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Job Adaptation in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Sponsor
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT00412399
Collaborator
(none)
244
Enrollment
2
Locations
28
Duration (Months)
122
Patients Per Site
4.4
Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

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.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase

    Detailed Description

    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.

    Study Design

    Study Type:
    Observational
    Observational Model:
    Natural History
    Time Perspective:
    Prospective
    Official Title:
    Job Adaptation in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
    Study Start Date :
    Jun 1, 1999
    Study Completion Date :
    Oct 1, 2001

    Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

      Eligibility Criteria

      Criteria

      Ages Eligible for Study:
      18 Years and Older
      Sexes Eligible for Study:
      All
      Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
      Yes
      Inclusion Criteria:

      • Patients are eligible if they are:

      • over age 18;

      • meet American Rheumatism Association criteria for rheumatoid arthritis; and

      • are employed for salary or monetary reimbursement.

      • Controls are eligible if they are:

      • over age 18;

      • have no major comorbidity; and

      • are employed for salary or monetary reimbursement.

      Exclusion Criteria:

      • Patients and controls are excluded if they:

      • have cognitive deficits and cannot provide informed consent;

      • do not speak English or Spanish; or

      • their physicians do not grant permission to enroll them.

      Contacts and Locations

      Locations

      Site City State Country Postal Code
      1 Cornell Internal Medicine Associates New York New York United States 10021
      2 Hospital for Special Surgery New York New York United States 10021

      Sponsors and Collaborators

      • Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

      Investigators

      • Principal Investigator: Carol A Mancuso, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

      Study Documents (Full-Text)

      None provided.

      More Information

      Publications

      Responsible Party:
      , ,
      ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
      NCT00412399
      Other Study ID Numbers:
      • 97068
      First Posted:
      Dec 18, 2006
      Last Update Posted:
      Dec 18, 2006
      Last Verified:
      Dec 1, 2006
      Keywords provided by , ,
      Employment
      Negative workplace events
      Healthy controls
      Fatigue
      Physical activity
      Additional relevant MeSH terms:
      Arthritis
      Arthritis, Rheumatoid

      Study Results

      No Results Posted as of Dec 18, 2006