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22 November 2021
Vol. 73 No. 3 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2021.1400

Evaluation of a psychoeducational intervention including emotional intelligence to increase treatment adherence in rheumatoid arthritis (A pilot study)

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Rheumatoid arthritis, treatment adherence, disability, emotional intelligence, psychoeducation.
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E. Cárdenas-Cloud
Master’s degree in Health Psychology, Department of Basic Psychology, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud (CUCS), Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
A.J.L. Brambila-Tapia
aniel.brambila@academicos.udg.mx
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6455-3662
Department of Basic Psychology, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud (CUCS), University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
R.M. Meda-Lara
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8967-7138
Department of Basic Psychology, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud (CUCS), University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
F.d.J. Pérez-Vázquez
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0697-9371
University of Guadalajara, University Center of Health Sciences, Department of Philosophical, Methodological and Instrumental Disciplines, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; University of Guadalajara, University Center for Health Sciences, Institute for Research in Rheumatology and the Musculoskeletal System, Department of Molecular Biology and Genomics Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
E. Chavarría-Ávila
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7588-3870
University of Guadalajara, University Center for Health Sciences, Institute for Research in Rheumatology and the Musculoskeletal System, Department of Molecular Biology and Genomics Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
F.J. Romero-Abundis
University of Guadalajara, University Center for Health Sciences, Institute for Research in Rheumatology and the Musculoskeletal System, Department of Molecular Biology and Genomics Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
M. Vázquez-del-Mercado
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3823-4676
University of Guadalajara, University Center for Health Sciences, Institute for Research in Rheumatology and the Musculoskeletal System, Department of Molecular Biology and Genomics Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; Rheumatology Service, Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Dr. Juan I. Menchaca, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

Our objective was to perform two studies: a cross-sectional study in order to identify the main psychological variables associated to treatment adherence in rheumatoid arthritis and an intervention based on psychoeducation to assess its impact on the variables identified in the first study. We measured treatment adherence, self-efficacy, beliefs about medication, emotional intelligence and disability along with personal and disease variables in the cross-sectional study and the same variables were measured in the intervention before and after the program and 3 months later in 2 groups (an experimental group and an active control group). In the cross-sectional study (N=33) we found that the variables most associated with treatment adherence were emotional clarity (r=0.352, p<0.05) and emotional repair (r=0.363, p<0.05). In the intervention, we divided the patients into 2 groups: the control group (N=7) and the intervention group (N=10). At the end of the study and at follow-up, we found a significant increase in adherence and self-efficacy in the intervention group, when compared with the control group. Emotional clarity was increased only in the post-test, and at follow up a decrease in beliefs of concern about medication was found. Psychoeducational programs based on information about the disease and its treatment together with emotional management are effective in increasing treatment adherence in the long term.

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Evaluation of a psychoeducational intervention including emotional intelligence to increase treatment adherence in rheumatoid arthritis (A pilot study). (2021). Reumatismo, 73(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2021.1400

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