Lorig, Kate; Holman, Halsted R. - In: Social Science & Medicine 29 (1989) 2, pp. 221-224
An underlying assumption of self-care interventions is that they are most effective when reinforced. To test this assumption, 8 months after baseline, 589 subjects who had taken a 6-week Arthritis Self-management Course (ASMC) were randomized to (1) receive a bi-monthly arthritis newsletter, (2)...