Remote lupus support looked feasible; effectiveness remains uncertain
A randomized feasibility trial found that listening support, online Pilates and text/video support were acceptable, while evidence of lasting health benefits remained preliminary.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
All intervention programmes were feasible to deliver and met the trial's acceptability criteria. Listening support received the highest helpfulness ratings, while Pilates attendance and preferences for a different text/video programme highlighted practical issues. Estimates of health effects favored the interventions over control, but most improvements diminished over time, and effectiveness remains unconfirmed.
This was a feasibility study. The abstract does not provide numerical effectiveness estimates or confidence intervals, so favorable estimates cannot establish reliable clinical benefits or show which programme works best.
What acceptability means
Participants' ratings describe whether support felt acceptable or helpful. Those experiences matter for designing a usable programme, but they do not establish how much depression, fatigue or resilience changed relative to the control group.
Fit and participation
Listening support participants valued having a place to talk. Some participants wanted the text/video programme better tailored to their situation, while low Pilates attendance showed that accepting an intervention did not guarantee taking part consistently.
The original publication
A randomised controlled trial to assess the feasibility and acceptability of remote psychosocial and exercise interventions for people with lupus: The ADAPT feasibility trial.
Sloan M, Pollak TA, D'Cruz D et al.
Rheumatol Int · 2025
- PubMed ID
- 40991063
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