N/A
Completed N=663
Educational Intervention for Knee Pain
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00324857 ↗Enrolled (actual)
663
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jan 2016
Primary outcomePrimary: Change in Willingness. — 1; 1; 1; 1 participants — p=<0.05
Summary
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the efficacy of interventions to improve understanding of knee replacement risks, benefits, and expected outcomes among AA primary care patients, increase willingness to consider knee replacement among AA primary care patients, and increase primary care referral rates for surgical consideration for AA patients who meet the indications for knee replacement.
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Change in Willingness. |
1; 1; 1; 1; 1; 1 | <0.05 sig |
| SECONDARY To Examine and Compare the Effectiveness of the Proposed Intervention Strategies to Increase AA Patient Likelihood of Receiving Knee Replacement Within 12 Months of the Intervention. |
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC, AA primary care patients > age 50 who meet clinical criteria for knee OA (i.e., chronic, frequent knee pain based on the NHANES questions, WOMAC score = 39, and radiographic evidence of knee OA with K-L grade =2) are eligible for enrollment
Exclusion Criteria
- Patients who have prior history of any:
- major joint replacement
- terminal illness (e.g., end-stage cancer)
- physician-diagnosed inflammatory arthritis (i.e., rheumatoid arthritis, connective tissue disease, ankylosing spondylitis or other seronegative spondyloarthropathy)
- contra-indications to replacement surgery (e.g., lower extremity paralysis as result of stroke)
- Patients who are not willing to be randomized
- Do not have the presence of knee OA
- Do not have telephone service
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00324857). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication. Informational only — not medical advice.