Quality of Life in Chronic Arthritis

A Study on Quality of Life in Patients With Chronic Arthritis

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01357018

Enrollment

139

Registered

2011-05-20

Start date

2010-11-30

Completion date

2013-04-30

Last updated

2014-02-20

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Conditions

Ankylosing Spondylitis, Rheumatoid Arthritis

Keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis, Disease activity, EQ-5D, Quality of life, Rheumatoid arthritis

Brief summary

Chronic joint complaints are prevalent in clinical practice. If chronic arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is not adequately controlled, it can not only affect patient's working ability but also produce indirect cost in patient's family. Quality of life will also be affected. Health-related quality of life issues are assuming increasing importance in chronic rheumatic diseases. However, studies on quality of life in rheumatic patients are limited. Factors related to quality of life are not clear. Application of quality of life measurement for improving clinical care of RA and AS patients is still difficult. The objective of this study was to evaluation the validity of EQ-5D life quality measurement in chronic arthritis patients in Taiwan. Factors associated with life quality will be addressed. This will also provide useful information for public health policy making.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with rheumatoid arthritis or ankylosing spondylitis

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with mental illness which interfered with questionaire answering

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Validity of life quality measurement EQ-5D in chronic arthritis patients	EQ-5D at recruitment and 6 months later in chronic arthritis patients	Effect of age, gender, diagnosis, disease duration and education on subjective feeling of quality of life (by EQ-5D) will be analyzed. Repeated measurements will be used for analysis of association between disease activity and quality of life.

Countries

Taiwan

Outcome results