Patient Education Program for Osteoarthritis With Exercise Included

Osteoarthritis Clinical Trial

— PEPOA-E  

Official title:

The Effect of Including Exercise in an Education Program for Patients With Osteoarthritis in Primary Health Care

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01119547
• Other study ID #: PEPOA-E
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 2010
• Est. completion date: September 2012

Study information

• Verified date: April 2010
• Source: Lund University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: September 2012
• Est. primary completion date: September 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Clinical diagnosis of osteoarthritis

Exclusion Criteria:

• Must be able to speak and understand swedish

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Osteoarthritis

Intervention

Other:
• Exercise in a group
The patient do their individual exercise program in a group.
• Home exercise
The patient exercise their individual program at home during 6 v.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Sweden	Primary Health Care	Malmö	Skåne

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Lund University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Sweden, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Arthritis self-efficacy scale	Measure the patients self-efficacy	at baseline
Primary	One-leg rising from sitting to standing	measure the strength	at baseline
Primary	Grip Ability Test	Measure function of the hand	at baseline
Primary	QuickDash	Measure self-percieved function of the arm/hand	at baseline
Primary	Arthritis self-efficacy scale	Measure the patients self-efficacy	after 4 month
Primary	One leg rising from sitting to standing	measure the strength	after 4 month
Primary	Grip Ability Test	Measure function of the hand	after 4 month
Primary	QuickDash	Measure self-percieved function of the arm/hand	after 4 month
Secondary	Bipedal rising from sitting to standing	Measure the strength	at baseline
Secondary	One-legged jump	measure strength and balance	at baseline
Secondary	Standing on one leg with eyes open and standing on one leg with eyes closed	Measure the balance	at baseline
Secondary	Jamar	Measure the handstrength	at baseline
Secondary	PinchGauge	Measure the fingers strength	at baseline
Secondary	EQ5D	Measure self-percieved health	at baseline
Secondary	Bipedal rising from sitting to standing	measure the strength	after 4 month
Secondary	One-legged jump	measure strength and balance	after 4 month
Secondary	Standing on one leg with eyes open and standing on one leg with eyes closed	measure the balance	after 4 month
Secondary	Jamar	Measure the handstrength	after 4 month
Secondary	PinchGauge	Measure the fingers strength	after 4 month
Secondary	EQ5D	Measure self-percieved health	after 4 month