Dr John McBeth

Title: Reader: Epidemiology of Chronic Pain in Older People
Phone: +44 (0) 1782 733965
Email:
Location: DJW 0.60
Role: As above
Contacting me: Via email

John was awarded undergraduate (First Class) and Masters Degrees in Psychology from the University of Dundee. He moved to Manchester to study with Alan Silman for a PhD at the (then) Arthritis Research Campaign’s Epidemiology Unit. John is a Reader in Epidemiology at the Centre and holds Honorary posts at the Manchester University and Aberdeen University. Previously he has held Lecturer and Senior Lecturer posts at the Arthritis Research Campaign’s Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester.

John leads the population-based research in the North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project (NorStOP), a large population-based prospective cohort study that aims to identify predictors of the cause, course and consequences of musculoskeletal pain in older people.

He is currently developing new programmes of work that focus on diffuse pain syndromes in older people. These programmes seek to develop age-appropriate pain assessment tools, describe syndrome epidemiology, identify causal mechanisms, and develop appropriate treatments.

External collaborations include studies of basic pain processing mechanisms in older people, identifying hormonal factors that influence pain reporting, and population studies to identify pain susceptibility genes.

Examples of recently funded grants are:

  • National Institute for Health Research “Multisite pain and falls in older people”

  • Arthritis Research UK “Epidemiology Unit Centre Grant”

  • Medical Research Council “The feasibility of a population based study of CFS, IBS and CWP”

  • Arthritis Research Campaign Clinical Trials Collaboration “The MUSICIANS STUDY”

  • European Federation if IASP Chapters/Grünenthal “Investigating the role of the pain modulating DREAM pathway genes in chronic musculoskeletal pain”

Selected Publications

  • Wilkie R, Bucknall M, Jordan K, McBeth J. 2013. WIDESPREAD AND REGIONAL PAIN PREDICT SOCIAL PARTICIPATION RESTRICTION IN OLDER ADULTS: A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 52, p. 37). link>
  • Mulvey MR, Macfarlane GJ, Beasley M, Symmons DP, Lovell K, Keeley P, Woby S, McBeth J. 2013. Modest association of joint hypermobility with disabling and limiting musculoskeletal pain: results from a large-scale general population-based survey. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), vol. 65(8), 1325-1333. link> doi>
  • Lillie AK, Read S, Mallen C, Croft P, McBeth J. 2013. Musculoskeletal pain in older adults at the end-of-life: a systematic search and critical review of the literature with priorities for future research. BMC Palliat Care, vol. 12(1), 27. link> doi>
  • Wilkie R, Tajar A, McBeth J. 2013. The onset of widespread musculoskeletal pain is associated with a decrease in healthy ageing in older people: a population-based prospective study. PLoS One, vol. 8(3), e59858. link> doi>
  • Wilkie R, Blagojevic-Bucknall M, Jordan KP, Lacey R, McBeth J. 2013. Reasons why multimorbidity increases the risk of participation restriction in older adults with lower extremity osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study in primary care. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), vol. 65(6), 910-919. link> doi>

