Jo Jordan

Biography

My first job after completing my BSc in Mathematics for Business (Middlesex University) and MSc in Statistics (University of Kent) in 1993 was conducting systematic reviews for Clinical Effectiveness Bulletins at Leeds University. Since then I have worked as a Systematic Reviewer and, after completing a MA in Library and Information Science (Loughborough University), as an Information Specialist on a number of evidence-based products and publications. These include a large systematic review on chronic stable angina for Brunel University, the evidence base for shared decision making tools for Dartmouth College in the USA, developing clinical guidelines for the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and as an Information Specialist for The Cochrane Collaboration and BMJ Clinical Evidence. I have worked at Keele University in the Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre since 2004, where I provide support and training in aspects of systematic review methods, particularly information retrieval, and give guidance on information management.

Research and scholarship

I have a general interest in methodological research for systematic reviews. My main research interest is developing search strategies for systematic reviews, particularly for observational studies that are difficult to find in the large bibliographic databases such as Medline and EMBASE.

Teaching

I teach systematic review methods and literature searching skills on a number of postgraduate and undergraduate modules, including the Masters in Medical Science. I also run training workshops for staff and students in the Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre on various aspects of conducting systematic reviews, information retrieval and reference management.

Further information

Peer review:

Spine

Evidence Based Library & Information Practice

Research Synthesis Methods

British Journal of General Practice

Physiotherapy

I am a member of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)

Selected Publications

Bullock L, Bedson J, Jordan JL, Bartlam B, Chew-Graham CA, Campbell P. 2019. Pain assessment and pain treatment for community-dwelling people with dementia: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, vol. 34(6), 807-821. link> doi> full text>
Corp N, Jordan JL, Croft PR. 2018. Justifications for using complementary and alternative medicine reported by persons with musculoskeletal conditions: A narrative literature synthesis. PLoS One, vol. 13(7), e0200879. link> doi> full text>
Raybould G, Babatunde O, Evans AL, Jordan JL, Paskins Z. 2018. Expressed information needs of patients with osteoporosis and/or fragility fractures: a systematic review. Arch Osteoporos, vol. 13(1), 55. link> doi> full text>
Babatunde OO, Tan V, Jordan JL, Dziedzic K, Chew-Graham CA, Jinks C, Protheroe J, van der Windt DA. 2018. Evidence flowers: An innovative, visual method of presenting "best evidence" summaries to health professional and lay audiences. Res Synth Methods, vol. 9(2), 273-284. link> doi> full text>
Babatunde OO, ensor, littlewood, jordan JL, roddy, foster, van der windt. 2017. Comparative effectiveness of treatment options for subacromial shoulder conditions: A network meta-analysis. Cochrane Library. Update Software Ltd.. link> full text>

