Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Conditions
Keywords
Quality of Sleep, Quality of Life, Walking
Brief summary
Expected Results: Finding from this evidence-based study ought to clarify the effectiveness of walking intervention for patients with SLE, and provide reference for future nursing strategies to improve disease adaptability.
Detailed description
Background and purpose: Walking exercise may be grateful in strengthening the cardiopulmonary function, regulating the joint flexbility, relieving the pain and the disturbance of sleep, all of which can further improve the quality of life among the patients with chronic diseases. Nevertheless, the information regarding the effect of walking exercise amongst systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) subjects is still obscure. This study aimed to the influence of quality of life and sleep after the implementation of walking exercise among such groups. uses the Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the Pittsburgh Sleep QualityIndex、Systemic Lupus Erythematosus-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire and Systemic Lupus Disease Activity of Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Score and Taiwanese Depression Questionnaire to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention of walking exercise on Systemic lupus erythematosus. Methods: Through the quasi-experimental study design, the investigators intend to recruit the SLE patients from a hospital in Taiwan between 2021-2022. The main intervention is composed of home walking, which contained walking guidance and telephone consultation. After that, the investigators apply the structured questionnaires and existing data to collect performance indicators, covering the Chinese version of Pittsburgh Sleep QualityIndex, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire, Systemic Lupus Disease Activity of Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Score, and Taiwanese Depression Questionnaire. The effects of walking exercise is determined by The generalized estimation equations(GEE) .
Interventions
BEHAVIORALwalking
walking for 12 weeks at home
OTHERRoutine care
Routine care
Sponsors
Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
The experiment group is composed of home walking, which contained walking guidance and telephone consultation, the control group without any intervention.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 64 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* patients with fulfilled the American College of Rheumatology 1997 criteria for SLE
Exclusion criteria
* .patients with cardiovascular disease * limited motion, such as bed-ridden, femur head necrosis * were pregnant, or had a depressive disorder,
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| healthy quality of life Questionnaire | up to half a year | The investigators will assess the Lupus Quality of Life(LupusQoL), from 0 (worst HRQOL) to 100 (best HRQOL) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| score system of depression | up to half a year | The investigators will assess Taiwanese Depression Questionnaire (TDQ) The 18-item TDQ had a sensitivity of 0.89 and a specificity of 0.92 at a cutoff score of 19. |
| quality of sleep | up to half a year | The investigators will assess Chinese version of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (CPSQI) The CPSQI consists of 19 items that are used to generate seven component scores. A global CPSQI score \> 5 indicates that patients suffer from sleep disturbance. |
Countries
Taiwan
Outcome results
None listed