Job Adaptation in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00412399

Enrollment

244

Registered

2006-12-18

Start date

1999-06-30

Completion date

2001-10-31

Last updated

2006-12-18

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Conditions

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Keywords

Employment, Negative workplace events, Healthy controls, Fatigue, Physical activity

Brief summary

The specific aim of this study is to compare the rate of negative work role events in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis compared to healthy controls.

Detailed description

Rheumatoid arthritis can cause multiple socio-medical disabilities, with work disability among the most marked. While a major focus has been documenting the rates of job loss and returning patients to the workforce, there is little information about how to foster job retention in those still employed. The goals of this study are to document negative workplace events over 1 year in 122 employed patients with rheumatoid arthritis, and to compare these to 122 healthy controls, who are included to account for the effects of socioeconomic status on employment. Events will be recorded with the work domain of the Psychiatric Epidemiology Research Life Events Scale. Additional goals are to compared fatigue, physical activity, functional status and sleep disturbances as covariates.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

NATURAL_HISTORY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Patients are eligible if they are: * over age 18; * meet American Rheumatism Association criteria for rheumatoid arthritis; and * are employed for salary or monetary reimbursement. * Controls are eligible if they are: * over age 18; * have no major comorbidity; and * are employed for salary or monetary reimbursement.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients and controls are excluded if they: * have cognitive deficits and cannot provide informed consent; * do not speak English or Spanish; or * their physicians do not grant permission to enroll them.

Countries

United States

Outcome results