effect of nurse led education on medication adherence in rheumatoid arthritis patients
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M059- Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/11/047106
- Lead Sponsor
- Jawaharlal institute of postgraduate medical education and research Intamural fund
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
confirmed with diagnosis of RA according to ACR/EULAR criteria and on DMARDs.
adults over 18 years of age
patient who can speak Tamil or English
willing to participate
Exclusion Criteria
patient with hearing impairment
patient who not possess mobile/ telephone
patient with severe cognitive or mental disorder
patients having any other chronic illness like (cancer, HIV etc.)
pregnant women
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method assess knowledge regarding rheumatoid arhritis by using patient knowledge questionnaire, clinical outcome by clinical disease activity index (CDAI)Timepoint: At baseline and 6 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the level of disease knowledge and its association with medication adherence pattern and clinical outcome through patient knowledge questionnaire, clinical disease activity index and pill countTimepoint: At baseline and 6 months;To identify the association of medication adherence with clinical outcome through pill count and clinical disease activity index.Timepoint: At baseline and 6 months