Will Taylor trained in rheumatology and rehabilitation medicine, obtaining vocational registration in these areas in 1998. He continues to practise clinical medicine in Wellington and Gisborne, New Zealand. His PhD, partly based in Leeds UK, led to the widespread adoption of new classification criteria for the diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis. He also chaired the development of new ACR/EULAR classification criteria for gout. Between 2008 and 2017 he lead the Rehabilitation Teaching & Research Unit.
Will supervises research students and is actively involved in research in a variety of fields including vocational rehabilitation, goal-setting, outcome measurement and clinical trial methodology (especially in gout). He works in collaboration with a number of local and overseas researchers including the Australia and New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trials (ANZMUSC) network, AUT University, OMERACT (Outcome Measures in Rheumatology Clinical Trials), GRAPPA (Group for Research and Assessment in Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis) and the ICF Research Centre. He has a particular interest in instrumentation, psychometrics and clinical epidemiology. A current research interest concerns response criteria following treatment for gout and classification criteria for gout.
Will teaches in REHB 704 Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation.
Email will.taylor@otago.ac.nz
Publications
Taylor, W. J., Willink, R., O'Connor, D. A., Patel, V., Bourne, A., Harris, I. A., … Buchbinder, R. (2023). Which clinical research questions are the most important? Development and preliminary validation of the Australia & New Zealand Musculoskeletal (ANZMUSC) Clinical Trials Network Research Question Importance Tool (ANZMUSC-RQIT). PLoS ONE, 18(3), e0281308. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281308
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
Morton, R. L., Tuffaha, H., Blaya-Novakova, V., Spencer, J., Hawley, C. M., Peyton, P., … Taylor, W. J., … Simes, R. J. (2022). Approaches to prioritising research for clinical trial networks: A scoping review. Trials, 23(1), 1000. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06928-z
Stewart, S., Phipps-Green, A., Gamble, G. D., Stamp, L. K., Taylor, W. J., Neogi, T., Merriman, T. R., & Dalbeth, N. (2022). Is repeat serum urate testing superior to a single test to predict incident gout over time? PLoS ONE, 17(2), e0263175. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263175
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
Dean, S. G., Siegert, R. J., & Taylor, W. J. (Eds.). (2012). Interprofessional rehabilitation: A person-centred approach. Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 195p.
Edited Book - Research
Taylor, W. J. (2016). Classification criteria for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. In A. Adebajo, W.-H. Boehncke, D. D. Gladman & P. J. Mease (Eds.), Psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis: Pathology and clinical aspects. (pp. 17-26). Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-19530-8_3
Chapter in Book - Research
Thomas, E. J., Levack, W. M. M., & Taylor, W. J. (2015). Rehabilitation and recovery of self-identity. In K. McPherson, B. E. Gibson & A. Leplège (Eds.), Rethinking rehabilitation: Theory and practice. (pp. 163-190). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
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Dean, S. G., Siegert, R. J., & Taylor, W. J. (2012). Conclusion: Rethinking rehabilitation. In S. G. Dean, R. J. Siegert & W. J. Taylor (Eds.), Interprofessional rehabilitation: A person-centred approach. (pp. 167-184). Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
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Siegert, R. J., Taylor, W. J., & Dean, S. G. (2012). Introduction. In S. G. Dean, R. J. Siegert & W. J. Taylor (Eds.), Interprofessional rehabilitation: A person-centred approach. (pp. 1-8). Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
Chapter in Book - Research
Taylor, W. J., & Geyh, S. (2012). A rehabilitation framework: The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. In S. G. Dean, R. J. Siegert & W. J. Taylor (Eds.), Interprofessional rehabilitation: A person-centred approach. (pp. 9-44). Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
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
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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Taylor, W. J., Willink, R., O'Connor, D. A., Patel, V., Bourne, A., Harris, I. A., … Buchbinder, R. (2023). Which clinical research questions are the most important? Development and preliminary validation of the Australia & New Zealand Musculoskeletal (ANZMUSC) Clinical Trials Network Research Question Importance Tool (ANZMUSC-RQIT). PLoS ONE, 18(3), e0281308. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281308
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Garcia-Guillen, A., Stewart, S. E., Su, I., Taylor, W. J., Gaffo, A. L., Gott, M., … Dalbeth, N. (2022). Gout flare severity from the patient perspective: A qualitative interview study. Arthritis Care & Research, 74(2), 317-323. doi: 10.1002/acr.24475
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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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Holyer, J., Taylor, W. J., Gaffo, A., Hosie, G., Horne, A., Mihov, B., … Stewart, S. (2022). Which attributes are the most and least important to patients when considering gout flare burden over time? A best-worst scaling choice study. Journal of Rheumatology, 49, 213-218. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.210605
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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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Stamp, L. K., Frampton, C., Morillon, M. B., Taylor, W. J., Dalbeth, N., Singh, J. A., … Christensen, R. (2022). Association between serum urate and flares in people with gout and evidence for surrogate status: A secondary analysis of two randomised controlled trials. Lancet Rheumatology, 4(1), e53-e60. doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(21)00319-2
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Stewart, S., Phipps-Green, A., Gamble, G. D., Stamp, L. K., Taylor, W. J., Neogi, T., Merriman, T. R., & Dalbeth, N. (2022). Is repeat serum urate testing superior to a single test to predict incident gout over time? PLoS ONE, 17(2), e0263175. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263175
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Tedeschi, S. K., Pascart, T., Latourte, A., Godsave, C., Kundakci, B., Naden, R. P., Taylor, W. J., … Stamp, L. K., … Abhishek, A. (2022). Identifying potential classification criteria for calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease (CPPD): Item generation and item reduction. Arthritis Care & Research, 74(10), 1649-1658. doi: 10.1002/acr.24619
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Cai, K., Fuller, A., Zhang, Y., Hensey, O., Grossberg, D., Christensen, R., … Taylor, W. J., … Stamp, L. K., … Dalbeth, N. (2021). Towards development of core domain sets for short term and long term studies of calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition (CPPD) disease: A framework paper by the OMERACT CPPD working group. Seminars in Arthritis & Rheumatism, 51, 946-950. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.04.019
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Farquhar, H. J., & Taylor, W. J. (2021). Care of patients with early inflammatory arthritis in the Wellington region according to the British Society of Rheumatology best practice tariff standards. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1533), 71-79. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
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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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Holyer, J., Garcia-Guillen, A., Taylor, W. J., Gaffo, A. L., Gott, M., Slark, J., … Stewart, S. (2021). What represents treatment efficacy in long-term studies of gout flare prevention? An interview study of people with gout. Journal of Rheumatology, 48, 1871-1875. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.210476
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Jagpal, A., Rahn, E. J., Mudano, A. S., Dalbeth, N., Taylor, W., Saag, K. G., … Stamp, L., … Gaffo, A. (2021). Which factors predict discordance between a patient and physician on a gout flare? Rheumatology, 60, 773-779. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaa413
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McNaughton, H., Weatherall, M., McPherson, K., Fu, V., Taylor, W. J., McRae, A., Thomson, T., … Harwood, M., Ranta, A., Hanger, C., & Riley, J. (2021). The effect of the Take Charge intervention on mood, motivation, activation and risk factor management: Analysis of secondary data from the Taking Charge after Stroke (TaCAS) trial. Clinical Rehabilitation, 35(7), 1021-1031. doi: 10.1177/0269215521993648
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Morillon, M. B., Christensen, R., Singh, J. A., Dalbeth, N., Saag, K., Taylor, W. J., … Kennedy, M. A., … Grainger, R., … Stamp, L. K., for the OMERACT Gout Working Group. (2021). Serum urate as a proposed surrogate outcome measure in gout trials: From the OMERACT Working Group. Seminars in Arthritis & Rheumatism. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.11.004
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Robinson, P. C., Frampton, C., Phipps-Green, A., Neogi, T., Stamp, L., Taylor, W., Merriman, T. R., & Dalbeth, N. (2021). Longitudinal development of incident gout from low-normal baseline serum urate concentrations: Individual participant data analysis. BMC Rheumatology, 5(1), 33. doi: 10.1186/s41927-021-00204-4
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Taylor, W., Dalbeth, N., Saag, K. G., Singh, J. A., Rahn, E. J., Mudano, A. S., … Stamp, L. K., … Gaffo, A. L. (2021). Flare rate thresholds for patient assessment of disease activity states in gout. Journal of Rheumatology, 48, 293-298. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.191242
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Te Ao, B., Harwood, M., Fu, V., Weatherall, M., McPherson, K., Taylor, W. J., … Thomson, T., … Ranta, A., Hanger, C., … McNaughton, H. (2021). Economic analysis of the 'Take Charge' intervention for people following stroke: Results from a randomised trial. Clinical Rehabilitation. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/02692155211040727
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Cairns, I., Lindsay, K., Dalbeth, N., Díaz-Torné, C., Pou, M. A., Diez, B. R., … Taylor, W. J. (2020). The impact of gout as described by patients, using the lens of The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF): A qualitative study. BMC Rheumatology, 4, 50. doi: 10.1186/s41927-020-00147-2
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Fu, V., Weatherall, M., McPherson, K., Taylor, W., McRae, A., Thomson, T., … Harwood, M., Ranta, A., Hanger, C., … McNaughton, H. (2020). Taking charge after stroke: A randomized controlled trial of a person-centered, self-directed rehabilitation intervention. International Journal of Stroke, 15(9), 954-964. doi: 10.1177/1747493020915144
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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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Martin, R. A., Graham, F. P., Levack, W. M. M., Taylor, W. J., & Surgenor, L. J. (2020). Exploring how therapeutic horse riding improves health outcomes using a realist framework. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 83(2), 129-139. doi: 10.1177/0308022619865496
