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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| VCU-92123A |
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| Name | Class |
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| Virginia Commonwealth University | OTHER |
OBJECTIVES:
I. Evaluate an educational program that has been pretested for cultural appropriateness and literacy requirements in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
II. Assess the impact of this educational program on patients with SLE, with an emphasis on recognizing cardinal symptoms, coping with fatigue, regulating medications, and communicating with the physician.
PROTOCOL OUTLINE:
Patients are randomly assigned to 1 of 2 groups.
One group participates in an educational program administered and coordinated by a health educator. The program includes 1 or 2 educational sessions emphasizing practical advice, each lasting approximately 1.5 hours; social support from a patient-identified management partner; and behavioral reinforcement from health center staff, the patient partner, and written and audio materials.
The control group receives patient educational materials consistent with usual care (pamphlets).
Patients are followed at 6, 12, 24, and 36 months.
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Tailored educational program | Procedure | |||
| Educational materials | Procedure |
PROTOCOL ENTRY CRITERIA:
Confirmed systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) using American College of Rheumatology criteria
Recruitment from the Medical College of Virginia SLE registry
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| W. Neal Roberts | Virginia Commonwealth University | Study Chair |
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| ID | Term |
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| D008180 | Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic |
| D001168 | Arthritis |
| D003240 | Connective Tissue Diseases |
| D007154 | Immune System Diseases |
| D003141 | Communicable Diseases |
| D035583 | Rare Diseases |
| ID | Term |
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| D017437 | Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases |
| D001327 | Autoimmune Diseases |
| D007592 | Joint Diseases |
| D009140 | Musculoskeletal Diseases |
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| D007239 | Infections |
| D020969 | Disease Attributes |
| D010335 | Pathologic Processes |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |