Patient education, disease activity and physical function: Can we be more targeted? A cross sectional study among people with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and hand osteoarthritis

Dr?goi, R?zvan G.; Stamm, Tanja A.; Dr?goi, R?zvan G; Ndosi, Mwidimi; Sadlonova, Martina; Hill, Jackie; Duer, Mona; Graninger, Winfried; Stamm, Tanja A; Smolen, Josef

Abstract

Introduction: In order to target educational needs of patients more effectively, an Austrian-German educational needs assessment tool (OENAT) was developed, the educational needs of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and hand osteoarthritis (HOA) were described and the relationships between educational needs, gender, disease activity and function were explored.Methods: The English ENAT was adapted into Austrian-German using Beaton's cross-cultural adaptation process. Internal construct validity was assessed by Rasch analysis. Educational needs across diagnostic groups and subgroups of patients were summarized descriptively and their relationship with disease activity and physical functioning explored.Results: The sample comprised 130 RA, 125 PsA and 48 HOA patients. Their mean ages ± SD were 56 ± 14, 51 ± 11 and 64 ± 7 years for RA, PsA and HOA; disease duration was 11 ± 9, 11 ± 11 and 14 ± 9 years, respectively. More than 70% in each patient group expressed interest in receiving education about their disease.The educational needs differed significantly between women and men in all 3 groups. In RA and PsA, female patients expressed significantly higher educational needs than men in 'movements' and 'feelings' domains (p=0.04 and p=0.03 for RA and p5 years), expressed higher educational needs in 'movements' (p

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 27, 2013
• Publication Date: Oct 20, 2013
• Deposit Date: May 26, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: May 26, 2017
• Journal: Arthritis Research and Therapy
• Print ISSN: 1478-6354
• Electronic ISSN: 1478-6362
• Publisher: BioMed Central
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 5
• Pages: R156
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/ar4339
• Keywords: patient education, disease activity, physical function, targeted, cross sectional study, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, hand osteoarthritis
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/926832
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar4339
• Contract Date: May 26, 2017