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Self-management of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis

Completed
Conditions
Rheumatoid arthritis
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Registration Number
ISRCTN32195100
Lead Sponsor
niversity of the West of England (UK)
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
88
Inclusion Criteria

Aim 1: Patients will have a diagnosis of RA, and a score of more than seven for fatigue during the past week (Visual Analogue Scale [VAS] zero to ten)
Aim 2: Patients attending the intervention arm, purposive sampling for wide range of variables

Exclusion Criteria

Patients will be excluded if they have had a change in drugs likely to alter fatigue just prior to recruitment (within four months for Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs, within six weeks for intramuscular [i/m] glucocorticoids).

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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