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Health Sciences profile

Professor Rebecca Grainger

PositionProfessor
DepartmentDepartment of Medicine (Wellington)
QualificationsMB ChB (Dstn) BNedSci (Dstn) MisntD CHIA FRACP FACHI PhD
Research summaryRheumatology and gout

Research

Rebecca is an academic rheumatologist who is passionate about patient-focused care and engaging with colleagues in primary and secondary care to provide the highest quality collaborative care for people with arthritis.

A University of Otago medical graduate, she undertook rheumatology training in Melbourne and her PhD examined inflammatory mechanisms in gout. Rebecca’s clinical work focuses on assessment and management of inflammatory arthritis and her particular clinical interests include inflammatory arthritis, gout and scleroderma.

Rebecca’s academic interests include outcome measures, non-pharmacological management of musculoskeletal disease, use of information technology solutions to optimise care for people with chronic rheumatic diseases and medical education.

Research and Interests:

  • Development and assessment of mobile health tools for clinical care and self-care for clinicians and health care users.
  • Social media for participatory health and medical education
  • Enhancing engagement and active learning in medical education
  • Outcome measures in musculoskeletal and rheumatic disease
  • Gout including inflammatory mechanisms, pharmacological treatment and clinical assessment
  • Rebecca is also interested in supervising postgraduate students in any of the research areas listed above. Please contact me directly.

  • Additional details

    Professor Rebecca Grainger's Google Scholar profile

    Publications

    Darlow, B., Brown, M., Stanley, J., Abbott, J. H., Briggs, A. M., Clark, J., Frew, G., Grainger, R., Hood, F., Hudson, B., Keenan, R., Marra, C., McKinlay, E., Pask, A., Pierobon, A., Simmonds, S., … Wilson, R., & Dean, S. (2023). Reducing the burden of knee osteoarthritis through community pharmacy: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of the Knee Care for Arthritis through Pharmacy Service. Musculoskeletal Care. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/msc.1785

    O'Brien, D. W., Norman, S., Grainger, R., Ellis, R., Hudson, B., Nakarada-Kordic, I., & Abbott, J. H. (2023). Exploring the current and future osteoarthritis health service delivery needs in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1573), 55-66. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

    Liu, Q., Gladman, T., Grove, C., Eberhard, S., Geertshuis, S., Ali, A., Blyth, P., & Grainger, R. (2023). Capturing the invisible: Non-institutional technologies in undergraduate learning within three New Zealand universities. Internet & Higher Education, 58, 100910. doi: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2023.100910

    Morillon, M. B., Nørup, A., Singh, J. A., Dalbeth, N., Taylor, W. J., Kennedy, M. A., … Grainger, R., … Stamp, L. K. (2023). Outcome reporting in randomized trials in Gout: A systematic scoping review from the OMERACT Gout Working Group assessing the uptake of the core outcome set. Seminars in Arthritis & Rheumatism. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2023.152191

    Machado, P. M., Schäfer, M., Mahil, S. K., Liew, J., Gossec, L., Dand, N., … Grainger, R., … Smith, C. H. (2023). Characteristics associated with poor COVID-19 outcomes in people with psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis: Data from the COVID-19 PsoProtect and Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registries. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/ard-2022-223499

    Gladman, T., Gallagher, S., & Grainger, R. (2023). Apps to support learning and professional development in the health professions. In J. P. Higgins & M. P. Morico (Eds.), Smartphone apps for health and wellness. (pp. 177-199). London, UK: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-99271-8.00010-3

    Chapter in Book - Research

    Taylor, W. J., & Grainger, R. (2012). Clinical features of gout. In R. Terkeltaub (Ed.), Gout and other crystal arthropathies. (pp. 105-120). Philadelphia, PA: Saunders. doi: 10.1016/B978-1-4377-2864-4.10039-9

    Chapter in Book - Research

    Conway, R., Nikiphorou, E., Demetriou, C. A., Low, C., Leamy, K., Ryan, J. G., … Grainger, R., … on behalf of the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. (2023). Outcomes of COVID-19 in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease in Ireland over the first 2 years of the pandemic. Irish Journal of Medical Science. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s11845-022-03265-7

