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An Internet-based Self-management Program With Telephone Support for Adolescents With Arthritis: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Teens Taking Charge and Self-Management for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Completed, enrolled 46 participants across 4 sites.
Detailed Summary
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).
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
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.
Adolescents' "own best efforts" at managing their JIA