Exercise Perceptions and Preferences Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Perceived Exercise Benefits, Barriers and Preferences Among Swiss Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01596348
• Other study ID #: PR_Ex
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 21, 2011
• Last updated: May 10, 2012
• Start date: June 2011
• Est. completion date: November 2011

Study information

• Verified date: May 2012
• Source: University of Lausanne
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Switzerland: Ethikkommission
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the study is to analyse exercise behaviour of rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 120
• Est. completion date: November 2011
• Est. primary completion date: November 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 30 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Rheumatoid arthritis

• Age 30 to 80 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• Language difficulties and no help from family members or friends

Study Design

Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Arthritis
• Arthritis, Rheumatoid
• Rheumatoid Arthritis

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Département de l'Appareil Locomoteur	Lausanne

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Lausanne	University of Lausanne Hospitals

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Exercise status	Trained; Active; Irregularly active; Partially active; Inactive		No
Primary	Exercise stages of change	Prochaska 1992: Precontemplation; Contemplation; Preparation; Action; Maintenance		No
Primary	Perceived exercise benefits	Questionnaire developped by YH based on existing qualitive studies		No
Primary	Perceived exercise barriers	Questionnaire developped by Brittain et al. 2011		No
Primary	Exercise preferences	Developped by YH based on previous studies		No
Secondary	Functional status	Health Assessment Questionanire (Guillemin et al. 1991)		No
Secondary	Pain	Visual analogue scale (VAS)		No
Secondary	Fatigue	VAS		No
Secondary	Disease activity	Disease activity score 28 (DAS 28), based on the number of tender and swollen joints and the erythrocite sedimentation rate (ESR)		No
Secondary	Quality of life	Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales 2		No