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Journal Articles

  • Mulvey MR, Macfarlane GJ, Beasley M, Symmons DP, Lovell K, Keeley P, Woby S, McBeth J. 2013. Modest association of joint hypermobility with disabling and limiting musculoskeletal pain: results from a large-scale general population-based survey. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), vol. 65(8), 1325-1333. link> doi>
  • Lillie AK, Read S, Mallen C, Croft P, McBeth J. 2013. Musculoskeletal pain in older adults at the end-of-life: a systematic search and critical review of the literature with priorities for future research. BMC Palliat Care, vol. 12(1), 27. link> doi>
  • Wilkie R, Tajar A, McBeth J. 2013. The onset of widespread musculoskeletal pain is associated with a decrease in healthy ageing in older people: a population-based prospective study. PLoS One, vol. 8(3), e59858. link> doi>
  • Wilkie R, Blagojevic-Bucknall M, Jordan KP, Lacey R, McBeth J. 2013. Reasons why multimorbidity increases the risk of participation restriction in older adults with lower extremity osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study in primary care. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), vol. 65(6), 910-919. link> doi>
  • Peters MJ, Broer L, Willemen HL, Eiriksdottir G, Hocking LJ, Holliday KL, Horan MA, Meulenbelt I, Neogi T, Popham M, Schmidt CO, Soni A, Valdes AM, Amin N, Dennison EM, Eijkelkamp N, Harris TB, Hart DJ, Hofman A, Huygen FJ, Jameson KA, Jones GT, Launer LJ, Kerkhof HJ, de Kruijf M, McBeth J, Kloppenburg M, Ollier WE, Oostra B, Payton A, Rivadeneira F, Smith BH, Smith AV, Stolk L, Teumer A, Thomson W, Uitterlinden AG, Wang K, van Wingerden SH, Arden NK, Cooper C, Felson D, Gudnason V, Macfarlane GJ, Pendleton N, Slagboom PE, Spector TD, Völzke H, Kavelaars A, van Duijn CM, Williams FM, van Meurs JB. 2013. Genome-wide association study meta-analysis of chronic widespread pain: evidence for involvement of the 5p15.2 region. Ann Rheum Dis, vol. 72(3), 427-436. link> doi>
  • Deere KC, Clinch J, Holliday K, McBeth J, Crawley EM, Sayers A, Palmer S, Doerner R, Clark EM, Tobias JH. 2012. Obesity is a risk factor for musculoskeletal pain in adolescents: Findings from a population-based cohort. PAIN, vol. 153(9), 1932-1938. link> doi>
  • Creed FH, Tomenson B, Chew-Graham C, Macfarlane GJ, Davies I, Jackson J, Littlewood A, McBeth J. 2013. Multiple somatic symptoms predict impaired health status in functional somatic syndromes. Int J Behav Med, vol. 20(2), 194-205. link> doi>
  • Tomenson B, McBeth J, Chew-Graham CA, MacFarlane G, Davies I, Jackson J, Littlewood A, Creed FH. 2012. Somatization and health anxiety as predictors of health care use. Psychosom Med, vol. 74(6), 656-664. link> doi>
  • Holliday KL, McBeth J, Macfarlane G, Huhtaniemi IT, Bartfai G, Casanueva FF, Forti G, Kula K, Punab M, Vanderschueren D, Wu FC, Thomson W. 2013. Investigating the role of pain-modulating pathway genes in musculoskeletal pain. Eur J Pain, vol. 17(1), 28-34. link> doi>
  • Creed FH, Davies I, Jackson J, Littlewood A, Chew-Graham C, Tomenson B, Macfarlane G, Barsky A, Katon W, McBeth J. 2012. The epidemiology of multiple somatic symptoms. J Psychosom Res, vol. 72(4), 311-317. link> doi>
  • Aggarwal VR, Macfarlane GJ, McBeth J. 2012. A high tender point count is associated with the presence of multiple idiopathic pain disorders: results from a population study. Eur J Pain, vol. 16(8), 1195-1203. link> doi>
  • McBeth J and Mulvey MR. 2012. Fibromyalgia: mechanisms and potential impact of the ACR 2010 classification criteria. Nat Rev Rheumatol, vol. 8(2), 108-116. link> doi>
  • Holliday KL, Thomson W, Neogi T, Felson DT, Wang K, Wu FC, Huhtaniemi IT, Bartfai G, Casanueva F, Forti G, Kula K, Punab M, Vanderschueren D, Macfarlane GJ, Horan MA, Ollier W, Payton A, Pendleton N, McBeth J. 2012. The non-synonymous SNP, R1150W, in SCN9A is not associated with chronic widespread pain susceptibility. Mol Pain, vol. 8, 72. link> doi>
  • McBeth J, Prescott G, Scotland G, Lovell K, Keeley P, Hannaford P, McNamee P, Symmons DP, Woby S, Gkazinou C, Beasley M, Macfarlane GJ. 2012. Cognitive behavior therapy, exercise, or both for treating chronic widespread pain. Arch Intern Med, vol. 172(1), 48-57. link> doi>
  • Macfarlane GJ, Beasley M, Jones EA, Prescott GJ, Docking R, Keeley P, McBeth J, Jones GT, MUSICIAN Study Team. 2012. The prevalence and management of low back pain across adulthood: results from a population-based cross-sectional study (the MUSICIAN study). Pain, vol. 153(1), 27-32. link> doi>
