Healthier Living with Arthritis Online Workshop

What is the Healthier Living with Arthritis workshop?

• A 6-week, highly-interactive, online small-group workshop
• Two peer moderators per workshop
• New lessons posted each week
• Small groups of about 25 go throught workshop together
• Participants log on at their convenience 2-3 times per week for a total of about 2 hours per week
• Participants do not need to log on at the same time

How was the workshop evaluated?

• 855 adults with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, or fibromyalgia and internet and email access were randomly assigned to workshop or usual care control
• 6 months after the workshop, the workshop group improved in all health status measures and in communication with physician and self-efficacy
• One year after the workshop, there continued to be significant improvement in all health status measures and in minutes of aerobic exercise and self-efficacy
• No significant differences in health care utilization were found
• Analysis of 2 year data is in process

Is the workshop available now?

Organizations interested in more information or licensing the Healthier Living with Arthritis workshop should contact the Stanford Patient Education Research Center at self-management@stanford.edu.

We are not offering the workshop directly to individuals at this time, however, we may in 2007. Keep checking here for updates!