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    Denecke, K., Rivera-Romero, O., Petersen, C., Benham-Hutchins, M., Cabrer, M., Davies, S., Grainger, R., … Gabarron, E. (2023). Defining and scoping participatory health informatics: An eDelphi study. Methods of Information in Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1055/a-2035-3008

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    Liu, Q., Gladman, T., Grove, C., Eberhard, S., Geertshuis, S., Ali, A., Blyth, P., & Grainger, R. (2023). Capturing the invisible: Non-institutional technologies in undergraduate learning within three New Zealand universities. Internet & Higher Education, 58, 100910. doi: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2023.100910

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    Machado, P. M., Schäfer, M., Mahil, S. K., Liew, J., Gossec, L., Dand, N., … Grainger, R., … Smith, C. H. (2023). Characteristics associated with poor COVID-19 outcomes in people with psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis: Data from the COVID-19 PsoProtect and Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registries. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/ard-2022-223499

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    Morillon, M. B., Nørup, A., Singh, J. A., Dalbeth, N., Taylor, W. J., Kennedy, M. A., … Grainger, R., … Stamp, L. K. (2023). Outcome reporting in randomized trials in Gout: A systematic scoping review from the OMERACT Gout Working Group assessing the uptake of the core outcome set. Seminars in Arthritis & Rheumatism. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2023.152191

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    Ngan Kee, R., Milne, V., Dalbeth, N., & Grainger, R. (2023). Patient participation in defining best-practice rheumatology service provision in Aotearoa New Zealand: A qualitative study with service consumers. BMC Rheumatology, 7(1). doi: 10.1186/s41927-022-00319-2

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    O'Brien, D. W., Norman, S., Grainger, R., Ellis, R., Hudson, B., Nakarada-Kordic, I., & Abbott, J. H. (2023). Exploring the current and future osteoarthritis health service delivery needs in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1573), 55-66. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

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    Overgaard Donskov, A., Mackie, S. L., Hauge, E. M., Toro-Gutiérrez, C. E., Hansen, I. T., Hemmig, A. K., … Grainger, R., … Keller, K. K. (2023). An international survey of current management practices for polymyalgia rheumatica by general practitioners and rheumatologists. Rheumatology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac713

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    Ugarte-Gil, M. F., Alarcón, G. S., Seet, A. M., Izadi, Z., Montgomery, A. D., Duarte-García, A., … Grainger, R., … Yazdany, J. (2023). Association between race/ethnicity and COVID-19 outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients from the United States: Data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. Arthritis Care & Research, 75(1), 53-60. doi: 10.1002/acr.25039

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    Bermas, B. L., Gianfrancesco, M., Tanner, H. L., Seet, A. M., Aguiar, M. C., Al Adhoubi, N. K., … Grainger, R., … Robinson, P. C. (2022). COVID-19 in women with rheumatic disease who are pregnant: Data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. Journal of Rheumatology, 49, 110-114. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.210480

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    Chock, Y. P. E., Putman, M., Conway, R., Danila, M. I., Hoyer, B., Hsieh, E., … Grainger, R., & Cappelli, L. C. (2022). Experience with telemedicine amongst rheumatology clinicians during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international survey. Rheumatology Advances in Practice. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/rap/rkac039

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    Conway, R., Grimshaw, A. A., Konig, M. F., Putman, M., Duarte-García, A., Tseng, L. Y., … Grainger, R., … on behalf of the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 outcomes in rheumatic disease: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 74(5), 766-775. doi: 10.1002/art.42030

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    Conway, R., Nikiphorou, E., Demetriou, C. A., Low, C., Leamy, K., Ryan, J. G., … Grainger, R., … on behalf of the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. (2022). Temporal trends in COVID-19 outcomes in people with rheumatic diseases in Ireland: Data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance registry. Rheumatology, keac142. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac142

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    Darlow, B., Brown, M., Hudson, B., Frew, G., Clark, J., Vincent, L., Abbott, J. H., … Grainger, R., Marra, C., McKinlay, E., & Stanley, J. (2022). Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of two types of written information for people with knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage Open, 4, 100254. doi: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2022.100254

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    Darlow, B., Brown, M., Hudson, B., Frew, G., Clark, J., Vincent, L., Grainger, R., Marra, C., McKinlay, E., Abbott, J. H., & Briggs, A. (2022). Knee osteoarthritis and the knowledgeable, trustworthy pharmacist: Patient and pharmacist perceptions of community pharmacy-based education and support. Musculoskeletal Care. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/msc.1660

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    Donnelly, S., Ersoy, Y., & Grainger, R. (2022). Doctors' views on the impact of the absence of an in-person rheumatology service at a major New Zealand hospital. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1564), 19-30. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

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    Gibbs, H. N., & Grainger, R. (2022). A Delphi exercise with rheumatologists to identify consensus on essential components of a rheumatology service in district health boards of Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1552), 27-36. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

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    Graham, F., Boland, P., Jones, B., Wallace, S., Taylor, W., Desha, L., Maggo, J., McKerchar, C., & Grainger, R. (2022). Stakeholder perspectives of the sociotechnical requirements of a telehealth wheelchair assessment service in Aotearoa/New Zealand: A qualitative analysis. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 69, 279-289. doi: 10.1111/1440-1630.12790

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    Grayson, P. C., Ponte, C., Suppiah, R., Robson, J. C., Gribbons, K. B., Judge, A., … for the DCVAS Study Group, including Grainger, R., & Stamp, L. (2022). 2022 American College of Rheumatology/EULAR classification criteria for Takayasu arteritis. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 74(12), 1872-1880. doi: 10.1002/art.42324

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    Izadi, Z., Gianfrancesco, M. A., Aguirre, A., Strangfeld, A., Mateus, E. F., Hyrich, K. L., … Grainger, R., … on behalf of the Global Rheumatology Alliance Registry. (2022). Development of a prediction model for COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients with rheumatic diseases: Results from the Global Rheumatology Alliance Registry. ACR Open Rheumatology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/acr2.11481

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    Izadi, Z., Gianfrancesco, M. A., Schmajuk, G., Jacobsohn, L., Katz, P., Rush, S., … Grainger, R., … on behalf of the COVI-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Registry. (2022). Environmental and societal factors associated with COVID-19-related death in people with rheumatic disease: An observational study. Lancet Rheumatology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(22)00192-8

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    Jatuworapruk, K., Grainger, R., Dalbeth, N., & Taylor, W. J. (2022). Regular pre-admission urate-lowering therapy and serum urate testing are associated with a shorter hospital length of stay in people with gout: A nation-wide population-based cohort study. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 25, 154-162. doi: 10.1111/1756-185x.14250

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    Jatuworapruk, K., Grainger, R., Dalbeth, N., Lertnawapan, R., Hanvivadhanakul, P., Towiwat, P., … Taylor, W. J. (2022). The GOUT-36 prediction rule for inpatient gout flare in people with comorbid gout: Derivation and external validation. Rheumatology, 61, 1658-1662. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab590

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    Jatuworapruk, K., Montgomery, A., Gianfrancesco, M., Conway, R., Durcan, L., Graef, E. R., … Grainger, R., & Robinson, P. C. (2022). Characteristics and outcomes of people with gout hospitalized due to COVID-19: Data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Physician-Reported Registry. ACR Open Rheumatology, 4(11), 948-953. doi: 10.1002/acr2.11495

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    Jatuworapruk, K., Satpanich, P., Robinson, P. C., & Grainger, R. (2022). Prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes of gout flare in patients hospitalized for PCR-confirmed COVID-19: A multicenter retrospective cohort study. Journal of Rheumatology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.220762

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    Liew, J., Gianfrancesco, M., Harrison, C., Izadi, Z., Rush, S., Lawson-Tovey, S., … Grainger, R., … Yazdany, J. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections among vaccinated individuals with rheumatic disease: Results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance provider registry. RMD Open, 8, e002187. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2021-002187

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    Machado, P. M., Verschueren, P., Grainger, R., Jones, H., Piercy, J., van Beneden, K., … Fautrel, B. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the management of patients with RA: A survey of rheumatologists in six European countries. Rheumatology Advances in Practice. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/rap/rkac108

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    Ponte, C., Grayson, P. C., Robson, J. C., Suppiah, R., Gribbons, K. B., Judge, A., … for the DCVAS Study Group, including Grainger, R., & Stamp, L. (2022). 2022 American College of Rheumatology/EULAR classification criteria for giant cell arteritis. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 74(12), 1881-1889. doi: 10.1002/art.42325

