Fidelity assessment of nurse-led non-pharmacological package of care for knee pain in the package development phase of a feasibility randomised controlled trial based in secondary care: a mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate fidelity of delivery of a nurse-led non-pharmacological complex intervention for knee pain.

Setting

Secondary care. Single-centre study.

Study design

Mixed methods study.

Participants

Eighteen adults with chronic knee pain.

Inclusion criteria

Age >40 years, knee pain present for longer than 3 months, knee pain for most days of the previous month, at least moderate pain in two of the five domains of Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index pain scale.

Interventions

Nurse-led non-pharmacological intervention comprising assessment, education, exercise, use of hot/cold treatments, footwear modification, walking aids and weight-loss advice (if required).

Outcomes

Primary: fidelity of delivery of inter

SUBMITTER: Nomikos PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8323379 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature