Motivational interviewing: relevance in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis?

ABSTRACT: Advances in pharmacological treatment options in RA have led to a dramatic potential for improvement in patients' physical and psychological status. Despite advances, poor outcomes, including fatigue, pain, reduced physical activity and quality of life, are still observed. Reasons include non-adherence to medication, insufficient knowledge about the disease and lack of support in coping and effectively self-managing their condition. Motivational interviewing (MI) is a person-centred approach that relies on collaboration and empathy aiming to elicit a person's own motivation for behaviour change. It has been implemented in a variety of long-term conditions, addressing issues such as lifestyle changes with beneficial effects, but it is yet to be widely recognized and adopted in the field of

SUBMITTER: Georgopoulou S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5854032 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature