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Review: group interventions may improve coping, quality of life, and social support in patients with arthritic conditions, but more research is needed

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.7.2.51

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    Savelkoul M, de Witte L, Post M. Stimulating active coping in patients with rheumatic diseases: a systematic review of controlled group intervention studies. Patient Educ Couns 2003;50:133–43..OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Q In patients with arthritic conditions, what are the effects of group interventions that teach active coping strategies?

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    Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (Issue 4, 1999), Medline (1966 to August 2000), EMBASE/Excerpta Medica (1984 to August 2000), PsycINFO (1967 to August 2000), Social Sciences Citation Index (1995 to June 2000), Current Contents (1998 to August 2000), and several other bibliographic databases; bibliographies of relevant studies, research reports, conference proceedings, and dissertations; and experts.

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    randomised controlled trials (RCTs) or non-randomised controlled trials in any language that examined interventions in patients, the majority of whom had chronic rheumatic disease affecting the joints; examined group interventions related to teaching patients active coping with problems in general (eg, stresses of daily …

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    • For correspondence: Dr M Savelkoul, Netherlands Institute for Care and Welfare (NIZW), Utrecht, Netherlands. m.savelkoulnizw.nl

    • Source of funding: no external funding.