All Outputs (11)

Stiffness is more than just duration and severity: A qualitative exploration in people with rheumatoid arthritis (2014)
Journal Article
Kirwan, J., Halls, S., Dures, E., Kirwan, J. R., Pollock, J., Baker, G., …Hewlett, S. (2014). Stiffness is more than just duration and severity: A qualitative exploration in people with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology, 54(4), 615-622. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keu379

© The Author 2014. Objective. Stiffness is internationally recognized as an important indicator of inflammatory activity in RA but is poorly understood and difficult to measure. The aim of this study was to explore the experience of stiffness from th... Read More about Stiffness is more than just duration and severity: A qualitative exploration in people with rheumatoid arthritis.

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.

The potential use of physical activity to help manage fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: Lessons from other long-term conditions (2014)
Journal Article
Salmon, V., Hewlett, S., Walsh, N., Kirwan, J. R., Urban, M., Morris, M., & Cramp, F. (. (2014). The potential use of physical activity to help manage fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: Lessons from other long-term conditions. Rheumatology, 53(S1), i122. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keu106.010

Background: Fatigue is a major symptom of RA and the need for effective interventions is evident. Programmes based upon physical activity (PA) have been shown to improve patient reported fatigue in other long term conditions (LTCs). To inform the dev... Read More about The potential use of physical activity to help manage fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: Lessons from other long-term conditions.

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.

Rheumatology clinicians' experiences of brief training and implementation of skills to support patient self-management (2014)
Journal Article
Dures, E., Hewlett, S., Ambler, N., Jenkins, R., Clarke, J., & Gooberman-Hill, R. (2014). Rheumatology clinicians' experiences of brief training and implementation of skills to support patient self-management. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 15(1), 108. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-108

Background: Self-management of arthritis requires informed, activated patients to manage its physical and psychosocial consequences. Patient activation and self-management can be enhanced through the use of cognitive-behavioural approaches, which hav... Read More about Rheumatology clinicians' experiences of brief training and implementation of skills to support patient self-management.

Establishing a core domain set to measure rheumatoid arthritis flares: Report of the OMERACT 11 RA flare workshop (2014)
Journal Article
Orbai, A. M., Bykerk, V. P., Lie, E., Bartlett, S. J., Alten, R., Boonen, A., …Choy, E. H. (2014). Establishing a core domain set to measure rheumatoid arthritis flares: Report of the OMERACT 11 RA flare workshop. Journal of Rheumatology, 41(4), 799-809. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.131252

Objective. The OMERACT Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Flare Group (FG) is developing a data-driven, patient-inclusive, consensus-based RA flare definition for use in clinical trials, longterm observational studies, and clinical practice. At OMERACT 11, we... Read More about Establishing a core domain set to measure rheumatoid arthritis flares: Report of the OMERACT 11 RA flare workshop.

Updating the omeract filter: Discrimination and feasibility (2014)
Journal Article
OØstergaard, M., Landewé, R. B., D'Agostino, M. A., OØstergaard, M., Wells, G., Beaton, D. E., …Van Der Heijde, D. M. (2014). Updating the omeract filter: Discrimination and feasibility. Journal of Rheumatology, 41(5), 1005-1010. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.131311

The " Discrimination" part of the OMERACT Filter asks whether a measure discriminates between situations that are of interest. " Feasibility" in the OMERACT Filter encompasses the practical considerations of using an instrument, including its ease of... Read More about Updating the omeract filter: Discrimination and feasibility.

Patient involvement in outcome measures for Psoriatic arthritis (2014)
Journal Article
O'Sullivan, D., Tillett, W., Adebajo, A., Brooke, M., Campbell, W., Coates, L. C., …McHugh, N. (2014). Patient involvement in outcome measures for Psoriatic arthritis. Current Rheumatology Reports, 16(5), 418. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11926-014-0418-7

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a heterogeneous inflammatory arthritis with a varied clinical phenotype. There has been considerable international collaboration over recent years to develop and prioritise appropriate disease domains and outcome measures... Read More about Patient involvement in outcome measures for Psoriatic arthritis.

Updating the OMERACT Filter: Core areas as a basis for defining core outcome sets (2014)
Journal Article
Landewé, R. B., D'Agostino, M. A., Kirwan, J. R., Boers, M., Hewlett, S., Beaton, D., …Tugwell, P. (2014). Updating the OMERACT Filter: Core areas as a basis for defining core outcome sets. Journal of Rheumatology, 41(5), 994-999. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.131309

Objective. The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Filter provides guidelines for the development and validation of outcome measures for use in clinical research. The "Truth" section of the OMERACT Filter presupposes an explicit framework for... Read More about Updating the OMERACT Filter: Core areas as a basis for defining core outcome sets.

Updating the omeract filter: Implications for patient-reported outcomes (2014)
Journal Article
Voshaar, M. M., Nikaï, E., Landewé, R. B., Boers, B., Kirwan, J. R., Bartlett, S. J., …Gossec, L. (2014). Updating the omeract filter: Implications for patient-reported outcomes. Journal of Rheumatology, 41(5), 1011-1015. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.131312

Objective: At a previous Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) meeting, participants reflected on the underlying methods of patient-reported outcome (PRO) instrument development. The participants requested proposals for more explicit instrument... Read More about Updating the omeract filter: Implications for patient-reported outcomes.

Updating the OMERACT filter: Implications for imaging and soluble biomarkers (2014)
Journal Article
Landewé, R. B., Østergaard, M., D'Agostino, M. A., Boers, M., Kirwan, J., Van Der Heijde, D., …Conaghan, P. G. (2014). Updating the OMERACT filter: Implications for imaging and soluble biomarkers. Journal of Rheumatology, 41(5), 1016-1024. https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.131313

Objective. The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Filter provides a framework for the validation of outcome measures for use in rheumatology clinical research. However, imaging and biochemical measures may face additional validation challenge... Read More about Updating the OMERACT filter: Implications for imaging and soluble biomarkers.