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    Stamp, L. K., Grainger, R., Frampton, C., Drake, J., & Hill, C. L. (2022). Effect of omega-three supplementation on serum urate and gout flares in people with gout: A pilot randomized trial. BMC Rheumatology, 6, 31. doi: 10.1186/s41927-022-00263-1

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    Ugarte-Gil, M. F., Alarcón, G. S., Izadi, Z., Duarte-García, A., Reátegui-Sokolova, C., Clarke, A. E., … Grainger, R., … Yazdany, J. (2022). Characteristics associated with poor COVID-19 outcomes in individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus: Data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 81, 970-978. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221636

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    Walker, T. A., Grainger, R., Quirke, T., Roos, R., Sherwood, J., Mackereth, G., … Baker, M. G., & Jones, N. (2022). Reactive arthritis incidence in a community cohort following a large waterborne campylobacteriosis outbreak in Havelock North, New Zealand. BMJ Open, 12, e060173. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060173

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    Yeoh, S.-A., Gianfrancesco, M., Lawson-Tovey, S., Hyrich, K. L., Strangfeld, A., Gossec, L., … Grainger, R., … on behalf of the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. (2022). Factors associated with severe COVID-19 in people with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy: Results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry. RMD Open, 8, e002508. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002508

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    Yeoh, S.-A., Young, K., Putman, M., Sattui, S., Conway, R., Graef, E., … Grainger, R., … on behalf of the Global Rheumatology Alliance. (2022). Rapid adoption of telemedicine in rheumatology care during the COVID-19 pandemic highlights training and supervision concerns among rheumatology trainees. ACR Open Rheumatology, 4(2), 128-133. doi: 10.1002/acr2.11355

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    Young, K., Yeoh, S.-A., Putman, M., Sattui, S., Conway, R., Graef, E., … Grainger, R., … on behalf of the Global Rheumatology Alliance. (2022). The impact of COVID-19 on rheumatology training: Results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance trainee survey. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 6(1), rkac001. doi: 10.1093/rap/rkac001

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    Areli, E., Godfrey, H. K., Perry, M. A., Hempel, D., Saipe, B., Grainger, R., Hale, L., & Devan, H. (2021). ‘I think there is nothing . . . that is really comprehensive’: Healthcare professionals’ views on recommending online resources for pain self-management. British Journal of Pain, 15(4), 429-440. doi: 10.1177/2049463720978264

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    Devan, H., Elphick-Iaveta, T., Lynch, M., MacDonell, K., Marshall, D., Tuhi, L., & Grainger, R. (2021). “Power of storytelling”: A content analysis of chronic pain narratives on YouTube. Canadian Journal of Pain / Revue canadienne de la douleur, 5(1), 117-129. doi: 10.1080/24740527.2021.1929117

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    Devan, H., Jones, B., Davies, C., Perry, M., Hale, L., Grainger, R., & Ingham, T. (2021). Are we just dishing out pills constantly to mask their pain? Kaiāwhina Māori health workers' perspectives on pain management for Māori. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1543), 19-29. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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    Filoche, S., Stubbe, M. H., Grainger, R., Robson, B., Paringatai, K., Wilcox, P., Jefferies, R., & Dowell, A. (2021). How is family health history discussed in routine primary healthcare? A qualitative study of archived family doctor consultations. BMJ Open, 11(10), e049058. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049058

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    Gianfrancesco, M. A., Izadi, Z., Sparks, J. A., Schmajuk, G., Katz, P., Serling-Boyd, N. J., Grainger, R., … Yazdany, J. (2021). Race/ethnicity association with COVID-19 outcomes in rheumatic disease: Data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Physician Registry. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 73(3), 374-380. doi: 10.1002/art.41567

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    Gladman, T., Tylee, G., Gallagher, S., Mair, J., & Grainger, R. (2021). Measuring the quality of clinical skills mobile apps for student learning: Systematic search, analysis, and comparison of two measurement scales. JMIR mHealth & uHealth, 9(4), e25377. doi: 10.2196/25377

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    Graham, F., Boland, P., Wallace, S., Taylor, W. J., Jones, B., Maggo, J., & Grainger, R. (2021). Social and technical readiness for a telehealth assessment service for adults with complex wheelchair and seating needs: A national survey of stakeholders. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy, 49(1), 31-39. doi: 10.15619/NZJP/49.1.05

