Exercise Perceptions and Preferences Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

N/ACompletedNCT01596348

University of Lausanne120 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of the study is to analyse exercise behaviour of rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

120

Conditions

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 30 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Rheumatoid arthritis * Age 30 to 80 years Exclusion Criteria: * Language difficulties and no help from family members or friends

Locations (1)

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Département de l'Appareil Locomoteur

Lausanne, Switzerland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Exercise status

* Trained * Active * Irregularly active * Partially active * Inactive

Exercise stages of change

Prochaska 1992: * Precontemplation * Contemplation * Preparation * Action * Maintenance

Perceived exercise benefits

Questionnaire developped by YH based on existing qualitive studies

Perceived exercise barriers

Questionnaire developped by Brittain et al. 2011

Exercise preferences

Developped by YH based on previous studies

Secondary Outcomes

Functional status

Health Assessment Questionanire (Guillemin et al. 1991)

Pain

Visual analogue scale (VAS)

Fatigue

VAS

Disease activity

Disease activity score 28 (DAS 28), based on the number of tender and swollen joints and the erythrocite sedimentation rate (ESR)

Quality of life

Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales 2

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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