Clinical trial NCT04816474: The Effects of Disease Management Training and Telephone Counseling Service for Elderly Patients With Osteoarthritis
Official title: The Effect of Training on Disease Management and Phone Counseling Service for Older Patients With Osteoarthritis on Functional Status, Self-Efficacy and Quality of Life
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Osteoarthritis
Keywords: Osteoarthritis
nurse
self-efficacy
quality of life
functional status
Lead sponsor: KTO Karatay University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-03-25
Enrollment: 52
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The study will be conducted to determine the difference on functional status, self-efficacy, and quality of life between groups with and without telephone counseling and training on disease management for participants.

Detailed description: When the literature is examined, in patients with osteoarthritis who receive face-to-face training and intermittent telephone counseling; It is observed that the level of self-efficacy, compliance with the disease and quality of life have increased. It is stated that face-to-face training and telephone counseling services provided to participants on disease management will increase the effectiveness of education and as a result; It is thought that participants may have positive outcomes such as expressing their problems more easily, feeling safer by communicating frequently, and developing methods of coping with nurse-patient cooperation. When the studies conducted in our country are examined, while there are studies examining the effect of non-pharmacological interventions such as acupressor, hot-cold application, exercise training, mud pack treatment in patients with osteoarthritis; No study was found in the elderly patient group in which education and telephone counseling were conducted. The results of the research are thought to be beneficial in managing the disease in addition to in addition to pharmacological treatment.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Aged 65 and over
* OA was diagnosed by the physician according to the American College of Rheumatology (ARD) criteria,
* Being able to answer research questions
* Individuals who gave their oral and written consent to participate in the study were included.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having a history of malignancy
* Those who score above 5 points from the Visual Analogue Scale
* With a neuro psychiatric illness
* Having vision and hearing problems
* Receiving intraarticular medication (steroid, chondramine, hyaluronic acid) in the last month
* Surgery applied to the knee joint in the last 3 months
* Having inflammation in the joints
* Have an open wound in the OA area
* Individuals with a diagnosed vascular disease will not be included.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline in functional status at 6 weeks and 12. weeks.
timeFrame: [Baseline, 6 weeks and 12 weeks]
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline in self-efficacy at 6 weeks and 12. weeks.
timeFrame: [Baseline, 6 weeks and 12 weeks]
Other outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline in life quality at 6 weeks and 12. weeks.
timeFrame: [Baseline, 6 weeks and 12 weeks]
Locations:
city: Konya
country: Turkey
facility: Akademi Hastanesi
city: Konya
country: Turkey
facility: Konya Meram Akademi Hastanesi
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