Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of two types of written information for people with knee osteoarthritis

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Test the feasibility of conducting an individually randomised controlled trial recruiting people with knee osteoarthritis (OA) in community pharmacies and evaluate the impacts of a novel information booklet.

Design

People with knee OA were identified by pharmacy staff using clinical criteria and randomised to receive a novel information booklet (intervention) or the currently available written OA resource (active control). Mixed-methods process evaluation assessed participant recruitment, retention, and experience. Participant-reported outcome measures, assessing OA illness perceptions, OA knowledge, fear of movement, and pain when walking at baseline and 4-weeks, were analysed using linear regression models (adjusted for baseline).

Results

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SUBMITTER: Darlow B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9718297 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature