Towards Evidence-Based Self-Management for Spondyloarthritis Patients

Publication details

Part of: GLOBAL HEALTH 2016, The Fifth International Conference on Global Health Challenges (International Academy, Research and Industry Association (IARIA), 2016)
Pages: 43–48
Year: 2016
Links:
- FULLTEKST: http://thinkmind.org/download.php?articleid=global_health_2016_3_20_70021
- OMTALE: http://thinkmind.org/index.php?view=article&articleid=global_health_2016_3_20_70021

We developed a concept including a set of tools for self-management for patients suffering from axial spondyloarthritis (SpA). This concept involves patient-recorded outcome measures, both subjective assessment and clinical measurements, that are used to present recommendations. We report from experiences made while implementing a proof of this concept. Besides giving the patient a self-management tool, our work also improved the methodology for clinical measurements.