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The impact of patient-perceived restricted access to anti-TNF therapy for rheumatoid arthritis: A qualitative study (2009)
Journal Article
Sanderson, T., Calnan, M., Morris, M., Richards, P., & Hewlett, S. (2009). The impact of patient-perceived restricted access to anti-TNF therapy for rheumatoid arthritis: A qualitative study. Musculoskeletal Care, 7(3), 194-209. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.149

Objective: To explore rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients' experience of access to antitumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy in the UK, and of switching therapies after an initial failure. Methods: Patients were asked about their experience of acc... Read More about The impact of patient-perceived restricted access to anti-TNF therapy for rheumatoid arthritis: A qualitative study.

Fatigue in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: British and Dutch nurses' knowledge, attitudes and management (2009)
Journal Article
Repping-Wuts, H., Hewlett, S., Van Riel, P., & Van Achterberg, T. (2009). Fatigue in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: British and Dutch nurses' knowledge, attitudes and management. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 65(4), 901-911. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04904.x

Title: Fatigue in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: British and Dutch nurses' knowledge, attitudes and management. Aim: This paper is a report of a study conducted to compare the knowledge, attitudes and current management of rheumatoid arthritis-r... Read More about Fatigue in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: British and Dutch nurses' knowledge, attitudes and management.

Developing a standardized definition for disease "flare" in rheumatoid arthritis (OMERACT 9 special interest group) (2009)
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Alten, R. E., Strand, C. V., Furst, D. E., Witter, J. P., Rahman, M. U., May, J. E., …Boers, M. (2009). Developing a standardized definition for disease "flare" in rheumatoid arthritis (OMERACT 9 special interest group). Journal of Rheumatology, 36(10), 2335-2341. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.090369

Objective. Traditional outcome measures in randomized controlled trials (RCT) include well-established response criteria as well as ACR EULAR responses using Disease Activity Score 44 (DAS44)/DAS28 to assess improvement; however, a measure to assess... Read More about Developing a standardized definition for disease "flare" in rheumatoid arthritis (OMERACT 9 special interest group).

Progress on incorporating the patient perspective in outcome assessment in rheumatology and the emergence of life impact measures at OMERACT 9 (2009)
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Sanderson, T. C., Nicklin, J., March, L. M., Wells, G. A., Tugwell, P. S., Kirwan, J. R., …Welch, V. (2009). Progress on incorporating the patient perspective in outcome assessment in rheumatology and the emergence of life impact measures at OMERACT 9. Journal of Rheumatology, 36(9), 2071-2076. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.090360

The Patient Perspective Workshop included over 100 researchers and 18 patient participants from 8 countries. Following preconference reading and short plenary presentations, breakout groups considered work undertaken on measurement of sleep, assessin... Read More about Progress on incorporating the patient perspective in outcome assessment in rheumatology and the emergence of life impact measures at OMERACT 9.

Nursing support at the onset of rheumatoid arthritis: Time and space for emotions, practicalities and self-management (2008)
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Carr, M., Hehir, M., Carr, M., Davis, B., Radford, S., Robertson, L., …Hewlett, S. (2008). Nursing support at the onset of rheumatoid arthritis: Time and space for emotions, practicalities and self-management. Musculoskeletal Care, 6(2), 124-134. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.115

Background: Following a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), patients have to adapt to lifelong, unpredictable but repeated episodes of pain and disability, potentially leading to permanent loss of function and its consequences on their lives. We... Read More about Nursing support at the onset of rheumatoid arthritis: Time and space for emotions, practicalities and self-management.

Sensitivity to change of the Rheumatoid Arthritis Self-Efficacy scale (RASE) and predictors of change in self-efficacy (2008)
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Unsworth, H., Spicer, J., Seaman, N., Read, E., McEachern, C., Maggs, F., …Kirwan, J. (2008). Sensitivity to change of the Rheumatoid Arthritis Self-Efficacy scale (RASE) and predictors of change in self-efficacy. Musculoskeletal Care, 6(1), 49-67. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.125

Objectives: Patient education in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) aims to improve health outcomes by prompting people to adopt self-management behaviours. One precursor for initiating behaviour change is self-efficacy (SE), a belief that you can do a task.... Read More about Sensitivity to change of the Rheumatoid Arthritis Self-Efficacy scale (RASE) and predictors of change in self-efficacy.

'It's quite hard to grasp the enormity of it': Perceived needs of people upon diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (2008)
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Radford, S., Carr, M., Hehir, M., Davis, B., Robertson, L., Cockshott, Z., …Hewlett, S. (2008). 'It's quite hard to grasp the enormity of it': Perceived needs of people upon diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. Musculoskeletal Care, 6(3), 155-167. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.132

Objectives: The diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) brings rapid pharmacological and multidisciplinary team interventions to address inflammatory processes and symptom management. However, people may also need support on the journey to self-manage... Read More about 'It's quite hard to grasp the enormity of it': Perceived needs of people upon diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis.

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)
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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)
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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.