Multidisciplinary versus traditional outpatient management of osteoarthritis: a randomised, controlled trial in Norway

Completed

• Conditions: OsteoArthritis (OA); Musculoskeletal Diseases; Arthrosis

• Registration Number: ISRCTN25778426
• Lead Sponsor: ational Resource Center for Rehabilitation in Rheumatology (Norway)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-11-15
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 400

Inclusion Criteria

1. Men and women between 40 and 80 years old
2. OA in hip, knee, hand and/or generalised OA
3. Referred to a specialist clinic at a hospital in Norway

Exclusion Criteria

1. Cognitive impairments
2. Recent trauma in the extremities
3. Recent surgery, other specified diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, cancer etc..,
4. Difficulties understanding Norwegian (both verbal and written language)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Patient satisfaction with the health service and their health status<br>2. Cost-efficiency

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The secondary outcome(s) are pain and disability assessed by standardised disease-specific and generic outcome measures.