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Arthritis self-management studies — a twelve-year review
Author(s)	Kate Lorig, Halsted Holman
Journal title	Health Education Quarterly, vol 1, Spring 1993
Pages	pp 17-28
Keywords	Arthritis ; Self care capacity ; Medical care ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	The Arthritis Self-Management Program (ASMP) is a patient education intervention developed and studied over 12 years in the US, results of which are summarised in this paper. In randomised trials, the ASMP improves health behaviours, self-efficacy and aspects of health status. Its effects last for as long as four years without formal reinforcement; and improvement gains by ASMP participants have importance both clinically and in terms of cost effectiveness. The mechanisms by which ASMP affects health status appears to be more closely linked to changes in self-efficacy than to changes in health behaviour. Consequently, the ASMP is an intervention that can be and has been disseminated widely. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-980828208 A
Classmark	CLA: CA: LK: 3J: 7T *
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