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Effects of Home-Based Emotional Disclosure in Rheumatoid Arthritis

U

UMC Utrecht

Status and phase

Completed
Phase 2

Conditions

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Treatments

Behavioral: time management control condition
Behavioral: home-based emotional disclosure

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00462150
NR 99-1-401

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is threefold: 1) to develop a home-based emotional disclosure intervention inducing core elements of change (emotional engagement, cognitive restructuring, and positive future directedness); 2) to examine in a randomized controlled trial in patients with rheumatoid arthritis the induction of the core elements and the feasibility of the intervention for home application; and, 3) to examine the psychological, clinical, and physiological effects of the adapted emotional disclosure intervention and the modulating role of cognitive-emotional change and individual differences in emotion regulation.

Full description

Emotional disclosure has been suggested to alleviate psychological and physical stress in chronically ill people. Emotional engagement, cognitive restructuring, and positive future directedness are considered core elements to induce change in emotional disclosure interventions. The aim of our randomized controlled trial in patients with rheumatoid arthritis is to examine the psychological, clinical, and physiological effects of an emotional disclosure intervention adapted for home application and the modulating role of cognitive-emotional change and individual differences in emotion regulation.

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis according to the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (Arthritis Rheum 1988;31:315-24
  • Written informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Double Blind

Trial contacts and locations

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