Workshop on self-care for patients with rheumatic disease.
initiative in nursing of the Prince of Asturias Hospital.
Spain, July 2012.- the consultation of nursing at Rheumatology of the Hospital Universitario PrÃncipe de Asturias, in Alcalá de Henares, makes charlas-taller to offer patients resources that improve their quality of life, telling them how to increase effective self-management, teaching them guidelines to prevent adverse effects and eliminate or reduce the symptoms of the disease.
Support briefings is the rheumatic patient which focuses on concepts (characteristics, symptoms, or healthy lifestyle habits) overview of rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthropathy, chronic inflammatory diseases three most prevalent.
Los pacientes que han participado en un taller sobre enfermedades reumáticas han adquirido conocimientos teóricos sobre las distintas patologías e información práctica sobre los dispositivos subcutáneos (jeringa o una pluma inyectora) que se utilizan para la aplicación de los distintos tratamientos (FAME tradicional y biológico) aprendiendo su correcta utilización. In these workshops sufferers have the opportunity to know the devices available for the administration of drugs proposed by their doctors.
The importance of self-care in rheumatic diseases
When the patient receives the diagnosis of chronic diseases that are treatable, it assumed a great emotional impact, the same is true when you must assimilate that you need to learn the use of devices to self-administer subcutaneous treatment.
Cuanto más informado está un paciente, es más colaborador en el cumplimiento del tratamiento porque conoce el motivo por el que tiene implicarse y responsabilizarse. It will the patient be self-sufficient and lead a life as normal as possible despite his illness ” explains MarÃa José León Cabezas, nurse consulting nursing review workshops.
This final workshop has been organized in collaboration with the national coordinator of rheumatoid arthritis (ConArtritis). With these objectives, the Rheumatology of the Hospital Universitario PrÃncipe de Asturias nursing consultation, organized since 2007 regular workshops for their patients .