  • Holliday KL and McBeth J. 2011. Recent advances in the understanding of genetic susceptibility to chronic pain and somatic symptoms. Curr Rheumatol Rep, vol. 13(6), 521-527. link> doi>
  • Mulvey MR and McBeth J. 2011. Comment on: "Self-reported somatosensory symptoms of neuropathic pain in fibromyalgia and chronic widespread pain correlated with tender point count and pressure-pain thresholds" by Amris et al. [Pain;151:664-669]. Pain, vol. 152(7), 1684-1685. link> doi>
  • Jones GT, Nicholl BI, McBeth J, Davies KA, Morriss RK, Dickens C, Macfarlane GJ. 2011. Role of road traffic accidents and other traumatic events in the onset of chronic widespread pain: Results from a population-based prospective study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), vol. 63(5), 696-701. link> doi>
  • Tajar A, McBeth J, Lee DM, Macfarlane GJ, Huhtaniemi IT, Finn JD, Bartfai G, Boonen S, Casanueva FF, Forti G, Giwercman A, Han TS, Kula K, Labrie F, Lean ME, Pendleton N, Punab M, Silman AJ, Vanderschueren D, O'Neill TW, Wu FC, European Male Aging Study Group. 2011. Elevated levels of gonadotrophins but not sex steroids are associated with musculoskeletal pain in middle-aged and older European men. Pain, vol. 152(7), 1495-1501. link> doi>
  • Tajar A, O'Neill TW, Lee DM, O'Connor DB, Corona G, Finn JD, Bartfai G, Boonen S, Casanueva FF, Forti G, Giwercman A, Han TS, Huhtaniemi IT, Kula K, Lean ME, Pendleton N, Punab M, Purandare N, Silman AJ, Vanderschueren D, Wu FC, McBeth J, European Male Ageing Study Group. 2011. The effect of musculoskeletal pain on sexual function in middle-aged and elderly european men: results from the european male ageing study. J Rheumatol, vol. 38(2), 370-377. link> doi>
  • Nicholl BI, Holliday KL, Macfarlane GJ, Thomson W, Davies KA, O'Neill TW, Bartfai G, Boonen S, Casanueva FF, Finn JD, Forti G, Giwercman A, Huhtaniemi IT, Kula K, Punab M, Silman AJ, Vanderschueren D, Wu FC, McBeth J, European Male Ageing Study Group. 2011. Association of HTR2A polymorphisms with chronic widespread pain and the extent of musculoskeletal pain: results from two population-based cohorts. Arthritis Rheum, vol. 63(3), 810-818. link> doi>
  • Nicholl BI, Holliday KL, Macfarlane GJ, Thomson W, Davies KA, O'Neill TW, Bartfai G, Boonen S, Casanueva F, Finn JD, Forti G, Giwercman A, Huhtaniemi IT, Kula K, Punab M, Silman AJ, Vanderschueren D, Wu FC, McBeth J, European Male Ageing Study Group. 2010. No evidence for a role of the catechol-O-methyltransferase pain sensitivity haplotypes in chronic widespread pain. Ann Rheum Dis, vol. 69(11), 2009-2012. link> doi>
  • Lee DM, Pendleton N, Tajar A, O'Neill TW, O'Connor DB, Bartfai G, Boonen S, Casanueva FF, Finn JD, Forti G, Giwercman A, Han TS, Huhtaniemi IT, Kula K, Lean ME, Punab M, Silman AJ, Vanderschueren D, Moseley CM, Wu FC, McBeth J, EMAS Study Group. 2010. Chronic widespread pain is associated with slower cognitive processing speed in middle-aged and older European men. Pain, vol. 151(1), 30-36. link> doi>
  • McBeth J, Nicholl BI, Cordingley L, Davies KA, Macfarlane GJ. 2010. Chronic widespread pain predicts physical inactivity: results from the prospective EPIFUND study. Eur J Pain, vol. 14(9), 972-979. link> doi>
  • McBeth J, Pye SR, O'Neill TW, Macfarlane GJ, Tajar A, Bartfai G, Boonen S, Bouillon R, Casanueva F, Finn JD, Forti G, Giwercman A, Han TS, Huhtaniemi IT, Kula K, Lean ME, Pendleton N, Punab M, Silman AJ, Vanderschueren D, Wu FC, EMAS Group. 2010. Musculoskeletal pain is associated with very low levels of vitamin D in men: results from the European Male Ageing Study. Ann Rheum Dis, vol. 69(8), 1448-1452. link> doi>
  • Macfarlane TV, McBeth J, Jones GT, Nicholl B, Macfarlane GJ. 2010. Whether the weather influences pain? Results from the EpiFunD study in North West England. Rheumatology (Oxford), vol. 49(8), 1513-1520. link> doi>
  • Creed F, Chew-Graham C, Macfarlane G, Tomenson B, Davies I, Littlewood A, McBeth J. 2010. Population-based study of stress in three functional somatic syndromes. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH, vol. 68(6), 616-617. link>
  • Holliday KL, Macfarlane GJ, Nicholl BI, Creed F, Thomson W, McBeth J. 2010. Genetic variation in neuroendocrine genes associates with somatic symptoms in the general population: results from the EPIFUND study. J Psychosom Res, vol. 68(5), 469-474. link> doi>
  • Aggarwal VR, Macfarlane GJ, Farragher TM, McBeth J. 2010. Risk factors for onset of chronic oro-facial pain--results of the North Cheshire oro-facial pain prospective population study. Pain, vol. 149(2), 354-359. link> doi>
  • Holliday KL, Nicholl BI, Macfarlane GJ, Thomson W, Davies KA, McBeth J. 2010. Genetic variation in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal stress axis influences susceptibility to musculoskeletal pain: results from the EPIFUND study. ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES, vol. 69(3), 556-560. link> doi>
  • Halder SLS, Macfarlane GJ, Thompson D, O'Brien SJ, Musleh M, McBeth J. 2010. Predictors of persistent gastrointestinal symptoms among new presenters to primary care. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY, vol. 22(3), 296-305. link> doi>
  • McBeth J, Tajar A, O'Neill TW, Macfarlane GJ, Pye SR, Bartfai G, Boonen S, Bouillon R, Casanueva F, Finn JD, Forti G, Giwercman A, Han TS, Huhtaniemi IT, Kula K, Lean ME, Pendleton N, Punab M, Silman AJ, Vanderschueren D, Wu FC, EMAS Group. 2009. Perturbed insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and IGF binding protein-3 are not associated with chronic widespread pain in men: results from the European Male Ageing Study. J Rheumatol, vol. 36(11), 2523-2530. link> doi>
  • McBeth J and Cordingley L. 2009. Current issues and new direction in psychology and health: epidemiology and health psychology--please bridge the gap. Psychol Health, vol. 24(8), 861-865. link> doi>
  • Davies KA, Silman AJ, Macfarlane GJ, Nicholl BI, Dickens C, Morriss R, Ray D, McBeth J. 2009. The association between neighbourhood socio-economic status and the onset of chronic widespread pain: results from the EPIFUND study. Eur J Pain, vol. 13(6), 635-640. link> doi>
  • Davies KA, Macfarlane GJ, McBeth J, Morriss R, Dickens C. 2009. Insecure attachment style is associated with chronic widespread pain. Pain, vol. 143(3), 200-205. link> doi>
  • McBeth J, Symmons DP, Silman AJ, Webb R, Macfarlane GJ. 2009. Comment on: Musculoskeletal pain is associated with a long-term increased risk of cancer and cardiovascular-related mortality: reply. RHEUMATOLOGY, vol. 48(5), 595. link> doi>
  • Jones EA, McBeth J, Nicholl B, Morriss RK, Dickens C, Jones GT, Macfarlane GJ. 2009. What characterizes persons who do not report musculoskeletal pain? Results from a 4-year Population-based longitudinal study (the Epifund study). J Rheumatol, vol. 36(5), 1071-1077. link> doi>
  • Holliday KL, Nicholl BI, Macfarlane GJ, Thomson W, Davies KA, McBeth J. 2009. Do genetic predictors of pain sensitivity associate with persistent widespread pain?. Mol Pain, vol. 5, 56. link> doi>
  • McBeth J, Symmons DP, Silman AJ, Allison T, Webb R, Brammah T, Macfarlane GJ. 2009. Musculoskeletal pain is associated with a long-term increased risk of cancer and cardiovascular-related mortality. Rheumatology (Oxford), vol. 48(1), 74-77. link> doi>
  • Nicholl BI, Macfarlane GJ, Davies KA, Morriss R, Dickens C, McBeth J. 2009. Premorbid psychosocial factors are associated with poor health-related quality of life in subjects with new onset of chronic widespread pain - results from the EPIFUND study. Pain, vol. 141(1-2), 119-126. link> doi>
  • Davies KA, Macfarlane GJ, Nicholl BI, Dickens C, Morriss R, Ray D, McBeth J. 2008. Restorative sleep predicts the resolution of chronic widespread pain: results from the EPIFUND study. Rheumatology (Oxford), vol. 47(12), 1809-1813. link> doi>
  • Aggarwal VR, McBeth J, Zakrzewska JM, Macfarlane GJ. 2008. Unexplained orofacial pain - is an early diagnosis possible?. Br Dent J, vol. 205(3), E6. link> doi>
  • Nicholl BI, Halder SL, Macfarlane GJ, Thompson DG, O'Brien S, Musleh M, McBeth J. 2008. Psychosocial risk markers for new onset irritable bowel syndrome--results of a large prospective population-based study. Pain, vol. 137(1), 147-155. link> doi>
  • Aggarwal VR, McBeth J, Zakrzewska JM, Lunt M, Macfarlane GJ. 2008. Are reports of mechanical dysfunction in chronic oro-facial pain related to somatisation? A population based study. Eur J Pain, vol. 12(4), 501-507. link> doi>
  • Limer KL, Nicholl BI, Thomson W, McBeth J. 2008. Exploring the genetic susceptibility of chronic widespread pain: the tender points in genetic association studies. Rheumatology (Oxford), vol. 47(5), 572-577. link> doi>
  • McBeth J and Jones K. 2007. Epidemiology of chronic musculoskeletal pain. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol, vol. 21(3), 403-425. link> doi>
  • Macfarlane GJ, Jones GT, Knekt P, Aromaa A, McBeth J, Mikkelsson M, Heliovaara M. 2007. Is the report of widespread body pain associated with long-term increased mortality? Data from the Mini-Finland Health Survey. RHEUMATOLOGY, vol. 46(5), 805-807. link> doi>
  • Gupta A, McBeth J, Macfarlane GJ, Morriss R, Dickens C, Ray D, Chiu YH, Silman AJ. 2007. Pressure pain thresholds and tender point counts as predictors of new chronic widespread pain in somatising subjects. Ann Rheum Dis, vol. 66(4), 517-521. link> doi>
