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Incorporating the patient perspective into outcome assessment in rheumatoid arthritis: Progress at OMERACT 7 (2005)
Journal Article
Kirwan, J. R., Hewlett, S., Heiberg, T., Hughes, R., Carr, M., Hehir, M., …Wale, J. (2005). Incorporating the patient perspective into outcome assessment in rheumatoid arthritis: Progress at OMERACT 7. Journal of Rheumatology, 32, 2250-2256

The Patient Perspective Workshop at OMERACT 7 addressed the question of assessing the outcomes of intervention in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from the perspective of those who experience the disease. A particular emphasis at this workshop was placed on... Read More about Incorporating the patient perspective into outcome assessment in rheumatoid arthritis: Progress at OMERACT 7.

Sensitivity to change of the rheumatoid arthritis self-efficacy scale (RASE) (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Hewlett, S., Cockshott, Z., Almeida, C., Richards, P., Lowe, R., Greenwood, R., & Kirwan, J. R. (2005, November). Sensitivity to change of the rheumatoid arthritis self-efficacy scale (RASE). Poster presented at American College of Rheumatology Annual Conference, San Diego, USA

Art and Soul: Creativity in midwifery education (2005)
Book Chapter
Baker, K. (2005). Art and Soul: Creativity in midwifery education. In L. Davies (Ed.), The Art and Soul of Midwifery: Creativity in Practice, Education and Research. Elsevier

Progress since OMERACT 6 on including the patient perspective in rheumatoid arthritis outcome assessment (2005)
Journal Article
Kirwan, J. R., Ahlmen, M., de Wit, M., Heiberg, T., Hehir, M., Hewlett, S., …Richards, P. (2005). Progress since OMERACT 6 on including the patient perspective in rheumatoid arthritis outcome assessment. Journal of Rheumatology, 32(11), 2246-2249

The first OMERACT Patient Perspective Workshop took place at OMERACT 6 in 2002. Through a series of meetings and discussion sessions a research agenda emerged and this report outlines progress made on this agenda. Work on identifying novel outcomes,... Read More about Progress since OMERACT 6 on including the patient perspective in rheumatoid arthritis outcome assessment.

Patients' perceptions of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: Overwhelming, uncontrollable, ignored (2005)
Journal Article
Hewlett, S., Cockshott, Z., Byron, M., Kitchen, K., Tipler, S., Pope, D., & Hehir, M. (2005). Patients' perceptions of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: Overwhelming, uncontrollable, ignored. Arthritis Care and Research, 53(5), 697-702. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.21450

Objective. Fatigue is commonly reported by patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) but is rarely a treatment target. The aim of this study was to explore the concept of fatigue as experienced by patients with RA. Methods. Fifteen patients with RA and... Read More about Patients' perceptions of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: Overwhelming, uncontrollable, ignored.

Trying to predict 'dangerous' bladders in children: The area under the curve concept (2005)
Journal Article
Hashim, H., Ellis-Jones, J., Swithinbank, L., Woodward, M., Small, D., Frank, J. D., & Abrams, P. (2005). Trying to predict 'dangerous' bladders in children: The area under the curve concept. Journal of Pediatric Urology, 1(5), 343-347. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpurol.2005.03.006

Objective: Children with neurological and non-neurological lower urinary tract dysfunction normally undergo video urodynamics. One reason is to try to diagnose 'dangerous' bladders. Currently, bladder compliance is used to predict 'dangerous' bladder... Read More about Trying to predict 'dangerous' bladders in children: The area under the curve concept.

Antepartum haemorrhage (2005)
Journal Article
Hall, J. (2005). Antepartum haemorrhage. Practising Midwife, 8(9),

Changes in self-efficacy, coping and emotions: Their associations among rheumatoid arthritis patients participating in routine self-management programmes (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Lowe, R., Hewlett, S., Cockshott, Z., Almeida, C., Richards, P., & Kirwan, J. R. (2005, October). Changes in self-efficacy, coping and emotions: Their associations among rheumatoid arthritis patients participating in routine self-management programmes. Poster presented at European Health Psychology Society Annual Conference, Galway, Ireland

Infection control in neonatal intensive care units (2005)
Journal Article
Chudleigh, J., Fletcher, M., & Gould, D. (2005). Infection control in neonatal intensive care units. Journal of Hospital Infection, 61(2), 123-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2005.02.017

Healthcare-associated infection is a major problem in acute hospital settings. Hand decontamination is considered to be the most effective means of preventing healthcare-associated infection, but is poorly performed. Few studies have examined techniq... Read More about Infection control in neonatal intensive care units.