Improving osteoarthritis management in primary healthcare: results from a quasi-experimental study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To improve quality of care for patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA), general practitioners (GPs) and physiotherapists (PTs) in a Norwegian municipality initiated an intervention. The intervention aimed to increase provision of core OA treatment (information, exercise, and weight control) prior to referral for surgery, rational use of imaging for assessing OA and improve communication between healthcare professionals. This study assessed the effectiveness of this intervention.

Methods

Forty-eight PTs and one hundred one GPs were invited to the intervention that included two interactive workshops outlining best practice and an accompanying template for PT discharge reports. Using interrupted time series research design, the study period was divided into th

SUBMITTER: Osteras N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7807869 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature