Telerehabilitation in Rheumatic Diseases

NCT05493384 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 7099
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Telerehabilitation (TR) became more popular during COVID-19 pandemic due to social isolation and curfew. Exercise is one of treatments for patients with rheumatic diseases that are known to have low levels of physical activity.

Conditions

Telerehabilitation

Keywords

Telerehabilitation; Rheumatic diseases; COVID-19

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Fatigue severity scale

  Fatigue is a normal response to physical exertion or stress but can also be a sign of a physical disorder. In the common sense, fatigue is a condition known to everyone from his or her own experience,irrespective of his or her age, gender, or health. Fatigue severity scale consists of nine questions; each question is scored from 1 to 7

  2 minutes

• Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale

  It consists of 14 questions that which 7 of them evaluate depression and 7 of them evaluate anxiety. Each question is scored from 0 to 3 and high scores indicate severe anxiety and depression

  2 minutes

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index

  3 minutes

• Health Assessment Questionnaire

  2 minutes

Study Arms (2)

Telerehabilitation group

EXPERIMENTAL

The Telerehabilitation Group will be performed exercise program including stretching, strengthening, posture and relaxation exercises by an experienced physiotherapist for 3 times a week for 8 weeks via Zoom.

Other: Telerehabilitation Group

No Intervention group

NO INTERVENTION

No additional therapy will be performed to the Control Group and they were suggested to continue their usual physical activity.

Interventions

Telerehabilitation Group OTHER

The program will include stretching, strengthening, breathing, posture, proprioceptive, relaxation exercises and segmental extremity movements. Each exercise will be performed 10 times in a session for the first 4 weeks and 15 times for the last 4 weeks. Exercises will be performed progressively on the patients.

Telerehabilitation group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Between the ages of 18 to 65
• Have diagnosed with Romatoid Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Systemic Lupus Erthematosus or Fibromyalgia

You may not qualify if:

• Being pregnant
• Diagnosed with malignancy
• Had changes of medical treatment in the last 3 months
• Had dysfunction that limited physical activity such as severe neurological impairment, immobility or cooperation deficits
• Had regular exercise habit (minimally three days in a week)
• Had cardiac symphtoms according to New York Heart Association

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Gazi University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Songul Baglan Yentur

Elâzığ, 23119, Turkey (Türkiye)

RECRUITING

Related Links

• Home tele-rehabilitation for rheumatic patients: impact and satisfaction of care analysis
• Efficacy of tele-rehabilitation compared with office-based physical therapy in patients with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized clinical trial

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Rheumatic Diseases; COVID-19

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Musculoskeletal Diseases; Connective Tissue Diseases; Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases; Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Respiratory Tract Infections; Infections; Virus Diseases; Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases

Central Study Contacts

Songul B Yentur

CONTACT

+90 424 2370000; songulbaglan23@hotmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 2, 2022
• First Posted: August 9, 2022
• Study Start: July 25, 2022
• Primary Completion: October 20, 2022
• Study Completion: November 20, 2022
• Last Updated: August 9, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)