Patient education programmes for adults with rheumatoid arthritis

doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7364.558

BMJ 2002;325:558-559 ( 14 September )

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Patient education programmes for adults with rheumatoid arthritis

Benefits are small and short lived

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As with other chronic diseases, no cure is available for most types of arthritis including rheumatoid arthritis. Furthermore,the course of the disease is often unpredictable, and the symptomscan vary from day to day or even from hour to hour. Because ofthe nature of pain and disability, the partial and inconsistenteffects of treatment, and the unpredictability that people witharthritis face on a daily basis, education programmes for patientshave become a complement to traditional medical treatment.¹These programmes have given people with arthritis the strategiesand tools necessary to make daily decisions to cope with the disease. ² ³

From the available literature, the effectiveness of educational interventions for people with rheumatoid arthritis and theclinical relevance of the benefits are still unclear. It is alsounclear what specific types of educational interventions are mosteffective in improving health status for patients with chronicdiseases.⁴ Educational strategies can . . . [Full text of this article]

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