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    Grainger, R., Liu, Q., & Geertshuis, S. (2021). Learning technologies: A medium for the transformation of medical education? Medical Education, 55(1), 23-29. doi: 10.1111/medu.14261

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    Grainger, R., Machado, P. M., & Robinson, P. C. (2021). Novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) in people with rheumatic disease: Epidemiology and outcomes. Best Practice & Research: Clinical Rheumatology, 35, 101657. doi: 10.1016/j.berh.2020.101657

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    Hausmann, J. S., Kennedy, K., Simard, J. F., Liew, J. W., Sparks, J. A., Moni, T. T., … Grainger, R., … Sirotich, E. (2021). Immediate effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on patient health, health-care use, and behaviours: Results from an international survey of people with rheumatic diseases. Lancet Rheumatology, 3, e707-e714. doi: 10.1016/s2665-9913(21)00175-2

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    Izadi, Z., Brenner, E. J., Mahil, S. K., Dand, N., Yiu, Z. Z. N., Yates, M., … Grainger, R., … and the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance (GRA). (2021). Association between tumor necrosis factor inhibitors and the risk of hospitalization or death among patients with immune-mediated inflammatory disease and COVID-19. JAMA Network Open, 4(10), e2129639. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.29639

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    Kanagasabai, P., Filoche, S., Ekeroma, A., Grainger, R., Dowell, A., & Paterson, H. (2021). Relevance of Otago University postgraduate programmes in women's health to general practice: A case study. Journal of Primary Health Care, 13(4), 323-333. doi: 10.1071/HC20113

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    Prentice, J., Weatherall, M., Grainger, R., & Levack, W. (2021). 'Tell someone who cares': Participation action research on workplace engagement of caregivers in aged residential care, NZ. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 40, e109-e115. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12876

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    Putman, M., Chock, Y. P. E., Tam, H., Kim, A. H. J., Sattui, S. E., Berenbaum, F., … Grainger, R., … on behalf of the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. (2021). Antirheumatic disease therapies for the treatment of COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 73(1), 36-47. doi: 10.1002/art.41469

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    Sattui, S. E., Conway, R., Putman, M. S., Seet, A. M., Gianfrancesco, M. A., Beins, K., … Grainger, R., … on behalf of the Global Rheumatology Alliance. (2021). Outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with primary systemic vasculitis or polymyalgia rheumatica from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician registry: A retrospective cohort study. Lancet Rheumatology, 3, e855-e864. doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(21)00316-7

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    Sparks, J. A., Wallace, Z. S., Seet, A. M., Gianfrancesco, M. A., Izadi, Z., Hyrich, K. L., … Grainger, R., … COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. (2021). Associations of baseline use of biologic or targeted synthetic DMARDs with COVID-19 severity in rheumatoid arthritis: Results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician registry. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 80, 1137-1146. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-220418

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    Strangfeld, A., Schäfer, M., Gianfrancesco, M. A., Lawson-Tovey, S., Liew, J. W., Ljung, L., … Grainger, R., … COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. (2021). Factors associated with COVID-19-related death in people with rheumatic diseases: Results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 80, 930-942. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-219498

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    Strubbia, C., Levack, W. M. M., Grainger, R., Takahashi, K., & Tomori, K. (2021). Use of an iPad app (aid for decision-making in occupational choice) for collaborative goal setting in interprofessional rehabilitation: Qualitative descriptive study. JMIR Rehabilitation & Assistive Technologies, 8(4), e33027. doi: 10.2196/33027

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    Aikman, K., Burtt, L., de Ronde, O., Lim, D. K. W., Stratton, P., Wong, H., Grainger, R., & Devan, H. (2020). Mass media campaigns for chronic pain: A scoping review to inform design of future campaigns. Physical Therapy Reviews, 25(5-6), 331-349. doi: 10.1080/10833196.2020.1832711

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    Bearne, L. M., Sekhon, M., Grainger, R., La, A., Shamali, M., Amirova, A., … White, C. M. (2020). Smartphone apps targeting physical activity in people with rheumatoid arthritis: Systematic quality appraisal and content analysis. JMIR mHealth & uHealth, 8(7), e18495. doi: 10.2196/18495

