Quality assurance review of a rheumatoid arthritis education program.

Quality assurance seeks to measure the degree of compliance to set standards. To determine compliance to a treatment plan of rest, prescribed joint exercise, and medication; 31 rheumatoid arthritis patients were telephoned 3 months after attending a rheumatoid arthritis education program. On follow-up, more than half of the patients reported being compliant. Those that were non-compliant listed reasons related to the affective learning domain rather than lack of cognitive learning.