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Supplemental Table 1a. Estimated Age-Standardized,a Weighted Proportion of Adults Aged 18 Years and Older With Doctor-Diagnosed Arthritis Meeting HP2010 Arthritis Management Objectives, by Years of Data�Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS),b 17 States, 2003 and 2007; Supplemental Table 1b. Estimated Age-Standardized,a Weighted Proportion of Adults Aged 18 Years and Older With Doctor-Diagnosed Arthritis Meeting HP2010 Arthritis Management Objectives, by Years of Data�Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS),b 16 States, 2003 or 2007; Supplemental Appendix 1. List of Local Resources Health Care Professionals Can Reference When Counseling Patients With Arthritis
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The Article in Brief
Monitoring Healthy People 2010 Arthritis Management Objectives: Education and Physician Counseling for Weight Loss and Exercise
Barbara T. Do , and colleagues
Background This study provides an update on US progress toward three objectives for arthritis management as part of the Healthy People 2010 initiaitive. These objectives encourage self-management education and clinician counseling for weight loss and physical activity among adults with doctor-diagnosed arthritis.
What This Study Found Clinicians have made significant progress in weight loss counseling of overweight and obese adults with arthritis. There has been no change, however, in the proportion of adults with arthritis who have taken a self-management education class or been counseled to engage in physical activity.
Implications
- The authors call for additional research to fully understand the obstacles and barriers faced by primary care physicians in meeting objectives for physical activity counseling and encouraging self-management education among patients with arthritis.