Trial reportClinical rheumatology2008
Limited results of group self-management education for rheumatoid arthritis patients and their partners: explanations from the patient perspective.
Trial report in Clinical rheumatology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evaluation of a disease specific rheumatoid arthritis self-management education program, a single group repeated measures study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2015Trial
- The effect of the Arthritis Self-Management Program on outcome in African Americans with rheumatoid arthritis served by a public hospital.Clinical rheumatology · 2013Trial
- A self-management intervention for newly diagnosed with inflammatory arthritis: a randomized controlled feasibility and fidelity study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
- Newly diagnosed with inflammatory arthritis (NISMA)-development of a complex self-management intervention.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Developing the Korean Educational Needs Assessment Tool (Korean ENAT) in rheumatoid arthritis: cross-cultural validation using Rasch analysis.The Korean journal of internal medicine · 2021Article
- [Evaluation of a basic educational program for patients with rheumatoid arthritis].Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie · 2020Article
- Identifying real and perceived barriers to therapeutic education programs for individuals with inflammatory arthritis.Clinical rheumatology · 2016Article
- Self-management support from the perspective of patients with a chronic condition: a thematic synthesis of qualitative studies.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2016Review
- [EULAR recommendations for patient education of people with inflammatory arthritis. Translation and evaluation in Germany].Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie · 2016Article
- The educational needs of people with systemic sclerosis: a cross-sectional study using the Dutch version of the Educational Needs Assessment Tool (D-ENAT).Rheumatology international · 2016Article
- Developing the Polish Educational Needs Assessment Tool (Pol-ENAT) in rheumatoid arthritis and systemic sclerosis: a cross-cultural validation study using Rasch analysis.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2015Article
- Future perspectives of Smartphone applications for rheumatic diseases self-management.Rheumatology international · 2015Review
- Individuals with chronic low back pain have greater difficulty in engaging in positive lifestyle behaviours than those without back pain: an assessment of health literacy.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2011Article
- Measuring educational needs among patients with rheumatoid arthritis using the Dutch version of the Educational Needs Assessment Tool (DENAT).Clinical rheumatology · 2009Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
This study aimed to identify the reasons for limited results of group self-management for RA patients and their partners from the patient perspective. Semi-structured interviews with ten male and ten female patients who had participated in group self-management with or without their partner were content analyzed with respect to motivation to participate and the effects of the program on them. The limited effects of the self-management program appear to be linked with low motivation to participate and to change health behavior. The data show that a decline in health and also stressful life events might be associated with the disappointing effects of the program. Three strategies were proposed for improving the program's effects: (a) provide information about the program in advance to ensure that patients have appropriate expectations. (b) Enhance intrinsic motivation to change health behavior by counseling techniques. (c) Tailoring with respect to motivation and current concerns could help to form more homogeneous groups or could be the basis for a tailored online intervention.
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