Supporting Self-Management Education for Arthritis: Evidence from the Arthritis Conditions and Health Effects Survey on the Influential Role of Health Care Providers

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• Alternative Title:
  Chronic Illn
• Personal Author:
  Murphy, Louise B ; Theis, Kristina A ; Brady, Teresa J ; Sacks, Jeffrey J
• Description:
  Objective:
  
  Self-management education (SME) programs are recommended for many chronic conditions. We studied which adults with arthritis received a health care provider’s recommendation (HCP) to take an SME class and who attended.
  
  Methods:
  
  We analyzed data from a 2005/2006 national telephone survey of US adults with arthritis ≥45 years (n=1,793). We used multivariable-adjusted prevalence ratios (PR) from logistic regression models to estimate associations with: 1) receiving an HCP recommendation to take an SME class; and 2) attending an SME class.
  
  Results:
  
  Among all adults with arthritis: 9.9% received an HCP recommendation to take an SME class; 9.7% attended an SME class. Of those receiving a recommendation, 52.0% attended an SME class. The strongest association with SME class attendance was an HCP recommendation to take one (PR=8.9; 95% CI=6.6–12.1).
  
  Conclusions:
  
  For adults with arthritis, an HCP recommendation to take an SME class was strongly associated with SME class attendance. Approximately 50% of adults with arthritis have ≥ 1 other chronic condition; by recommending SME program attendance, HCPs may activate patients’ self-management behaviors. If generalizable to other chronic conditions, this HCP recommendation could be a key influencer in improving outcomes for a range of chronic conditions and patients’ quality of life.
  
  
• Keywords:
  Activity Limitations Adult Arthritis Health Care Provider Recommendations Health Personnel Health Surveys Humans Quality Of Life Self-Management Self-management Education
• Source:
  Chronic Illn. 17(3):217-231
• Pubmed ID:
  31475576
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10878350
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8b0bca676b1df4ab940d865c69a67d339017436de6960e9b33a609740c6efe95
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/150285/cdc_150285_DS1.pdf
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