Balancing Lupus Experiences With Stress Strategies



Status:Completed
Conditions:Lupus
Therapuetic Areas:Immunology / Infectious Diseases
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:3/30/2013
Start Date:August 2010
End Date:October 2011
Contact:Edith M Williams, PhD
Email:willi425@mailbox.sc.edu
Phone:8032512225

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria

An Intervention to Reduce Psychosocial and Biological Indicators of Stress in African American Lupus Patients: The Balancing Lupus Experiences With Stress Strategies (BLESS) Study


Linking a psychosocial stress intervention with clinical measures of stress in African
American lupus patients will assess the utility of this method in reducing perceived stress,
and provide the necessary preliminary steps toward future investigations of potential
mechanisms.


To begin to fill this research void, a stress intervention will be piloted and both
biological specimens and questionnaire responses collected to assess changes in stress state
following the intervention in patients who participated in the intervention compared to
those who did not participate in the intervention.

Inclusion Criteria:

- 18 years of age or older

- African American

- Diagnosis of Lupus

Exclusion Criteria:

- Previous participation in a disease self management program
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