Associations between comorbidities and immediate and one-year outcomes following supervised exercise therapy and patient education - A cohort study of 24,513 individuals with knee or hip osteoarthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate if comorbidities are associated with change in health outcomes following an 8-week exercise and education program in knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA).

Methods

We included 24,513 individuals with knee or hip OA from the Good Life with osteoArthritis in Denmark (GLA:D®). GLA:D® consists of two patient education sessions and 12 supervised exercise sessions. Before the program, individuals self-reported having one or more of 11 common comorbidities. Physical function was assessed using the 40-m Fast-Paced Walk Test (FPWT, m/sec) before and immediately after the program. Pain intensity and health-related quality of life was self-reported before, immediately after, and at 12 months post-intervention using a visual analogue scale (VAS, 0-100) and the EQ-5D-

SUBMITTER: Pihl K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7116561 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature