Overarching principles
-
1. Patient education is a planned interactive learning process designed to support and enable people to manage their life with inflammatory arthritis and optimise their health and well-being -
2. Communication and shared decision making between people with inflammatory arthritis and their healthcare professionals are essential for effective patient education
|
|
---|
| | | Level of agreement mean (SD) |
Recommendations | Category of evidence | Strength of recommendation | Task force | Consultation group |
|
---|
1. Patient education should be provided for people with inflammatory arthritis as an integral part of standard care in order to increase patient involvement in disease management and health promotion | 1A–2B | A–C | 9.6 (0.8) | 9.2 (1.8) |
2. All people with inflammatory arthritis should have access to and be offered patient education throughout the course of their disease including as a minimum; at diagnosis, at pharmacological treatment change and when required by the patient's physical or psychological condition | 3–4 | C–D | 9.6 (0.7) | 9.1 (1.8) |
3. The content and delivery of patient education should be individually tailored and needs-based for people with inflammatory arthritis | 1B | A | 9.8 (0.6) | 9.1 (2.3) |
4. Patient education in inflammatory arthritis should include individual and/or group sessions, which can be provided through face-to-face or online interactions, and supplemented by phone calls, written or multimedia material | 1A–B | A | 9.5 (0.7) | 8.9 (2.4) |
5. Patient education programmes in inflammatory arthritis should have a theoretical framework and be evidence-based, such as self-management, cognitive behavioural therapy or stress management | 1A–B | A | 9.5 (0.9) | 8.8 (2.2) |
6. The effectiveness of patient education in inflammatory arthritis should be evaluated and outcomes used must reflect the objectives of the patient education programme | 4 | D | 9.6 (0.8) | 8.3 (1.8) |
7. Patient education in inflammatory arthritis should be delivered by competent health professionals and/or by trained patients, if appropriate, in a multidisciplinary team | 3 | C | 9.5 (0.8) | 8.4 (2.0) |
8. Providers of patient education in inflammatory arthritis should have access to and undertake specific training in order to obtain and maintain knowledge and skills | 3–4 | C–D | 9.4 (0.8) | 8.2 (1.6) |