“…A number of reports cite the benefits of patient education for persons with arthritis. In an educational program on self-management of arthritis implemented by Arthritis Foundation staff called "Bone Up on Arthritis," investigators reported improved scores on measures of self care, helplessness, pain, dysfunction, and depression (Goeppinger, Macnee, Anderson, Boutaugh, & Stewart, 1995). A community-based education program for persons with arthritis on self rehabilitation found that the program resulted in declines in pain, and increases in functional independence following the pro-gram (Ronen, Braun, Eyal, & Eldar, 1996).…”