Exercise Perceptions and Preferences Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Perceived Exercise Benefits, Barriers and Preferences Among Swiss Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01596348

Enrollment

120

Registered

2012-05-11

Start date

2011-06-30

Completion date

2011-11-30

Last updated

2012-05-11

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Keywords

Exercise, Barriers, Benefits, Preferences, Stages of change

Brief summary

The purpose of the study is to analyse exercise behaviour of rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

30 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Rheumatoid arthritis * Age 30 to 80 years

Exclusion criteria

* Language difficulties and no help from family members or friends

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Exercise stages of change	—	Prochaska 1992: * Precontemplation * Contemplation * Preparation * Action * Maintenance
Perceived exercise benefits	—	Questionnaire developped by YH based on existing qualitive studies
Perceived exercise barriers	—	Questionnaire developped by Brittain et al. 2011
Exercise preferences	—	Developped by YH based on previous studies
Exercise status	—	* Trained * Active * Irregularly active * Partially active * Inactive

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Functional status	—	Health Assessment Questionanire (Guillemin et al. 1991)
Pain	—	Visual analogue scale (VAS)
Fatigue	—	VAS
Disease activity	—	Disease activity score 28 (DAS 28), based on the number of tender and swollen joints and the erythrocite sedimentation rate (ESR)
Quality of life	—	Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales 2

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results