Healthier SG: a gateway for evolving public-private-population partnerships in population health.

Singapore's primary healthcare landscape is dominated by private sector general practitioners, who have more room to play in terms of safeguarding the health of the population. Through a transformative national policy, Healthier SG, Singapore is evolving its health system to lean on private-public partnerships. This is achieved through shared care protocols, interoperable IT requirements, new models of financing, shared responsibilities and human resources and, importantly, a bidirectional feedback channel.

Physical activity of patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Singapore: a pilot study.

Introduction: Studies have shown that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have lower levels of physical activity (PA) than healthy controls, despite the benefits of PA in reducing pain and stiffness. We aimed to compare the levels of PA in patients with RA with that of the general population and identify factors associated with meeting the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations for PA.

Methods: Consecutive patients with RA were recruited from an outpatient rheumatology clinic in a tertiary hospital in Singapore.

Facilitators and Barriers to Physical Activity for Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Axial Spondyloarthritis.

Background: Physical activity is important in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Current literature suggests they engage in less physical activity compared to healthy controls. Reasons for this discrepancy has not been well studied in Asian populations.

Establishing language and ethnic equivalence for health-related quality of life item banks and testing their efficiency via computerised adaptive testing simulations.

Purpose: We aimed to (1) establish linguistic and ethnic equivalence (i.e. lack of bias) for the items in the English and Chinese versions of the Singapore Health and Well Being (SHAWS) Physical Functioning (PF), Positive Mindset (PM) and Social Relationship (SR) item banks (IBs); and (2) evaluate the preliminary efficiency of these IBs using Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT) simulations.

Evidence of the interactions between immunosuppressive drugs used in autoimmune rheumatic diseases and Chinese herbal medicine: A scoping review.

Objectives: Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) has been shown to be effective in autoimmune rheumatic diseases, but harmful herb-drug interactions might be inherent. We aim to review the evidence regarding herb-drug interactions between immunosuppressive drugs used in autoimmune rheumatic diseases and CHM.

Methods: We searched PubMed, EMBASE and CINAHL from inception till 30 April 2023 using keywords that encompassed 'herb-drug interactions', 'herbs' and 'immunosuppressants'.

Residents' Report of COVID-19 Associated Training Disruptions, Stressors, and Opportunities During the Pandemic-The Singapore Experience.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted residency training. Several studies have been performed to investigate the impact of the pandemic on residency training in Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-International (ACGME-I)-accredited institutions. However, these were either limited to certain specialties or failed to consider possible opportunities from the pandemic.

Prevalence and factors associated with flares following COVID-19 mRNA vaccination in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and spondyloarthritis: a national cohort study.

Objective: To determine prevalence and factors associated with flares post Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mRNA vaccination in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and spondyloarthritis (SpA).

Methods: A retrospective multi-centre study was conducted (January 2021 to February 2022). Data were collected during index visit, defined as first post-vaccine visit in which the patient had a physician-defined flare, or if at least 3 months had elapsed since first vaccine dose, whichever came first.

Association of anxiety, depression and resilience with overall health and functioning in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA): a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To evaluate the association between anxiety, depression and resilience with overall health and functioning in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).

Design: Cross-sectional evaluation of baseline data from a prospective cohort study, with recruitment from January 2018 to March 2021.

Setting: Outpatient clinic in a tertiary hospital in Singapore.

Social Media Use Among Members of the Assessment of Spondyloarthritis International Society: Results of a Web-Based Survey.

Background: The use of social media in health care may serve as a beneficial tool for education, information dissemination, telemedicine, research, networking, and communications. To better leverage the benefits of social media, it is imperative to understand the patterns of its use and potential barriers to its implementation in health care. A previous study in 2016 that investigated social media use among young clinical rheumatologists (≤45 years) and basic scientists showed that there was substantial social media use among them for social and professional reasons.

Development of an Item Bank for a Health-Related Quality of Life Measure in Spondyloarthritis.

Objective: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important aspect in the management of chronic diseases such as spondyloarthritis (SpA). A promising approach to reduce respondent burden when measuring HRQOL is the use of shorter patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) delivered using computerized adaptive tests (CATs). However, the lack of an item bank that covers the entire continuum of the HRQOL domain impedes the development of CATs to measure HRQOL among patients with SpA.