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Background: Fibromyalgia is a complex chronic condition that imposes a heavy burden on theself-enhancement and management abilities of the patient. Therefore, patient education isregarded as a crucial element of multimodal therapy. The aim of the study was to determinethe effect of self- enhancement educational program for health practices among patients withfibromyalgia. A quasi-experimental research design was employed for this study, which tookplace at the Rheumatology and Immunology outpatient clinic at Mansoura University Hospitalin Egypt. A purposive sample of 85 patients with fibromyalgia represented the studyparticipants. Three tools were used in data collection; Tool 1: A structured interview; Part 1:socio-demographic data and Part 2: Fibromyalgia Knowledge Questionnaire (FKQ), Tool 2:The Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Self-administered Questionnaire (FIQR) and Tool 3: Self -Rated Abilities for Health Practices Scale (SRAHP). Results illustrated that the self-enhancement educational program had positive effects on patients' knowledge level (4.22±4.75to 15.21±4.35),, revised fibromyalgia impact (52.30±4.20 to 31.69 ±4.93) and their self-ratedabilities for health practices (43.64±13.82 to 67.05±12.12) compared to pre-applying theprogram with P (<0.05). Conclusion There were significant positive correlations betweenpatients' self-rated abilities for health practices and both their knowledge and their total revisedfibromyalgia impact post applying the self-enhancement educational program at P (<0.05).Recommendation: Ongoing educational programs may be necessary to sustain improvementsin a revised fibromyalgia impact and self-rated abilities for health practices
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