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    Darlow, B., Brown, M., Grainger, R., Hudson, B., Briggs, A. M., Abbott, J. H., & McKinlay, E. (2020). Stakeholder views about a novel consumer health resource for knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage Open, 2, 100058. doi: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2020.100058

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    Devan, H., Young, J., Avery, C., Elder, L., Khasyanova, Y., Manning, D., Scrimgeour, M., & Grainger, R. (2020). Media representation of chronic pain in Aotearoa New Zealand: A content analysis of news media. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1508), 92-110. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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    Gianfrancesco, M., Hyrich, K. L., Al-Adely, S., Carmona, L., Danila, M. I., Gossec, L., … Grainger, R., … On behalf of the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. (2020). Characteristics associated with hospitalisation for COVID-19 in people with rheumatic disease: Data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 79, 859-866. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217871

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    Gladman, T., Tylee, G., Gallagher, S., Mair, J., Rennie, S. C., & Grainger, R. (2020). A tool for rating the value of health education mobile apps to enhance student learning (MARuL): Development and usability study. JMIR mHealth & uHealth, 8(7), e18015. doi: 10.2196/18015

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    Grainger, R., Townsley, H. R., Ferguson, C. A., Riley, F. E., Langlotz, T., & Taylor, W. J. (2020). Patient and clinician views on an app for rheumatoid arthritis disease monitoring: Function, implementation and implications. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 23, 813-827. doi: 10.1111/1756-185x.13850

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    Kilian, A., Chock, Y. P., Huang, I. J., Graef, E. R., Upton, L. A., Khilnani, A., … Grainger, R., … for the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. (2020). Acute respiratory viral adverse events during use of antirheumatic disease therapies: A scoping review. Seminars in Arthritis & Rheumatism, 50, 1191-1201. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2020.07.007

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    Liu, Q., Geertshuis, S., & Grainger, R. (2020). Understanding academics' adoption of learning technologies: A systematic review. Computers & Education, 151, 103857. doi: 10.1016/j.compedu.2020.103857

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    McLeod, M., Stanley, J., Signal, V., Stairmand, J., Thompson, D., Henderson, K., Davies, C., Krebs, J., Dowell, A., Grainger, R., & Sarfati, D. (2020). Impact of a comprehensive digital health programme on HbA1c and weight after 12 months for people with diabetes and prediabetes: A randomised controlled trial. Diabetologia, 63, 2559-2570. doi: 10.1007/s00125-020-05261-x

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    Signal, V., McLeod, M., Stanley, J., Stairmand, J., Sukumaran, N., Thompson, D.-M., Henderson, K., Davies, C., Krebs, J., Dowell, A., Grainger, R., & Sarfati, D. (2020). A mobile- and web-based health intervention program for diabetes and prediabetes self-management (BetaMe/Melon): Process evaluation following a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(12), e19150. doi: 10.2196/19150

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    Smith, C. D., Dai, A., Kenwright, D., & Grainger, R. (2020). PeerWise and Pathology: Discontinuing a teaching innovation that did not achieve its potential. MedEdPublish, 9(1), 27. doi: 10.15694/mep.2020.000027.2

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    Denecke, K., Gabarron, E., Grainger, R., Konstantinidis, S. T., Lau, A., Rivera-Romero, O., … Merolli, M. (2019). Artificial intelligence for participatory health: Applications, impact, and future implications. Yearbook of Medical Informatics, 28(01), 165-173. doi: 10.1055/s-0039-1677902

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    Devan, H., Godfrey, H. K., Perry, M. A., Hempel, D., Saipe, B., Hale, L., & Grainger, R. (2019). Current practices of health care providers in recommending online resources for chronic pain self-management. Journal of Pain Research, 12, 2457-2472. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S206539

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    Jatuworapruk, K., Grainger, R., Dalbeth, N., & Taylor, W. J. (2019). Development of a prediction model for inpatient gout flares in people with comorbid gout. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 79, 418-423. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-216277

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    Kenwright, D., Wood, E., Dai, W., & Grainger, R. (2019). Utility value theory underlies students’ attitudes to biomedical sciences curricula. Medical Science Educator, 29, 647-657. doi: 10.1007/s40670-019-00738-w

