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Couples-Oriented Psychosocial Intervention for Osteoarthritis

NCT00230945 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 543

Last updated 2008-03-28

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if osteoarthritis patients and their spouses experience greater health benefits from a couples-oriented psychosocial intervention than a patient-oriented psychosocial intervention, and to determine if each intervention is more beneficial than patient usual medical care.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

education and support intervention

The patient-oriented education and support intervention (PES) is based on the Arthritis Self-Management Program, a group intervention that consists of 6 weekly 2 hour sessions shown to successfully reduce pain severity and depressive symptomatology and to enhance a sense of efficacy in managing arthritis pain and other symptoms. The couple-oriented education and support intervention (CES) is a group education and support intervention that consisted of 6 weekly 2 hour sessions attended by individuals with OA and their spouses. All components of the PES are covered in the CES using the standard format, and topics are framed as couples' issues whenever possible.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Pittsburgh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lynn M. Martire, Ph.D. · University of Pittsburgh

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2000-01-31
Primary Completion
2004-08-31
Completion
2004-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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