checking the hearing ability of patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M059- Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/05/019241
- Lead Sponsor
- kasturba medical college manipal
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Rheumatoid arthritis patients between the age group of 30 to 60 years. Both genders are included.
Exclusion Criteria
Exclusion criteria are patients who suffered from other immune-mediated diseases, inner ear disease, traumatic brain injury, Meniereâ??s disease, metabolic diseases, and cardiovascular disease, exposure to noise, and the use of ototoxic medication different from that used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To evaluate hearing in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients using Otoacoustic emission (OAE).Timepoint: On the basis of the time at which the patient comes for RA followup, the outcome will be assessed considering time for which the patient has undergone treatment over which the disease progressed or regressed.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method This is a pilot study. No secondary outcomes specified.Timepoint: After recruitment of all the patients, outcomes will be estimated, approximately after an year.