Examining Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients' Trust in Their Provider Over Time. (May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Salt, Elizabeth; Rayens, Mary Kay; Kerr, Anna M.; Alikhan, Mujahed; Crofford, Leslie J.
• Is Part Of: Orthopedic nursing. Volume 34:Number 3(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-05
• Subjects: Orthopedics -- Nursing -- Periodicals; Orthopedic Nursing -- Periodicals; 616.70231
• DOI: 10.1097/NOR.0000000000000145
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0744-6020

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec> <title>BACKGROUND:</title> <p>Patients who trust their providers have better health outcomes; a trusting patient–provider relationship is needed for optimal management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic autoimmune disease.</p> </sec> <sec> <title>PURPOSES/METHODS:</title> <p>An observational study design (<italic>N</italic> = 100 RA patients) was used to: </p> <list list-type="order"> <list-item> <p>assess associations between patients' trust and demographic factors;</p> </list-item> <list-item> <p>determine if a patient's trust in his/her provider changes over time;</p> </list-item> <list-item> <p>investigate associations between sources of information and patients' trust in their providers. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's partial moment correlation, two-sample <italic>t</italic> tests, paired <italic>t</italic> tests, and linear regression were used during data analysis.</p> </list-item> </list> </sec> <sec> <title>RESULTS:</title> <p>Patients' trust in their providers decreased over time. Less-educated persons and those who accessed information from the Internet reported less trust in their providers. Patients who consulted a larger number of information sources rated trust in their provider more positively.</p> </sec> <sec> <title>CONCLUSION:</title> <p>RA patients' trust in providers is a dynamic construct influenced by education and health information.</p> </sec> </abstract>