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Quality of Life Related to Health in Spa Users

NCT03952897 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2019-05-24

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Summary

Hypothesis: The spa therapy treatment could improve health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in subjects with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis, and patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Main objective: Analyze if HRQOL in patients with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis, and patients with rheumatoid arthritis is modified by spa therapy treatment in the spa of Fitero (Spain).

Design: Prospective observational study Participants: Fitero's spa users aged between 45-80 years old, diagnosed with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis, and also with rheumatoid arthritis. At least 40 patients of each type will be included in the study. Participants must be receiving a treatment of at least ten days.

Main Variable: The scores obtained in the Euroqol5Dimensions-5Levels questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L) (for all subjects), the Western Ontario MacMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) questionnaire, for subjects with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis, and the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ), for subjects with rheumatoid arthritis.

Other variables: sociodemographic, anthropometric, clinics, and related with spa treatment.

Follow-up duration: 9 months.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

balneotherapy

10 days of balneotherapy with immersion techniques using Fitero spa water.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Castilla-La Mancha

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Inés Martínez-Galán, MD · University of Castilla-La Mancha

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-05-01
Primary Completion
2019-03-01
Completion
2019-12-01

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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