A nurse-led rheumatology clinic’s impact on empowering patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A qualitative studyShow others and affiliations
2006 (English)In: Nursing and Health Sciences, ISSN 1441-0745, E-ISSN 1442-2018, Vol. 8, no 3, p. 133-139Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The aim of this study was to describe a nurse-led rheumatology clinic’s impact on empowering patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory disease that attacks many joints, causing considerable functional restrictions for patients. Consequently, these patients are dependent on a wide variety of health-care services. A descriptive, qualitative design inspired by phenomenography was chosen. The conceptions were collected through interviews with 16 strategically selected patients with RA. Three descriptive categories comprising eight conceptions emerged: teaching (gaining insight and receiving information), regular review (receiving security, realizing regularity, and achieving accessibility), and attention (getting a holistic assessment, receiving coordinated care, and getting sufficient time). A nurse-led rheumatology clinic can be a source for empowering patients with RA to adopt new stances to alternative actions and achieve a higher level of faith in their own abilities.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Richmond, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell, 2006. Vol. 8, no 3, p. 133-139
Keywords [en]
Empowering, Nurse-led rheumatology clinic, Patient, Phenomenography
National Category
Nursing
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-1315DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2006.00269.xPubMedID: 16911172Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-33746592105Local ID: 2082/1694OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-1315DiVA, id: diva2:238533
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