These researchers systematically reviewed research published between 1997 and 2008 evaluating the effectiveness of behavioural interventions for arthritis, to determine whether these interventions are effective with, and appropriately utilised by, minority participants. Among 25 randomised intervention studies, only 2 reported on whether the intervention was similarly effective for white and black patients (equal effectiveness was found), and 6 studies reported examining differences in attrition by race (higher attrition in nonwhites was found in 1 study). Most studies did not report the percentage of participants from specific minority groups, and in many studies the percentage of minority participants was small. There were no reports of attempts to make interventions culturally appropriate.
