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The goal of this study is to learn about the long-term effects of integrated care approach in persons over the age of 20 who take part in integrated care approach to treat their rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The main question is to explore whether adding the integrated care approach into routine care can lower pro-inflammatory cytokines and depressive symptom in RA persons over age 20 when taken long-term to treat RA?
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Routine care | No Intervention | This consisted of consultation about disease symptoms and conventional disease management. | |
| ETLA care | Experimental | Subhects in the experimental group receive exercise training plus laser acupuncture |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ETLA | Other | To assess the long-term effects of integrated case management model involving traditional Chinese medicine (CM-TCM) model. The persons participating will be invited to enroll in this stage, and they will be assigned to receive either the usual care or a usual care plus integrated 3-month CM-TCM |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| cytokines | Serum cytokine levels contained interleukin (IL)-6, IL-1, IL-17 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, | From enrollment to the end of treatment at 12 weeks" |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| depressive symptom | It is measured by self-reported scale | From enrollment to the end of treatment at 12 weeks" |
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Inclusion Criteria:
age of at least 20 years; willingness to participate in the survey; having the physician-diagnosed RA with the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification code of 714.0
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Dalin Tzuchi Hospital | Chiayi City | 62247 | Taiwan |
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| ID | Term |
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| D001172 | Arthritis, Rheumatoid |
| ID | Term |
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| D001168 | Arthritis |
| D007592 | Joint Diseases |
| D009140 | Musculoskeletal Diseases |
| D012216 | Rheumatic Diseases |
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To set up an exercise training plus laser acupuncture (ETLA) program and to assess its long-term effects towards changes of metabolic profiles, pro-inflammatory cytokines, and muscle functions among RA persons.
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| D003240 |
| Connective Tissue Diseases |
| D017437 | Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases |
| D001327 | Autoimmune Diseases |
| D007154 | Immune System Diseases |