About the Authors

Rebecca Whear

r.s.whear@exeter.ac.uk

Affiliation Peninsula Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, Institute of Health Research, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Abdul-Kareem Abdul-Rahman

Affiliation Peninsula Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, Institute of Health Research, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Kate Boddy

Affiliation Peninsula Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, Institute of Health Research, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Jo Thompson-Coon

Affiliation Peninsula Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, Institute of Health Research, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Mark Perry

Affiliation Rheumatlogy Department, Plymouth Healthcare National Health Service Trust, Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom

Ken Stein

Affiliation Peninsula Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, Institute of Health Research, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

MGP is currently involved with implementing and evaluating a patient initiated clinic for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis at Plymouth Healthcare National Health Service Trust. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RW AA JTC MP KS. Performed the experiments: RW AA KB JTC. Analyzed the data: RW AA JTC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: N/A. Wrote the paper: RW AA JTC KB MP KS.