Arthritis
Conditions
Keywords
arthritis, self management
Brief summary
The arthritis-specific Arthritis Self Help Course (ASHC) and the more generic Chronic Disease Self Management Program (CDSMP) teach generalizable skills for managing arthritis and other chronic diseases. In some locations it may be more feasible to combine efforts and offer the generic course rather than the arthritis-specific program. However anecdotal evidence has questioned whether people with arthritis obtain as much benefit from the more generic course as they do the arthritis-specific course. The primary purpose of this research study is to compare health outcomes among people with arthritis who participate in either ASHC or the CDSMP. The University of Illinois Project is emphasizing recruiting a balance of uran and rural participants. The results of this research will be used to guide Arthritis program recommendations on the use of ASHC and CDSMP to improve the quality of life for people with arthritis.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALASHC and CDSMP
Sponsors
University of Illinois at Chicago
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
ECT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Adult with self reported arthritis-
Exclusion criteria
\-
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Health status at 6 month follow up | — |
| Health Care utilization at 6 month follow up | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| self management behaviors at 6 month follow up | — |
| self efficacy at 6 month follow up | — |
Outcome results
None listed