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Hospital for Special Surgery, New York |
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Information provided by: | Hospital for Special Surgery, New York |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00412399 |
The specific aim of this study is to compare the rate of negative work role events in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis compared to healthy controls.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Natural History, Longitudinal, Convenience Sample, Prospective Study |
Official Title: | Job Adaptation in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis |
Estimated Enrollment: | 244 |
Study Start Date: | June 1999 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | October 2001 |
Rheumatoid arthritis can cause multiple socio-medical disabilities, with work disability among the most marked. While a major focus has been documenting the rates of job loss and returning patients to the workforce, there is little information about how to foster job retention in those still employed.
The goals of this study are to document negative workplace events over 1 year in 122 employed patients with rheumatoid arthritis, and to compare these to 122 healthy controls, who are included to account for the effects of socioeconomic status on employment. Events will be recorded with the work domain of the Psychiatric Epidemiology Research Life Events Scale. Additional goals are to compared fatigue, physical activity, functional status and sleep disturbances as covariates.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients are eligible if they are:
Controls are eligible if they are:
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients and controls are excluded if they:
United States, New York | |
Hospital for Special Surgery | |
New York, New York, United States, 10021 | |
Cornell Internal Medicine Associates | |
New York, New York, United States, 10021 |
Principal Investigator: | Carol A Mancuso, MD | Hospital for Special Surgery |
Study ID Numbers: | 97068 |
Study First Received: | December 15, 2006 |
Last Updated: | December 15, 2006 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00412399 History of Changes |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Employment Negative workplace events Healthy controls Fatigue Physical activity |
Autoimmune Diseases Fatigue Musculoskeletal Diseases Joint Diseases Arthritis |
Connective Tissue Diseases Arthritis, Rheumatoid Healthy Rheumatic Diseases |
Autoimmune Diseases Immune System Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Joint Diseases |
Arthritis Connective Tissue Diseases Arthritis, Rheumatoid Rheumatic Diseases |