Assistive Device for Hand Osteoarthritis

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hand Osteoarthritis
• Interventions: Other: Self care program focusing on the assistive device

• Registration Number: NCT02667145
• Lead Sponsor: Daniela Salgado Amaral

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.

Meeting 4: Strengthening guidance given in previous meetings; make closing with the group to in connection with the program; motivated to continue carrying out the activities at home.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-11
• Study First Submitted: 2015-04-15
• Status Verified: 2016-01
• Primary Completion: 2016-01
• Study Completion: 2016-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-01-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-01-25
• Study First Posted: 2016-01-28
• Last Update Posted: 2016-01-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 39

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	Self care program focusing on the assistive device	Self care program focusing on the assistive device, For 4 weeks (1 to week lasting 90 minutes).

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Occupational Performance	4 weeks	involvement of daily activities by the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of life	4 weeks	Evaluation by WHO-QOL bref
Manual functional	4 weeks	Evoluation by SACRAH
Pain	4 weeks	Evaluation by visual analogue pain scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hospital das Clínicas - Universidade Federal de Pernambuco; 🇧🇷 Recife, PE, Brazil