A Comparison of the ASHC and CDSMP

This study has been completed.

First Received: September 13, 2005 No Changes Posted

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention University of Illinois
Information provided by:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00207415

Purpose

The arthritis-specific Arthritis Self Help Course (ASHC) and the more generic Chronic Disease Self Management Program (CDSMP) teach generalizable skills for managing arthritis and other chronic diseases. In some locations it may be more feasible to combine efforts and offer the generic course rather than the arthritis-specific program. However anecdotal evidence has questioned whether people with arthritis obtain as much benefit from the more generic course as they do the arthritis-specific course. The primary purpose of this research study is to compare health outcomes among people with arthritis who participate in either ASHC or the CDSMP. The University of Illinois Project is emphasizing recruiting a balance of uran and rural participants. The results of this research will be used to guide Arthritis program recommendations on the use of ASHC and CDSMP to improve the quality of life for people with arthritis.

Condition	Intervention
Arthritis	Behavioral: ASHC and CDSMP

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Educational/Counseling/Training, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment
Official Title:	A Comparison of the ASHC and CDSMP

Further study details as provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Health status at 6 month follow up
Health Care utilization at 6 month follow up

Secondary Outcome Measures:

self management behaviors at 6 month follow up
self efficacy at 6 month follow up

Estimated Enrollment:	300
Study Start Date:	January 2003
Estimated Study Completion Date:	December 2004

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Adult with self reported arthritis-

Exclusion Criteria:

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00207415

Sponsors and Collaborators

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

University of Illinois

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Mary Brown, MD, MPH

University of Illinois College of Medicine-Rockford

More Information

No publications provided

Study ID Numbers:	CDC-NCCDPHP-MM0512-03/03, MM0512-03/03
Study First Received:	September 13, 2005
Last Updated:	September 13, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00207415 History of Changes
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

arthritis
self management

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Musculoskeletal Diseases
Joint Diseases
Arthritis

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Musculoskeletal Diseases
Joint Diseases
Arthritis

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 11, 2009