  • Gupta A, Silman AJ, Ray D, Morriss R, Dickens C, MacFarlane GJ, Chiu YH, Nicholl B, McBeth J. 2007. The role of psychosocial factors in predicting the onset of chronic widespread pain: results from a prospective population-based study. Rheumatology (Oxford), vol. 46(4), 666-671. link> doi>
  • Jones GT, Harkness EF, Nahit ES, McBeth J, Silman AJ, Macfarlane GJ. 2007. Predicting the onset of knee pain: results from a 2-year prospective study of new workers. Ann Rheum Dis, vol. 66(3), 400-406. link> doi>
  • Aggarwal VR, McBeth J, Lunt M, Zakrzewska JM, Macfarlane GJ. 2007. Development and validation of classification criteria for idiopathic orofacial pain for use in population-based studies. J Orofac Pain, vol. 21(3), 203-215. link>
  • McBeth J, Silman AJ, Gupta A, Chiu YH, Ray D, Morriss R, Dickens C, King Y, Macfarlane GJ. 2007. Moderation of psychosocial risk factors through dysfunction of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal stress axis in the onset of chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain: findings of a population-based prospective cohort study. Arthritis Rheum, vol. 56(1), 360-371. link> doi>
  • Aggarwal VR, McBeth J, Zakrzewska JM, Lunt M, Macfarlane GJ. 2006. The epidemiology of chronic syndromes that are frequently unexplained: do they have common associated factors?. Int J Epidemiol, vol. 35(2), 468-476. link> doi>
  • Harkness EF, Macfarlane GJ, Silman AJ, McBeth J. 2005. Is musculoskeletal pain more common now than 40 years ago?: Two population-based cross-sectional studies. Rheumatology (Oxford), vol. 44(7), 890-895. link> doi>
  • Chiu YH, Silman AJ, Macfarlane GJ, Ray D, Gupta A, Dickens C, Morriss R, McBeth J. 2005. Poor sleep and depression are independently associated with a reduced pain threshold. Results of a population based study. Pain, vol. 115(3), 316-321. link> doi>
  • Kapur N, Hunt I, Lunt M, McBeth J, Creed F, Macfarlane G. 2005. Primary care consultation predictors in men and women: a cohort study. Br J Gen Pract, vol. 55(511), 108-113. link>
  • McBeth J, Chiu YH, Silman AJ, Ray D, Morriss R, Dickens C, Gupta A, Macfarlane GJ. 2005. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal stress axis function and the relationship with chronic widespread pain and its antecedents. Arthritis Res Ther, vol. 7(5), R992-R1000. link> doi>
  • Kapur N, Hunt I, Macfarlane G, McBeth J, Creed F. 2004. Childhood experience and health care use in adulthood: nested case--control study. Br J Psychiatry, vol. 185, 134-139. link> doi>
  • Robinson KL, McBeth J, Macfarlane GJ. 2004. Psychological distress and premature mortality in the general population: a prospective study. Ann Epidemiol, vol. 14(7), 467-472. link> doi>
  • Harkness EF, Macfarlane GJ, Nahit E, Silman AJ, McBeth J. 2004. Mechanical injury and psychosocial factors in the work place predict the onset of widespread body pain: a two-year prospective study among cohorts of newly employed workers. Arthritis Rheum, vol. 50(5), 1655-1664. link> doi>
  • Kapur N, Hunt I, Lunt M, McBeth J, Creed F, Macfarlane G. 2004. Psychosocial and illness related predictors of consultation rates in primary care--a cohort study. Psychol Med, vol. 34(4), 719-728. link> doi>
  • McBeth J, Chiu YH, Ray D, Morriss RK, Dickens C, Gupta A, Silman AJ, Macfarlane GJ. 2004. HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL STRESS AXIS FUNCTION - THE RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRONIC WIDESPREAD PAIN AND ITS ANTECEDENTS: A POPULATION-BASED STUDY. RHEUMATOLOGY, vol. 43, 7. link>
  • McBeth J, Harkness EF, Silman AJ, Macfarlane GJ. 2004. IS MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN MORE COMMON NOW THAN 40 YEARS AGO? RESULTS FROM TWO POPULATION-BASED CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES. RHEUMATOLOGY, vol. 43, 7. link>
  • McBeth J, Harkness EF, Silman AJ, Macfarlane GJ. 2003. The role of workplace low-level mechanical trauma, posture and environment in the onset of chronic widespread pain. Rheumatology (Oxford), vol. 42(12), 1486-1494. link> doi>
  • Harkness EF, Macfarlane GJ, Nahit ES, Silman AJ, McBeth J. 2003. Mechanical and psychosocial factors predict new onset shoulder pain: a prospective cohort study of newly employed workers. Occup Environ Med, vol. 60(11), 850-857. link> doi>
  • Harkness EF, Macfarlane GJ, Nahit ES, Silman AJ, McBeth J. 2003. Risk factors for new-onset low back pain amongst cohorts of newly employed workers. Rheumatology (Oxford), vol. 42(8), 959-968. link> doi>
