Effects on self-efficacy for managing chronic pain and fatigue of rheumatoid arthritis following a group educational programme (based) on occupational therapy

Autor: Ricardo Moreno-Rodríguez, Inmaculada Garrote Camarena, José Luis López-Bastias, Carlos Goicoechea García
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: International Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Journal. 3
ISSN: 2574-9838
DOI: 10.15406/ipmrj.2018.03.00132
Popis: This study analyzes pain features in rheumatoid arthritis and the most relevant aspects that underlie occupational therapy intervention, to subsequently define an educational intervention model based on group occupational therapy. It also seeks to improve selfefficacy scores related to pain and fatigue management in an experimental group of 31 patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (compared with a control group of 31 patients, randomly distributed). The results reveal statistical significance (p
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