Group cognitive behavioural programme to reduce the impact of rheumatoid arthritis fatigue: the RAFT RCT with economic and qualitative evaluations

Hewlett, Sarah; Almeida, Celia; Ambler, Nicholas; Blair, Peter S; Choy, Ernest; Dures, Emma; Hammond, Alison; Hollingworth, William; Kadir, Bryar; Kirwan, John; Plummer, Zoe; Rooke, Clive; Thorn, Joanna; Turner, Nicholas; Pollock, Jonathan

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CBT plus usual care, delivered by clinical rheumatology teams, reduced fatigue impact in rheumatoid arthritis at 26 weeks beyond usual care alone, but with uncertain cost-effectiveness.

Sarah Hewlett , Celia Almeida , Nicholas Ambler , Peter S Blair , Ernest Choy , Emma Dures , Alison Hammond , William Hollingworth , Bryar Kadir , John Kirwan , Zoe Plummer , Clive Rooke, Joanna Thorn , Nicholas Turner & Jonathan Pollock .

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Sarah Hewlett ^1,^*, Celia Almeida ¹, Nicholas Ambler ², Peter S Blair ³, Ernest Choy ⁴, Emma Dures ¹, Alison Hammond ⁵, William Hollingworth ³, Bryar Kadir ³, John Kirwan ⁶, Zoe Plummer ¹, Clive Rooke ⁷, Joanna Thorn ³, Nicholas Turner ³, Jonathan Pollock ⁸

¹ Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of England Bristol, Bristol, UK
² Pain Management Centre, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK
³ Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
⁴ Section of Rheumatology, Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
⁵ Centre for Health Sciences Research, School of Health Sciences, University of Salford, Salford, UK
⁶ Academic Rheumatology, Department of Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
⁷ Patient Research Partner, Academic Rheumatology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK
⁸ Department of Health and Social Sciences, University of the West of England Bristol, Bristol, UK
^* Corresponding author Email: Sarah.Hewlett@uwe.ac.uk

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