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Return to sport after joint replacement (2008)
Journal Article
Dieppe, P., Wylde, V., Blom, A., Hewlett, S., & Learmonth, I. (2008). Return to sport after joint replacement. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, British Volume, 90(7), 920-923. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.90B7.20614

Our aim was to determine the pre-operative sporting profiles of patients undergoing primary joint replacement and to establish if they were able to return to sport after surgery. A postal survey was completed by 2085 patients between one and three ye... Read More about Return to sport after joint replacement.

Rheumatology education for undergraduate nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy students in the UK: Standards, challenges and solutions (2008)
Journal Article
Hewlett, S., Clarke, B., O'Brien, A., Hammond, A., Ryan, S., Kay, L., …Almeida, C. (2008). Rheumatology education for undergraduate nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy students in the UK: Standards, challenges and solutions. Rheumatology, 47(7), 1025-1030. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/ken139

Objectives. Rheumatological conditions are common, thus nurses (Ns) occupational therapists (OTs) and physiotherapists (PTs) require at least basic rheumatology knowledge upon qualifying. The aim of this study was to develop a core set of teaching to... Read More about Rheumatology education for undergraduate nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy students in the UK: Standards, challenges and solutions.

Self-efficacy as an appraisal that moderates the coping-emotion relationship: Associations among people with rheumatoid arthritis (2008)
Journal Article
Kirwan, J. R., Cockshott, Z., Lowe, R., Greenwood, R., Almeida, C., Richards, P., & Hewlett, S. (2008). Self-efficacy as an appraisal that moderates the coping-emotion relationship: Associations among people with rheumatoid arthritis. Psychology and Health, 23(2), 155-174. https://doi.org/10.1080/14768320601139160

The way a coping strategy is expressed might depend on the nature of underlying efficacy expectations. For example, a cognitive coping strategy may have different content depending on efficacy beliefs underpinning the strategy's formulation and appli... Read More about Self-efficacy as an appraisal that moderates the coping-emotion relationship: Associations among people with rheumatoid arthritis.

Total knee replacement: Is it really an effective procedure for all? (2007)
Journal Article
Wylde, V., Dieppe, P., Hewlett, S., & Learmonth, I. (2007). Total knee replacement: Is it really an effective procedure for all?. Knee, 14(6), 417-423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knee.2007.06.001

Total knee replacement (TKR) is considered an effective intervention for the treatment of chronic knee pain and disability. Yet there is increasing evidence, based on research using patient-based outcome measures, that a significant proportion of pat... Read More about Total knee replacement: Is it really an effective procedure for all?.

Fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: From apathy to action (2007)
Journal Article
Hewlett, S. (2007). Fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: From apathy to action. Future Rheumatology, 2(5), 439-442. https://doi.org/10.2217/17460816.2.5.439

Fatigue is a common problem in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), experienced by the majority of patients, with fatigue scores that are often higher than pain scores. Despite this, patients feel fatigue has been largely ignored by clinicians. This article pr... Read More about Fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: From apathy to action.

Patient perspective workshop: Reasons and methods for measuring fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis (2007)
Journal Article
Kirwan, J. R., & Hewlett, S. (2007). Patient perspective workshop: Reasons and methods for measuring fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis. Journal of Rheumatology, 34, 1171-1173

The experience of fatigue has been reported by a large proportion of people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and it is often the most important problem for individual patients. A systematic analysis of patient focus group discussions revealed 3 overar... Read More about Patient perspective workshop: Reasons and methods for measuring fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis.

Emotions and beliefs upon diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Jenkins, L., Hehir, M., Carr, M., Radford, S., Davis, B., & Hewlett, S. (2007, May). Emotions and beliefs upon diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. Poster presented at BSR/BHPR International Conference, Birmingham, UK