Maria G. Prado|Maura D. Iversen|Zhi Yu|Rachel Miller Kroouze|Nellie A. Triedman|Sarah S. Kalia|Bing Lü|Robert Green|Elizabeth W. Karlson|Jeffrey A. Sparks
Effectiveness of a Web?Based Personalized Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk Tool With or Without a Health Educator for Knowledge of Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk Factors
Brigham and Women's Hospital|Brigham and Women's Hospital|Northeastern University|Harvard University|Karolinska Institutet|Brigham and Women's Hospital|Brigham and Women's Hospital|Brigham and Women's Hospital|Harvard University|Brigham and Women's Hospital|Harvard University|Broad Institute|Brigham and Women's Hospital|Harvard University|Brigham and Women's Hospital|Harvard University|Brigham and Women's Hospital|Harvard University
assess knowledge rheumatoid arthritis ra risk factors among unaffected firstdegree relatives fdrs study whether personalized ra education tool increases risk factor knowledgewe performed randomized controlled trial assessing ra educational interventions among 238 fdrs webbased personalized risk estimator ra prera tool displayed personalized ra risk results genetics autoantibodies demographics behaviors educated risk factors subjects randomly assigned comparison arm standard ra education n 80 prera arm prera alone n 78 prera plus arm prera oneonone session trained health educator n 80 ra knowledge score raks number 8 established ra risk factors identified related ra calculated baseline posteducation immediate6 weeks6 months12 months compared raks components posteducation point randomization armat baseline education fdrs identified behavioral ra risk factors 156 dental health 319 smoking 475 overweightobesity 542 diet education raks increased arms higher prera prera plus comparison posteducation points p 005 prera subjects likely identify risk factors received standard education proportion agreeing smoking risk factor 6 weeks 831 prera plus arm 718 prera arm 431 comparison arm p 005 prera versus comparisondespite familiar ra increased risk fdrs low knowledge ra risk factors webbased personalized ra education tool successfully increased ra risk factor knowledge