Primary care Osteoarthritis Screening Trial (POST): a cluster randomised trial of an electronic prompt for comorbidity screening in clinical osteoarthritis consultations in primary care
- Conditions
- OsteoarthritisMusculoskeletal Diseases
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN40721988
- Lead Sponsor
- Keele University
- Brief Summary
2017 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28399129 2018 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30048076 2018 cost-utility analysis in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29609205 (added 23/07/2019)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1309
1. Aged 45 years and over
2. Registered with the participating GP practices during the specified study period of that practice
3. Read-coded peripheral joint pain or OA consultation within the specified study period (termed the index consultation)
4. May be first, new episode, or ongoing consultation)
5. Provided full written informed consent to study participation and to further contact
6. Male & female
1. Patients who are under active care for or who have a diagnosis of depression and/or an anxiety disorder in the past 12 months
2. Vulnerable patients, including any patients on the Quality and Outcomes Framework mental health register, or those who have a diagnosis of dementia or a terminal illness
3. Patients who reside in a nursing home
4. Red flag pathology
5. Recent trauma associated with significant injury
6. Acute, red, hot swollen joint
7. Inflammatory arthropathy, crystal disease, spondyloarthropathy and polymyalgia rheumatic
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Self report measure of current pain intensity measured at baseline, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method