Feasibility and Preliminary Effects of the Resilience-based, Energy Management to Enhance Wellbeing in Systemic Sclerosis (RENEW) Intervention

Feasibility and Preliminary Effects of the Resilience-based, Energy Management to Enhance Wellbeing in Systemic Sclerosis (RENEW) Intervention

Researchers are testing a web-based peer-led program to help manage energy and symptoms in people who have scleroderma. Resilience-based, Energy Management to Enhance Wellbeing (RENEW) was created by researchers, doctors, and patients with scleroderma. The goal is to help people with scleroderma feel better.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Have a diagnosis of systemic sclerosis including:

  • Diffuse or limited cutaneous

• Have access to a reliable, internet-connected device (e.g. computer, tablet)

• Be able to read, speak, and understand English

• Participants need to report a score of at least 4 on a scale of 0 - 10 of fatigue severity, a cut-off for at least moderate fatigue in other fatiguing conditions.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Complex, unstable health issues that would preclude full participation in the study
• Planning to start new treatment for fatigue, pain, mood during the study period