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Health Related Quality of Life After a Self-promoting Learning Program for People With Rheumatic Diseases

NCT00803491 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2010-08-18

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Summary

Randomized controlled trial including 200 subjects with rheumatic diseases. Subjects will be randomized to either a self-promoting problem based learning (PBL) program or a control group with traditional care. The hypothesis is that a PBL program will improve health-related quality of life, empowerment and self-care ability.

Conditions

  • Rheumatic Diseases

Interventions

OTHER

Problem based learning

Group sessions under supervision from a nurse. Each group including 8 subjects. 10 occasions during a period of one year.

OTHER

Traditional rheumatology care.

Individually base.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Swedish Rheumatism Ass

    collaborator OTHER

  • County Council of Halland, Sweden

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Spenshult Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Susann Arvidsson, PhD-student · R&D-centre Spenshult

  • Stefan Bergman, MD, PhD · R&D-centre Spenshult

  • Barbro Arvidsson, Professor · R&D-centre Spenshult

  • Bengt Fridlund, Professor · University of Jönköping, Sweden

  • Pia Tingström, PhD · University of Linköping

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-12-31
Primary Completion
2010-02-28
Completion
2013-02-28

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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