A Measurement of Knee Osteoarthritis Usual Care
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.
Studieoversikt
Status
Studietype
Registrering (Faktiske)
Kontakter og plasseringer
Studiesteder
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Leuven, Belgia, 3000
- KU Leuven
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Deltakelseskriterier
Kvalifikasjonskriterier
Alder som er kvalifisert for studier
- Barn
- Voksen
- Eldre voksen
Tar imot friske frivillige
Kjønn som er kvalifisert for studier
Prøvetakingsmetode
Studiepopulasjon
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.
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis
Exclusion Criteria:
- Knee replacement surgery
- Acute trauma (recruitment by orthopedic surgeons)
Studieplan
Hvordan er studiet utformet?
Designdetaljer
Hva måler studien?
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tiltaksbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Guideline adherence measured by a number of quality indicators and presented as the percentage of patients in whom a quality indicator was reached
Tidsramme: one measurement at the point of recruitment
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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.
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one measurement at the point of recruitment
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Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tiltaksbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Barriers and facilitators for guideline adherence
Tidsramme: 10 years
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Barriers and facilitators for guideline adherence will be explored by focusgroup research with focusgroups of general practitioners, orthopedic surgeons and patients
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10 years
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Samarbeidspartnere og etterforskere
Studierekorddatoer
Studer hoveddatoer
Studiestart
Primær fullføring (Faktiske)
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først innsendt
Først innsendt som oppfylte QC-kriteriene
Først lagt ut (Anslag)
Oppdateringer av studieposter
Sist oppdatering lagt ut (Anslag)
Siste oppdatering sendt inn som oppfylte QC-kriteriene
Sist bekreftet
Mer informasjon
Begreper knyttet til denne studien
Ytterligere relevante MeSH-vilkår
Andre studie-ID-numre
- S54497
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