Cost-effectiveness of exercise therapy added to general practitioner care for osteoarthritis of the hip.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- oefentherapie, fysiotherapie, heup, artrose, huisarts, exercise therapy, hip, osteoarthritis, physical therapy, general practitioner.
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON28773
- Lead Sponsor
- Erasmus MCDepartment of General PracticePO Box 20403000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 210
Inclusion Criteria
Patients will be eligible for inclusion in this trial if they:
1. Consult the GP for a new episode of non-traumatic hip complaints.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients will be excluded if they:
1. Are already treated with exercise therapy in the present episode of hip OA.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hip pain and hip function measured with the Hip Osteoarthritis disability Outcome Score (HOOS).<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - Hip pain, Numeric Rating Scale score (NRS; 0-10 scale).<br /><br>- Walking ability, 5-meter walking test (time in seconds).<br /><br>- Functional mobility, timed Up and Go test.<br /><br>- Perceived recovery (7-point Likert scale).<br /><br>- Costs, EuroQol (EQ-5D) for the cost utility analysis and all direct medical and patient costs (TIC-P Questionnaire) and indirect costs (PRODISQ), such as referral to the orthopaedic specialist and subsequent treatment, including surgery.<br /><br /><br>Other parameters:<br /><br>· Demographic data (including age, gender, height, weight, education, duration of complaints, previous hip pain, co-morbidity, scores from X-ray).<br /><br>· Physical examination.<br /><br>· Compliance to assigned treatment and implementation of home exercises.<br /><br>· Co-interventions, including referral to physical therapy in the control group.