The Effects of 6-week Cardiac Rehabilitation Programme on Cardiovascular Disease Risk, Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure and Disease Activity in Hypertensive Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients : A Randomised Controlled Trial
Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
The aim of this study is to investigate the beneficial impacts of the 6-week standardized CR program applied to hypertensive RA patients whose disease activity is under control with regular pharmacological treatment. Subjects will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: 1.) standard of care (SOC) treatment or 2.) SOC plus a 6 week CR program.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• Patients diagnosed with RA according to ACR/EULAR 2010 criteria
• Taking regular treatment for at least 1 month according to ACR/EULAR guidelines
• Patients diagnosed with HT according to the 2018 European Society of Hypertension and European Society of Cardiology (ESH/ESC) guideline
Locations
Other Locations
Turkey
Health Sciences University, Kayseri Medicine Faculty
RECRUITING
Kayseri
Contact Information
Primary
HAVVA TALAY ÇALIŞ, PROFESSOR
htalaycalis@yahoo.com
+905326874541
Backup
Abdurrahman Kutluca, MD
abdurrahmankutluca@hotmail.com
00905416064166
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-12-15
Estimated Completion Date: 2024-06-15
Participants
Target number of participants: 40
Treatments
Experimental: Cardiac Rehabilitation
The CR group will receive training for CVD and HT once a week, along with a rehabilitation program consisting of aerobic, resistance, flexibility and stretching exercises 3 days a week for 6 weeks.
No_intervention: Control
Control group will receive treatment for their RA that is considered standard of care treatment (e.g. pharmacotherapy), but will not be participated in the CR program.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Kayseri City Hospital