NCT03952897

Quality of Life Related to Health in Spa Users

Observational Study for the Assessment of Quality of Life Related to Health in Users of the Spa of Fitero (Navarra).

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Castilla-La Mancha · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 45 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Hypothesis: The spa therapy treatment could improve health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in subjects with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis, and patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Main objective: Analyze if HRQOL in patients with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis, and patients with rheumatoid arthritis is modified by spa therapy treatment in the spa of Fitero (Spain). Design: Prospective observational study Participants: Fitero's spa users aged between 45-80 years old, diagnosed with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis, and also with rheumatoid arthritis. At least 40 patients of each type will be included in the study. Participants must be receiving a treatment of at least ten days. Main Variable: The scores obtained in the Euroqol5Dimensions-5Levels questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L) (for all subjects), the Western Ontario MacMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) questionnaire, for subjects with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis, and the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ), for subjects with rheumatoid arthritis. Other variables: sociodemographic, anthropometric, clinics, and related with spa treatment. Follow-up duration: 9 months.

Conditions

• Knee Osteoarthritis
• Hip Osteoarthritis
• Rheumatoid Arthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	balneotherapy	10 days of balneotherapy with immersion techniques using Fitero spa water.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-05-01
• Primary completion: 2019-03-01
• Completion: 2019-12-01
• First posted: 2019-05-16
• Last updated: 2019-05-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain