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*Capability care: what matters most to patients with neuromuscular diseases?*

*Capability care: what matters most to patients with neuromuscular diseases?* - Rehabilitation & Capability Care in NMD (ReCap-NMD)

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
NL-OMON
Registry ID
NL-OMON49384
Enrollment
60
Registered
2020-09-15
Start date
2020-11-11
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-10

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

Conditions

fascioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD) and myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1)

Interventions

One group of patients will receive usual rehabilitation care. The other group of patients will receive care based on the capability approach (capability care). Health care professionals will be trai

Sponsors

Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - confirmed diagnosis of FSHD or DM1 by neurologist - 18 years or older - a current rehabilitation aim - in a mentally stable condition - sufficient mastery of the Dutch language to participate in conversation with the health care providers and research assistant and to fill in questionnaires - informed consent (written) Patients that have been treated previously and have new rehabilitation aims can be included.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - patients that have one of the following comorbidities: o active or previously major psychotic, psychiatric or depression episodes o acquired brain injury (e.g. stroke, traumatic brain injury) o severe cognitive problems (e.g. severe dementia) in which case the rehabilitation treatment is affected and/or patients are not able to fill out the questionnaires o a limited life expectancy (e.g. due to cancer)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Difference in the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) between both groups (corrected for the value at baseline).

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary outcomes: Difference between both groups in the the ICEpop CAPability measure for Adults (ICECAP-A), Utrecht Scale for Evaluation of Rehabilitation Participation (USER-P), the EuroQol-5D-5L (EQ-5D-5L), the Medical Outcome Study Short-Form-36 (SF-36) and the Capability Set for Work Questionnaire (CSWQ) score. Other study parameters: Audio recordings of consultations with the healthcare professionals and the multidisciplinary team meetings, medical reports, questionnaire on resources and personal characteristics, interviews with patients and partners, focus groups with healthcare professionals.

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 25, 2026