SynthesisFrontiers in psychiatry2022
The Effects of Patient Education on Psychological Status and Clinical Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- The 2026 British Society for Rheumatology guideline for pain management in people with inflammatory arthritis.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2026Guideline
- mHealth-Based Self-Management Program for Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Study.Nursing & health sciences · 2024Trial
- Psychological Distress, Somatic Symptom Burden, and Quality of Life in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Cross-Sectional Study in Bosnia and Herzegovina.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Treatment-Related Burnout Scale for Rheumatic Diseases: Development and Preliminary Validation.Clinical rheumatology · 2026Article
- Improving exercise adherence in ankylosing spondylitis through individualized education and follow-up: a pilot randomized trial.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Article
- Prescription pattern assessment of pharmacotherapeutics used in the management of amyloidosis secondary to rheumatoid arthritis via systematic review and network meta-analysis.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2026Review
- Depressive symptoms and risk of incident activities of daily living disability among older adults with symptomatic arthritis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- The Impact of Insomnia on the Clinical Course and Treatment Outcomes of Rheumatoid Arthritis.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Evaluation of artificial ıntelligence use in ankylosing spondylitis with ChatGPT-4: patient and physician perspectives.Clinical rheumatology · 2025Article
- Use of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Spain and Barriers to Implementation: A Delphi Study.Advances in therapy · 2025Article
- Barriers and facilitators to exercise in people with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: a qualitative study.BMC rheumatology · 2025Article
- Expert Consensus on Developing Information and Communication Technology-Based Patient Education Guidelines for Rheumatic Diseases in the Korea.Journal of Korean medical science · 2025Article
- Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Recurrence Prevention Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of general medicine · 2025Article
- Uncovering essential skills for effective rheumatoid arthritis management: A qualitative grounded theory study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Chinese guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: 2024 update.Rheumatology and immunology research · 2024Article
- Health-related quality of life profiles in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a latent profile analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- The Effectiveness of Psychological Interventions for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Characteristics Associated with Good Self-Perceived Mental Health among United States Adults with Arthritis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common systemic inflammatory autoimmune disease. The disease has a serious impact on mental health and requires more effective non-pharmacological interventions. Objective: This study aims to systematically evaluate the effectiveness of patient education on psychological status and clinical outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis. Methods: This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE database, and Web of Science database were screened for articles published until November 2, 2021. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of patient education for RA were included. Outcomes measures included pain, physical function, disease activity, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP), anxiety, depression, Arthritis Self-Efficacy (pain, other symptoms, total), and General health. For each outcome, standardized mean differences or mean differences and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. Results: A total of 24 RCTs ( Conclusions: Patient education may be effective in improving clinical outcomes and psychological status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Considering the methodological limitations of the included RCTs, more high-quality and large-sample RCTs are needed to confirm this conclusion in the future. Systematic Review Registration: http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero, identifier: CRD42021250607.
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