Health status and self-management in patients with inflammatory arthritis-A five-year follow-up study after nurse-led patient education.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The aim of this study was to investigate changes in patients' self-management and health status five years after nurse-led patient education.

Design

A longitudinal study.

Methods

We collected self-reported data on physical function, pain, tiredness, disease activity, psychological status, patient activation and self-efficacy from a sample of Norwegian-speaking adults with inflammatory arthritis that had participated in a randomised controlled study investigating the effects of nurse-led patient education. Changes and associations in patients' health status and self-management were analysed with paired sample t tests and multivariable linear regression analyses, respectively.

Results

Except from a small deterioration in patients' physical function, th

SUBMITTER: Gronning K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6917950 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature