Nurse-led care for the management of rheumatoid arthritis: A review of the global literature and proposed strategies for implementation in Africa and the Middle East
Globally, increasing demand for rheumatology services has led to a greater reliance on non-physician healthcare professionals (HCPs), such as rheumatology nurse specialists, to deliver care as part of a multidisciplinary team. Across Africa and the Middle East (AfME), there remains a shortage of rhe...
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| author | Uthman, I Almoallim, H Buckley, CD Masri, B Dahou-Makhloufi, C El Dershaby, Y Sunna, N Raza, K Kumar, K Abu-Saad Huijer, H Tashkandi, N Louw, I Adelowo, O |
| author_facet | Uthman, I Almoallim, H Buckley, CD Masri, B Dahou-Makhloufi, C El Dershaby, Y Sunna, N Raza, K Kumar, K Abu-Saad Huijer, H Tashkandi, N Louw, I Adelowo, O |
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| description | Globally, increasing demand for rheumatology services has led to a greater reliance on non-physician healthcare professionals (HCPs), such as rheumatology nurse specialists, to deliver care as part of a multidisciplinary team. Across Africa and the Middle East (AfME), there remains a shortage of rheumatology HCPs, including rheumatology nurses, which presents a major challenge to the delivery of rheumatology services, and subsequently the treatment and management of conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To further explore the importance of nurse-led care (NLC) for patients with RA and create a set of proposed strategies for the implementation of NLC in the AfME region, we used a modified Delphi technique. A review of the global literature was conducted using the PubMed search engine, with the most relevant publications selected. The findings were summarized and presented to the author group, which was composed of representatives from different countries and HCP disciplines. The authors also drew on their knowledge of the wider literature to provide context. Overall, results suggest that NLC is associated with improved patient perceptions of RA care, and equivalent or superior clinical and cost outcomes versus physician-led care in RA disease management. Expert commentary provided by the authors gives insights into the challenges of implementing nurse-led RA care. We further report practical proposed strategies for the development and implementation of NLC for patients with RA, specifically in the AfME region. These proposed strategies aim to act as a foundation for the introduction and development of NLC programs across the AfME region. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:f7fffcb0-d003-4375-92cf-f3eee4d734142022-03-27T12:47:04ZNurse-led care for the management of rheumatoid arthritis: A review of the global literature and proposed strategies for implementation in Africa and the Middle EastJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:f7fffcb0-d003-4375-92cf-f3eee4d73414EnglishSymplectic ElementsSpringer2020Uthman, IAlmoallim, HBuckley, CDMasri, BDahou-Makhloufi, CEl Dershaby, YSunna, NRaza, KKumar, KAbu-Saad Huijer, HTashkandi, NLouw, IAdelowo, OGlobally, increasing demand for rheumatology services has led to a greater reliance on non-physician healthcare professionals (HCPs), such as rheumatology nurse specialists, to deliver care as part of a multidisciplinary team. Across Africa and the Middle East (AfME), there remains a shortage of rheumatology HCPs, including rheumatology nurses, which presents a major challenge to the delivery of rheumatology services, and subsequently the treatment and management of conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To further explore the importance of nurse-led care (NLC) for patients with RA and create a set of proposed strategies for the implementation of NLC in the AfME region, we used a modified Delphi technique. A review of the global literature was conducted using the PubMed search engine, with the most relevant publications selected. The findings were summarized and presented to the author group, which was composed of representatives from different countries and HCP disciplines. The authors also drew on their knowledge of the wider literature to provide context. Overall, results suggest that NLC is associated with improved patient perceptions of RA care, and equivalent or superior clinical and cost outcomes versus physician-led care in RA disease management. Expert commentary provided by the authors gives insights into the challenges of implementing nurse-led RA care. We further report practical proposed strategies for the development and implementation of NLC for patients with RA, specifically in the AfME region. These proposed strategies aim to act as a foundation for the introduction and development of NLC programs across the AfME region. |
| spellingShingle | Uthman, I Almoallim, H Buckley, CD Masri, B Dahou-Makhloufi, C El Dershaby, Y Sunna, N Raza, K Kumar, K Abu-Saad Huijer, H Tashkandi, N Louw, I Adelowo, O Nurse-led care for the management of rheumatoid arthritis: A review of the global literature and proposed strategies for implementation in Africa and the Middle East |
| title | Nurse-led care for the management of rheumatoid arthritis: A review of the global literature and proposed strategies for implementation in Africa and the Middle East |
| title_full | Nurse-led care for the management of rheumatoid arthritis: A review of the global literature and proposed strategies for implementation in Africa and the Middle East |
| title_fullStr | Nurse-led care for the management of rheumatoid arthritis: A review of the global literature and proposed strategies for implementation in Africa and the Middle East |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nurse-led care for the management of rheumatoid arthritis: A review of the global literature and proposed strategies for implementation in Africa and the Middle East |
| title_short | Nurse-led care for the management of rheumatoid arthritis: A review of the global literature and proposed strategies for implementation in Africa and the Middle East |
| title_sort | nurse led care for the management of rheumatoid arthritis a review of the global literature and proposed strategies for implementation in africa and the middle east |
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