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Common measure of quality of life for people with systemic sclerosis across seven European countries: A cross-sectional study (2018)
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Ndosi, M., Alcacer-Pitarch, B., Allanore, Y., Del galdo, F., Frerix, M., Garcia-Diaz, S., …Redmond, A. (2018). Common measure of quality of life for people with systemic sclerosis across seven European countries: A cross-sectional study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 77(7), 1032-1038. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212412

© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. Objectives the aim of this study was to adapt the Systemic Sclerosis Quality of Life Questionnaire (SScQoL) into six European... Read More about Common measure of quality of life for people with systemic sclerosis across seven European countries: A cross-sectional study.

The educational needs of patients with undifferentiated spondyloarthritis: Validation of the ENAT questionnaire and needs assessment (2018)
Journal Article
Bremander, A., Haglund, E., Bergman, S., & Ndosi, M. (2018). The educational needs of patients with undifferentiated spondyloarthritis: Validation of the ENAT questionnaire and needs assessment. Musculoskeletal Care, 16(2), 313-317. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1231

Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Objectives: The aim of the present study was to validate the Swedish version of the educational needs assessment tool (SwENAT) in undifferentiated spondyloarthritis (USpA) and use it to study the educationa... Read More about The educational needs of patients with undifferentiated spondyloarthritis: Validation of the ENAT questionnaire and needs assessment.

The impact of patient global assessment in the definition of remission as a predictor of long-term radiographic damage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: protocol for an individual patient data meta-analysis (2018)
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Ferreira, R. J. O., Welsing, P. M. J., Gossec, L., Jacobs, J. W. G., Machado, P. M., Ndosi, M., …da Silva, J. A. P. (2018). The impact of patient global assessment in the definition of remission as a predictor of long-term radiographic damage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: protocol for an individual patient data meta-analysis. Acta Reumatologica Portuguesa, 43(1), 52-60

BACKGROUND: Remission is the target for management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and intensification of immunosuppressive therapy is recommended for those that do not achieve this status. Patient global assessment (PGA) is the single patient reported... Read More about The impact of patient global assessment in the definition of remission as a predictor of long-term radiographic damage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: protocol for an individual patient data meta-analysis.

Prognosis of the infected diabetic foot ulcer: a 12-month prospective observational study (2017)
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Ndosi, M., Wright-Hughes, A., Brown, S., Backhouse, M., Lipsky, B. A., Bhogal, M., …Nelson, E. A. (2018). Prognosis of the infected diabetic foot ulcer: a 12-month prospective observational study. Diabetic Medicine, 35(1), 78-88. https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.13537

© 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)
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van Eijk Hustings, Y., Minnock, P., McKee, G., Kelly, A., Carter, S. C., Menzies, V., …Ndosi, M. (2018). Nursing sensitive outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic literature review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 77, 115-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2017.09.005

© 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.

National variation in the composition of rheumatology multidisciplinary teams: a cross-sectional study (2017)
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Backhouse, M. R., Ndosi, M., Ferguson, R., Bearne, L., Ainsworth, P., Roach, A., …Cherry, L. (2017). National variation in the composition of rheumatology multidisciplinary teams: a cross-sectional study. Rheumatology International, 37(9), 1453-1459. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-017-3751-0

© 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)
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da Silva, J. A., Ferreira, R. J., Duarte, C., Ndosi, M., de Wit, M., & Gossec, L. (2018). Suppressing Inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Does Patient Global Assessment Blur the Target? A Practice-Based Call for a Paradigm Change. Arthritis Care and Research, 70(3), 369-378. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.23284

© 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)
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Ferreira, R., Ndosi, M., Duarte, C., Carvalho, P., Chopra, A., Salomon-Escoto, K., …Van Der Heijde, P. A. D. S. (2017). Influence of patient global assessment on the disease activity assessment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A meteor cross-sectional study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 76(2), 1510-1510. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-eular.4695

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.

Concordance in diabetic foot ulceration: A cross-sectional study of agreement between wound swabbing and tissue sampling in infected ulcers (2016)
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Nelson, E. A., Wright-Hughes, A., Brown, S., Lipsky, B. A., Backhouse, M., Bhogal, M., …Nixon, J. (2016). Concordance in diabetic foot ulceration: A cross-sectional study of agreement between wound swabbing and tissue sampling in infected ulcers. Health Technology Assessment, 20(82), 1-175. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta20820

© Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2016. Background: There is inadequate evidence to advise clinicians on the relative merits of swabbing versus tissue sampling of infected diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). Objectives: To determine (1) concordance b... Read More about Concordance in diabetic foot ulceration: A cross-sectional study of agreement between wound swabbing and tissue sampling in infected ulcers.

Combining nurse-led care with patient self-assessment could enhance tight control of rheumatoid arthritis and management of comorbidities (2016)
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Ndosi, M. (2016). Combining nurse-led care with patient self-assessment could enhance tight control of rheumatoid arthritis and management of comorbidities. Evidence-Based Nursing, 19(3), 85-86. https://doi.org/10.1136/eb-2015-102262

Implications for practice and research Patient self-monitoring of disease activity can improve tight control of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Nurse-led care can be used in the monitoring and management of comorbidities associated with RA. Furth... Read More about Combining nurse-led care with patient self-assessment could enhance tight control of rheumatoid arthritis and management of comorbidities.