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Measures included: demographics (ie, age, sex, marital status, race, employment, disability status, insurance, income, comorbidities, and education), disease duration, RA medications, self-efficacy (assessed with the Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale), social support (assessed with the Berkman-Syme Social Network Index), function (assessed with the Multi-Dimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire), and disease activity (assessed with the Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Index). Self-reported use of physical therapy (yes\/no) was assessed at the 1-year follow-up. A staged regression approach, based on a theoretical model, was used to select and enter variables into the regression to develop a parsimonious set of predictors.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n The patients were well educated and had modestly high incomes, and most had health insurance. Approximately 15.3% of the patients used physical therapy services during the designated follow-up period. Using multivariable modeling, the most significant predictors of physical therapy service use were moderate to high disease activity (odds ratio [OR]=1.4, 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.1\u20131.8), less than a college education (OR=0.5, 95% CI=0.2\u20130.8), greater social networks (OR=2.1, 95% CI=1.3\u20133.5), and being on disability (OR=2.4, 95% CI=1.3\u20134.6).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Limitations<\/jats:title>\n The limitations of this study were use of a convenience sample and the potential for misclassification of physical therapy service use.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n Patients with less than college education were less likely to receive physical therapy services, and those with more active disease, those who were on disability, and those who had greater social networks were more likely to receive physical therapy services.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2522\/ptj.20090179","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,11,12]],"date-time":"2010-11-12T01:49:29Z","timestamp":1289526569000},"page":"65-76","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Predictors of the Use of Physical Therapy Services Among Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"91","author":[{"given":"Maura D.","family":"Iversen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"M. 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