Please select the arm or intervention descriptions that belong to the clinical trial below.
Title: Effectiveness of a Teleconference Delivered Fatigue Management Program for People With Multiple Sclerosis
Brief Summary: Approximately 60% of individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) describe fatigue as their most disabling symptom. Energy conservation education involves teaching people with MS different strategies to manage fatigue and reduce its impact on daily life. Despite growing evidence of the effectiveness of face-to-face energy conservation education, not all people with MS are able to access these programs. The purpose of this project is to test the effectiveness and efficacy of a teleconference-delivered energy conservation education program for people with MS. The primary goals of the project are to reduce the impact of fatigue on participants' everyday lives, reduce fatigue severity, and improve quality of life. Secondary goals are to increase self-efficacy for managing fatigue and increase the number of energy conservation strategies used. The study will employ a randomly allocated two group time series design with a wait-list control group, which is one type of randomized control trial. A total of 181 people with MS will be recruited through direct mailing and advertising. The program will be delivered by telephone teleconference by a licensed occupational therapist. Outcome measures will be administered over the telephone by a research assistant before and after the program, at three months and at six months. We hypothesize that: (1) individuals in the immediate intervention group achieve better outcomes than individuals in the wait-list control group; (2) the program leads to significant reductions in fatigue impact and fatigue severity, and improved quality of life; and (3) improvements in the outcomes can be maintained over six months.


Options:
A: Arm Label: Remote Arm; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Other: Remote Management | Arm Label: In-office Arm; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Other: In-Office Care | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Remote Management; Assigned to Arm(s): Remote Arm | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: In-Office Care; Assigned to Arm(s): In-office Arm
B: Arm Label: TELEmonitoring intervention; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Medication Adherence Support System (MASS) | Arm Label: Usual care; Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Medication Adherence Support System (MASS); Assigned to Arm(s): TELEmonitoring intervention
C: Arm Label: Control; Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Arm Label: Telemonitors and pharmacy management; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Other: Telemonitors and pharmacy management | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: Telemonitors and pharmacy management; Assigned to Arm(s): Telemonitors and pharmacy management
D: Arm Label: Energy conservation education; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Energy conservation education | Arm Label: Wait list control; Type: OTHER; Interventions: Behavioral: Energy conservation education | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Energy conservation education; Assigned to Arm(s): Energy conservation education, Wait list control

Answer: D