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Effects of Treatment of Chronic Stress in Patients With Lupus

NCT00483613 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2007-06-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

* Daily stress can worsens the clinical course of lupus.
* Objective: to determine the efficacy of the stress management therapy in a group of patients with lupus.
* 45 patients with lupus and high daily stress participated in this clinical trial.
* Two groups resulted: a control group (CG) that received the usual care and a therapy group (TG) that received a cognitive behavioral therapy.
* The therapy consisted of ten consecutive weekly sessions.
* The measured variables were psychological, clinical, immunological and quality of life. At the basal moment and after 3, 9 and 15 months.
* Statistical analysis showed a significant reduction in the levels of depression, anxiety and daily stress in the therapy group, compared to the usual care group, a significant improvement in quality of life, improvements in the reported symptoms (cardiovascular, respiratory, cutaneous and musculoskeletal.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive-behavioral therapy of Meichenbaum

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jiménez Juan, PhD, MD

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-12-31
Completion
2005-07-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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