Health status and self-management in patients with inflammatory arthritis-A five-year follow-up study after nurse-led patient education.
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SUBMITTER: Gronning K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6917950 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
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Health status and self-management in patients with inflammatory arthritis-A five-year follow-up study after nurse-led patient education.
Grønning Kjersti K Lim Siriwan S Bratås Ola O
Nursing open 20191008 1
<h4>Aim</h4>The aim of this study was to investigate changes in patients' self-management and health status five years after nurse-led patient education.<h4>Design</h4>A longitudinal study.<h4>Methods</h4>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 eff ...[more]
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