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Pain and Stress Management for People With Rheumatoid Arthritis

NCT00088764 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 280

Last updated 2013-08-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Self-management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) symptoms using written emotional disclosure (ED), coping skills training (CST), or a combination of both may benefit people with RA. The purpose of this study is to determine the benefits of ED, CST, or CST and ED together in adults with RA. This study will be conducted at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan and Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Coping skills training

8 sessions of pain and stress coping skills training

BEHAVIORAL

Written emotional disclosure

4 sessions of writing about stress

BEHAVIORAL

Arthritis education

8 sessions of learning about rheumatoid arthritis

BEHAVIORAL

Health behavior writing

4 sessions of writing about various health behaviors

Sponsors & Collaborators

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

    collaborator NIH

  • Wayne State University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mark A. Lumley, PhD · Wayne State University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-02-28
Primary Completion
2009-04-30
Completion
2009-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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