Rheumatology specialist care delivered at the Southern QLD Centre of Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care.

Background: There is limited literature on the prevalence of rheumatologic conditions in Australian First Nations people. Existing evidence suggests a high disease burden with poorer outcomes. In 2016 a rheumatology clinic was established at The Southern Queensland Centre of Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care (CoE).

Quality of observational studies of clinical interventions: a meta-epidemiological review.

Background: This meta-epidemiological study aimed to assess methodological quality of a sample of contemporary non-randomised clinical studies of clinical interventions.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of observational studies published between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2018. Studies were identified in PubMed using search terms 'association', 'observational,' 'non-randomised' 'comparative effectiveness' within titles or abstracts.

A patient-centered knowledge translation tool for treat-to-target strategy in rheumatoid arthritis: Patient and rheumatologist perspectives.

Aim: Implementation of treat-to-target (T2T) for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) presents many challenges and an evidence-practice gap has emerged. This study assessed clinician and patient barriers to the implementation of an RA-T2T strategy and developed a knowledge translation (KT) tool for use in "real-life" clinical settings.

Methods: Surveys of patients and rheumatologists measured agreement with RA-T2T recommendations and use in daily practice.