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Effect of Patient Education in Rheumatic Diseases

NCT00623922 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 141

Last updated 2015-04-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of patient education (PE) in patients with arthritis. PE has become a task that is dictated by law in Norway, and is increasingly used as an element in the treatment of patients with chronic complaints. Our hypothesis is that

\- PE delivered as group education, followed by an individual nurse consultation increases the patients wellbeing an ability to cope with the disease.

Conditions

  • Polyarthritis

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Patient education with individual nurse consultations

3 group meetings followed by 1-2 individual nurse consultations.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Research Council of Norway

    collaborator OTHER

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Aslak Steinsbekk · Norwegian University of Science and Technology

  • Kjersti Grønning · Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-02-29
Primary Completion
2010-03-31
Completion
2010-03-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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