Evaluation of a Patient Education Program for Ankylosing Spondylitis

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Ankylosing Spondylitis; Spondyloarthritis
• Interventions: Behavioral: patient education; Behavioral: Standard Care

• Registration Number: NCT00722514
• Lead Sponsor: Rehazentrum Bad Eilsen

Brief Summary

Long term disease management is essential for Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS), a chronic progressive systemic inflammatory disease of the axial skeleton. Extensive information about the disease is a necessary first step. An education program for AS was implemented to improve inpatient medical rehabilitation. In a controlled quasi-experimental multicentric study the efficacy of this program was analysed.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 1998-07
• Primary Completion: 2001-02
• Study Completion: 2001-07
• Status Verified: 2008-07
• Study First Submitted: 2008-07-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-07-23
• Study First Posted: 2008-07-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2008-08-14
• Last Update Posted: 2008-08-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

• Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) according to modified New York Criteria
• Early diagnosis criteria for AS
• ESSG Criteria for Spondyloarthritis

Exclusion Criteria

• History of malignant disease during past five years
• Secondary fibromyalgia syndrome
• Group integration deficiencies
• Seminar repeaters

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
IG	patient education	Patient education
CG	Standard Care	without patient education

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Rehazentrum Bad Eilsen; 🇩🇪 Bad Eilsen, Lower Saxony, Germany