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Journal Articles

Bullock L, Bedson J, Jordan JL, Bartlam B, Chew-Graham CA, Campbell P. 2019. Pain assessment and pain treatment for community-dwelling people with dementia: A systematic review and narrative synthesis. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, vol. 34(6), 807-821. link> doi> full text>
Corp N, Jordan JL, Croft PR. 2018. Justifications for using complementary and alternative medicine reported by persons with musculoskeletal conditions: A narrative literature synthesis. PLoS One, vol. 13(7), e0200879. link> doi> full text>
Raybould G, Babatunde O, Evans AL, Jordan JL, Paskins Z. 2018. Expressed information needs of patients with osteoporosis and/or fragility fractures: a systematic review. Arch Osteoporos, vol. 13(1), 55. link> doi> full text>
Babatunde OO, Tan V, Jordan JL, Dziedzic K, Chew-Graham CA, Jinks C, Protheroe J, van der Windt DA. 2018. Evidence flowers: An innovative, visual method of presenting "best evidence" summaries to health professional and lay audiences. Res Synth Methods, vol. 9(2), 273-284. link> doi> full text>
Babatunde OO, Jordan JL, Van der Windt DA, Hill JC, Foster NE, Protheroe J. 2017. Effective treatment options for musculoskeletal pain in primary care: A systematic overview of current evidence. PLoS One, vol. 12(6), e0178621. link> doi> full text>
Lacey RJ, Wilkie R, Wynne-Jones G, Jordan JL, Wersocki E, McBeth J. 2017. Evidence for strategies that improve recruitment and retention of adults aged 65 years and over in randomised trials and observational studies: a systematic review. Age Ageing, vol. 46(6), 895-903. link> doi> full text>
Corp N, Jordan JL, Hayden JA, Irvin E, Parker R, Smith A, van der Windt DA. 2017. Protocol: a systematic review of studies developing and/or evaluating search strategies to identify prognosis studies. Syst Rev, vol. 6(1), 88. link> doi> full text>
Finney A, Healey E, Jordan JL, Ryan S, Dziedzic KS. 2016. Multidisciplinary approaches to managing osteoarthritis in multiple joint sites: a systematic review. BMC Musculoskelet Disord, vol. 17, 266. link> doi> full text>
Walsh N, Jordan JL, Babatunde O, Powell J, Healey E. 2016. Community-based exercise and physical activity programmes led by exercise professionals for osteoarthritis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. doi> link> full text>
Jordan JL, Konstantinou K, O'Dowd J. Herniated lumbar disc: injection interventions for sciatica. BMJ Clinical Evidence. link>
Mansfield KE, Sim J, Jordan JL, Jordan KP. 2016. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of chronic widespread pain in the general population. Pain, vol. 157(1), 55-64. link> doi> full text>
Edwards JJ, Khanna M, Jordan KP, Jordan JL, Bedson J, Dziedzic KS. 2015. Quality indicators for the primary care of osteoarthritis: a systematic review. Ann Rheum Dis, vol. 74(3), 490-498. link> doi> full text>
Silverwood V, Blagojevic-Bucknall M, Jinks C, Jordan JL, Protheroe J, Jordan KP. 2015. Current evidence on risk factors for knee osteoarthritis in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage, vol. 23(4), 507-515. link> doi>
Uthman OA, van der Windt DA, Jordan JL, Dziedzic KS, Healey EL, Peat GM, Foster NE. 2014. Exercise for lower limb osteoarthritis: systematic review incorporating trial sequential analysis and network meta-analysis. Br J Sports Med, vol. 48(21), 1579. link> doi>
Smith D, Wilkie R, Uthman O, Jordan JL, McBeth J. 2014. Chronic pain and mortality: a systematic review. PLoS One, vol. 9(6), e99048. link> doi> full text>
Konstantinou K, Hider SL, Jordan JL, Lewis M, Dunn KM, Hay EM. 2013. The impact of low back-related leg pain on outcomes as compared with low back pain alone: a systematic review of the literature. Clin J Pain, vol. 29(7), 644-654. link> doi>
Wynne-Jones G, Cowen J, Jordan JL, Uthman O, Main CJ, Glozier N, van der Windt D. 2013. Absence from work and return to work in people with back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. doi>
Uthman OA, van der Windt DA, Jordan JL, Dziedzic KS, Healey EL, Peat GM, Foster NE. 2013. Exercise for lower limb osteoarthritis: systematic review incorporating trial sequential analysis and network meta-analysis. BMJ, vol. 347, f5555. link> doi> full text>
Nicholls EE, van der Windt DAWM, Jordan JL, Dziedzic KS, Thomas E. 2012. Factors associated with the severity and progression of self-reported hand pain and functional difficulty in community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review. Musculoskeletal Care, vol. 10(1), 51-62. link> doi>
Mansell G, Shapley M, Jordan JL, Jordan K. 2011. Interventions to reduce primary care delay in cancer referral: a systematic review. Br J Gen Pract, vol. 61(593), e821-e835. link> doi>
Wilkie R, Jordan JL, Muller S, Nicholls E, Healey EL, Van der Windt DA. 2011. Measures of Social Function and Participation in Musculoskeletal Populations Impact on Participation and Autonomy ( IPA), Keele Assessment of Participation (KAP), Participation Measure for Post-Acute Care (PM-PAC), Participation Objective, Participation Subjective (POPS), Rating of Perceived Participation (ROPP), and The Participation Scale. ARTHRITIS CARE & RESEARCH, vol. 63, S325-S336. link> doi>
Jordan JL, Konstantinou K, O'Dowd, J. 2009. Herniated lumbar disc. Clin Evid (Online).
Shapley M, Mansell G, Jordan JL, Jordan KP. 2010. Positive predictive values of ≥5% in primary care for cancer: systematic review. Br J Gen Pract, vol. 60(578), e366-e377. link> doi>
Jordan J, Konstantinou K, O'Dowd J. 2009. Herniated lumbar disc: injection interventions for sciatica. Systematic review 1118. BMJ Clinical Evidence.
Shapley M, Jordan J, Croft PR. 2006. A systematic review of postcoital bleeding and risk of cervical cancer. Br J Gen Pract, vol. 56(527), 453-460. link>
Jordan JL, Holden MA, Mason EE, Foster NE. 2010. Interventions to improve adherence to exercise for chronic musculoskeletal pain in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, CD005956. link> doi> full text>
Morgan LJ, Chambers R, Banerji J, Gater J, Jordan JL. 2005. Consumers leading public consultation: the general public's knowledge of stroke. Family Practice, vol. 22(1), 8-14.
Jordan JL, Ellis SJ, Chambers R. 2002. Defining shared decision making and concordance: are they one and the same?. Postgraduate Medical Journal, vol. 78(921), 383-384. doi>
Dziedzic K, Jordan JL, Foster NE. 2008. Land- and water-based exercise therapies for musculoskeletal conditions. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol, vol. 22(3), 407-418. link> doi>
Petticrew M, Sculpher M, Kelland J, Elliott R, Holdright D, Buxton M. 1998. Effective management of stable angina. Qual Health Care, vol. 7(2), 109-116.
Sculpher MJ, Petticrew M, Kelland JL, Elliott RA, Holdright DR, Buxton MJ. 1998. Resource allocation for chronic stable angina: a systematic review of effectiveness, costs and cost-effectiveness of alternative interventions. Health Technol.Assess., vol. 2(10), i-iv, 1-176.
Coulter A, Long A, Kelland J, O'Meara S, Sculpher M, Song F, Sheldon TA. 1995. Managing menorrhagia. Qual.Health Care, vol. 4(3), 218-226.
Coulter A, Kelland J, Peto V, Rees MC. 1995. Treating menorrhagia in primary care. An overview of drug trials and a survey of prescribing practice. Int J Technol Assess Health Care, vol. 11(3), 456-471. doi>
Freemantle N, Gill P, Godfrey C, Long A, Richards C, Sheldon TA, Song F, Webb J. 1993. Brief interventions and alcohol use. Qual.Health Care, vol. 2(4), 267-273.

