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Dr Mwidimi Ndosi's Outputs (68)

AB0834 Development of a conceptual framework for a patient reported outcome measure to capture patients’ perceptions of glucocorticoid therapy during treatment for rheumatic diseases (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Glucocorticoids (GCs) are a key treatment for the autoimmune rheumatic diseases; however, they produce numerous physical and psychological side effects.1 The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Gl... Read More about AB0834 Development of a conceptual framework for a patient reported outcome measure to capture patients’ perceptions of glucocorticoid therapy during treatment for rheumatic diseases.

OP0155-HPR Remote management of rheumatoid arthritis vs routine outpatient follow-up: A prospective, longitudinal real-world study (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Remote management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using patient self-assessment of disease and patient-reported outcomes has potential to inform timely clinical decisions on disease management, reduce burde... Read More about OP0155-HPR Remote management of rheumatoid arthritis vs routine outpatient follow-up: A prospective, longitudinal real-world study.

O26 Testing an intervention to reduce fatigue impact in inflammatory arthritis: Design and outcomes of a single-arm feasibility study (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background/Aims Patients with inflammatory arthritis report that fatigue can be a challenging symptom to manage, with little support available. In response, we developed a brief one-to-one cognitive-behavioural manualised intervention, delivered by r... Read More about O26 Testing an intervention to reduce fatigue impact in inflammatory arthritis: Design and outcomes of a single-arm feasibility study.

Patient perceptions of health-related quality of life in giant cell arteritis: International development of a disease-specific patient-reported outcome measure (2021)
Journal Article

Objectives: GCA is a large vessel vasculitis (LVV) presenting with headache, jaw claudication, musculoskeletal and visual involvement. Current treatment is glucocorticoids and anti-IL-6 tocilizumab in refractory disease. The objective of this study w... Read More about Patient perceptions of health-related quality of life in giant cell arteritis: International development of a disease-specific patient-reported outcome measure.

Developing the Korean Educational Needs Assessment Tool (Korean ENAT) in rheumatoid arthritis: Cross-cultural validation using Rasch analysis (2020)
Journal Article

Background/aims: This study was performed to undertake cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Educational Needs Assessment Tool (ENAT) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for use in Korea.

Methods: The study involved two main phases: cross-cultu... Read More about Developing the Korean Educational Needs Assessment Tool (Korean ENAT) in rheumatoid arthritis: Cross-cultural validation using Rasch analysis.

The patient perspective of nurse-led care in early rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review of qualitative studies with thematic analysis (2020)
Journal Article

Introduction:
Management of rheumatoid arthritis has changed dramatically over the last decade and is characterised by early start of intensive treatment and tight monitoring of disease activity until remission. The role of nurse-led care at early... Read More about The patient perspective of nurse-led care in early rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review of qualitative studies with thematic analysis.

Revisiting the use of remission criteria for rheumatoid arthritis by excluding patient global assessment: An individual meta-analysis of 5792 patients (2020)
Journal Article

Objectives: To determine the impact of excluding patient global assessment (PGA) from the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Boolean remission criteria, on prediction of radiographic and functional outco... Read More about Revisiting the use of remission criteria for rheumatoid arthritis by excluding patient global assessment: An individual meta-analysis of 5792 patients.

Validation of the Italian version of the educational needs assessment tool in rheumatoid arthritis patients and factors associated with educational needs (2020)
Journal Article

The educational needs assessment tool (ENAT) is a seven-domain questionnaire assessing the educational needs (EN) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The aim of this study was to validate the Italian version of the ENAT and to identify factor... Read More about Validation of the Italian version of the educational needs assessment tool in rheumatoid arthritis patients and factors associated with educational needs.

SAT0643-HPR Nurse-led care from the perspective of people with early rheumatoid arthritis: A qualitative systematic review (2020)
Journal Article

Background: Nurse-led care has been shown to be clinically effective and cost effective in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) but the role of the nurse in early RA is not well defined. Evidence for processes of care in RA is... Read More about SAT0643-HPR Nurse-led care from the perspective of people with early rheumatoid arthritis: A qualitative systematic review.

Psychological and self-management support for people with vasculitis or connective tissue diseases: UK health professionals' perspectives (2020)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2020. Objectives. CTD and systemic vasculitis impact on health-related quality of life. Treatment can be complex, involving multiple medical specialities. The aim of this study was to investigate psychological and self-management supp... Read More about Psychological and self-management support for people with vasculitis or connective tissue diseases: UK health professionals' perspectives.

Educational needs of patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases attending a large health facility in Austria (2020)
Journal Article

Introduction
Patient education is an important part of the management of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. Given that patients with diverse diseases do not have the same needs, it is crucial to assess the educational requirements of targeted g... Read More about Educational needs of patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases attending a large health facility in Austria.

'It can't be zero!' Difficulties in completing patient global assessment in rheumatoid arthritis: a mixed methods study (2019)
Journal Article

OBJECTIVES: Patient global assessment (PGA) is purported to add the patient's perspective in the composite measures of RA. However, PGA is not standardized and it is not known whether patients' interpretation of the measure is consistent with its int... Read More about 'It can't be zero!' Difficulties in completing patient global assessment in rheumatoid arthritis: a mixed methods study.

Educational needs in people with ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis: A cross-sectional study (2019)
Journal Article

Objective: To assess the educational needs of people with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) and Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA), test differences across patient subgroups and identify factors independently associated with their educational needs.

Methods: Thi... Read More about Educational needs in people with ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis: A cross-sectional study.

2018 update of the EULAR recommendations for the role of the nurse in the management of chronic inflammatory arthritis (2019)
Journal Article

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. To update the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the role of the nurse in the management of chronic inflammatory... Read More about 2018 update of the EULAR recommendations for the role of the nurse in the management of chronic inflammatory arthritis.

THU0702-HPR Patient understanding of risks of methotrexate and anti-TNF therapy: A cross-sectional study (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Patient education is an important part of the management of rheumatic and other diseases. Since patients do not have the same needs, it is crucial to assess needs of a targeted group to be able to tailor educational interventions.

Obje... Read More about THU0702-HPR Patient understanding of risks of methotrexate and anti-TNF therapy: A cross-sectional study.

Impact of patient global assessment on achieving remission in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A multinational study using the METEOR database (2019)
Journal Article

OBJECTIVE: There is an ongoing debate about excluding patient's global assessment (PtGA) from composite and Boolean-based definitions of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remission. This study aimed at determining the influence of PtGA on RA disease states,... Read More about Impact of patient global assessment on achieving remission in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A multinational study using the METEOR database.