Effectiveness of An Educational Program on the Physical and Health Status of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Biological Therapy at Baghdad Teaching Hospitals AL-Kaabi Hashim Jebur Abed1,*, Prof. Mansour Khalida Alwan2 1MSc Adult Nursing, Ministry of Health, Iraq 2Professor, Department of Adult Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Baghdad, Iraq *Corresponding author: Hashim Jebur Abed AL-Kaabi. MSc Adult nursing, Ministry of Health, Iraq
Online published on 27 November, 2019. Abstract Objective The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational program on the physical and health status of patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with biological therapy. A quasi-experimental design was carried out in the Outpatient Clinics for Rheumatology at AL-Baghdad and Yarmouk Teaching Hospitals, the present study started from 21nd January 2018 to 1st June 2019, A non-probability (purposive) sample of (80) adult (male and female) patients divided into two groups, (40) patients are assigned to as case group was exposed to the educational program, the remaining (40) patients assigned to the control group which are not exposed to the educational Program, and who attend to Outpatient Clinics for Rheumatology The collected data included demographic variables, Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI), and Arthritis Impact Measurement Scale 2 (AIMS-2SF). The. SPSS 23 was used for data analysis. Mean, SD, t: Independent sample t-test, t: Paired-Sample t test, and ANOVA test, compare means were used to analyze the collected data. Level of significance was the threshold at p<0.05. There was a statistically significant decrease in physical disability for patients in the case group compared with the control group. (p ≤ 0.05). Top Keywords Rheumatoid Arthritis, Education Program, Health Status. Top |