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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 12 February 2013
Main ID:  ISRCTN51523281
Date of registration: 21/01/2011
Primary sponsor: Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Public title: A study evaluating the effect of Educational Needs Assessment Tool (ENAT) focused patient education, on health outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis The ENAT study
Scientific title: A multicentre randomised controlled interventional process of care study evaluating the effect of Educational Needs Assessment Tool (ENAT) focused patient education, on health outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Date of first enrolment: Jun 1 2010
Target sample size: Planned sample size: 130; UK sample size: 130
Recruitment status: Completed/Not recruiting
URL:  http://isrctn.org/ISRCTN51523281
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Multicentre randomised controlled interventional process of care trial  
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Contacts
Name: A  Adebajo
Address:  Pogmoor Road S75 2EP Barnsley United Kingdom
Telephone:
Email: aadebajo@nhs.net
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Positive diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis defined by the American Rheumatism Association (ARA) criteria
2. Aged 18 years or above, either sex
3. Ability to complete questionnaires unaided

Exclusion criteria: Patients with a history of severe mental health problems which would impair their ability to provide informed consent should be excluded

Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender:
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Topic: Musculoskeletal; Subtopic: Musculoskeletal (all Subtopics); Disease: Musculoskeletal
Intervention(s)
130 RA patients will be randomised into an Experimental Group (EG) or Control Group (CG).

The EG will complete the ENAT priot to seeing a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) at weeks 0, 16 and 32. For the EG, the CNS will use the ENAT as a template to meet the patients perceived educational needs in addition to usual care. The CG will receive their usual care from the CNS without the aid of the ENAT.

Study entry: single randomisation only.
Primary Outcome(s)
To evaluate the effectiveness of ENAT focused patient education on health outcomes of RA patients, measured at baseline, 16 weeks and 32 weeks.
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. To establish whether the patients perceive they are getting an equally good or inadequate education
2. To evaluate the usability of the ENAT in a clinical setting

Measured at baseline, 16 weeks and 32 weeks.
Secondary ID(s)
9230
Source(s) of Monetary Support
National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) (UK) - Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme
Secondary Sponsor(s)
N/A
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