Patient education and self-management of musculoskeletal diseases.
The research literature reports that patient (consumer) education and self-management programs and practices help people with chronic disease live better lives by improving health outcomes and psycho-emotional and psychosocial measures. However, arthritis charities that offer self-management programs in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada anecdotally report significant drops in enrollment, and emerging data suggest that these types of programs are not a panacea for people attending them. This chapter will provide the reader with the following: an introduction to patient education and self-management; a discussion on participation rates in patient education and arthritis self-management programs; an overview of the 'state-of-the-art' in patient education and self-management programs; new ideas on patient education delivery models; tips on improving physician-patient communication; and suggested areas of research required to advance the area of patient education and self-management.
Arthritis Consumer Experts, 4038 West 38th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6N 2Y9, Canada.
Cheryl L
CL
Koehn
John M
JM
Esdaile
D001168:Arthritis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010819:Physician's Role; D012648:Self Care