Self-management Telehealth Program for Scleroderma

NCT ID: NCT06990386

Last Updated: 2025-05-30

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

72 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-10-11

Study Completion Date

2025-04-30

Brief Summary

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Scleroderma causes the skin on the hands to harden, causing the hands to contract, and the fingers to bend abnormally, which affect the patient's work and quality of life.

This project aims to test the effect of a self-management telehealth program. The goal of this clinical trial is to improving hand strength and function in SSc patients.

Participants will: randomly into 3 groups; a) usual education, b) watching 3.27-minute video guide as needed adding on usual education, c) watching video guide and weekly telephone notifications adding to usual education.

A physical therapist coached home program for self-hand and joint exercise, a nursing coach home routine hand care.

Visit the clinic with a diary at 6 weeks after program for checkups and tests

Researchers will compare hand strength and function, self-management behavior, HAMIS scores, hand grip strength (HGS), and quality of life (QoL) between groups, as well as the changes in these parameters at week 6 compared to baseline.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Scleroderma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

An usual education; included booklet that developed based on the self-management framework consisting of 4 categories: a) self-monitoring, which consisted of self-observation and self-recording of DU and RP; b) performing special tasks to manage the disease, including keeping warm, maintaining moisture, and taking traumatic wound precautions; c) information seeking; and d) self-adjustment based on disease activity and treatment Video guide ; was the hand and joint exercise video guide that included a 3.27-minute educational video on 6 basic daily hand exercises including: a) stretching wrist flexion and extension, b) range of motion (ROM) ulnar and radial deviation, c) ROM finger abduction and adduction, d) finger pincer, e) finger flexion and extension, and f) finger grab Telephone notifications ; consisted of weekly calls for further continuity and engagement with hand exercises. Each call lasted about 10 minutes, providing problem-solving support, knowledge reinforcement
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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usual education

An usual education included self-management booklet that developed based on the self-management framework consisting of 4 categories: a) self-monitoring, which consisted of self-observation and self-recording of DU and RP; b) performing special tasks to manage the disease, including keeping warm, maintaining moisture, and taking traumatic wound precautions; c) information seeking; and d) self-adjustment based on disease activity and treatment.

Group Type OTHER

self-management program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Self-management booklet based on the self-management framework consisting of 4 categories: a) self-monitoring, which consisted of self-observation and self-recording of DU and RP; b) performing special tasks to manage the disease, including keeping warm, maintaining moisture, and taking traumatic wound precautions; c) information seeking; and d) self-adjustment based on disease activity and treatment.

Video guide and usual education

Video guide add on usual education was the hand and joint exercise video guide that included a 3.27-minute educational video on 6 basic daily hand exercises including: a) stretching wrist flexion and extension, b) range of motion (ROM) ulnar and radial deviation, c) ROM finger abduction and adduction, d) finger pincer, e) finger flexion and extension, and f) finger grab.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Video guide and usual education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Video guide was the hand and joint exercise video guide that included a 3.27-minute educational video on 6 basic daily hand exercises including: a) stretching wrist flexion and extension, b) range of motion (ROM) ulnar and radial deviation, c) ROM finger abduction and adduction, d) finger pincer, e) finger flexion and extension, and f) finger grab.

Telephone notification, video guide and usual education

Telephone notifications consisted of weekly calls for further continuity and engagement with hand exercises. Each call lasted about 10 minutes, providing problem-solving support, knowledge reinforcement, and motivation to encourage adherence to the program.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Telephone notification, video guide and usual education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Telephone notifications consisted of weekly calls for further continuity and engagement with hand exercises. Each call lasted about 10 minutes, providing problem-solving support, knowledge reinforcement, and motivation to encourage adherence to the program.

Interventions

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self-management program

Self-management booklet based on the self-management framework consisting of 4 categories: a) self-monitoring, which consisted of self-observation and self-recording of DU and RP; b) performing special tasks to manage the disease, including keeping warm, maintaining moisture, and taking traumatic wound precautions; c) information seeking; and d) self-adjustment based on disease activity and treatment.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Video guide and usual education

Video guide was the hand and joint exercise video guide that included a 3.27-minute educational video on 6 basic daily hand exercises including: a) stretching wrist flexion and extension, b) range of motion (ROM) ulnar and radial deviation, c) ROM finger abduction and adduction, d) finger pincer, e) finger flexion and extension, and f) finger grab.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Telephone notification, video guide and usual education

Telephone notifications consisted of weekly calls for further continuity and engagement with hand exercises. Each call lasted about 10 minutes, providing problem-solving support, knowledge reinforcement, and motivation to encourage adherence to the program.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Adult SSc patients who met the 2013 classification criteria of the American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology and fulfilled all of the following criteria were included:

* Ability to communicate in the Thai language
* Stable disease
* Hand involvement defined as a hand mobility in scleroderma score ≥1 or a limited range of motion in at least one hand joint
* Ownership of a smartphone capable of recording video clips
* Ability to access videos on their smartphone independently

Exclusion Criteria

* Severe contracture deformity of the hands (defined as a hand mobility in scleroderma score of 27)
* Impaired hand sensation; cognitive, hearing, or visual impairment; or physical limitations (e.g., paralysis, muscle weakness)
* Scheduled surgery involving the hand, eyes, or ears; or required hospitalization within the past 6 weeks
* Presence of infected wounds or active inflammation on the hand, wrist, or fingers that prevents performance of hand exercises
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Khon Kaen University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Orathai Wantha

Registered Nurse

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Khon Kaen University

Khon Kaen, Changwat Khon Kaen, Thailand

Site Status

Countries

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Thailand

Other Identifiers

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Khon Kaen University

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

HE661405

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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