NCT07446504Completed
Association of Pain With Body Image and Psychological Resilience in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Fibromyalgia
The Relationship Between Pain, Psychological Resilience, and Body Image Perception in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Fibromyalgia: A Cross-Sectional Comparative Study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Mar 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This cross-sectional, comparative study will examine the relationship between psychological resilience and body image in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and fibromyalgia (FM), and compare these findings with healthy controls. Participants will be recruited consecutively from the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation outpatient clinic at Samsun Training and Research Hospital. After informed consent, demographic and clinical information will be recorded and validated questionnaires will be administered. The results may help to better understand psychological and body-related experiences in RA and FM and support more comprehensive patient care.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 124 (actual)
- First submitted
- 25 Feb 2026
- Start date
- 1 Apr 2025
- Primary completion date
- 30 Sept 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Samsun University
- Diseases
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- NCT number
- NCT07446504
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Participants enrolled: 124
- From 1 Apr 2025 to the primary completion date, 30 Sept 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Presence of an acute or chronic neurological disease.
- Current or past psychiatric diagnosis.
- Severe visual or hearing impairment.
- History of trauma or surgery within the past 6 months.
- History of cancer.
- Thyroid disease.
Other
- Refusal to participate / inability to provide informed consent.
Who the study is looking for
- Adults aged 18-70 years.
- For the fibromyalgia group: meeting the ACR 2016 criteria.
- For the rheumatoid arthritis group: meeting the ACR classification/diagnostic criteria.
- For the healthy control group: no history of chronic pain or chronic disease.
- Willingness to participate and provision of written informed consent.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 70 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Samsun | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
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