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    Randhawa, S. M., Hay-Smith, E. J. C., & Grainger, R. (2019). The experience of lower back pain and its treatment among ambulance officers in New Zealand: a qualitative study. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, 16, 1-7. doi: 10.33151/ajp.16.617

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    Darlow, B., Brown, M., Thompson, B., Hudson, B., Grainger, R., McKinlay, E., & Abbott, J. H. (2018). Living with osteoarthritis is a balancing act: An exploration of patients' beliefs about. BMC Rheumatology, 2, 15. doi: 10.1186/s41927-018-0023-x

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    Denison, H. J., Bromhead, C., Grainger, R., Dennison, E. M., & Jutel, A. (2018). What influences university students to seek sexually transmitted infection testing?: A qualitative study in New Zealand. Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare, 16, 56-60. doi: 10.1016/j.srhc.2018.01.004

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    Denison, H. J., Woods, L., Bromhead, C., Kennedy, J., Grainger, R., Jutel, A., & Dennison, E. M. (2018). Healthcare-seeking behaviour of people with sexually transmitted infection symptoms attending a Sexual Health Clinic in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1481), 40-49. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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    Gasteiger, N., Grainger, R., & Day, K. (2018). Arthritis-related support in a social media group for quilting hobbyists: Qualitative study. Interactive Journal of Medical Research, 7(2), e11026. doi: 10.2196/11026

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    Grainger, R., Dai, W., Osborne, E., & Kenwright, D. (2018). Medical students create multiple-choice questions for learning in pathology education: A pilot study. BMC Medical Education, 18, 201. doi: 10.1186/s12909-018-1312-1

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    Boyle, L., Grainger, R., Hall, R. M., & Krebs, J. D. (2017). Use of and beliefs about mobile phone apps for diabetes self-management: Surveys of people in a hospital diabetes clinic and diabetes health professionals in New Zealand. JMIR mHealth & uHealth, 5(6), e85. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.7263

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    Denison, H. J., Bromhead, C., Grainger, R., Dennison, E. M., & Jutel, A. (2017). Barriers to sexually transmitted infection testing in New Zealand: A qualitative study. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 41(4), 432-437. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12680

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    GEO-RA Group, including Harrison, A. A., & Grainger, R. (2017). Latitude gradient influences the age of onset of rheumatoid arthritis: A worldwide survey. Clinical Rheumatology, 36(3), 485-497. doi: 10.1007/s10067-016-3481-9

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    Grainger, R., Townsley, H., White, B., Langlotz, T., & Taylor, W. J. (2017). Apps for people with rheumatoid arthritis to monitor their disease activity: A review of apps for best practice and quality. JMIR mHealth & uHealth, 5(2), e7. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.6956

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    Grainger, R., White, B., Morton, C., & Day, K. (2017). A health professional–led synchronous discussion on Facebook: Descriptive analysis of users and activities. JMIR Formative Research, 1(1), e6. doi: 10.2196/formative.7257

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    Kenwright, D., Dai, W., Osborne, E., Gladman, T., Gallagher, P., & Grainger, R. (2017). “Just tell me what I need to know to pass the exam!” Can active flipped learning overcome passivity? Asia Pacific Scholar, 2(1), 1-6.

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    Kenwright, D., Dai, W., White, B., Smith, J., Collings, S., & Grainger, R. (2017). Co-creation improves pre-exam motivation and self-efficacy for medical students. Medical Science Educator, 27(4), 651-656. doi: 10.1007/s40670-017-0450-0

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    Durcan, L., Grainger, R., Keen, H. I., Taylor, W. J., & Dalbeth, N. (2016). Imaging as a potential outcome measure in gout studies: A systematic literature review. Seminars in Arthritis & Rheumatism, 45(5), 570-579. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2015.09.008

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    Kenwright, D., Osborne, E., Dai, W., & Grainger, R. (2016). Drivers of openness to online and flipped learning in medical education. MedEdPublish, 5(2), 52. doi: 10.15694/mep.2016.000080

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    Levack, W. M. M., Jones, B., Grainger, R., Boland, P., Brown, M., & Ingham, T. R. (2016). Whakawhanaungatanga: The importance of culturally meaningful connections to improve uptake of pulmonary rehabilitation by Māori with COPD: A qualitative study. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 11(1), 489-501. doi: 10.2147/copd.s97665

