The effect of interventions based of psychological on the severity of insomnia and pain in rheumatoid arthritis

comparison between the effect of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and guided imagery on the severity of insomnia and pain of rheumatoid arthritis patients

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT2016022926846N1

Enrollment

Registered

2016-05-02

Start date

2016-04-08

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Rheumatoid Arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified

Interventions

Intervention 1: Interventions 1: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)group interventions will be done in an eight stage: Client History and Treatment Planning, Preparation, Assess

Interventions 1: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)group interventions will be done in an eight stage: Client History and Treatment Planning, Preparation, Assessment, Desensitiz

Guided Imagery Group interventions will be done to visualize the landscape for patients in 6 consecutive sessions and of patients will be asked once daily for 35 minutes to listen to audio CDs.

Control group: People in the control group will not receive any intervention

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria for the study included: adult patients with rheumatoid arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis is diagnosed by a doctor, Patients didn’t have a history of seizure, Patients didn’t have a history of mental illness,Patients didn’t have drug addiction, providing consent form , Patients shouldn’t have hearing or vision problems, having complete consciousness, to be literate. Exclusion criteria were: lack of motivation to continue participating, relapse, migration and death, the bad memory of the forest and landscape.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Insomnia Severity. Timepoint: Two weeks before the start of intervention - Two weeks afterthe start of intervention. Method of measurement: Insonia Severity Index(ISI).;Pain. Timepoint: Two weeks before the start of intervention - Two weeks afterthe start of intervention. Method of measurement: Rheumatoid Arthritis pain scale.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Havenot. Timepoint: havenot. Method of measurement: havenot.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactDr. Ardashir Afrasiabifar

Yasuj University of Medical Sciences

afrasiabifar@yahoo.com+98 74 3323 5141

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026