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Rheumatology 2001; 40: 1418-1419
© 2001 British Society for Rheumatology

Letters to the Editor

An evaluation of two rheumatology patient information programs

L. H. Webb, J. Shewan2, A. O. Adebajo,1 and S. D. Harker3

Department of Research and Development and
1Department of Rheumatology, Barnsley District General Hospital NHS Trust, Gawber Road, Barnsley SE75 2EP,
2Nursing Directorate, Pinderfields and Pontefract Hospitals NHS Trust, Aberford Road, Wakefield WF1 4EE and
3Department of Human Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK

SIR, Information for Health, the information strategy for the NHS [1] states that patients should have access to accredited, independent, multimedia information about their problems, treatment options and possible outcomes. Studies have shown that patient education, in the form of self management or cognitive behaviour therapy programmes, can improve the health status of patients with a chronic disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis, in addition to the outcomes of medical or surgical treatments . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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