Pain management in people with inflammatory arthritis: British Society for Rheumatology guideline scope

Scott, Ian C., Babatunde, Opeyemi, Barker, Christopher, Beesley, Rebecca, Beesley, Richard, Birkinshaw, Hollie, Brooke, Mel, Chaplin, Hema, Chapman, Lara, Ciurtin, Coziana, Dale, James, Dockrell, Dervil, Dures, Emma, Harrison, Kathyrn, Jani, Meghna, Lee, Charlotte, McCarron, Maura, Mallen, Christian D., O’Connor, Assie, Pidgeon, Claire, Pincus, Tamar, Pratt, Dee, Prior, Yeliz, Raza, Karim, Rutter-Locher, Zoe, Sharma, Seema, Shaw, Katie, Small, Samantha, Smith, Tilli, Tiffin, Lesley, Tsigarides, Jordan, Xenophontos, Mikalena and Shenker, Nicholas G. (2024) Pain management in people with inflammatory arthritis: British Society for Rheumatology guideline scope. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 8 (4). ISSN 2514-1775

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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 prioritized 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, 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 organizations. It will be developed using the methods outlined in the BSR’s ‘Creating Clinical Guidelines’ protocol.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2024.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	analgesic,axial spondyloarthritis,inflammatory arthritis,juvenile idiopathic arthritis,non-pharmacological,pain,pharmacological,psoriatic arthritis,rheumatoid arthritis,rheumatology ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2745
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Public Health
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	06 Mar 2026 09:30
Last Modified:	09 Mar 2026 16:31
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/102239
DOI:	10.1093/rap/rkae128

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