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Table 3 QES supporting each conceptual category

From: Living life precariously with rheumatoid arthritis - a mega-ethnography of nine qualitative evidence syntheses

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

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