Comparison of Ways to Prepare Patients for Decisions About Joint Replacement Surgery

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Ministries of Health consider wait lists for total joint replacement a top priority. Research priorities to manage wait lists indicate the need to establish benchmarks that consider patient preferences. However, patients' preferences for hip or knee replacements are strongly associated with their misperceptions of the indicators for, and the risks and benefits of, these procedures. These misperceptions can be corrected with the use of patient decision aids. When decision aids are used in combination with assessing surgical eligibility, there may be a reduction in unnecessary referrals for surgery either because the patient is ineligible or because the eligible candidates make informed decisions to forgo this option. The primary study objective is to evaluate the effect of patient decision aids (PtDAs) on total wait times (wait times for surgical consultation, plus wait times for surgery) when used in combination with a general practitioner run clinic to screen patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis for surgical eligibility. Major secondary objectives include determining (a) the effect of PtDAs on surgery rates within two years, (b) the effect of PtDAs on decision quality, and (c) cost-effectiveness of PtDAs for total joint arthroplasty.

Detailed Description
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This was not indicated as required.

Official Title
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Are Patient Decision Aids for Total Joint Replacement Cost-effective and do They Optimize the Surgical Referral Process From Primary Care?

Conditions
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Osteoarthritis

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Patient decision aid
* Behavioral: Usual care


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Patients referred for surgical consultation for hip or knee osteoarthritis WOMAC and HKPT scores indicate that pain and functional criteria are rated as moderate or severe, or there is radiographic evidence of joint damage Exclusion Criteria: Patients with inflammatory arthritis Patients who have had previous TJA Patients unable to understand video/DVD decision aids due to deafness, blindness, cognitive impairment, or language barrier
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: 1: Patient decision aid<br>Patient decision aid focused on treatment options for osteoarthritis of the hip or knee and preference report for surgeons. The patient decision aid used is from the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation | Behavioral: Patient decision aid<br>* Patients will receive i) Patient education:usual take home education brochure from recruiting hospital ii)a video/DVD PtDA for either hip (Treatment choices for hip osteoarthritis) or knee (Treatment choices for knee osteoarthritis) © Health Dialog 2005. iii) a personal decision form:an interactive form used by patients after the DVD to elicit their knowledge, values, preferred option, and perceptions of the decision making process. iv) Referred onward to the surgeon with their preferences for surgery using a standardized report of their clinical findings plus decisional data (knowledge, values, preference).<br>* Other names: non applicable;Behavioral: Usual care<br>* Patients will receive i) the usual take-home educational brochure available at the recruiting hospital describing preparation for surgery after the decision is made, recovery after surgery, and discharge plans. ii) Referral onward to surgeon with a standardized report of clinical findings only<br>* Other names: non applicable;|
| Active Comparator: 2: Usual care<br>Usual patient educational resources for patients undergoing hip or knee replacement surgery. | Behavioral: Usual care<br>* Patients will receive i) the usual take-home educational brochure available at the recruiting hospital describing preparation for surgery after the decision is made, recovery after surgery, and discharge plans. ii) Referral onward to surgeon with a standardized report of clinical findings only<br>* Other names: non applicable;|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Total wait time for surgery |  | September 2010 | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Surgery rates determined by the proportion of patients who proceed to surgery within 2 years |  | January 2012 | 
| Decision quality, the extent to which patients decisions are informed and values-based |  | September 2010 | 
| Cost effectiveness (including estimated effects on quality adjusted life expectancy and costs) | This phase was delayed to have 5 years of follow-up data on all participants | December 2017 | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Patient decision aids, Patient preferences, Osteoarthritis, Joint replacement, Waiting times