., Cornell, T. & Dixon, W., 1 Apr 2023, In: Rheumatology Advances in Practice . 7, Suppl 1, p. i6-i11 5 p.

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Smartphone images of digital ulcers provide a clear picture of disease progression for the first rheumatology visit

Madenidou, A.-V., Dinsdale, G., Samaranayaka, M., Muir, L., Dixon, W. G. & Herrick, A. L., 2 May 2023, In: Rheumatology (Oxford, England). 62, 5, p. e153-e154

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"Take up to eight tablets per day": Incorporating free-text medication instructions into a transparent and reproducible process for preparing drug exposure data for pharmacoepidemiology

Jani, M., Yimer, B. B., Selby, D., Lunt, M., Nenadic, G. & Dixon, W. G., 1 Jun 2023, In: Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 32, 6, p. 651-660 10 p.

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The Complexity of Transferring Remote Monitoring and Virtual Care Technology Between Countries: Lessons From an International Workshop

Pham, Q., Wong, D., Pfisterer, K. J., Aleman, D., Bansback, N., Cafazzo, J. A., Casson, A. J., Chan, B., Dixon, W., Kakaroumpas, G., Lindner, C., Peek, N., Potts, H. W., Ribeiro, B., Seto, E., Stockton-Powdrell, C., Thompson, A. & van der Veer, S., 1 Aug 2023, In: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH. 25, 11 p., e46873.

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The epidemiology of psoriatic arthritis in the UK: a health intelligence analysis of UK Primary Care Electronic Health Records 1991-2020

Druce, K. L., Yimer, B. B., Humphreys, J., Njuki, L. N., Bourke, D., Li, M., Ellis, B., Zhang, Y., Bravo, R., Hyrich, K. L., Verstappen, S. M. M., Dixon, W. G. & McBeth, J., 2 Nov 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Rheumatology (Oxford, England). kead586.

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What do people living with chronic pain want from a pain forecast? A research prioritization study

Little, C., Druce, K., Dixon, W., Schultz, D., House, T. & Mcbeth, J., 12 Oct 2023, In: PL o S One. 18, 10, e0292968.

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2022

Adoption of Digital Pain Manikins for Research Data Collection: A Systematic Review

Ali, S. M., Lee, R. R., Chiarotto, A., Dixon, W. G., McBeth, J. & van der Veer, S. N., 6 Jun 2022, In: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. 290, p. 748-751 4 p.

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Does the process of developing products for knowledge mobilisation from healthcare research influence their uptake? A comparative case study

Sharp, C., Sanders, C., Dixon, W. & Boaden, R., Jan 2022, In: Implementation science communications. 3, 1, p. 132 132.

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Feasibility study of mobile phone photography as a possible outcome measure of systemic sclerosis-related digital lesions

Davison, A., Dinsdale, G., New, P., Manning, J., Patrick, H., Taxiarchi, V., Dixon, W., Vail, A., Murray, A., Dickinson, M., Taylor, C. & Herrick, A., 7 Dec 2022, In: Rheumatology Advances in Practice. 6

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Findability of UK health datasets available for research: a mixed methods study

Griffiths, E., Joseph, R. M., Tilston, G., Thew, S., Kapacee, Z., Dixon, W. & Peek, N., 22 Feb 2022, In: BMJ Health & Care Informatics. 29, 1, e100325.

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Heterogeneity in the Association between Weather and Pain Severity among Patients with Chronic-Pain: A Bayesian Multilevel Regression Analysis

Yimer, B. B., Schultz, D. M., Beukenhorst, A. L., Lunt, M., Pisaniello, H. L., House, T., Sergeant, J. C., McBeth, J. & Dixon, W. G., 1 Jan 2022, In: Pain Reports. 7, 1, p. e963

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Investigating Characteristics of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy Flares Using Daily Symptom Data Collected Via a Smartphone App

Oldroyd, A., Steen Krogh, N., Dixon, W. & Chinoy, H., 7 Mar 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Rheumatology.

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Sleep Disturbance and Quality of Life in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Prospective mHealth Study

McBeth, J., Dixon, W. G., Moore, S. M., Hellman, B., James, B., Kyle, S. D., Lunt, M., Cordingley, L., Yimer, B. B. & Druce, K. L., 22 Apr 2022, In: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH. 24, 4, e32825.

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The impact of moderator by confounder interactions in the assessment of treatment effect modification: a simulation study

Marsden, A. M., Dixon, W. G., Dunn, G. & Emsley, R., 11 Jan 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: BMC Medical Research Methodology .

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The Influence of Chronic Pain on Social Care Service Use in the UK

Humphreys, J., Cook, L., Clarkson, P. & Dixon, W., 16 Feb 2022, In: Journal of Long Term Care. p. 40-48

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Using patient-reported data from a smartphone app to capture and characterize real-time patient-reported flares in rheumatoid arthritis

Gandrup, J., Selby, D. A., Veer, S. N. V. D., Mcbeth, J. & Dixon, W. G., 16 Mar 2022, In: Rheumatology Advances in Practice. 6, 1, rkac021.

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2021

Correction to: The effect of glucocorticoid therapy on mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and concomitant type II diabetes: a retrospective cohort study

Costello, R. E., Marsden, A., Movahedi, M., Lunt, M., Humphreys, J. H., Emsley, R. & Dixon, W. G., 2 Mar 2021, In: BMC Rheumatology. 5, 1, p. 1-2 2 p.

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Digital manikins to self‐report pain on a smartphone: a systematic review of mobile apps

Ali, S. M., Lau, W. J., Mcbeth, J., Dixon, W. & Van Der Veer, S., 1 Feb 2021, In: European Journal of Pain. 25, 2, p. 327-338 12 p.

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Engagement with consumer smartwatches for tracking symptoms of individuals living with multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity): A longitudinal observational study

Ali, S. M., Selby, D., Kazi, K., Dempsey, K., Mackey, E., Small, N., van der Veer, S., McMillan, B., Bower, P., Brown, B., Mcbeth, J. & Dixon, W., 7 Dec 2021, In: Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity. 11

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Incidence of Paget’s Disease of Bone in the UK: Evidence of a Continuing Decline

Cook, M., Pye, S., Lunt, M., Dixon, W., Ashcroft, D. & O'Neill, T., 11 Apr 2021, In: Rheumatology.

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Low-NO atmospheric oxidation pathways in a polluted megacity

Newland, M. J., Bryant, D. J., Dunmore, R. E., Bannan, T. J., Joe, W., Langford, B., Hopkins, J. R., Squires, F. A., Dixon, W., Drysdale, W. S., Ivatt, P. D., Evans, M. J., Edwards, P. M., Whalley, L. K., Heard, D. E., Slater, E. J., Woodward-Massey, R., Ye, C., Mehra, A. & Worrall, S. D. & 11 others, Bacak, A., Coe, H., Percival, C. J., Nicholas Hewitt, C., Lee, J. D., Cui, T., Surratt, J. D., Wang, X., Lewis, A. C., Rickard, A. R. & Hamilton, J. F., 8 Feb 2021, In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 21, 3, p. 1613-1625 13 p.

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Opioid prescribing among new users for non-cancer pain in USA, Canada, UK and Taiwan: a population-based cohort study

Jani, M., Girard, N., Bates, D., Buckeridge, D., Sheppard, T., Li, J. S., Iqbal, U., Vik, S., Weaver, C., Seidel, J., Dixon, W. & Tamblyn, R., 1 Nov 2021, In: PL o S Medicine. 18, 11, p. 1-15 15 p., e1003829.

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