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Artrosskola i primärvården. Pilotstudie av 14 ars erfarenheter från Malmö.

Ekvall-Hansson, Eva LU ; Sörensson, Eva ; Ronnheden, Anne-Marie ; Lundgren, Malin ; Bjärnung, Asa and Dahlberg, Leif LU (2008) In Läkartidningen 105(32-33). p.2175-2177
Abstract
Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the major diseases. Physical activity has shown to have positive effects on joint cartilage and on function as well as to reduce pain among patients with OA. Patient education is one way to increase knowledge about the disease and how to cope with it. Patient education, distributed to OA-patients by a multidisciplinary team in primary health care has been used successfully in Malmö for 14 years. About 100 patients per year participate. Evaluation with Arthritis self-efficacy scale after the education-programme has shown positive effects on function and on coping with pain and other symptoms. In this article we describe the programme and our experience of patient education for OA patients in primary health... (More)
Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the major diseases. Physical activity has shown to have positive effects on joint cartilage and on function as well as to reduce pain among patients with OA. Patient education is one way to increase knowledge about the disease and how to cope with it. Patient education, distributed to OA-patients by a multidisciplinary team in primary health care has been used successfully in Malmö for 14 years. About 100 patients per year participate. Evaluation with Arthritis self-efficacy scale after the education-programme has shown positive effects on function and on coping with pain and other symptoms. In this article we describe the programme and our experience of patient education for OA patients in primary health care. The patient education programme is currently being evaluated with a randomized, controlled trial. (Less)
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Community Health Centers: manpower, Osteoarthritis: diagnosis, Osteoarthritis: psychology, Primary Health Care: manpower, Osteoarthritis: rehabilitation
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Läkartidningen
volume
105
issue
32-33
pages
2175 - 2177
publisher
Swedish Medical Association
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  • pmid:18780691
  • scopus:49649121281
ISSN
0023-7205
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Swedish
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yes
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d83e0214-c0d9-4e66-8fe0-8aa6d7df5f1c (old id 1243235)
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http://ltarkiv.lakartidningen.se/artNo35401
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18780691?dopt=Abstract
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  number       = {{32-33}},
  pages        = {{2175--2177}},
  publisher    = {{Swedish Medical Association}},
  series       = {{Läkartidningen}},
  title        = {{Artrosskola i primärvården. Pilotstudie av 14 ars erfarenheter från Malmö.}},
  url          = {{http://ltarkiv.lakartidningen.se/artNo35401}},
  volume       = {{105}},
  year         = {{2008}},
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