Dr Mwidimi Ndosi's Outputs (8)

Prognosis of the infected diabetic foot ulcer: a 12-month prospective observational study (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Authors. Diabetic Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Diabetes UK Aims: To determine clinical outcomes and explore prognostic factors related to ulcer healing in people with a clinically infected diabetic foot ulcer.... Read More about Prognosis of the infected diabetic foot ulcer: a 12-month prospective observational study.

Nursing sensitive outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic literature review (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Background Although rheumatology nursing has been shown to be effective in managing patients with rheumatoid arthritis, patient outcomes sensitive to nursing interventions (nursing sensitive outcomes) have not been systematically... Read More about Nursing sensitive outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic literature review.

Developing the Korean Leeds Satisfaction Questionnaire (Korean-LSQ) in rheumatoid arthritis: A cross-cultural validation using Rasch analysis (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: The Educational Needs Assessment Tool (ENAT) is a 39-item patient-completed questionnaire designed to help patients identify and prioritize their educational needs. It was originally developed in the UK and validated in 7 rheumatic diseas... Read More about Developing the Korean Leeds Satisfaction Questionnaire (Korean-LSQ) in rheumatoid arthritis: A cross-cultural validation using Rasch analysis.

It can't be zero: A qualitative study of patients' perspective on patient global assessment in rheumatoid arthritis (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background: Patient Global Assessment (PGA) plays an important role in disease activity assessment and treatment decisions in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, the meaning of PGA is open to patient interpretation and this may affect the validity an... Read More about It can't be zero: A qualitative study of patients' perspective on patient global assessment in rheumatoid arthritis.

Developing the Korean educational needs assessment tool (Korean-ENAT) in rheumatoid arthritis: A cross-cultural validation using Rasch analysis (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background
The Educational Needs Assessment Tool (ENAT) is a 39-item patient-completed questionnaire designed to help patients identify and prioritise their educational needs. It was originally developed in the UK and validated in 7 rheumatic diseas... Read More about Developing the Korean educational needs assessment tool (Korean-ENAT) in rheumatoid arthritis: A cross-cultural validation using Rasch analysis.

National variation in the composition of rheumatology multidisciplinary teams: a cross-sectional study (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, The Author(s). The objective of this study is to describe the composition of multidisciplinary teams (MDT) working within rheumatology departments across the UK. All rheumatology departments in the United Kingdom (UK) were invited to particip... Read More about National variation in the composition of rheumatology multidisciplinary teams: a cross-sectional study.

Suppressing Inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Does Patient Global Assessment Blur the Target? A Practice-Based Call for a Paradigm Change (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, American College of Rheumatology Objective: In current management paradigms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), patient global assessment (PGA) is crucial to decide whether a patient has attained remission (target) or needs reinforced therapy. We i... Read More about Suppressing Inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Does Patient Global Assessment Blur the Target? A Practice-Based Call for a Paradigm Change.

Influence of patient global assessment on the disease activity assessment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A meteor cross-sectional study (2017)
Journal Article

Background
Disease activity indices (DAI) are used to guide immunosuppressive therapy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The inclusion of patient global assessment (PGA) in these indices has been questioned as it conveys mainly disease impact rather tha... Read More about Influence of patient global assessment on the disease activity assessment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A meteor cross-sectional study.