Understanding Causes of Hospitalization For Patients Living With Arthritis
Summary
Invitation to share your recent hospitalization experience!
Share your story of your recent hospital experience to help researchers understand why patients with arthritis may have to seek care in hospital.
Through one interview, help the research team to understand:
- what led to the need for care in a hospital or urgent/emergency care setting,
- what health services you may have tried to access to avoid this visit, and
- any other health factors might have contributed to the event.
This study has been approved by the University of Calgary Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board (REB22-1316).
Eligibility
Eligible ages: 18 to 100
Inclusion criteria:
Adults with one of the following diagnoses who have been hospitalized in Calgary for any reason in the past 3 months:
- Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
- Spondyloarthritis (SpA)
- Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA)
- Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)
- Gout
Participate
Fill out the following form if you want to participate in this research
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Additional information
Contact information
Research Coordinator
Principal investigator:
Cheryl Barnabe
Clinical trial:
No
REB-ID:
REB22-1316
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