OACareTools Primary Care-Led Usability & Scalability Pilot Study (OACareTools PLUS)
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 75
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Number of healthcare providers who referred patients
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this pilot study is to test OACareTools+, an intervention for healthcare providers that combines education, patient resources and support from a national organization, to help them make referrals of patients with arthritis to the Walk With Ease program. This intervention was designed to increase referrals of patients with arthritis to the Walk With Ease program.
Detailed Description
Participants will be clinicians (n= 50) in a primary care practice and a subset of patients (n=10). The study team will deliver education and resources to providers in a training session about Walk With Ease. After the provider training, providers will use the study resources to refer patients with arthritis to Walk With Ease. Healthcare provider participants will complete surveys after their first referral and at the end of the study (12-months). Patient participants who are referred to Walk With Ease through the OACareTools+ intervention will participate in interviews about their experience (6-weeks) with the referral process. Primary endpoints of the study will be 1) number of healthcare providers that referred patients to Walk With Ease 2) number of Walk With Ease patient participants 3) healthcare provider acceptability and feasibility 4) patient acceptability of the intervention.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Non Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 99 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Healthcare provider participants: currently a healthcare provider or staff person in the UNC pilot clinic
- •Patient participants: 18 years or older; received a referral to Walk With Ease from a provider at the UNC pilot clinic; agreed to participate in the phone interview on the post-Walk With Ease evaluation form
Exclusion Criteria
- •Both: non-English speaking
Arms & Interventions
Healthcare providers
Healthcare providers will receive the intervention, OACareTools+, which involves a training session on, patient resources about, and provider referral to Walk With Ease.
Intervention: OACareTools+ (Behavioral)
Patients
A subset of patients who are referred through OACareTools+ by their provider and participate in Walk With Ease will provide feedback on their experience with the referral process to Walk With Ease.
Intervention: OACareTools+ (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Number of healthcare providers who referred patients
Time Frame: 12 months
Healthcare providers in the pilot clinic who refer patients to the Walk With Ease program using the study referral process and resources
Number of patients who registered for Walk With Ease
Time Frame: 12 months
Patients from the pilot clinic who are referred to and register in the Walk With Ease program
Healthcare provider acceptability
Time Frame: Measure collected up to 2 months after provider's first referral
The Acceptability of Intervention Measure is a measure of implementation outcomes, including 4 items ranked on a Likert scale of 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree), with a summed total ranging from 4-20 where higher scores indicate greater acceptability; measured via electronic survey.
Healthcare provider feasibility
Time Frame: Measure collected up to 2 months after provider's first referral
The Feasibility of Intervention Measure is a measure of implementation outcomes, including 4 items ranked on a Likert scale of 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree), with a summed total ranging from 4-20 where higher scores indicate greater feasibility; measured via electronic survey.
Patient usefulness: educational resources
Time Frame: 6-weeks post- Walk With Ease registration
During a phone interview, patients will be asked, "How helpful were the education materials given to you by your healthcare provider?" They will be asked to use a scale, 0-10, where 0 is not helpful at all and 10 is extremely helpful. Higher scores indicate greater levels of helpfulness.
Patient usefulness: clinician referral to Walk With Ease
Time Frame: 6-weeks post- Walk With Ease registration
During a phone interview, patients will be asked, "How helpful was it to talk with healthcare provider about physical activity and Walk With Ease?" They will be asked to use a scale, 0-10, where 0 is not helpful at all and 10 is extremely helpful. Higher scores indicate greater levels of helpfulness.
Patient acceptability
Time Frame: 6-weeks post- Walk With Ease registration
The Acceptability of Intervention Measure is a measure of implementation outcomes, including 4 items ranked on a Likert scale of 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree), with a summed total ranging from 4-20 where higher scores indicate greater acceptability; measured via telephone interview.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported