Fatigue is common to all the rheumatic conditions, in varying degrees, and is a frequent,
often severe problem that has major consequences on patients’ lives (1–4). In response to …

Fatigue is a complex phenomenon and an important health concern for many people with
chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, …

… Finally, in the third Delphi round (done by electronic communication (www.surveymonkey.de)), …
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In recent years, formal collaboration with RA patients has explored what treatment outcomes
are important to them. Patients repeatedly raise concerns about the major impact of RA …

… Emma Dures14, … This web only file has been produced by the BMJ Publishing Group
from an electronic file supplied by the author(s) and has not been edited for content. …

This article has two purposes: to examine why mixed methods is a legitimate approach
particularly well suited to health psychology; and to describe the challenges inherent in …

Objectives To see if a group course delivered by rheumatology teams using cognitive-behavioural
approaches, plus usual care, reduced RA fatigue impact more than usual care alone. …

… The patient charity mailed the questionnaire to 1200 patients selected randomly from
their membership database, and subsequently placed a generic reminder in an electronic …

… the participants a standardized e-mail containing a link to start the study (the e-mail did not
… After clicking on this link, participants read and signed an electronic informed consent sheet. …

… group held at the DebRA annual conference in May, 2006 (Dures, 2009). Participants
were adults with EB and EB-free … All the interviews were conducted by the first author (Dures). …