Feasibility and potential effectiveness of a non-pharmacological multidisciplinary care programme for persons with generalised osteoarthritis: a randomised, multiple-baseline single-case study.

ABSTRACT: To evaluate the feasibility and potential effectiveness of a 12-week, non-pharmacological multidisciplinary intervention in patients with generalised osteoarthritis (GOA). A randomised, concurrent, multiple-baseline single-case design. During the baseline period, the intervention period and the postintervention period, all participants completed several health outcomes twice a week on Visual Analogue Scales. Rheumatology outpatient department of a specialised hospital in the Netherlands. 1 man and four women (aged 51-76 years) diagnosed with GOA. To assess feasibility, the authors assessed the number of dropouts and adverse events, adherence rates and patients' satisfaction. To assess the potential effectiveness, the authors assessed pain and self-efficacy using visual data inspection and

SUBMITTER: Hoogeboom TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3401828 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature