Development of the "Treatment beliefs in knee and hip OsteoArthritis (TOA)" questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Use of conservative treatment modalities in osteoarthritis (OA) is suboptimal, which appears to be partly due to patients' beliefs about treatments. The aim of this study was to develop a research instrument assessing patients' beliefs about various treatment modalities of hip and knee OA: the 'Treatment beliefs in OA (TOA) questionnaire'.

Methods

The item pool that was retrieved from interviews with patients and healthcare providers comprised beliefs regarding five treatment modalities: physical activity, pain medication, physiotherapy, injections and arthroplasty. After an extensive selection procedure, a draft questionnaire with 200 items was constructed. Descriptive analyses and exploratory factor analyses with oblique rotation were conducted for each treatmen

SUBMITTER: Selten EMH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5606114 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature