Survey reveals why rheumatism patients struggle with Follow-Up care
NCT ID NCT05613712
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed study surveyed 229 people with chronic inflammatory rheumatism (like rheumatoid arthritis) and their doctors to find out what makes it hard to follow care recommendations after a hospital visit. The goal was to identify barriers to good outpatient management. No treatment was tested; instead, the study gathered information to potentially improve future care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help improve how doctors manage chronic inflammatory rheumatism outside the hospital, leading to better long-term care.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed survey study, not a treatment trial. It identifies problems but does not test any solution, so direct patient benefits are uncertain.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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229 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2023
- Finished
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May 2023
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
The SCORIC population targeted by the patient questionnaire represents all patients followed by the rheumatology department of the CHU Grenoble Alpes, having benefited from a holistic analysis of their disease and their comorbidities. The referring physician population will be generated from the medical records of the patients of the SCORIC cohort.
- Ages
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18 to 90 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient cohort : * men and women over 18 years of age * Informed volunteers who have consented to participate in the study * have rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis or psoriatic arthritis * have been hospitalised in a day hospital in the rheumatology department of the Grenoble-Alpes University = SCORIC cohort of the department * Cohort of referring physicians : * volunteers who received informed information and consented to participate in the study * be the referring physician of a patient of the SCORIC cohort of the rheumatology department of the South Hospital of the CHU Grenoble-Alpes Exclusion Criteria: * Patient cohort : * psychiatric pathologies or history of behavioural disorders * persons referred to in articles L1121-5 to L1121-8 of the Public Health Code * persons under guardianship or curatorship * not affiliated to the social security system * minors * Refusal to participate by the patient and/or unreturned questionnaire * Cohort of referring physicians: * the physician is no longer the patient's referring physician * refusal of the doctor to participate and/or questionnaire not returned
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Grenoble Alpes
Grenoble, 38043, France
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