Rheumatoid Arthritis
Conditions
Interventions
Patient education, guidance on energy preservation and joint protection methods.
The number of patients will be 60.
Interventions will happen once a week, for eight weeks, and will be individualized,
Behavioural
Sponsors
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Rheumatoid Arthritis diagnosis; Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Rheumatology Department of Clinics Hospital of Federal University of Minas Gerais; Avaiability to attend reunions of the patient's groups; Giving informed consent (by signing the consent form).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Refusal to participate of the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement in rheumatoid arthritis (improvement of at least 20% for each measure described bellow: CRP, DAS28CRP, tender and swollen 28 joint count, patient's and physicinas visual analogical scale; visual analogical scale of pain, DASH, EuroQol and COPM questionnaires) after participating of the group. Endpoints will be evaluated during the first medical consultation of each patient, after participating in the group weekly, for eight weeks. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Improvement of at leas 20% in rheumatoid arthritis activity (C-reactive protein, DAS28 CRP, tender and swollen 28 joint cout, patient's and physician's visual analogical scale) ;Improvement of at leas 20% of pain (pain visual analogical scale);Improvement of at leas 20% of function of upper limbs (Disabilitiy of arm, shoulder anb hand - DASH questionnaire);Improvement of at leas 20% of quality of life (Euroqol 5d questionnaire);Improvement of at leas 20% of work performance (the Canadion Occupational Performance Measure - COPM) | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactDebora Calderaro
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Outcome results
None listed