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Introducción: La osteoartritis de rodilla (OA) es un problema importante de salud pública porque causa dolor y limitación funcional en los pacientes. Sin embargo, el compromiso con la autogestión puede minimizar el impacto de la OA en la salud de los pacientes que padecen esta enfermedad. Para estar completamente comprometido con las actividades de autogestión, el conocimiento sobre OA es un requisito previo. Hay datos acerca de la comprensión de las personas sobre OA y sus necesidades de información sobre OA. La Educational Needs Assessment Tool-versión en español (SpENAT, por sus siglas en inglés) es un cuestionario autoinformado que evalúa las necesidades educativas (Ned) con el fin de brindar información adaptada y enfocada a pacientes con OA de rodilla. Consta de 39 preguntas agrupadas en 7 dominios: dolor, movimiento, sentimientos, osteoartritis, tratamiento médico, tratamiento no médico y ayuda. Objetivos: Estimar las Ned en pacientes con OA de rodilla utilizando el SpENAT. Material y método: Se realizó un estudio observacional, descriptivo y transversal en 215 pacientes con diagnóstico de OA de rodilla según criterio del American College of Rheumatology que acudieron a la consulta protocolizada de patología de rodilla del servicio de Reumatología del Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Hermanos Ameijeiras durante el período de estudio comprendido entre enero de 2017 y agosto de 2020. Se registraron datos demográficos, nivel educativo y características de la enfermedad. Todos los pacientes completaron el SpENAT y se les preguntó sobre las fuentes a las que recurrieron para obtener información sobre su enfermedad. Resultados: Predominaron las mujeres mayores de 50 años y con sobrepeso con diagnóstico de OA. Se observaron mayores Ned en los dominios movimiento, ayuda, dolor, sentimiento, OA.(AU)
Introduction: Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a major public health issue because it causes pain and functional limitation in patients. Engagement with self-management may, however, minimize the impact of KOA on the health of patients suffering this illness. To be fully engaged with self-management activities, knowledge about KOA is a prerequisite. There is data on people's understanding of KOA and their needs for information about KOA. The Educational Needs Assessment Tool- Spanish version (SpENAT) is a self-reported questionnaire that assesses educational needs (Ned) in order to provide information adapted and focused on patients with knee KOA. It comprises 39 questions grouped into seven domains: Pain, Movement, Feelings, Osteoarthritis, Medical treatment, Non-medical treatment, Help. Objectives: To estimate the Ned in patients with knee KOA using the SpENAT. Material and method: An observational, descriptive, and cross-sectional study was carried out in 215 patients with a diagnosis of knee KOA according to the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology who attended the service's protocolized consultation of knee conditions of rheumatology at the Hermanos Ameijeiras Surgical Clinical Hospital during the study period between January 2017 and August 2020. Demographic data, educational level and characteristics of the disease were recorded. All patients completed the SpENAT and were questioned about the sources they turn to obtain information on their disease. Results: Women over 50 years of age and overweight with a diagnosis of OA predominated. Major Ned were observed in the domains of movement, help, pain, feeling, KOA. Patients over 50 years of age, female, normal weight, and active workers showed greater interest in the movement domain. The most used source of information was the rheumatologist (91.60%).(AU)
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Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Osteoartrite do Joelho , Joelho , Traumatismos do Joelho , Sobrepeso , Osteoartrite , Inquéritos e Questionários , Epidemiologia Descritiva , Estudos TransversaisRESUMO
INTRODUCTION: Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a major public health issue because it causes pain and functional limitation in patients. Engagement with self-management may, however, minimize the impact of KOA on the health of patients suffering this illness. To be fully engaged with self-management activities, knowledge about KOA is a prerequisite. There is data on people's understanding of KOA and their needs for information about KOA. The Educational Needs Assessment Tool-Spanish version (SpENAT) is a self-reported questionnaire that assesses educational needs (Ned) in order to provide information adapted and focused on patients with knee KOA. It comprises 39 questions grouped into seven domains: Pain, Movement, Feelings, Osteoarthritis, Medical treatment, Non-medical treatment, Help. OBJECTIVES: To estimate the Ned in patients with knee KOA using the SpENAT. MATERIAL AND METHOD: An observational, descriptive, and cross-sectional study was carried out in 215 patients with a diagnosis of knee KOA according to the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology who attended the service's protocolized consultation of knee conditions of rheumatology at the "Hermanos Ameijeiras" Surgical Clinical Hospital during the study period between January 2017 and August 2020. Demographic data, educational level and characteristics of the disease were recorded. All patients completed the SpENAT and were questioned about the sources they turn to obtain information on their disease. RESULTS: Women over 50 years of age and overweight with a diagnosis of OA predominated. Major Ned were observed in the domains of movement, help, pain, feeling, KOA. Patients over 50 years of age, female, normal weight, and active workers showed greater interest in the movement domain. The most used source of information was the rheumatologist (91.60%). CONCLUSION: The Ned in patients with knee KOA are high, and are higher in the domains of movement, pain, help and feeling. The rheumatologist is the main source of information for patients with KOA, it seems wise to design a targeted strategy to educate people about KOA to provide, support and prepare them for self-management.
