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Fatigue in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

NCT05996705 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 141

Last updated 2023-08-22

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Summary

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a disease characterized by autoimmune systemic inflammatory polyarthritis, particularly affecting the joints of the hands. In addition to joint findings, extra-articular symptoms such as muscle pain, fatigue, fever and malaise are also common.

Fatigue is characterized by a feeling of extreme tiredness and persistent exhaustion. The prevalence of fatigue is between 14% and 15% in healthy adults. Although fatigue is common in patients with RA, it may remain in the background in clinical evaluation. The etiology of fatigue in RA is related to inflammation, pain, psychosocial factors and sleep disturbance, it has not been fully explained.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Determining the relationship of fatigue with some parameters

Determining the relationship of fatigue with physical function, pain values at rest and in motion, gender, age, pain, disease activity, gender and disease duration in RA patients.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Gaziler Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gizem Kılınç Kamacı, MD · Specialist

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-06-01
Primary Completion
2016-03-01
Completion
2016-03-01

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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