A Measurement of Knee Osteoarthritis Usual Care

June 1, 2016 updated by: Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Osteoarthritis is the most common affection of joints worldwide. Multiple international guidelines on the approach and treatment of knee osteoarthritis are available. Nevertheless there seems to be a gap between usual care and the preferred one.

A vigorous set of evidence-based quality indicators on osteoarthritis diagnosis and therapy was developed by a multidisciplinary expert team. This project aims to map usual care and to explore the gaps between usual care and international guidelines in a second stage. This will enable us to develop a tightly targeted quality improvement intervention later on.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

284

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Belgium
      • Leuven, Belgium, 3000
        • KU Leuven

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

General Practice: Based on the electronic patient files of general practiotioners of the MEDIDOC users-group (an electronic software package) a list will be generated of patients diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis. A random sample of these patients will be addressed to take part into the study by a questionnaire.

Orthopedic Surgery: Patients, consulting orthopedic surgeons for knee osteoarthritis will receive a patient questionnaire.

Physiotherapy: Patients, recruited by general practitioners and orthopedic surgeons will be asked about the care they received by their physiotherapist. Moreover physiotherapists will be recruited by the national association of physiotherapists to complete a questionnaire about the care they usually deliver.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Knee replacement surgery
  • Acute trauma (recruitment by orthopedic surgeons)

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Guideline adherence measured by a number of quality indicators and presented as the percentage of patients in whom a quality indicator was reached
Time Frame: one measurement at the point of recruitment
Guideline adherence by physicians and physiotherapists will be measured by quality indicators. A questionnaire about the care patients received from diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis till now will be used.
one measurement at the point of recruitment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Barriers and facilitators for guideline adherence
Time Frame: 10 years
Barriers and facilitators for guideline adherence will be explored by focusgroup research with focusgroups of general practitioners, orthopedic surgeons and patients
10 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

November 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 18, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 20, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

July 25, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 2, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 1, 2016

Last Verified

June 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • S54497

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