Clinical trial NCT01119547: Patient Education Program for Osteoarthritis With Exercise Included
Official title: The Effect of Including Exercise in an Education Program for Patients With Osteoarthritis in Primary Health Care
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: WITHDRAWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Osteoarthritis
Keywords: Musculoskeletal Diseases
Osteoarthritis
Joint Diseases
Arthritis
Rheumatic Diseases
Lead sponsor: Lund University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2010-05-07
Enrollment: 0
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to investigate if inclusion of exercise in an education program for patients with osteoarthritis can improve self efficacy, self-perceived health and function.

Detailed description: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disease, considered to be one of the major national diseases that cause suffering for affected patients and costs for society.The predominant symptoms are pain, stiffness and impaired quality of life, often together with psychological distress. Treatment often consists of medication. Later in the disease, when the joint is destroyed, joint replacement surgery commonly occurs. Physical exercises aimed to increase muscle strength, endurance, proprioception and stability have proved to influence cartilage as well as function, symptoms and quality of life positively. Physical exercise may also reduce the need for hospital care after knee joint replacement.Research suggests that patient education is feasible and valuable in terms of improvements in quality of life, in function, in well-being and improved coping . Accordingly, guidelines recommend education and exercise as a core treatment for osteoarthritis.

Since 1994, Primary Health Care in Malmö has used a patient education programme directed towards OA.The program does not include exercise. In 2007-09 a study was made to investigate this education program.The study showed improvements in self-perceived health and in a few functional tests but not in self-efficacy.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Clinical diagnosis of osteoarthritis

Exclusion Criteria:

* Must be able to speak and understand swedish

Primary outcomes:
measure: Arthritis self-efficacy scale
timeFrame: at baseline
measure: One-leg rising from sitting to standing
timeFrame: at baseline
measure: Grip Ability Test
timeFrame: at baseline
measure: QuickDash
timeFrame: at baseline
measure: Arthritis self-efficacy scale
timeFrame: after 4 month
measure: One leg rising from sitting to standing
timeFrame: after 4 month
measure: Grip Ability Test
timeFrame: after 4 month
measure: QuickDash
timeFrame: after 4 month
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Bipedal rising from sitting to standing
timeFrame: at baseline
measure: One-legged jump
timeFrame: at baseline
measure: Standing on one leg with eyes open and standing on one leg with eyes closed
timeFrame: at baseline
measure: Jamar
timeFrame: at baseline
measure: PinchGauge
timeFrame: at baseline
measure: EQ5D
timeFrame: at baseline
measure: Bipedal rising from sitting to standing
timeFrame: after 4 month
measure: One-legged jump
timeFrame: after 4 month
measure: Standing on one leg with eyes open and standing on one leg with eyes closed
timeFrame: after 4 month
measure: Jamar
timeFrame: after 4 month
measure: PinchGauge
timeFrame: after 4 month
measure: EQ5D
timeFrame: after 4 month
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Malmö
country: Sweden
facility: Primary Health Care
state: Skåne
Study officials:
affiliation: Lund University
name: Malin Jönsson Lundgren, RPT
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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