Health Related Quality of Life After a Self-promoting Learning Program for People With Rheumatic Diseases

Health Related Quality of Life After a Self-promoting Problem-based Learning Program for People With Rheumatic Diseases: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00803491

Enrollment

200

Registered

2008-12-05

Start date

2008-12-31

Completion date

2013-02-28

Last updated

2010-08-18

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Conditions

Rheumatic Diseases

Keywords

Rheumatic diseases, Problem based learning, Health-related quality of life, Empowerment, Self-care

Brief summary

Randomized controlled trial including 200 subjects with rheumatic diseases. Subjects will be randomized to either a self-promoting problem based learning (PBL) program or a control group with traditional care. The hypothesis is that a PBL program will improve health-related quality of life, empowerment and self-care ability.

Interventions

OTHERProblem based learning

Group sessions under supervision from a nurse. Each group including 8 subjects. 10 occasions during a period of one year.

OTHERTraditional rheumatology care.

Individually base.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Subjects should have one or several rheumatic diseases diagnosed more than a year. * Subjects should have musculoskeletal pain, sleep disturbances and fatigue, overwhelming number of days during the last three months. * Subjects should be registered on the waiting list to the rheumatologic clinic.

Exclusion criteria

* Subjects with difficulties speaking and/or read Swedish. * Subjects with difficulties travelling to the clinic.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Health related quality of life as measured by SF-36	Baseline, after intervention and six, twelve and thirtysix months after

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Empowerment as measured by ASES-S	Baseline, after intervention and six, twelve and thirtysix months after
Empowerment measured by SWE-RES-23.	Baseline, after intervention and six, twelve and thirtysix months after
Self-care ability measured by ASA-A.	Baseline, after intervention and six, twelve and thirtysix months after
Sense of coherence (SOC).	Baseline, after intervention and six, twelve and thirtysix months after

Countries

Sweden

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026