Implementing core NICE guidelines for osteoarthritis in primary care with a model consultation (MOSAICS): a cluster randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the effectiveness of a model osteoarthritis consultation, compared with usual care, on physical function and uptake of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) osteoarthritis recommendations, in adults ≥45 years consulting with peripheral joint pain in UK general practice.

Method

Two-arm cluster-randomised controlled trial with baseline health survey. Eight general practices in England.

Participants

525 adults ≥45 years consulting for peripheral joint pain, amongst 28,443 population survey recipients. Four intervention practices delivered the model osteoarthritis consultation to patients consulting with peripheral joint pain; four control practices continued usual care. The primary clinical outcome of the trial was the SF-12 phys

SUBMITTER: Dziedzic KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5759997 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature