The Effects of Social Role Participation on Life Quality

Completed

• Conditions: Social Interaction
• Interventions: Other: Observational

• Registration Number: NCT04426370
• Lead Sponsor: Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital

Brief Summary

The study was carried out among 100 RA patients (age from 20 to 70 years) by fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology 1987 revised criteria admitted to our outpatient clinic. RA patients were compared with 95 healthy volunteer control group. Participants were asked to complete interview based questionnaires regarding pain, life quality, and social role participation to obtain additional information during the interview to participate in the study in 20 min.

Detailed Description

The study was carried out among 100 RA patients (age from 20 to 70 years) by fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology 1987 revised criteria admitted to our outpatient clinic. RA patients were compared with 95 healthy volunteer control group. Healthy volunteers were recruited from the partners next to the patients who came to our outpatient clinic for examination. The same physician carried out the physical examinations on all participations and conducted a interview, acquiring information on age, gender, body mass index (BMI), marriage status, living alone, working, and education. Participants were asked to complete interview based questionnaires regarding pain, life quality, and social role participation to obtain additional information during the interview to participate in the study in 20 min. Examinations took place at the our outpatient clinic. This study did not include all participants who had accompanying of other rheumatic diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, the presence of another chronic disease, cancer.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-10-01
• Primary Completion: 2017-01-01
• Study Completion: 2017-02-01
• Status Verified: 2020-06
• Study First Submitted: 2020-06-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-06-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-06-07
• Study First Posted: 2020-06-11
• Last Update Posted: 2020-06-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 195

Inclusion Criteria

The study was carried out among RA patients (age from 20 to 70 years) by fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology 1987 revised criteria admitted to our outpatient clinic -

Exclusion Criteria

This study did not include all participants who had accompanying of other rheumatic diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, the presence of another chronic disease, cancer.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control	Observational	95 healthy volunteer
Case	Observational	100 rheumatoid arthritis patients (age from 20 to 70 years)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Social role participation	4 months	Social role participation questionnaire