Implementing and Evaluating Integrated Medical and Physiotherapy Treatment Program for Osteoarthritis of the Knee by Family Doctors in Primary Care Clinics
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 155
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change in WOMAC ( Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index ) score during participating in the program
研究概览
简要总结
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
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 50 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •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
排除标准
- •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
结局指标
主要结局
Change in WOMAC ( Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index ) score during participating in the program
时间窗: 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.
次要结局
- 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)