<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Manrique de Lara, Amaranta</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Peláez-Ballestas, Ingris</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Beyond Empowerment in Rheumatology Care</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Journal of Rheumatology</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2022</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2022-08-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">864-866</style></pages><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.3899/jrheum.220348</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">49</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In this issue of The Journal of Rheumatology, Carluzzo et al1 explored different factors that contribute to the empowerment of individuals with arthritis. The study used data obtained from 12,560 US participants in the Live Yes! INSIGHTS program, based on sociodemographic information and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) about physical and mental health, emotional support, and empowerment. The instruments used in the study included the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)-29 Profile v2.1, the PROMIS Emotional Support Short Form v2.0, and the Healthcare Empowerment Questionnaire (HCEQ) to measure empowerment.The main questions were these: “(1) What is the relationship between key study variables (sociodemographics, arthritis type, physical and mental health, and emotional support) and patient empowerment; and (2) Which characteristics contribute most to explaining differences in patient empowerment outcomes?”1 Emotional support, physical health, gender, arthritis type, and education were the most relevant factors associated with empowerment. Further, the authors highlight the importance of emotional support to positively affect the experience of empowerment and, thus, care and outcomes.The authors refer to 2 measures of empowerment: Patient Information Seeking (patients’ ability to ask questions and get explanations and advice) and Healthcare Interaction Results (patients’ experiences with talking to providers, obtaining answers, having their choices respected, and getting help and information). A third measure, Degree of Control, was excluded during the validation of the HCEQ due to patient feedback and to account for contextual factors in the US health insurance system.2All 3 of these measures reflect an approach to empowerment as a construct that exists at an individual level for the patient and within specific patient-provider interactions. While addressing empowerment at this level is necessary to optimize direct care for individuals with arthritis—and rheumatic patients in general— it does not account for the full picture of what empowerment … Address correspondence to Dr. I. Peláez-Ballestas, Dr. Balmis 148. Col. Doctores.Cuahtémoc 06720, Mexico City, Mexico. Email: pelaezin{at}gmail.com.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>