Influence of Osteoarthritis Information on Treatment Beliefs
Influence of Osteoarthritis eDucational Information and General Practitioner Endorsement on ExerCISe IntentiONs, Beliefs and Willingness to Exercise: the DECISION Randomised Controlled Trial.
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Lead Sponsor: University of Melbourne |
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| Source | University of Melbourne | ||||||||
| Brief Summary | The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of educational information, with and without a general practitioner recommendation to exercise, on willingness to undertake exercise/physical activity for knee osteoarthritis. Eligible participants will be aged 45+ years and will not currently have osteoarthritis, knee pain, or any condition that makes them unable to exercise. Participants will be asked to complete an online survey, during which they will be randomised to one of three groups and shown different types of educational information to read. Outcome measures will be collected as part of the survey before and after participants read the educational information presented to them. |
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| Detailed Description | 3-arm superiority online randomised controlled trial (delivered within one survey). Participants will complete an online survey, during which they will be presented with a hypothetical scenario asking them to imagine that they had recently developed knee pain and have gone to see their general practitioner. Participants will then be randomised to one of 3 different groups (described below). Each group will be shown different types of educational material and asked to read the information carefully. Once they have finished reading the material, they will be asked to complete follow-up outcome measures to determine whether their beliefs about osteoarthritis management strategies have changed. The 3 trial groups are: I. Control group: asked to read a single-A4 page of brief osteoarthritis information ("what is osteoarthritis"); II. Treatment options group: asked to read brief osteoarthritis information + two A4 pages of information on treatment options ("osteoarthritis treatment options"), and; III. Treatment options + recommendation group: asked to read brief osteoarthritis information + information on treatment options + receive a hypothetical GP recommendation for exercise |
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| Overall Status | Not yet recruiting | ||||||||
| Start Date | February 1, 2021 | ||||||||
| Completion Date | December 1, 2021 | ||||||||
| Primary Completion Date | April 1, 2021 | ||||||||
| Phase | N/A | ||||||||
| Study Type | Interventional | ||||||||
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| Enrollment | 729 | ||||||||
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| Intervention |
Intervention Type: Other Intervention Name: Information on treatment options Description: Asked to read two A4 pages of information on treatment options ("osteoarthritis treatment options") Intervention Type: Other Intervention Name: Recommendation from general practitioner Description: Receive a hypothetical general practitioner recommendation for exercise Arm Group Label: Treatment options + recommendation group Intervention Type: Other Intervention Name: Information on osteoarthritis Description: Asked to read 1 A4 page of brief information on osteoarthritis |
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| Eligibility |
Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria: - Aged 45+ years Exclusion Criteria: - Been told by a health professional that they have osteoarthritis in any joint/anywhere in the body - Have experienced any knee pain in the prior 3 months - Unable to read English - Have had a joint replacement in any knee or hip joint - Have any health condition that makes unable to exercise Gender: All Minimum Age: 45 Years Maximum Age: N/A Healthy Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
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| Overall Contact |
Last Name: Belinda J Lawford Phone: +61 3 8344 2045 Email: [email protected] |
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| Location Countries |
Australia |
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| Verification Date |
January 2021 |
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| Responsible Party |
Type: Principal Investigator Investigator Affiliation: University of Melbourne Investigator Full Name: Belinda Lawford Investigator Title: Principal Investigator |
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| Has Expanded Access | No | ||||||||
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| Number Of Arms | 3 | ||||||||
| Arm Group |
Label: Control group Type: Active Comparator Description: Asked to read a single-A4 page of brief osteoarthritis information ("what is osteoarthritis") Label: Treatment options group Type: Experimental Description: Asked to read brief osteoarthritis information + two A4 pages of information on treatment options ("osteoarthritis treatment options") Label: Treatment options + recommendation group Type: Experimental Description: Asked to read brief osteoarthritis information + information on treatment options + receive hypothetical general practitioner recommendation for exercise |
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| Patient Data | No | ||||||||
| Study Design Info |
Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Primary Purpose: Treatment Masking: Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor) |
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