Evidence suggesting that health education for self‐management in patients with chronic arthritis has sustained health benefits while reducing health care costs
Arthritis & RheumatismPublished 1 April 1993
Kate Lorig, Peter Mazonson, Halsted R. Holman
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It is found that health education in chronic arthritis may add significant and sustained benefits to conventional therapy while reducing costs.
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects of the Arthritis Self-Management Program 4 years after participation in it. METHODS: Valid self-administered instruments were used to measure health status, psychological states, and health service utilization. RESULTS: Pain had declined a mean of 20% and visits to physicians 40%, while physical disability had increased 9%. Comparison groups did not show similar changes. Estimated 4-year savings were $648 per rheumatoid arthritis patient and $189 per osteoarthritis patient. CONCLUSION: Health education in chronic arthritis may add significant and sustained benefits to conventional therapy while reducing costs.
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