  • McBeth J, Silman AJ, Macfarlane GJ. 2003. Association of widespread body pain with an increased risk of cancer and reduced cancer survival: a prospective, population-based study. Arthritis Rheum, vol. 48(6), 1686-1692. link> doi>
  • Harkness EF, Nahit ES, Macfarlane GJ, Silman AJ, McBeth J, Dunn G. 2003. Generalised estimating equations and low back pain. OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE, vol. 60(5), 378-380. link> doi>
  • Chiu YH, McBeth J, Morriss R, Dickens C, MacFarlane GJ, Silman AJ. 2003. FEATURES OF SOMATISATION ARE ASSOCIATED WITH LOW PAIN THRESHOLD: RESULTS FROM A POPULATION BASED STUDY. RHEUMATOLOGY, vol. 42, 15. link>
  • Harkness EF, Macfarlane GJ, Nahit ES, Silman AJ, McBeth J. 2003. PREDICTING THE ONSET OF LOW BACK PAIN IN NEWLY EMPLOYED WORKERS. RHEUMATOLOGY, vol. 42, 15. link>
  • Halder SLS, McBeth J, Silman AJ, Thompson DG, Macfarlane GJ. 2002. Psychosocial risk factors for the onset of abdominal pain. Results from a large prospective population-based study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, vol. 31(6), 1219-1225. link> doi>
  • Chiu YH, McBeth J, Silman AJ, Ray DW, Macfarlan GJ. 2002. A POPULATION BASED STUDY OF CHRONIC WIDESPREAD PAIN AND THE HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL(HPA) AXIS: RESULTS FROM A PILOT STUDY. RHEUMATOLOGY, vol. 41, 52. link>
  • McBeth J, Macfarlane GJ, Silman AJ. 2002. Does chronic pain predict future psychological distress?. Pain, vol. 96(3), 239-245. link> doi>
  • McBeth J, Harkness EF, Hunt IM, Silman AJ, Macfarlane GJ. 2002. IS WORK-RELATED MECHANICAL INJURY A RISK FOR THE ONSET OF CHRONIC WIDESPREAD PAIN? A PROSPECTIVE POPULATION BASED STUDY. RHEUMATOLOGY, vol. 41, 52-53. link>
  • Harkness EF, Nahit E, Pritchard C, Taylor S, Silman AJ, Macfarlane GJ, McBeth J. 2002. MECHANICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL RISK FACTORS AS PREDICTORS OF NEW ONSET SHOULDER PAIN IN OCCUPATIONAL SETTINGS. RHEUMATOLOGY, vol. 41, 47. link>
  • McBeth J, Macfarlane GJ, Silman AJ. 2002. Somatization and development of chronic widespread pain: comment on the article by McBeth et al and the editorial by Winfield - Reply. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM, vol. 46(4), 1130. link> doi>
  • McBeth J, Silman AJ, Macfarlane GJ. 2002. WIDESPREAD BODY PAIN PREDICTS BOTH CANCER INCIDENCE AND REDUCED SURVIVAL. RHEUMATOLOGY, vol. 41, 2. link>
  • McBeth J, Morris S, Benjamin S, Silman AJ, Macfarlane GJ. 2001. Associations between adverse events in childhood and chronic widespread pain in adulthood: are they explained by differential recall?. J Rheumatol, vol. 28(10), 2305-2309. link>
  • Macfarlane GJ, McBeth J, Silman AJ. 2001. Widespread body pain and mortality: prospective population based study. BMJ, vol. 323(7314), 662-665. link> doi>
  • McBeth J, Macfarlane GJ, Silman J. 2001. Does chronic widespread pain predict future psychological distress? Results from a population based prospective study. RHEUMATOLOGY, vol. 40, 64. link>
  • McBeth J, Macfarlane GJ, Benjamin S, Silman AJ. 2001. Features of somatization predict the onset of chronic widespread pain: results of a large population-based study. Arthritis Rheum, vol. 44(4), 940-946. link> doi>
  • Halder SLS, McBeth J, Roland M, Thompson DG, Silman AJ, Macfarlane GJ. 2001. Risk factors for the onset of abdominal pain: A prospective population based study. GASTROENTEROLOGY, vol. 120(5), A230. link> doi>
  • McBeth J and Silman AJ. 2001. The role of psychiatric disorders in fibromyalgia. Curr Rheumatol Rep, vol. 3(2), 157-164. link>
  • McBeth J, Macfarlane GJ, Hunt IM, Silman AJ. 2001. Risk factors for persistent chronic widespread pain: a community-based study. Rheumatology (Oxford), vol. 40(1), 95-101. link> doi>
  • Macfarlane GJ, McBeth J, Garrow A, Silman AJ. 2000. Life is as much a pain as it ever was. BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol. 321(7265), 897. link> doi>
  • Benjamin S, Morris S, McBeth J, Macfarlane GJ, Silman AJ. 2000. The association between chronic widespread pain and mental disorder: a population-based study. Arthritis Rheum, vol. 43(3), 561-567. link> doi>
  • McBeth J and Silman AJ. 1999. Unraveling the association between chronic widespread pain and psychological distress: An epidemiological approach. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH, vol. 47(2), 109-114. link>
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  • Wilkie R, Bucknall M, Jordan K, McBeth J. 2013. WIDESPREAD AND REGIONAL PAIN PREDICT SOCIAL PARTICIPATION RESTRICTION IN OLDER ADULTS: A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 52, p. 37). link>
  • McBeth J, Duncan R, Brown D, Horan M, Pendleton N, Littlewood A, Cordingley L, Mulvey M. 2012. CHRONIC WIDESPREAD PAIN, CO-MORBID DEPRESSION AND FATIGUE IN OLDER PEOPLE. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 51, p. 161). link>
  • Wilkie R, Blagojevic M, Jordan KP, Mcbeth J. 2012. IDENTIFYING THE KEY TARGETS TO IMPROVE PARTICIPATION IN OLDER ADULTS WITH LOWER LIMB OSTEOARTHRITIS: PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 51, p. 98). link>
  • Mulvey MR, Macfarlane GJ, Symmons D, Lovell K, Keeley P, Woby S, Beasley M, McBeth J. 2012. JOINT HYPERMOBILITY PREDICTS DISABLING AND LIMITING MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN: RESULTS FROM THE MUSICIAN SURVEY. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 51, p. 164). link>
  • Wilkie R, Tajar A, McBeth J. 2012. THE IMPACT OF PAIN ON SUCCESSFUL AGEING. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 51, p. 31). link>
  • Macfarlane GJ, Beasley M, Jones EA, Lovell K, Prescott GJ, Keeley P, McBeth J, Jones GT, Team MUSICIANS. 2011. Back Pain. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM (vol. 63, pp. S345-S346). link>
  • Wilkie R, Tajar A, McBeth J. 2011. The Impact of Pain on Successful Ageing. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM (vol. 63, pp. S600-S601). link>
  • Jones EA, Jones GT, Hannaford PC, Keeley P, Lovell K, McBeth J, McNamee P, Prescott GJ, Woby S, Macfarlane GJ. 2010. CAN RESULTS FROM RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS BE GENERALISED TO ALL PATIENTS SEEKING CARE? RESULTS FROM THE MUSICIAN TRIAL OF MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 49, p. I70). link>
  • Holliday KL, McBeth J, Thomson W. 2010. GENETIC VARIATION IN THE DREAM PAIN MODULATION PATHWAY IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXTENT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 49, p. I8). link> doi>
  • Nicholl BI, Limer KL, Macfarlane GJ, Thomson W, Davies KA, McBeth J. 2009. GENETIC VARIATION IN THE SEROTONIN PATHWAY IS ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC WIDESPREAD PAIN: RESULTS FROM THE EPIFUND STUDY. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 48, p. I14). link>
  • Cordingley L, Nicholl B, McBeth J. 2009. PERSONAL SOCIAL SUPPORT NETWORKS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ONSET OF CHRONIC WIDESPREAD PAIN. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 48, p. I95). link>
  • Tajar A, O'Neill TW, Bartfai G, Casanueva FF, Forti G, Giwercman A, Kula K, Punab M, Vanderschueren D, Wu FC, McBeth J. 2009. THE IMPACT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN ON SEXUAL FUNCTIONING IN MIDDLE AGED AND ELDERLY EUROPEAN MEN: RESULT FROM THE EUROPEAN MALE AGEING STUDY. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 48, pp. I127-I128). link>
  • McBeth J, Pye S, Macfarlane GJ, Tajar A, Bartfai G, Boonen S, Casanueva F, Finn JD, Forti G, Giwercman A, Huhtaniemi IT, Kula K, O'Neill TW, Punab M, Silman AJ, Vanderschueren D, Wu FCW, Grp EMAS. 2008. Low levels of vitamin D in subjects with chronic widespread pain are explained by lifestyle and psychological factors: Results from the European male ageing study (EMAS). ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM (vol. 58, p. S435). link>
  • Jones GT, McBeth J, Nichol B, Jones K, Morriss R, Dickens C, Macfarlane GJ. 2008. Road traffic accidents, but not other physically traumatic events, predict the onset of chronic widespread pain - Results from the EPIFUND study. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM (vol. 58, p. S938). link>
  • McBeth J, Tajar A, Pye S, Macfarlane GJ, O'Neill TW, Silman AJ, Wu FC, Grp E. 2008. Functioning of the growth hormone axis and chronic widespread pain: Results from the European Male Ageing Study (EMAS). RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 47, p. II186). link>
  • McBeth J, Aggarwal V, Ray D, Macfarlane GJ. 2008. Functioning of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) and growth hormone (GH) axes are associated with the presence of multiple chronic pain syndromes: Results from the cheshire oro-facial pain study. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 47, p. II8). link>
  • Jones KA, Horan M, Pendleton N, O'Neill TW, McBeth J. 2008. The epidemiology of musculoskeletal pain in an elderly population. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 47, p. II186). link>
  • Nicholl BI, Macfarlane GJ, Jones KA, McBeth J. 2008. The impact of chronic widespread pain on physical activity levels: Results from the epifund study. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 47, p. II184). link>
