Table 2 Overview of the findings
From: Patients’ confidence in coping with arthritis after nurse-led education; a qualitative study
Research question | How do patients with arthritis perceive to cope with their arthritis after participating in patient education? | |
|---|---|---|
Theme | Strengthened confidence | “It [the sessions] was filled with a sense of belonging or connectedness. You have to know everything, things that were normal. You did not feel that you were the only one who felt it like this. [The interviewer]: Did it make you feel safer or more relaxed? |
I: Yes, it really did. | ||
(Female, UA for seven years) | ||
Categories | Coping with disease fluctuations | “It felt good. I got confirmation about what I had thought and what I have been feeling, especially with the fatigue….Now I knew that this lack of energy is kind of a “side effect” of having arthritis”. |
(Male, PsA for 15 years) | ||
Changed health behaviors | “Yes, I have made changes. I have changed my diet. It is better now because we eat more vegetables”. | |
(Female, RA for seven years) | ||
Knowledge about medications | “I always heard that it [cortizone] was dangerous. Especially from our family doctor; he was totally against it. I heard many horror stories. It was very informative and instructive to learn that it was not always that dangerous”. | |
(Female, PsA for 12 years) | ||