Phone-Based Based Walk with Ease Program for Adults with Arthritis

University of South Carolina

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic; Fibromyalgia; Osteoarthritis; Arthritis; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Gout

Treatments: Behavioral: Phone-Based Walk With Ease

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT05289544

Pro00115106

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to examine the short-term (6-weeks and 6 months) and long-term (1 year) effects of a phone-based version of Walk With Ease intervention.

Full description

Participants will be randomized to either start the 6-week program immediately or after one year. Our Walk with Ease by Telephone (WWE-T) program is adapted from the original 6-week community-based group walking program developed by the Arthritis Foundation for adults with arthritis. The phone-based program will include 2 phone calls each week with a trained Walk With Ease Leader for 6 weeks. Assessments will be completed before at the start of the study, 6 weeks, 6 months and at 12 months.

Enrollment: 267 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• told by a doctor or other health professional that you have some form of arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lupus, fibromyalgia
• able to read and write in English
• plan to live in the Columbia, SC region for next year
• willing to be randomized to either group
• complete all baseline measure

Exclusion criteria

• contraindications to exercise (besides arthritis)
• are pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning to become pregnant in the next year
• have a serious cognitive impairment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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267 participants in 2 patient groups

Phone-Based Walk With Ease Program

Experimental group

Description:

Telephone-based Walk With Ease Program adapted from the Arthritis Foundations program

Treatment:

Behavioral: Phone-Based Walk With Ease

Delayed Phone-Based Walk With Ease Program

Other group

Description:

Telephone-Based Walk With Ease Program starting after the 1 year assessment

Treatment:

Behavioral: Phone-Based Walk With Ease