Author(s)

Bishan Cai^1*, Tiantian Xin², Aizhen Yan³, Luna Wu¹, Li Wang¹

¹Physical Therapy Center, Guangdong Provincial Center for Skin Disease and STIs Control and Prevention (Guangdong Provincial Dermatology Hospital), Guangzhou, China.
²Department of Dermatology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
³Inpatient Unit, Guangdong Provincial Center for Skin Disease and STIs Control and Prevention (Guangdong Provincial Dermatology Hospital), Guangzhou, China.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of an individual nurse-led educational intervention for patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). This was a case-control study. The case group consisted of six individual educational sessions delivered by a nurse. A total of 40 patients with PsA joined in this study: the case group (n = 20) and the control group (n = 18). After a 6-week intervention, the case group had significantly better management for the severity of arthritis symptoms (p < 0.05), better psychological well-being and significant lower levels of anxiety (p < 0.05), and depression score (p < 0.01), and reported better improvement of physical and psychological domain of quality of life (QOL) (both p values < 0.05) than the control group. In conclusion, this nurse-led individual education intervention has statistically significant benefits for the management of clinical symptoms of arthritis and for psychological well-being and QOL in patients with PsA.

Nurse-Led Interventions, Psoriatic Arthristis, Chinese Patients, Case-Control Study

Cai, B. , Xin, T. , Yan, A. , Wu, L. and Wang, L. (2016) Effects of a Nurse-Led Educational Intervention for Chinese Adult Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis: A Case-Control Study. Open Journal of Nursing, 6, 110-114. doi: 10.4236/ojn.2016.62012.