The Complexity of the Treatment: The Decision-Making Process Among Women With Rheumatoid Arthritis
| Autor: | Elizabeth Salt, Ann R. Peden |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Decision Making Anti-Inflammatory Agents MEDLINE Kentucky Pain Disease Grounded theory Medication Adherence Arthritis Rheumatoid Health care Humans Medicine Patient participation Decision-making Intensive care medicine Qualitative Research Aged Aged 80 and over Evidence-Based Medicine business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Evidence-based medicine Middle Aged Antirheumatic Agents Physical therapy Women's Health Female Patient Participation business Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Qualitative Health Research. 21:214-222 |
| ISSN: | 1552-7557 1049-7323 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1049732310381086 |
| Popis: | There are effective medications available for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA); yet, medication adherence remains a problem. In this study, grounded theory methodology was used to investigate the decision-making process used by 30 women with RA when deciding to participate in an evidence-based treatment regimen for this disease. From the study findings, a four-phase process was identified. Pain, life functioning, and exhaustion of health care resources are the components of the initial phase, decision initiation. During knowledge acquisition, the second phase, patients attain information about RA and medications used for its treatment from varying sources. The third phase, trusting the health care provider, is defined by a trusting relationship between patients and health care providers. Patients decide to take or not take medications for RA during the final phase, decision is made. The participating women with RA used a complex decision-making process when deciding to take medications for this disease. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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