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The effect of health information distributed to people with knee osteoarthritis through community pharmacies: a feasibility study

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Knee osteoarthritis
Musculoskeletal - Osteoarthritis
Public Health - Health promotion/education
Registration Number
ACTRN12620000020987
Lead Sponsor
Dr Ben Darlow
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
76
Inclusion Criteria

Pharmacists:
•New Zealand registered pharmacist
•Working in Canterbury
•Working in a community pharmacy that has agreed to participate in the study

Consumers:
•They are over 18 years of age
•They have knee pain that has been:
odiagnosed by a health professional as OA, or
odiagnosed within the pharmacy as OA as part of the recruitment visit, using
the NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) diagnostic criteria.

Exclusion Criteria

Pharmacist participants will be excluded if they:
• do not participate in study training sessions.

Consumer participants will not be eligible for the study if they:
•have had a joint replacement in either knee at any time.
•have had knee surgery (other than joint replacement) in the last 12 months.
•are unable to read and write in English.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (B-IPQ) score[Baseline, 4 weeks post randomisation (primary timepoint)]
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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