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    Ng, B., McBain, L., & Grainger, R. (2016). Rheumatologists fail to advise people with RA to get immunised, which matters if you are under 65: An audit in a New Zealand rheumatology service. New Zealand Medical Journal, 129(1446), 72-78. Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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    Stamp, L. K., Haslett, J., Frampton, C., White, D., Gardner, D., Stebbings, S., … Grainger, R., … Dalbeth, N. (2016). The safety and efficacy of benzbromarone in gout in Aotearoa New Zealand. Internal Medicine Journal, 46(9), 1075-1080. doi: 10.1111/imj.13173

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    Grainger, R., Dalbeth, N., Keen, H., Durcan, L., Edwards, N. L., Perez-Ruiz, F., … Taylor, W. J. (2015). Imaging as an outcome measure in gout studies: Report from the OMERACT gout working group. Journal of Rheumatology, 42(12), 2460-2464. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.141164

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    Searing, B. M. J., Graham, F., & Grainger, R. (2015). Support needs of families living with children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 45(11), 3693-3702. doi: 10.1007/s10803-015-2516-4

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    Dalbeth, N., Zhong, C. S., Grainger, R., Khanna, D., Khanna, P. P., Singh, J. A., McQueen, F. M., & Taylor, W. J. (2014). Outcome measures in acute gout: A systematic literature review. Journal of Rheumatology, 41(3), 558-568. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.131244

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    Grainger, R., & Walker, J. (2014). Rheumatologists' opinions towards complementary and alternative medicine: A systematic review. Clinical Rheumatology, 33(1), 3-9. doi: 10.1007/s10067-013-2379-z

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    Grainger, R., Boland, P., & Levack, W. (2014). Confident, credible but lonely–outcomes following postgraduate interprofessional education in rehabilitation. Journal of Research in Interprofessional Practice & Education, 4(2). Retrieved from http://www.jripe.org/index.php/journal/article/view/163

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    Grainger, R., McLaughlin, R. J., Harrison, A. A., & Harper, J. L. (2013). Hyperuricaemia elevates circulating CCL2 levels and primes monocyte trafficking in subjects with inter-critical gout. Rheumatology, 52(6), 1018-1021. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes326

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    Prowse, R. L., Dalbeth, N., Kavanaugh, A., Adebajo, A. O., Gaffo, A. L., Terkeltaub, R., … Stamp, L. K., … Chapman, P., … Grainger, R., … Taylor, W. J. (2013). A Delphi exercise to identify characteristic features of gout: Opinions from patients and physicians, the first stage in developing new classification criteria. Journal of Rheumatology, 40(4), 498-505. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.121037

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    Lim, S. S., Vos, T., Flaxman, A. D., Danaei, G., Shibuya, K., Adair-Rohani, H., … Grainger, R., … Merriman, T. R., … Ezzati, M. (2012). A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet, 380(9859), 2224-2260. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61766-8

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    Murray, C. J. L., Vos, T., Lozano, R., Naghavi, M., Flaxman, A. D., Michaud, C., … Derrett, S., … Grainger, R., … Merriman, T. R., … Taylor, W. J., … Thomson, W. M., … Lopez, A. D. (2012-2013). Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet, 380(9859), 2197-2223. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61689-4

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    Vos, T., Flaxman, A. D., Naghavi, M., Lozano, R., Michaud, C., Ezzati, M., … Derrett, S., … Grainger, R., … Merriman, T. R., … Taylor, W. J., … Thomson, W. M., … Murray, C. J. L. (2012). Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet, 380(9859), 2163-2196. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61729-2

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    Martin, W. J., Grainger, R., Harrison, A., & Harper, J. L. (2010). Differences in MSU-induced superoxide responses by neutrophils from gout subjects compared to healthy controls and a role for environmental inflammatory cytokines and hyperuricemia in neutrophil function and survival. Journal of Rheumatology, 37(6), 1228-1235. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.091080

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    Grainger, R., Taylor, W. J., Dalbeth, N., Perez-Ruiz, F., Singh, J. A., Waltrip, R. W., … Schumacher, H. R. (2009). Progress in measurement instruments for acute and chronic gout studies. Journal of Rheumatology, 36(10), 2346-2355. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.090371

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