Guided Self-Management Intervention Targeting Fatigue in Rheumatic Inflammatory Diseases

Diakonhjemmet Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Inflammatory Rheumatism; Fatigue

Treatments: Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03216616

2014/395 (REK)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Fatigue is common and debilitating in rheumatic inflammatory diseases as for other chronical medical conditions. The purpose of this study is to develope and evaluate a cognitive behavioural intervention targeting fatigue. The aim of the intervention is to improve fatigue self-management by changing behavioral and cognitive factors contributing to perceived fatigue. Levels of fatigue, depressive symptoms and self esteem will be measured before, after and three months after the intervention.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Men and women over 18 years with inflammatory rheumatic diseases and fatigue at Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to provide informed consent
• Unable to read and understand Norwegian
• Unable to complete a survey

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 1 patient group

Patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases

Experimental group

Description:

The patients will participate in a cognitive behavioural therapy intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy