Internet Self-Management Program With Telephone Support for Adolescents With Arthritis

NCT ID: NCT01011179

Last Updated: 2021-03-29

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

46 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-11-30

Study Completion Date

2009-06-30

Brief Summary

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This study will evaluate the feasibility of "Teens Taking Charge: Managing Arthritis On-line" intervention that will help adolescents with arthritis to better manage their disease and improve their health-related quality of life (HRQL).

Detailed Description

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This feasibility study will (1) assess adolescents' willingness to be randomized; (2) pilot the intervention, attention control strategies (e.g., adolescents' 'own best efforts' at managing arthritis), and outcome measures; (3) determine adolescents' perceptions regarding acceptability of the web-based intervention; and (4) obtain estimates of treatment effects in primary (HRQL) and secondary (knowledge, coping, self-efficacy, stress, treatment adherence, pain) outcome measures to inform the calculation of appropriate sample size for the future RCT.

We hypothesize that adolescents with JIA in the web-based intervention will demonstrate: (a) improved HRQL; (b) increased disease-specific knowledge; (c) improved coping, self-efficacy, and adherence to prescribed management; and (d) decreased pain and stress compared to adolescents in the attention control group

Conditions

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Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Internet-based JIA Self-Management Program

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Teens Taking Charge

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention is a 12-week multi-component treatment protocol that consists of self-management strategies (e.g., how to deal with stress and treatment related symptoms like pain), information (e.g., common problems associated with treatment and disease) and social support (e.g., monitored discussion boards and narratives in the form of written stories and video clips). It will be delivered on a restricted web-site and through regular contact with a trained coach by means of email and/or telephone using standardized scripts.

Attention Control Group

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Self-Management

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Adolescents' "own best efforts" at managing their JIA

Interventions

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Teens Taking Charge

The intervention is a 12-week multi-component treatment protocol that consists of self-management strategies (e.g., how to deal with stress and treatment related symptoms like pain), information (e.g., common problems associated with treatment and disease) and social support (e.g., monitored discussion boards and narratives in the form of written stories and video clips). It will be delivered on a restricted web-site and through regular contact with a trained coach by means of email and/or telephone using standardized scripts.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Self-Management

Adolescents' "own best efforts" at managing their JIA

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* adolescents 12 to 18 years
* diagnosed with JIA,
* able to speak and read English or French
* able to complete baseline online outcome measures.

Exclusion Criteria

* cognitive impairment
* major co-morbid illnesses (medical or psychiatric) which may impact their ability to understand and use the web-based program.
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Provincial Health Services Authority

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Dalhousie University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

IWK Health Centre

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The Arthritis Society, Canada

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The Hospital for Sick Children

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jennifer Stinson

Scientist

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Patrick J McGrath, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

IWK Health Centre

Locations

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BC Children's Hospital

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Site Status

IWK Health Center

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Site Status

The Hospital for Sick Children

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Montreal Children's Hospital

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

References

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Stinson JN, McGrath PJ, Hodnett ED, Feldman BM, Duffy CM, Huber AM, Tucker LB, Hetherington CR, Tse SM, Spiegel LR, Campillo S, Gill NK, White ME. An internet-based self-management program with telephone support for adolescents with arthritis: a pilot randomized controlled trial. J Rheumatol. 2010 Sep;37(9):1944-52. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.091327. Epub 2010 Jul 1.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 20595280 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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1000010809

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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