Mind on arthritis study

Effect of a mind development program on the clinical profile and primary mental health status of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

SLCTR

Registry ID

SLCTR/2008/019

Enrollment

175

Registered

2008-10-17

Start date

2008-06-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

Rheumatoid arthritis

Interventions

A quasi experimental design will be used. Two groups will be selected. One group will receive a mind development exercise in addition to the standard treatment. The other group (comparison group) will

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients above twelve years attending a rheumatology clinic in NHSL

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Those patients who have major psychiatric illnesses in the exacerbation phase

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Reductions in pain in visual analogue scale 2. [] Reduction in the number of joints affected 3. [ ] Improvements in the primary mental health status [ ]	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Duration of symptom free state [] Duration of sustained improvement of symptoms [ ]	—

Countries

Sri Lanka

Contacts

Public ContactDr.M.W Gunathunga

Senior Lecturer in Communiy Medicine

wasantg@hotmail.com

Outcome results

None listed

Source: SLCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026