Traumatic and non-traumatic knee complaints in general practice: 6-year follow-up of the HONEUR knee cohort
- Conditions
- knee complaints10043237
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 748
At baseline, patients aged 12 years or above, consulting their general practitioner for a new episode of knee complaints, were invited to participate in the HONEUR study. All patients who had participated at baseline will be included in this 6 year follow-up study. These patients will be 18 years and older at the 6 year follow-up study.
At baseline, patients with knee complaints that required urgent medical attention, patients with malignancies, neurological disorders or systemic musculoskeletal diseases, as well as patients that were incapable of understanding the ramifications of participation, were excluded from participation. Patients who have indicated in the past that they wish not longer to participate in the study will be excluded in this 6 year follow-up study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The main study parameter is the long-term clinical course in patients who<br /><br>consulted their general practitioner 6 years ago with a new episode of knee<br /><br>complaints. The main endpoint is the amount of patients with persisting or<br /><br>recurrent knee complaints after 6 years of follow-up. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Secondary parameters are possible prognostic factors for persisting or<br /><br>recurrent knee complaints after 6 years of follow-up. A secondary endpoint of<br /><br>this study is the amount of patients with osteoarthritis (or degenerative<br /><br>symptoms) of the knee, in patients who had visited the general practitioner 6<br /><br>years ago with traumatic or non-traumatic (36 year and older at baseline) knee<br /><br>complaints.</p><br>