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Personalized Information Before and After Total Knee Arthroplasty: PAK-study

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Total Knee Arthroplasty
Interventions
Other: Personal report
Registration Number
NCT05266482
Lead Sponsor
Kliniek ViaSana
Brief Summary

Despite positive results following total knee arthroplasty (TKA), some patients are dissatisfied after recovery. Unfulfilled expectations is a key predictor of dissatisfaction. The aim of this study is to investigate if more patients fulfil or exceed their preoperative expectations one year after TKA when personal feedback on their PROs is given.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
452
Inclusion Criteria
  • Planned for primary TKA in Kliniek ViaSana
  • Signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
  • Aged under 18 years
  • Do not possess an own email adress,
  • Do not have a thorough command of the Dutch language,
  • Previously received contra-lateral primary TKA and/or unicompartmental KA.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Intervention groupPersonal reportNext to the usual care, patients also get the opportunity to download and read a personal report.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Patients' expectations12 months after surgery

The percentage (0%-100%) of patients who fulfil or exceed their preoperatively set expectations 12 months after TKA surgery. Measured using HSS-KRES.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Patients' satisfaction3, 6 and 12 months after surgery

Satisfaction score with the outcome of TKA surgery. Measured using NRS satisfaction from 0 (dissatisfied) to 10 (satisfied).

Pain relief3, 6 and 12 months after surgery

Measured on a scale from 1 (very much deteriorated) to 7 (very much improved)

Functional improvement3, 6 and 12 months after surgery

Measured on a scale from 1 (very much deteriorated) to 7 (very much improved)

Patients' expectations3 and 6 months after surgery

The percentage (0%-100%) of patients who fulfil or exceed their preoperatively set expectations 3 and 6 months after TKA surgery. Measured using HSS-KRES.

Perceived recovery3, 6 and 12 months after surgery

Measured on a scale from 0 (worse than ever) to 6 (fully recovered)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kliniek ViaSana

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Mill, Netherlands

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