Publications by authors named "Catherine Mallon"
Purpose: Evaluate nurse's role in management of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Methods: Modified Delphi with two rounds of questionnaires, followed by in-person meeting. International group of 12 nurses experienced with RA patients receiving biologic therapy.
We have reviewed the experience in a single center of a biologic register for rheumatoid arthritis patients. Over the past decade, the entry demographics show that we are treating patients at an earlier stage and with slightly less severe disease. Our outcomes measured by the percentage in DAS28 remission are comparable with national databases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Evaluate nurse's role in management of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Methods: Modified Delphi with two rounds of questionnaires, followed by in-person meeting. International group of 12 nurses experienced with RA patients receiving biologic therapy.
Objective: The Patient Acceptable Symptom State (PASS) constitutes an absolute level of patient well-being and represents an ambitious target for disease management. We explored contributors to PASS, validated the PASS concept, and assessed thresholds of self-reported outcomes below which patients considered themselves in PASS.
Methods: Patients with ankylosing spondylitis completed a questionnaire that included self-reported assessments of pain, fatigue, disease activity, function, patient global, quality of life (QOL), and whether they considered their current disease state satisfactory or not.
Objective: To compare a tape-based tool for measuring cervical mobility in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) with the widely practiced goniometer-based approach.
Methods: We developed a novel tape-based approach to measurement of lateral cervical rotation of the neck that is minimally affected by flexion/extension movements of the neck. This requires measurement of the difference between a mark at the suprasternal notch and the tragus of the ear.