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Implementation of Tele-Exercise for Management of Knee Osteoarthritis in Older Rural Primary Care Patients

Not Applicable
Conditions
Knee Osteoarthritis
Interventions
Behavioral: Tele-EnhanceFitness
Registration Number
NCT04706702
Lead Sponsor
University of Washington
Brief Summary

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is highly prevalent and a leading cause of pain that limits physical functioning in older adults. Clinical practice guidelines recommend physical exercise for managing symptoms of knee OA. As a result, several evidence-based exercise programs have been implemented in community centers. However, access to these programs is severely limited in rural settings. Considering that rural communities have a higher disease burden and higher proportion of older adults than non-rural areas, there is a critical need to (1) adapt evidence-based exercise programs for remote delivery to increase access for rural older adults and (2) develop pathways to implement exercise programs in rural health care systems that consistently reach and engage patients with knee OA. Accordingly, we aim to engage rural primary care practices (including medical directors, clinicians, and staff) to develop a clinical pathway that refers patients to an evidence-based exercise program, called Enhance Fitness® (EF), which we have adapted for remote delivery (tele-EF). Enhance Fitness is a group exercise program that is recommended by the CDC for OA management. It is available in over 800 sites nationally and is covered by Medicare Advantage plans, but it is generally not available in rural communities. In addition, we will assess the feasibility and acceptability of implementing the clinical pathway that identifies physically inactive older patients with knee OA, facilitates exercise prescription, and streamlines referral to tele-EF in a rural primary care clinic over a 5-month period.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
15
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age ≥65 years
  • Community-dwelling
  • English-speaking
  • Physician diagnosed knee osteoarthritis
  • Physically inactive as determined by the 2-item Physical Activity Vital Sign questionnaire
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Exclusion Criteria
  • Cognitive impairment determined by a Mini Montreal Cognitive Assessment score of <11
  • Significant, non-corrected visual or hearing impairment
  • Plans to move out of the area in the next 6 months
  • Cancer requiring treatment (except for non-melanoma skin cancer) in the past 6 months
  • Heart attack in the past 6 months
  • Stroke in the past 6 months
  • Hip fracture in the past 6 months
  • Hip/knee replacement in the past 6 months
  • Spinal surgery in the past 6 months
  • Heart surgery in the past 6 months
  • Deep vein thrombosis in the past 6 months
  • Pulmonary embolus in the past 6 months
  • Hospitalization within the last month
  • ≥3 falls within the past month
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Tele-EFTele-EnhanceFitnessTele-EnhanceFitness
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Active minutes per dayChange from Baseline Active Minutes at 12 weeks

Average number of minutes spent in moderate to vigorous physical activity as measured by the activPAL accelerometer

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Physical Function 8-item Short FormChange from Baseline PROMIS Physical Function score at 12 weeks

Patient-reported physical functioning

Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) Physical Function SubscaleChange from Baseline KOOS Physical Function Subscale score at 12 weeks

Patient-reported knee pain-related interference with physical functioning

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Washington

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Seattle, Washington, United States

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