Rheumatoid Arthritis
Conditions
Interventions
All participants in the study receive usual care containing regular visits to a rheumatologist
and a specialized nurse from whom they receive medical treatment, advice and information
about their dise
Sponsors
Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - RA Patients; - an age of 18 years or older; - the ability to speak and read the Dutch language; - the availability of a computer.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: -Patients receiving psychiatric and psychological treatment will be excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| We will use the following questionnaires: The Patients Activation Measure (PAM-13) to measure self-management The RAND-36 to measure health related quality of life The Modified Pain Coping Inventory for Fatigue (MPCI-F) to measure coping with fatigue The Rheumatoid Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale (RASE) to measure task specific Self-efficacy The Patient Efficacy in Patient-Physician Interactions (PEPPI-5) to measure patients'efficacy in obtaining medical information and attention to their medical concerns from physicians. The Self-Management Ability Scale Short Form (SMAS-S) to measure self-management skills in relation to welfare. NRS pain and NRS fatigue to measure the level of pain and fatigue of patients | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The process evaluation of the e-health self-management program will be on actual use, added value of the e-health intervention, and dropping out of the e-health intervention. Both patients and their healthcare professionals will take part in the evaluation. Qualitative data on the feasibility of the e-health self-management program will be obtained via semi-structured interviews. The patients will be interviewed about their experience using the intervention asking questions on worthiness, time consumption and relevance. The actual use of the ehealth self-management program will be monitored quantitatively during the intervention period counting data on frequency of the patients’ visits to the e-health self-management program. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactR.M. Zuidema
Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare (IQ healthcare) Radboud universitair medisch centrum Postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen
Outcome results
None listed