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Martin, R. A., Taylor, W. J., Surgenor, L. J., Graham, F. P., Levack, W. M. M., & Blampied, N. M. (2020). Evaluating the effectiveness of therapeutic horse riding for children and young people experiencing disability: A single-case experimental design study. Disability & Rehabilitation, 42(26), 3734-3743. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2019.1610083
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Stewart, S., Tallon, A., Taylor, W. J., Gaffo, A., & Dalbeth, N. (2020). How flare prevention outcomes are reported in gout studies: A systematic review and content analysis of randomized controlled trials. Seminars in Arthritis & Rheumatism, 50, 303-313. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2019.11.002
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Harrison, A. A., Tugnet, N., & Taylor, W. J. (2019). A survey of the New Zealand rheumatology workforce. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1507), 70-76. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
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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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Taylor, W. J., & Green, S. E. (2019). Use of multi-attribute decision-making to inform prioritisation of Cochrane review topics relevant to rehabilitation. European Journal of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine, 55(3), 322-330. doi: 10.23736/s1973-9087.19.05787-3
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Tehan, P. E., Taylor, W. J., Carroll, M., Dalbeth, N., & Rome, K. (2019). Important features of retail shoes for women with rheumatoid arthritis: A Delphi consensus survey. PLoS ONE, 14(12), e0226906. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226906
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Teoh, N., Gamble, G. D., Horne, A., Taylor, W. J., Palmano, K., & Dalbeth, N. (2019). The challenges of gout flare reporting: Mapping flares during a randomized controlled trial. BMC Rheumatology, 3, 27. doi: 10.1186/s41927-019-0075-6
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Bourke, S., Taylor, W. J., Doyle, A. J., Gott, M., & Dalbeth, N. (2018). The patient experience of musculoskeletal imaging tests for investigation of inflammatory arthritis: A mixed-methods study. Clinical Rheumatology, 37(8), 2261-2268. doi: 10.1007/s10067-017-3760-0
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Bourne, A. M., Johnston, R. V., Cyril, S., Briggs, A. M., Clavisi, O., Duque, G., … Taylor, W. J., … Buchbinder, R. (2018). Scoping review of priority setting of research topics for musculoskeletal conditions. BMJ Open, 8(12), e023962. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023962
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Bursill, D., Taylor, W. J., Terkeltaub, R., & Dalbeth, N. (2018). The nomenclature of the basic disease elements of gout: A content analysis of contemporary medical journals. Seminars in Arthritis & Rheumatism, 48(3), 456-461. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2018.03.017
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Cauli, A., Gladman, D. D., Mathieu, A., Olivieri, I., Porru, G., Tak, P. P., … Taylor, W. J., … for the GRAPPA 3PPsA Study Group. (2018). Physician's global assessment in psoriatic arthritis: A multicenter GRAPPA study. Journal of Rheumatology, 45(6), 171183. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.171183
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Martin, R. A., Graham, F. P., Taylor, W. J., & Levack, W. M. M. (2018). Mechanisms of change for children participating in therapeutic horse riding: A grounded theory. Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 38(5), 510-526. doi: 10.1080/01942638.2017.1400492
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Stamp, L., Morillon, M. B., Taylor, W. J., Dalbeth, N., Singh, J. A., Lassere, M., & Christensen, R. (2018). Serum urate as surrogate endpoint for flares in people with gout: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis. Seminars in Arthritis & Rheumatism, 48(2), 293-301. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2018.02.009
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Stewart, S., Rome, K., Eason, A., House, M. E., Horne, A., Doyle, A. J., … Taylor, W. J., & Dalbeth, N. (2018). Predictors of activity limitation in people with gout: A prospective study. Clinical Rheumatology, 37(8), 2213-2219. doi: 10.1007/s10067-018-4110-6
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Taylor, W. J., & Parekh, K. (2018). Rasch analysis suggests that health assessment questionnaire II is a generic measure of physical functioning for rheumatic diseases: A cross-sectional study. Health & Quality of Life Outcomes, 16, 108. doi: 10.1186/s12955-018-0939-2
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Berendsen, D., Neogi, T., Taylor, W. J., Dalbeth, N., & Jansen, T. L. (2017). Crystal identification of synovial fluid aspiration by polarized light microscopy. An online test suggesting that our traditional rheumatologic competence needs renewed attention and training. Clinical Rheumatology, 36(3), 641-647. doi: 10.1007/s10067-016-3461-0
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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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Janssens, H. J. E. M., Fransen, J., Janssen, M., Neogi, T., Schumacher, H. R., Jansen, T. L., … Taylor, W. J. (2017). Performance of the 2015 ACR-EULAR classification criteria for gout in a primary care population presenting with monoarthritis. Rheumatology, 56(8), 1335-1341. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kex164
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Neilsen, S. M., Bartels, E. M., Henriksen, M., Wæhrens, E. E., Gudbergsen, H., Bliddal, H., … Taylor, W. J., … Christensen, R. (2017). Weight loss for overweight and obese individuals with gout: A systematic review of longitudinal studies. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 76(11), 1870-1882. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-211472
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