Mobile Technology to Assist Patient Education and Research in Arthroplasty

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Total Knee Replacement; Total Hip Replacement; Musculoskeletal - Osteoarthritis; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders; Surgery - Other surgery

• Registration Number: ACTRN12620001067965
• Lead Sponsor: Medacta Australia

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-10-16
• Last Update Posted: 26 October 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

Patients 18 years or over presenting with hip or knee arthritis that meets the indications for hip or knee arthroplasty respectively
- Patients who are willing and able to provide written informed consent for participation in the study. Written informed consent must be obtained prior to the patient's surgery
- Patients who are considered by the surgeon to be capable of following the patient optimised pathway

Exclusion Criteria

- Patients under the age of 18 years
- Patients with one or more medical conditions identified as a contraindication defined by the labelling on any Medacta implants used in this study
- Any patient who cannot or will not provide informed consent for participation in the study
- Patients who need revision surgery
- Patients unable to communicate in English
- Any case not described in the inclusion criteria
- Patients who do not own a compatible smartphone

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patient satisfaction with the mobile phone application (app) in delivering information on their treatment program, rehabilitation and research tools.<br>This is assessed by patient completion of study-specific patient satisfaction survey delivered via the app.[Baseline (pre-surgery), Day 1, 2 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months and 6 months post-surgery.]