How the Plants for Joints multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention achieved its effects: a mixed methods process evaluation
Carlijn A. Wagenaar,
Alie Toonstra,
Wendy Walrabenstein
et al.
Abstract:Background
Plants for Joints (PFJ) is a multidisciplinary intervention centered around a whole-food plant-based diet, physical activity, and sleep and stress management. The PFJ intervention successfully improved disease activity and symptoms in people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or osteoarthritis (OA), respectively, and metabolic health. To investigate how these effects were achieved a mixed methods process evaluation was conducted to understand the context, implementation, and mechanism of… Show more
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