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BoneFit: Multimodal Prehabilitation for People Preparing for Orthopaedic Surgery

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Orthopedic Disorder
Registration Number
NCT06341920
Lead Sponsor
University of Hull
Brief Summary

To conduct a pilot feasibility study to determine the effect of a student-led prehabilitation service in people awaiting total hip or knee replacement surgery.

Detailed Description

The aim of BoneFit is to provide local people living in the Hull region with a needs-based prehabilitation care package to improve their physical and mental health, quality of life \& reduce their length of hospital stay, complications and readmission rates to hospital following orthopaedic surgery (total hip replacement, or total knee replacement.

Currently, Hull University Teaching Hospitals do not offer a prehabilitation service for local patients. The University of Hull will partner with them to provide a student-led multimodal prehabilitation service for referred patients awaiting orthopaedic surgery.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
50
Inclusion Criteria
  • Waiting for unilateral total hip or knee replacement surgery for a minimum of 6 months;
  • Able to provide informed consent;
Exclusion Criteria
  • Previous hip or knee surgery;
  • Any medical conditions for which moderate to vigorous exercise is contraindicated;
  • Patellar or hip joint instability;
  • Any other disease/condition which severely effects functional performance e.g. stroke or Parkinson's disease;
  • Chronic depression or significant psychiatric disorder;
  • Enrolled in a clinical trial (or recently completed one);
  • Cognitive impairment which would affect compliance to BoneFIt service;
  • Patients unable or unwilling to commit to required study follow-ups
  • Pregnancy;

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Recruitment2 years

Number of people recruited and trained

Adherence and attendance2.5 years

Record the number of sessions attended and calculate adherence to protocol (%)

Acceptability3 years

Conduct semi-structured interviews following the intervention with sample of participants and ask them about experiences of the intervention. The post-intervention interviews will focus on how participants viewed the intervention, perceived burdens, and perceived effectiveness from initiation through to completion. A list of burdens / perceived benefits will be reported alongside percentage rates of respondents.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Readmission rates3 years

Compare the % of patients in each group who were readmitted to hospital following surgery (intervention v controls)

Length of stay3 years

Compare days in hospital following surgery (intervention v controls). Units: hours in hospital following surgery.

Physical fitness3 years

Compare incremental shuttle walk test scores (intervention v controls). Units: stage achieved and time taken (seconds)

Overall quality of life3 years

Compare quality of life scores (intervention v controls) using EQ-5D-5L questionnaire. Index scores range between zero and one, based on 5-point Likert scale, with scores closer to one indicating an improved status.

Knee or hip specific pain, function and quality of life3 years

Compare knee or hip specific quality of life scores (intervention v controls). For knee replacements, the KOOS-12 is scored between 0-100 on 5-point Likert scale, with higher scores equating to improved status. For hip replacements, HOOS-12 scores between 0 to 4 points with 0 representing no hip problems and 4 representing extreme hip problems, based on response to 5-point Likert scale.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hull University Teaching Hospitals

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Hull, United Kingdom

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