Attitudes towards risk in systemic sclerosis
- Conditions
- Systemic sclerosis, risk perception, illness perception
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON25478
- Lead Sponsor
- eiden University Medical Center
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 6
Inclusion Criteria
Patients included should be diagnosed with SSc > 1 year and < 2 year prior to study entry with an age of 18-55 years. Included patients have to fulfill the ACR/EULAR 2013 criteria (American College of Rheumatology/ European League against Rheumatism), have to have completed a second visit in the care program and have to have started with any kind of medication (prescribed by the rheumatologist) after the first visit. Informed consent will be obtained via written forms .
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with serious comorbidities, patients that are medically trained and/or work in a medical setting, and patients with insufficient understanding of the Dutch language will be excluded
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Results about the assessment of illness perceptions, risk perceptions and worry, their interrelations and associations with sociodemographic and clinical characteristics will mainly be descriptive, as the character of this study is exploratory
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method not applicable