Nursing Consultation in Out-patient Clinics for Patients With Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease

Diakonhjemmet Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Arthritis

Treatments: Other: Follow up by a medical doctor; Other: Follow up bu a nurse

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00403676

DiakonhjemmetS

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of care given by nurse specialists in out patient clinics, through a randomized controlled study.

Full description

This study is part of a national multicenter study (NOR-DMARD) that aims to measure the longterm safety and effectiveness of disease modifying therapies in inflammatory arthropathies. The Nor-Dmard study is a comparative, phase IV, longitudinal, observational study. All patients starting a DMARD regime are enrolled. Patients from two clinics (different parts of Norway) will be randomised to receive follow-up care from either a clinical nurse or a rheumatologist.

The primary outcome measure is patient satisfaction measured by Leeds Satisfaction Questionnaire.

The secondary outcome is effectiveness measured by Coping (CORS),Health related quality of life (SF-36) and Disease activity (MHAQ, DAS-28).

Enrollment: 68 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with inflammatory arthropathies monitored after starting disease modifying antirheumatic drugs.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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68 participants in 2 patient groups

Follow up by nurse

Experimental group

Description:

Patient randomized for follow-up by a nurse

Treatment:

Other: Follow up bu a nurse

follow up by medical doctor

Experimental group

Description:

Patients randomized for follow up by a medical doctor

Treatment:

Other: Follow up by a medical doctor