  • McBeth J, Chew-Graham C, Macfarlane GJ, Davies I, Jackson J, Creed F. 2008. The prevalence of "unexplained'' chronic widespread pain in the general population: Results from the general practice symptoms study. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 47, p. II184). link>
  • Macfarlane GJ, Jones GT, Thakur M, Nicholl B, McBeth J. 2008. Whether the weather influences pain: Results from a large population-based study (Epifund). RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 47, p. II188). link>
  • Aggarwal VR, Macfarlane GJ, Mcbeth J. 2007. Chronic widespread pain predicts the onset of frequently unexplained syndromes - A prospective population study. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 46, p. I119). link>
  • McBeth J, Nicholl B, Jones GT, Wynne-Jones G, Wiles NJ. 2007. Road traffic accidents do not predict the onset of widespread body pain. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 46, pp. I120-I121). link>
  • Jones KA, Macfarlane GJ, Nicholl BI, Dickens C, Morris R, Ray D, McBeth J. 2007. Sleep and pain: Restorative sleep predicts the resolution of chronic widespread pain. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 46, p. I121). link>
  • Nicholl BI, Jones KA, Macfarlane GJ, Dickens C, Morriss RK, Ray D, McBeth J. 2007. The relationship between socioeconomic status and the onset of chronic widespread pain is explained by psychological status. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 46, p. I121). link>
  • McBeth J, Nicholl B, Macfarlane GJ, Jones GT, Wynne-Jones G, Silman AJ. 2006. Motor vehicle collisions predict the onset of axial skeleton pain but not widespread body pain. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM (vol. 54, p. S827). link>
  • McBeth J, Silman AJ, Gupta A, Chiu YH, Ray D, Morriss R, Dickens C, King Y, Macfarlane G. 2006. Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal stress axis dysfunction influences the risk of new onset chronic widespread body pain. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 45, pp. I20-I21). link>
  • McBeth J, Symmons DP, Silman AJ, Allison T, Webb R, Brammah T, Macfarlane GJ. 2006. Widespread pain is associated with a long-term increased risk of mortality due to cancer and cardiovascular disease. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 45, p. I3). link>
  • Gupta A, McBeth J, Chiu YH, Macfarlane GJ, Ray D, Dickens C, Morriss R, Silman AJ. 2005. High tender point count in psychologically distressed subjects predicts the development of new chronic widespread pain. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM (vol. 52, pp. S674-S675). link>
  • McBeth J, Gupta AA, Macfarlane GJ, Chiu YH, Ray D, Morriss R, Dickens C, Kin Y, Silman AJ. 2005. Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) stress axis dysfunction increases the risk of new onset chronic widespread body pain (CWP): A population based prospective study. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM (vol. 52, pp. S267-S268). link>
  • Macfarlane GJ, Symmons DP, Silman AJ, Allison T, Webb R, Brammah T, McBeth J. 2005. Widespread pain is associated with a long-term increased risk of cancer and death. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM (vol. 52, p. S77). link>
  • Aggarwal VR, McBeth J, Lunt M, Zakrzewska J, Macfarlane GJ. 2005. Chronic widespread pain and other chronic symptoms that are frequently unexplained: Do they have a common epidemiology?. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 44, p. I86). link>
  • Gupta A, McBeth J, Silman AJ, Chiu Y, Ray D, Dickens C, Morris R, Macfarlane GJ. 2005. Does reduced pain threshold at baseline in psychologically distressed subjects predict the future development of chronic widespread pain?. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 44, p. I87). link>
  • Gupta A, McBeth J, Chiu YH, MacFarlane GJ, Ray D, Dickens C, Morris R, Silman AJ. 2005. Predicting the onset of chronic widespread pain: Improving our ability to identify those at high risk. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 44, p. I87). link>
  • Chiu YH, McBeth J, Ray D, Dickens C, Gupta A, Macfarlane GJ, Silman AJ. 2003. Low pain threshold is associated with features of somatisation: Results from a population based study. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM (vol. 48, p. S605). link>
  • McBeth J, Harkness EF, Silman AJ, Macfarlane GJ. 2003. Mechanical injury and psychosocial factors in the work-place predict the onset of widespread body pain: a 2-year prospective study study amongst cohorts of newly-employed workers. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM (vol. 48, p. S237). link>