Patient Evaluation of a Novel Patient Education Leaflet About Heart Disease Risk Among People with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Abstract

Patient evaluation of new educational resources is important and ensures that materials meet patients' needs and are presented in a user-friendly style. Ultimately, the test of the effectiveness of the leaflet will be if patients change their behaviour appropriately.

Individualised aerobic and resistance exercise training improves cardiorespiratory fitness and reduces cardiovascular risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

“…Participants in the exercise group received a 6-month individualised exercise intervention, while the control group only received verbal advice about the cardiovascular and arthritis-related benefits of exercise for the same period 21 22. All participants received relevant information leaflets of the British Heart Foundation and Arthritis Research UK.…”

Supporting shared decision-making and people’s understanding of medicines: An exploration of the acceptability and comprehensibility of patient information

“… 29 As suggested by John et al . 30 in a study on patient evaluation of a factsheet, although patients may feel empowered after reading a factsheet to modify their actions, this may not have any measurable impact on behaviour. This phenomena, termed the ‘intention-behaviour gap’ stipulates that whilst individuals may feel empowered to engage with a specific behaviour, they may fail to execute the behavior.…”

Nurse management of cardiovascular risk factors in rheumatoid arthritis

“…Studies evaluating the efficacy of nurse-led care prevention interventions to decrease CV risk among individuals with RA are limited. In the UK, educational material such as patient information leaflets explaining CV disease for people with RA have been developed (John et al, 2011). In addition, there are several studies in which nurse-led CV risk factor interventions provided improvements in individuals' medication self-efficacy and adherence, CV risk reduction and/or targets in people with diabetes (Wallymahmed et al, 2011), symptomatic vascular disease (Sol et al, 2008) and stroke (Ellis et al, 2005); nursing intervention produced modest reductions in blood pressure in spite of not modifying the overall risk factor control (Sol et al, 2008).…”