Implementing and Evaluating Integrated Medical and Physiotherapy Treatment Program for Osteoarthritis of the Knee by Family Doctors in Primary Care Clinics
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Sponsor
- Meir Medical Center
- Enrollment
- 155
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in WOMAC ( Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index ) score during participating in the program
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine the ability to assimilate and implement an integrated treatment program osteoarthritis of the knee, including the diagnosis and follow-up by a family physician in primary care clinics, combined with patient self-care training and physiotherapy program
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 50 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Active complaint of knee pain
- •Diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis according to X-ray
- •Morning stiffness of less than 30 minutes AND/OR crepitus in active movement
- •Ability to read Hebrew
Exclusion Criteria
- •Previous participation in physiotherapy treatment program
- •Gout in knee, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia
- •Complaints that appear in a knee which was operated in the past
- •Severe limitations in mobility
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in WOMAC ( Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index ) score during participating in the program
Time Frame: 0, 6 weeks, for intervention group after completing physical therapy program, for the control group after 6 months
WOMAC score will be evaluated through a questionnaire (validated to Hebrew) at baseline and after a constant time period. For both groups (intervention and control) after 6 weeks from enrollment and then for the control group after 6 months, and for the intervention group after completing physical therapy program. we will assess the change from baseline.
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in the consumption of drugs during participating in the program(0, 6 weeks, for intervention group after completing physical therapy program, for the control group after 6 months)
- Changes in Referrals to specialists doctors during participating in the program(after 6 weeks since enrollment, and then for intervention group after completing physical therapy program, and for the control group after 6 months)
- Change in VAS pain score during participating in the program(0, 6 weeks, for intervention group after completing physical therapy program, for the control group after 6 months)