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A Q-methodology study of flare help-seeking behaviours and different experiences of daily life in rheumatoid arthritis (2014)
Journal Article
Hughes, R., Richards, P., Flurey, C. A., Morris, M., Pollock, J., & Hewlett, S. (2014). A Q-methodology study of flare help-seeking behaviours and different experiences of daily life in rheumatoid arthritis. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 15(1), 364. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-364

© 2014 Lin et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Background: Previous studies have not addressed rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients' help-seeking behaviours for RA flares, and only one small qualitative study has addressed how patients experience dail... Read More about A Q-methodology study of flare help-seeking behaviours and different experiences of daily life in rheumatoid arthritis.

It's like a juggling act: Rheumatoid arthritis patient perspectives on daily life and flare while on current treatment regimes (2014)
Journal Article
Hughes, R., Flurey, C. A., Morris, M., Richards, P., & Hewlett, S. (2014). It's like a juggling act: Rheumatoid arthritis patient perspectives on daily life and flare while on current treatment regimes. Rheumatology, 53(4), 696-703. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/ket416

Objective: The objective of this study was to explore patients' experiences of RA daily life while on modern treatments. Methods: The methods of this study comprised semi-structured interviews with 15 RA patients, analysed using inductive thematic an... Read More about It's like a juggling act: Rheumatoid arthritis patient perspectives on daily life and flare while on current treatment regimes.