Evaluation of a psychoeducational intervention including emotional intelligence to increase treatment adherence in rheumatoid arthritis (A pilot study)

Autor: F D J Pérez-Vázquez, M Vázquez-Del-Mercado, E Chavarría-Ávila, E Cárdenas-Cloud, F J Romero-Abundis, R M Meda-Lara, A J L Brambila-Tapia
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Reumatismo, Vol 73, Iss 3 (2021)
ISSN: 2240-2683
0048-7449
Popis: Our objective was to perform two studies: a cross-sectional study in order to identify the main psychological variables associated to treatment adherence in rheumatoid arthritis and an intervention based on psychoeducation to assess its impact on the variables identified in the first study. We measured treatment adherence, self-efficacy, beliefs about medication, emotional intelligence and disability along with personal and disease variables in the cross-sectional study and the same variables were measured in the intervention before and after the program and 3 months later in 2 groups (an experimental group and an active control group). In the cross-sectional study (N=33) we found that the variables most associated with treatment adherence were emotional clarity (r=0.352, p
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