Bridging gaps across levels of care in rehabilitation of patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: Results from a stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the effectiveness of a structured goal-setting and tailored follow-up rehabilitation intervention with existing rehabilitation in patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases.

Design

A pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial.

Setting

Eight rehabilitation centers in secondary healthcare, Norway.

Participants

A total of 374 adults with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases were included in either the experimental (168) or the control group (206).

Interventions

A new rehabilitation intervention which comprised structured goal setting, action planning, motivational interviewing, digital self-monitoring of goal progress, and individual follow-up support after discharge according to patients' needs and available resources

SUBMITTER: Berdal G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10387727 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature