Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Tai Chi Chih for Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Official title
Behavioral Treatments for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Brief summary
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic illness. Patients with RA often experience significant pain and depression. This study will evaluate two programs designed to improve the symptoms of RA: cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and Tai Chi Chih (TCC), compared to a health education seminar.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00072657
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 106 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Behavioral
- Tai Chi Chih Behavioral
- Health Education Seminar Behavioral
Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jan 31, 2004
- Primary completion
- Feb 28, 2009
- Completion
- Feb 28, 2009
- Last update posted
- Apr 3, 2013
2004 – 2009
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, UCLA | Los Angeles | California | 90095 | — |
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- Last update posted Apr 3, 2013 · Synced Sep 6, 2026
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