Integrated Care Program for Working-Age Knee Arthroplasty Patients

Conditions: Knee osteoarthritis

Registration Number: NL-OMON24012

Lead Sponsor: Amsterdam UMC – location VUmc

Brief Summary: We plan to publish the results of this study in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 368

Inclusion Criteria

Scheduled for primary TKA or UKA surgery
-18-67 years of age
-Paid job = 8 hours a week
-Have the intention to get back to work after knee arthroplasty

Exclusion Criteria

-Pregnancy
-Patients receiving a combination of several surgical procedures
-Patients having a knee replacement due to another cause than severe osteoarthritis
-Patients having a neuromuscular disease influencing the lower extremities
-Patients having another planned joint replacement during study period
-Patients having a serious psychiatric disorder
-Patients having severe comorbidity that could influence post-operative recovery
-Being unable to understand informed consent and patient information
-Having insufficient understanding of Dutch language

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of life, based on patient-reported health of physical functioning (PROMIS-PF).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
-Return to work: the time between the surgery and the first day back at work, as well as the time until full resumption of work activities (4 weeks without absence due to pain and complications resulting from KA surgery).<br>-Difficulty experienced at work before and after the knee replacement (Work, Osteoarthritis or joint-Replacement Questionnaire, WORQ) <br>-Functional knee status (Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score questionnaire, KOOS) <br>-Pain intensity (von Korff questionnaire visual analog scale, VAS)<br>-Fatigue (measured with the multidimensional fatigue inventory, MFI-20)<br>-Physical activity (measured with an activity tracker)<br>-Direct and indirect costs from a healthcare- and societal perspective <br>-Evaluating the implementation by performing a process evaluation in which reach, dose delivered, dose received, fidelity and patient attitudes will be analyzed according to the Linann and Steckler method