What arthritis pain practitioners and patients want in an online self-management programme.
OBJECTIVE
Self-management of pain is a critical component of arthritis care; however, limited mobility can restrict access to resources. Although the internet has become a primary source of health information, few studies address what patients want and need from a self-management website.


METHODS
Thirty-two people diagnosed with arthritis and 12 practitioners a) participated in individual one-hour interviews and b) sorted and rated a list of 88 unique statements that were derived from the interviews. Qualitative data were analysed using concept mapping procedures.


RESULTS
The six-cluster map provided the best discrimination between statements. Follow-up analyses suggested that although patients with arthritis and practitioners generally agree on the categories of content on a self-management website about arthritis, they appear to disagree on the importance of each category.


CONCLUSIONS
These findings about patient and provider desired content can be used by health educators to develop a curriculum for health education of patients with arthritis pain.
Inflexxion, Inc., Newton, MA 02464, USA. ktrudeau@inflexxion.com
Kimberlee J
KJ
Trudeau
Jessica L
JL
Ainscough
Lynette A
LA
Pujol
Sadaf
S
Charity
D001168:Arthritis / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D002755:Choice Behavior; D006801:Humans; D009862:Online Systems; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D059408:Pain Management; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D012219:Rheumatology / Q000379:methods*; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*