Effects of a cognitive behavioural intervention for patients with recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis on health care utilisation five years after treatment

Five-year followup of a cognitive–behavi

Five-year followup of a cognitive–behavioral intervention for patients with recently-diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis: Effects on health care utilization

✍ Sharpe, L. ;Allard, S. ;Sensky, T. 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 337 KB 👁 2 views

## Abstract ## Objective To investigate whether cognitive–behavioral therapy (CBT) administered early in the course of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has long‐term effects on health care use. ## Methods We reviewed the files of 47 of the original 53 patients with early RA who volunteered for a random