Patient, Provider, and Combined Interventions for Managing Osteoarthritis in Primary Care: A Cluster Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A single-site study showed that a combined patient and provider intervention improved outcomes for patients with knee osteoarthritis, but it did not assess separate effects of the interventions.

Objective

To examine whether patient-based, provider-based, and patient-provider interventions improve osteoarthritis outcomes.

Design

Cluster randomized trial with assignment to patient, provider, and patient-provider interventions or usual care. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01435109).

Setting

10 Duke University Health System community-based primary care clinics.

Participants

537 outpatients with symptomatic hip or knee osteoarthritis.

Intervention

The telephone-based patient intervention focused on weight management, physical activity, and cognitiv

SUBMITTER: Allen KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6862719 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature