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Can video training improve the accuracy of self-performed joint counts in rheumatoid arthritis for remote disease monitoring?

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Rheumatoid arthritis
Inflammatory and Immune System - Rheumatoid arthritis
Registration Number
ACTRN12616000745448
Lead Sponsor
niversity of Otago Wellington
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria

Potential participants are people with rheumatoid arthritis and fluent in English attending rheumatology outpatient clinics where the rheumatologist in this study are in attendance (PI and CIs in this study).

Exclusion Criteria

Declines to give informed consent

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Participant self reports number of tender or swollen joints using smartphone application. This is compared to joint count determined by rheumatologist during clinical evaluation. Delta of ICC for patient joint count compared with rheumatologist joint count, between group difference for groups 1. two tender and swollen joint counts with no training and 2. first tender and swollen joint joint with no training, then video training, then second joint count after watching video joint count training[Single clinic visit, patient self-joint counts performed Immediately before clinic visit]
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Bland Altman plot for patient and rheumatologist derived DAS-28 CRP[Single clinic visit, patient self-joint counts performed Immediately before clinic visit]
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