The Effectiveness of Walking in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Treatments: Other: Routine care; Behavioral: walking

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04983784

B10903020

Details and patient eligibility

About

Expected Results:

Finding from this evidence-based study ought to clarify the effectiveness of walking intervention for patients with SLE, and provide reference for future nursing strategies to improve disease adaptability.

Full description

Background and purpose:

Walking exercise may be grateful in strengthening the cardiopulmonary function, regulating the joint flexbility, relieving the pain and the disturbance of sleep, all of which can further improve the quality of life among the patients with chronic diseases. Nevertheless, the information regarding the effect of walking exercise amongst systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) subjects is still obscure. This study aimed to the influence of quality of life and sleep after the implementation of walking exercise among such groups.

uses the Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the Pittsburgh Sleep QualityIndex、Systemic Lupus Erythematosus-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire and Systemic Lupus Disease Activity of Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Score and Taiwanese Depression Questionnaire to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention of walking exercise on Systemic lupus erythematosus.

Methods:

Through the quasi-experimental study design, the investigators intend to recruit the SLE patients from a hospital in Taiwan between 2021-2022. The main intervention is composed of home walking, which contained walking guidance and telephone consultation. After that, the investigators apply the structured questionnaires and existing data to collect performance indicators, covering the Chinese version of Pittsburgh Sleep QualityIndex, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire, Systemic Lupus Disease Activity of Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Score, and Taiwanese Depression Questionnaire. The effects of walking exercise is determined by The generalized estimation equations(GEE) .

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 64 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients with fulfilled the American College of Rheumatology 1997 criteria for SLE

Exclusion criteria

• .patients with cardiovascular disease
• limited motion, such as bed-ridden, femur head necrosis
• were pregnant, or had a depressive disorder,

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

The Effectiveness of Walking on Sleep ,Depression and Quality of Life on intervention

Experimental group

Description:

experimental group: 1. intervention home-style walking exercises 2. performed 12 weeks of 30 minutes walking exercise 2-3 times per week 3. assess on at baseline and 12 weeks

Treatment:

Behavioral: walking

No intervention group reaction

Experimental group

Description:

control group: 1. no intervention 2. Routine care and follow-up 3. assess on at baseline and 12 weeks

Treatment:

Other: Routine care