The Importance of Helping Patients Self-Manage Osteoarthritis

In this podcast, Angie Botto-van Bemden, PhD, ATC, CSCS, from the Arthritis Foundation, discusses the current management challenges in osteoarthritis (OA), important findings from the Global Osteoarthritis Patient Perception Survey, why rheumatologists must be able to educate patients on nonpharmacologic and nonsurgical treatment options to ensure effective self-management, and more.

Additional Resource:

• Botto-van Bemden A, Eakin G, Sciortino R, et al. The Global Osteoarthritis Patient Perception Survey (GOAPPS): a pilot study [EULAR abstract AB1426-PARE]. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019;78(suppl 2):A2175. http://scientific.sparx-ip.net/archiveeular/?searchfor=AB1426-PARE&view=1&c=a&item=2019AB1426-PARE.

Angie Botto-van Bemden, PhD, ATC, CSCS, is director of Osteoarthritis Programs at the Arthritis Foundation in Atlanta, Georgia.