Chapters

Konstantinou K and Jordan J. 2013. Physical and psychological treatments for lumbar and cervical radicular pain (Chapter 6). In Managing Sciatica and Radicular Pain in Primary Care Practice. Springer Science & Business Media.
Dziedzic K, Jordan JL, Sim J, Hay EM. 2007. Treatment options of musculoskeletal pain: what is the evidence?. In Pain: Best Practice and Research Compendium. Breivic H and Shipley M (Eds.). Edinburgh: Elsevier.

Other

Babatunde OO, ensor, littlewood, jordan JL, roddy, foster, van der windt. 2017. Comparative effectiveness of treatment options for subacromial shoulder conditions: A network meta-analysis. Cochrane Library. Update Software Ltd.. link> full text>
Babatunde OPEYEMI, Jordan JL, van der windt, Hill, Foster, Protheroe. Effective Treatment Options for Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions: A Rapid Meta-synthesis of Current Best Evidence in Primary Care. Rheumatology, Volume 55, Issue suppl_1, 1 April 2016, Pages i80,. doi> full text>
Babatunde OO, Jordan JL, Van der Windt D, Foster NE, Protheroe J. 2016. EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN CONDITIONS: A RAPID META-SYNTHESIS OF CURRENT BEST EVIDENCE IN PRIMARY CARE. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 55, p. 80). link>
Jordan J, Konstantinou K, O'Dowd J. 2016. Herniated lumbar disc: injection interventions for sciatica. link>
Finney AG, Jinks C, Chew Graham CA, Crabtree V, Jordan J, Healey EL, Porcheret M, Mallen CD. Improving Care for People with Long-Term Conditions: The ENHANCE study.
Dziedzic K, Chew Graham CA, Crabtree V, Jordan J, Healey EL, Porcheret M, Mallen CD, Finney AG. Managing osteoarthritis in consultations (MOSAICS): an implementation study of NICE recommendations in primary care.
Finney A, Healey E, Ryan S, Jordan J, Dziedzic K. 2012. MULTIDISCIPLINARY INTERVENTIONS FOR MULTISITE OSTEOARTHRITIS IN PRIMARY CARE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE (vol. 20, pp. S190-S191). link> doi>
Wynne-Jones G, Cowen J, Jordan JL, van der Windt D, Glozier N, Main CJ. 2009. The impact of back, neck and upper limb pain on work absence and performance.
Wynne-Jones G, Jordan JL, Glozier N, Main CJ. 2007. A systematic bibliography of the relationship between employee health and occupational performance.
Moore A, Jackson A, Jordan J, Hammersley S, Hill JC, Mercer C, Smith C, Thompson J, Woby S, Hudson A. 2005. Clinical guidelines for the physiotherapy management of whiplash associated disorder.

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