106
Participants
Start Date
February 29, 2004
Primary Completion Date
March 31, 2009
Study Completion Date
March 31, 2009
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
The CBT intervention will have three phases: 1) education on the nature of the adjustment process in chronic illness, 2) coping skill development, and 3) generalization and application of skills to everyday situations. Participants in the CBT group will attend 12 weekly group sessions of about 2 hours each.
Tai Chi Chih
Participants in the TCC group will learn to perform 18 movements under the guidance of an expert TCC teacher. TCC participants will have 50- to 60-minute biweekly sessions during the 12-week study.
Health Education Seminar
Control group participants will attend weekly group educational sessions; these sessions will provide general knowledge about arthritis health and illness, and they will include lectures, demonstrations, and question-and-answer sessions with experts in rheumatology, sleep science, and behavioral medicine.
Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, UCLA, Los Angeles
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
NIH
University of California, Los Angeles
OTHER