Table 3.
Education effect.
| Parameters | Baseline | After 4 months | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention Group (n=43) | Control Group (n=43) | Intervention Group (n=43) | Control Group (n=43) | |
| Arthritis self-monitoring | ||||
| frequency of pain | 93.0% | 76.7% | 74.4% | 72.1% |
| compliance level | 53.3% | 65.1% | 88.4% | 72.1% |
| frequency of UMA calls | 65.1% | 58.1% | 41.9% | 62.8% |
| visit to GP | ||||
| - not at all | 7.0% | 7.0% | 18.6% | 2.3% |
| - more than 6 times | 23.3% | 18.6% | 9.3% | 18.6% |
| Adverse Drug Reactions | 79.1% | 86.0% | 30.2% | 79.1% |
| Satisfaction with overall services provided | 3.35±0.65 | 2.88±0.662 | ||
| Data are % and means ±SD. | ||||