Table 3.
QES supporting each conceptual category
| Theme | Campbell & colleagues 2011 [64] | Daker-white, Donovan & Campbell 2014 [63] | Fedderson& Colleagues 2017 [62] | Hoving & colleagues 2013 [61] | Hulen & colleagues 2016 [67] | Kelly & colleagues 2017 [66] | Lin & colleagues 2011 [65] | Stack & colleagues 2011 [60] | Stack & colleagues 2013 [59] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheumatoid arthritis is in control of my body | X | X | X | X | Studies explore experience of Disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDS) | X | X | ||
| Rheumatoid arthritis alters reciprocity | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Rheumatoid arthritis is an emotional challenge | X | X | X | X | |||||
| The challenge of balancing roles | X | X | |||||||
| rheumatoid arthritis disrupts mx present and future self | X | X | X | ||||||
| rheumatoid arthritis is variable and unpredictable | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| rheumatoid arthritis is invisible | X | X | X | X | |||||
| i am trying to make sense of what is happening | X | X | X | ||||||
| i need a positive experience of healthcare | X | X | |||||||
| Reframing the situation is precarious | X | X | X | X |