Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyse the empowerment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The data were collected in Finland and included 77 patients who described the significance they assigned to their health problem, how they control their health problem and how they could be empowered in their health life in free-form answers to open-ended questions. The data were analysed first through content analysis using the following categories of empowerment: cognitive, functional, social, experiential, ethical, economic and bio-physiological. Different content areas were numerically coded and descriptive statistics were used. All categories of empowerment were identified among patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Functionally, the most important limitation was found to be mobility, which was closely linked to economic factors and lack of resources. Pain was the most important single factor limiting the lives of these patients.
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