Self-care Program Evaluation With Focus on Assistive Devices for Individuals With Hand Osteoarthritis
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 39
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Occupational Performance
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Randomized clinical trial , blind for evaluators, to assess the effectiveness of a self-care program using assistive technology for treatment of hand osteoarthritis.
Detailed Description
This program aims to:
- Encourage the use of assistive devices on a daily basis as the main form of joint protection.
- Encourage individual motivation, from the group in attendance, behavior change, developing the capacity of self-management of individuals of their health problems.
Will be held for 4 meetings with an average duration of 90 minutes. Meeting 1: Its proposal address the importance of self-care in the treatment of chronic diseases; knowing the OA of the hands and their main characteristics; recognize the importance of hand function for carrying out activities; understand the meaning of self-care and joint protection; motivation adherence to the program and behavior change.
Meeting 2: Present assistive devices as a protection feature; teach joint protection techniques and energy conservation focusing on the assistive device; deliver and demonstrate the use of assistive devices.
Meeting 3:Encouraging the adhesion of the techniques presented; making workshop for daily activities; verify the difficulties with devices use by the volunteers.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 90 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Hand OA diagnosis according to the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR )
- •Be properly registered in the rheumatology clinic of Hospital das Clínicas
Exclusion Criteria
- •Surgical treatment or infiltration in the hands, in the last 6 months;
- •Treatment of occupational therapy and / or physical therapy, or use of any TA feature (assist device or stent) in the last 6 months;
- •Diagnosis of another rheumatologic disease or musculoskeletal system that compromise the hands associated.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Occupational Performance
Time Frame: 4 weeks
involvement of daily activities by the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM)
Secondary Outcomes
- Quality of life(4 weeks)
- Manual functional(4 weeks)
- Pain(4 weeks)
Investigators
Daniela Salgado Amaral
Terapeuta Ocupacional
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco