A Prospective Study to Examine the Efficacy of the Arthritis Self Management Program (ASMP) in Patients With Osteoarthritis (OA) in Alberta
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 64
- 主要终点
- A difference in the WOMAC score of 20 percentage points
研究概览
简要总结
This study will examine the efficacy of the Arthritis Self Managemnet Program (ASMP)and determine changes in health resource utilization after completeing the ASMP program.
详细描述
This study will provide an analysis of the efficacy of the Arthritis Self Management Program (ASMP) using both patient administered questionnaires as well as the health utilization data maintained within the administrative databases at Alberta Health and Wellness. This study will also provide other information that has not yet been evaluated in other arthritis self management studies including co-morbidity data and other specific health related utilization information that has not yet been evaluated in other arthritis self management studies including co-morbidity data and other specific health related utilization information as it is recorded in administrative databases, will include a control group and will adjust for potential confounding variables such as sex, age, body mass index (BMI) and stage of disease.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Educational Counseling Training
- 盲法
- Single
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •OA of the hip and/or knee
- •Patient is 18 years of age and over
排除标准
- •a concurrent systemic inflammatory disease
- •Patient has previously participated in an arthritis self management educational program
- •Patient is awaiting total hip or total knee replacement surgery patient has a medical co-morbidity that would render the patient to participate fully in the study procedures, including terminal conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, end stage renal disease, heart failure, malignancy with anticipated life expectancy of equal to or less than 2 years
- •Patient has been diagnosed with senile dementia or Alzheimer's disease
结局指标
主要结局
A difference in the WOMAC score of 20 percentage points
次要结局
- A change in health care provider and medication utilization.