Arvidsson, B

Bergman, S

Bergsten, U

Hill, J

Ndosi, M

Petersson, IF

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This is a repository copy of Evaluation of educational needs among patients with RA usingthe swedish version of ENAT (SWENAT). Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy..White Rose Research Online URL for this paper:http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/93088/Version: Accepted VersionProceedings Paper:Bergsten, U, Arvidsson, B, Bergman, S et al. (3 more authors) (2008) Evaluation of educational needs among patients with RA using the swedish version of ENAT (SWENAT).Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. In: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2008), 11-14 Jun 2008, Paris, France. BMJ Publishing Group , p. 666. This is an author produced version of a conference paper published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 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Evaluation of educational needs among patients with RA using the Swedish version of ENAT (SWENAT) !U. Bergsten1, B. Arvidsson2, S. Bergman1, I.F. Petersson3, M. Ndosi4, J. Hill4.  !1Research and Development centre, Spenshult Hospital, Oskarström, Sweden;  2Faculty of Nursing Science, Gjövik University College, Gjövik, Norway;  3Departments of Rheumatology and Orthopedics, Lunds University Hospital, Lund, Sweden; 4Academic and Clinical Unit for Musculoskeletal Nursing, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK!Background The Arthritis Educational Needs Assessment Tool (the ENAT) was designed to identify individual educational needs of patients with arthritis. Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the educational needs of people with RA in Sweden. Methods ENAT  is  a  self‐completed  questionnaire  comprising  39  items  grouped  into  7  domains (managing pain, movement,  feelings, disease process,  treatments, self‐help measures and support  systems).  Patients  scored  the  items  by  ticking  5‐point  Likert  scales  ranging  from ''not at all  important'' = 1 to ''extremely important'' = 5. The Swedish version of the ENAT (SwENAT)  was  validated  by  using  Rasch  analysis  and  was  found  to  be  a  robust  tool  for assessing educational needs of people with arthritis  in Sweden. A convenience  sample of 125 patients with RA was recruited at Spenshult Hospital  in Sweden. They were given the SwENAT to complete at home. Questionnaires were scored by computing a domain median score. This way,  the  score would  represent educational need  for  that domain. Data were then analysed descriptively by using the median to measure central tendency, interquartile range (IQR) to measure spread and Kruskal‐Wallis test to determine significant differences between patient groups where appropriate. Results The sample of 125 (Male 30 [24%] Female 95 [76%]). Their median age was 61 years (IQR = 68 ‐ 51), and their median disease duration was 15 years (IQR = 29 ‐ 6). The patients with primary  education were  50  (40%), while  those with  secondary  education were  43  (34%). Those with tertiary education were 30 (24%).  Patients  reported  their  education  needs  on  disease  process  as  extremely  important (Median  =  5),  their  educational  needs  on  pain, movement,  feelings,  treatments  and  self‐help were ''very important'' (Median = 4). Educational need on support was fairly important (median = 3). Female patients, had significantly higher educational needs  than  their male counterparts on movement (p=0.027).   When  patients  were  categorized  based  on  quartiles  of  their  disease  duration,  (6,  15,  29 years),  the group with disease duration 7–15 years  indicated significantly  less educational needs  than  the other  groups on pain and  self‐help  (p=0.038 & 0.030  respectively).  There were  no  significant  differences  of  educational  needs  among  patients  with  different educational backgrounds.!Conclusion Patients  with  RA  rated  information  on  disease  process  as  extremely  importance.  While there was a high need of education early in the disease, the educational needs were lower in patients with established disease  irrespective of educational  level. There  is also a need for education through the whole life span in patients with RA. To cite this abstract Bergsten U, Arvidsson B, Bergman S, Petersson I, Ndosi M, Hill J. Evaluation of educational needs  among  patients  with  RA  using  the  Swedish  version  of  ENAT  (SWENAT).  Paper preented  in  the  Annual  European  Congress  of  Rheumatology  (EULAR  2008)  2008  11‐14 June; Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2008;67(Suppl II):666  http://www.abstracts2view.com/eular/view.php?nu=EULAR08L_FRI0495‐AHP&terma=    

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