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Patient education in arthritis: helping people change
Author(s) -
Hammond Alison
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
musculoskeletal care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1557-0681
pISSN - 1478-2189
DOI - 10.1002/msc.44
Subject(s) - motivational interviewing , medicine , behaviour change , cognition , behavior change , patient education , psychotherapist , arthritis , applied psychology , medical education , psychology , nursing , psychiatry , psychological intervention , pathology , immunology
Systematic reviews of education for arthritis patients have emphasized behavioural approaches are effective in facilitating behaviour change and improving psychological and health status. This article discusses how a range of patient education and motivational approaches could be integrated into clinical practice to help people make behavioural changes to benefit their health. These include information giving, counselling, motivational interviewing, behaviour‐orientated self‐management therapy and cognitive–behavioural approaches. Copyright © 2003 Whurr Publishers Ltd.