Swaithes, Laura https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6739-1996
Dziedzic, Krysia
Finney, Andrew
Cottrell, Elizabeth
Jinks, Clare
Mallen, Christian
Currie, Graeme
Paskins, Zoe
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health Research (RP-PG-0407-10386, KMRF-2014-03-002, NIHR-RP-2014-04-026, CS-2018-18-ST2-010)
Article History
Received: 20 May 2020
Accepted: 15 October 2020
First Online: 28 October 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The focus group study was approved by a Research Ethics Committee, as part of the Managing Osteoarthritis in Consultations (MOSAICS) Trial (REC reference: 10/H1017/76). Approvals for secondary analysis of the data were obtained from a university ethical committee (reference: ERP1329) and an internal data request from Keele University.The interview study was reviewed and given a favourable opinion by Keele University’s Ethical Review Panel (Reference: ERP 1329) (Sponsor RG Code: RG-0055-16-IPCHS) and by the Health Regulatory Authority (IRAS ID: 218034) (to interview NHS staff)
: All individuals provided full informed consent
: KD was appointed a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Fellow during the programme period (2013-16), received an NHS England Regional Innovation Fund award to implement aspects of the programme, and was an invited speaker by the British health professionals in rheumatology to present MOSIACS results.No other competing interests declared.