Analysis of education-support groups for patients with rheumatoid arthritis |
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| Authors: | Potts M Brandt K D |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain;2. The Parker Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Frederiksberg, Denmark;3. Department of Physiology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain;4. Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain;5. Department of Physical Education, School of Education Science, University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain;1. Department of Pediatrics, Riley Child Development Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana;2. Department of Pediatrics, Section of Adolescent Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana;3. University Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indianapolis, Indiana;4. Global Health Outcomes, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey;5. Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina;6. Department of Pediatrics, Section of Adolescent Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana;1. Inserm, UMR 1173, infection et inflammation, université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, 78180 Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France;2. Laboratoire d’excellence Inflamex, université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, Paris, France;3. Genetics department, Ambroise-Paré hospital, AP–HP, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France;4. Rheumatology department, Ambroise-Paré hospital, AP–HP, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France;1. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia;2. Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia;3. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia;4. WA Centre for Rural Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia;5. Brewarrina Multipurpose Service, Brewarrina, NSW, Australia;6. Albury Wodonga Aboriginal Health Service, Albury Wodonga, NSW, Australia;7. Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia;8. University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia;9. Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK;10. Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation, Sydney, NSW, Australia;11. Heart Research Institute, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia;1. Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA;2. Department of Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA;3. Division of Rheumatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA |
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A controlled study of education-support groups for patients with rheumatoid arthritis showed that participation increased patients' knowledge about their disease (P less than 0.05) and improved some patients' perceptions of the adequacy of their families' attitudes and behavior. The groups had little effect on the patients' ability to cope with arthritis or on their compliance with prescribed treatment. Some participants felt threatened by the thought of meeting another patient with more severe rheumatoid arthritis than their own. This finding suggests that group leaders should facilitate open discussion of such emotional concerns, eg, fear and depression, that admixtures may generate. |
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