1. Impact of peer-led group education on the quality of life in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
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Kaya T, Goksel Karatepe A, Atici Ozturk P, and Gunaydin R
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- Adult, Depression diagnosis, Depression psychology, Female, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pamphlets, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Social Behavior, Spondylitis, Ankylosing diagnosis, Spondylitis, Ankylosing psychology, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, Turkey, Patient Education as Topic methods, Peer Group, Quality of Life, Spondylitis, Ankylosing therapy
- Abstract
Objectives: To determine the effect of peer-led group education on the quality of life and depression in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS)., Methods: Eighty patients with definite AS were allocated randomly to either the education or control group. The education group (n = 40) was subjected to a peer-led group education program about disease and was given an educational booklet, while the control group (n = 40) was given the educational booklet only. Levels of quality of life and depression were measured at baseline, immediately after education (fourth week) and at 6 months in both groups., Results: The results are based on 56 (n = 27, education group; n = 29, control group) patients. The level of quality of life and depressive symptoms were not changed except for a deterioration in the social functioning subgroup of Short From (SF)-36 in both groups. When the groups were compared, there were no significant differences between changes in social functioning scores., Conclusions: Peer-led education did not alter quality of life levels and depression scores. However, because of the maintainance of quality of life levels, this type of intervention may be considered as a supplementary intervention to the standard medical care for management of AS., (© 2013 Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology and Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd.)
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- 2016
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