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Osteoartrite do Joelho , Humanos , Feminino , Estados Unidos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Osteoartrite do Joelho/terapia , Estudos Transversais , Articulação do Joelho , Inquéritos e Questionários , DorRESUMO
The educational needs assessment tool (ENAT) is a seven-domain questionnaire assessing the educational needs (EN) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The aim of this study was to validate the Italian version of the ENAT and to identify factors associated with EN in people with RA. The original English ENAT version was translated into Italian according to Beaton's method and subjected to Rasch analysis for validity testing. Socio-demographic and clinical variables were tested for associations with the ENAT domain scores using a multivariable linear regression model. The ENAT translated well into Italian and retained its construct validity. Some adjustments were needed when pooling the Italian and English datasets. The overall score of the ENAT had a high median: 82.8 (interquartile range (IQR): 57.5 to 100) i.e., 72.4% of the maximum score. The highest score was observed in the domain "Arthritis process" and the lowest was in "Support systems". Only gender was independently associated with EN (females having higher EN than males). The Italian ENAT is feasible for the use in the clinical setting and may help the health care practitioners to tailor educational interventions for RA patients. The characteristics of the patients, particularly female gender, may be associated with higher EN.
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BACKGROUND: The SpENAT, a Spanish version of the Educational Needs Assessment Tool, is a self-completed questionnaire that assesses educational needs (ENs) with the purpose of providing tailored and patient-centered information. It consists of 39 questions grouped into the 7 following domains: Pain management, Movement, Feelings, Arthritic process, Treatments, Self-help measures and Support system. OBJECTIVES: The objective of the study was to describe the ENs of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients using the SpENAT and to determine the main sources of information consulted by these patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Multicenter, observational, cross-sectional study. We included consecutive patients≥18 years with diagnosis of RA (ACR 87/ACR-EULAR 2010). Sociodemographic data, disease characteristics and clinimetric properties were recorded. All patients completed the SpENAT and were asked about the sources employed to obtain information about their disease. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Population characteristics were described. ENs were determined as percentages of the highest possible score for each domain. Needs for each domain according to sex, years of education, disease duration, use of biologicals and functional capacity were analyzed by means of ANOVA, and bivariate comparisons were made with Student's t-test and the Bonferroni correction. Correlation between domains was determined with the Spearman correlation coefficient. We compared patients' age by source of information with Student's t-test. RESULTS: We included 496 patients from 20 centers across the country. More ENs were observed in the domains of Movement, Feelings and the Arthritic process. Patients with higher educational level (>7 years) reported more ENs in the Arthritic process and Self-help measure domains. A higher functional impairment (HAQ-A≥0.87) was associated with more ENs in every domain. Patients with high activity showed more ENs than those in remission in the domains of Pain management, Movement, Feelings, Treatments and Support system, as well as those with low activity in Self-help measures and Support system domains. All SpENAT domains showed positive correlations among each other (P<.0001), the most important being Pain management/Movement and Treatments/Arthritic process (r≥0.7). The source of information most frequently consulted was the rheumatologist (93.95%); those who made use of Internet were on average younger (P=.0004). CONCLUSION: RA patients were very interested about knowing more about their disease. High functional impairment was associated with more ENs. Patients with high disease activity had higher EN levels in almost every domain. The rheumatologist was the main source of information for the patient with RA.
