Clinical trial NCT04729218: The Movement Imagery Ability in Patients With Familial Mediterranean Fever
Official title: The Movement Imagery Ability in Patients With Familial Mediterranean Fever
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Familial Mediterranean Fever
Keywords: movement imagery ability
pain
catastrophizing
familial mediterranean fever
Lead sponsor: Medipol University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
First posted: 2021-01-28
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever and Healthy Controls

Brief summary: Motor imagery is the mental representation of movement without any doing body movement. A main function of imagery is to aid the self-regulation of thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. Studies have shown to be more effective for individuals displaying a higher level of imagery ability when using imagery to improve motor and motivational outcomes, including self-efficacy. The aim of this study is to measure the movement imagery ability in patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever and compare it with healthy individuals.

Detailed description: Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent and self-limited attacks of fever associated with abdominal, chest, and joint pain. Previous studies have shown that individuals with FMF are more limited in terms of physical function than the normal population, and depression and anxiety are more common in these individuals. Being a lifetime disease, quality of life, and mental health can be affected due to serious complications such as attack frequency, disease resistance, and sometimes amyloidosis. Mental imagery is the ability to imaging the movement without doing the physical execution of the movement. During the last years, mental imagery is used in clinical practice as a tool for the treatment of chronic pain. Pain differs in patients with rheumatic diseases. Stress is one of the predictors of pain in patients with FMF. Even if the frequency is variable when attacks happen they may affect patients physically and their mental health and the ability to cope. A main function of imagery is to aid the self-regulation of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. To use imagery for motor and motivational outcomes firstly the imagery ability levels should be measured.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* having had at least one attack last year
* co-operated individuals

Exclusion Criteria:

* patients with a neurological disorder,
* diagnosed with cancer,
* cognitive impairment,
* having a primary pathology of the musculoskeletal system,
* having previous imagery practice,
* having an additional rheumatic disease

Primary outcomes:
measure: Movement Imagery Questionnaire-3 (MIQ-3)
timeFrame: Baseline
Secondary outcomes:
measure: McGill Melzack Pain Questionnaire (MPQ)
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Pain Catastrophizing Scale
timeFrame: Baseline
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Department of Rheumatology
Study officials:
affiliation: Medipol University
name: Albina Alikaj, MSc
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Medipol University
name: Ahsen Büyükaslan, MSc
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
name: Serdal Uğurlu, Prof
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Acibadem University
name: Burcu Dilek, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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