Objectives: Self-management is widely promoted but evidence of effectiveness is limited.
Policy encourages health care professionals to support people with long-term conditions to …

Objective Understanding the features and patterns of symptoms that characterize the earliest
stages of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is of considerable importance if patients are to be …

In 2009, I was attending yet another conference, which had student engagement as a major
theme, yet did not contain many presentations that were rooted in a conceptual basis on the …

OBJECTIVE: While self-management may be beneficial for many patients it assumes and
encourages a particular conception of responsibility and self-management that may not fit …

Introduction Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are important instruments to evaluate
healthcare interventions, both in clinical practice and clinical research. Objective To …

Aim: The aim of this study was to describe experiences of pain and its relationship to daily
activities in people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Method: Seven semi-structured focus …

Occupational balance is a prominent concept in occupational therapy and in society at large,
and could be a key concept in that it may enhance understanding of the link between …

Objective: To describe the experience of physical activity maintenance in patients with
rheumatoid arthritis. Design: A qualitative salutogenic-oriented interview study. Setting: A …

Increasingly policy for long term condition management is focussing on new technologies.
Telecare is viewed as a means of making services more responsive, equitable, cost and …

This study explored the emergence of dementia in people who were still working. A
qualitative life course approach was used to describe the experience from the onset of …