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Optimizing Recovery After Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty With a Personalized Mobile Health Application

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Shoulder Osteoarthritis
Interventions
Other: interactive mHealth application for patients undergoing RSA
Registration Number
NCT06520085
Lead Sponsor
VieCuri Medical Centre
Brief Summary

Background: Mobile health (mHealth) - the use of medical applications in healthcare settings - include tools that can support self-management after surgery and thereby contribute to early postoperative recovery. Providing patients with timely and interactive information through mHealth is hypothesized to positively influence recovery after reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA).

Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of interactive and personalized information and rehabilitation protocol with a mobile application compared to generic information and generic rehabilitation protocol (standard care) on postoperative recovery in patients undergoing primary RSA.

Methods and analysis: A multicentre randomised controlled trial will be conducted in two Dutch hospitals. In total 170 patients undergoing elective, primary RSA will be included. Participants will be randomly allocated to one of the two groups on a 1:1 ratio. The intervention group will receive interactive postoperative information on a daily basis. The control group will receive standard care. The primary outcome is defined as functional recovery measured using the Oxford Shoulder Score (OSS) at 6 weeks. Secondary outcomes are: pain, physical functioning, quality of life, length of stay, complications, treatment satisfaction and app use. The between group difference will be analysed using linear mixed-effects regression.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
170
Inclusion Criteria
  • adults undergoing elective reverse shoulder arthroplasty
Exclusion Criteria
  1. do not own or are not able to operate a smart device; 2) are scheduled for revision surgery; 3) have a fracture as primary diagnosis; 4) an additional muscle transfer needs to be performed; or 5) are unable to read and understand the Dutch language.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Standard careinteractive mHealth application for patients undergoing RSAThe control group will receive postoperative information and a rehabilitation program via the non-interactive application, which is current standard care
Personalized rehabilitation programinteractive mHealth application for patients undergoing RSAThe intervention group receives an interactive app that is different from the control is different from the control group in that it provides interactive and personalized information and a personalized rehabilitation program. Both the timing and the amount and nature of the exercises are personalized.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Postoperative shoulder functioningbssix weeks, three months and 1 year

Shoulder functioning measured with the Oxford Shoulder Score

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Range of Motion of the Shoulderbaseline, six weeks, three months and 1 year

Range of Motion of the Shoulder measured with the goniometer

Shoulder disabilitybaseline, six weeks, three months and 1 year

shoulder disability measured using the Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand

Readmission rate1 year

Readmission rate related to RSA

Complication rate1 year

Complication rate related to RSA

Shoulder painbaseline, daily during the first 6 weeks, 3 months and 1 year

Shoulder pain measured using the Numeric Rating Scale

Satisfaction with the Applicationsix weeks, three months and 1 year

Satisfaction with the Application measured with a five-point likert scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

VieCuri Medisch Centrum

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Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands

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