A recent study published in the Journal of Community Health assessed whether the “modified 14-item Arthritis Health Belief Model (AHBI) instrument can be used among ethnically diverse older adults with arthritis.” The results indicate that the AHBI can be useful in “ assessing how individual perceptions influence access to nonpharmacological pain therapy among ethnically diverse community-dwelling older adults; and measuring the likelihood of using nonpharmacological pain therapy by older adults.”
