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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

Patient perspective workshop: Fatigue as a recommended patient-centred outcome measure in rheumatoid arthritis (2007)
Journal Article
Kirwan, J. R., Minnock, P., Adebajo, A., Bresnihan, B., Choy, E., De Wit, M., …Hewlett, S. (2007). Patient perspective workshop: Fatigue as a recommended patient-centred outcome measure in rheumatoid arthritis. Journal of Rheumatology, 34(5), 1174-1177

The Patient Perspective Workshop at OMERACT 8 considered evidence for the importance of fatigue to patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and whether measurement of fatigue meets the requirements of the OMERACT filter. The workshop participants incl... Read More about Patient perspective workshop: Fatigue as a recommended patient-centred outcome measure in rheumatoid arthritis.

Measuring fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review of scales in use (2007)
Journal Article
Kirwan, J. R., Hehir, M., & Hewlett, S. (2007). Measuring fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review of scales in use. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 57(3), 429-439. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.22611

Objective. Fatigue is an important outcome for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The purpose of this study was to identify the scales being used to measure RA fatigue, and to systematically examine the evidence for their validation. Methods. A... Read More about Measuring fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review of scales in use.