Psychoeducational Approach to Improve Health in Lupus

NCT00000417 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2013-12-24

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Summary

We will study the relationships among patient/partner communication, social support, and self-efficacy (a person's belief in the ability to manage his or her disease) as they affect the health of people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE, or lupus) over time. We are assigning 150 people with lupus and their partners to either (1) receive counseling to improve self-efficacy, partner support, and patient/partner problem solving or (2) see an informational film about lupus. We will follow study participants for 12 months to find out about their physical and mental health, disease activity, beliefs that they can take steps that help them feel better, coping, social support, and couples communication.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Counseling intervention

DEVICE

Informational film

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

    collaborator NIH
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lawren H. Daltroy, DrPH · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1997-04-30
Primary Completion
2001-03-31
Completion
2001-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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