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Osteoarthritis Care Tools for Primary Care Providers in Family Medicine and Geriatrics Clinics

3 november 2026 uppdaterad av: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

OACareTools PLUS (OACareTools Primary Care-Led Usability & Scalability Study): Aim 3 Implementation and Evaluation

The purpose of this study is to test the implementation of OACareTools+, a program designed to help healthcare providers connect adults with arthritis to physical activity programs. OACareTools+ includes provider training, patient resources, and tools to make referrals easier. The goal is to increase awareness of programs like Walk With Ease and help more people with arthritis participate in them.

Studieöversikt

Status

Har inte rekryterat ännu

Betingelser

Intervention / Behandling

Detaljerad beskrivning

Participants will be clinicians (n= 165) in geriatrics and family medicine clinics and a subset of patients (n=30). The study team will deliver education and resources to providers in a training session about Walk With Ease. After the provider training, providers will use the study resources to refer patients with arthritis to Walk With Ease. Healthcare provider participants will complete surveys after their first referral and at the end of the study (12-months). Patient participants who are referred to Walk With Ease through the OACareTools+ intervention will be invited to participate in interviews about their experience (6-weeks) with the referral process. Primary endpoints of the study will be 1) number of healthcare providers that referred patients to Walk With Ease 2) number of Walk With Ease patient participants 3) healthcare provider acceptability and feasibility 4) patient acceptability of the intervention.

Studietyp

Interventionell

Inskrivning (Beräknad)

205

Fas

  • Inte tillämpbar

Kontakter och platser

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Studiekontakt

Studieorter

  • Förenta staterna
    • North Carolina
      • Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Förenta staterna, 27599
        • UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center
        • Kontakt:

Deltagandekriterier

Forskare letar efter personer som passar en viss beskrivning, så kallade behörighetskriterier. Några exempel på dessa kriterier är en persons allmänna hälsotillstånd eller tidigare behandlingar.

Urvalskriterier

Åldrar som är berättigade till studier

18 år till 99 år (Vuxen, Äldre vuxen)

Tar emot friska volontärer

Ja

Kön som är behöriga för studier

Allt

Beskrivning

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Healthcare provider participants: currently a healthcare provider or staff person in the UNC study clinics (Geriatrics and Family Medicine)
  • Patient participants: 18 years or older; received a referral to Walk With Ease from a provider at a UNC study clinic or used clinic flyers to register for Walk with Ease and agreed to participate in the phone interview on the post-Walk With Ease evaluation form

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Both: non-English speaking

Studieplan

Det här avsnittet ger detaljer om studieplanen, inklusive hur studien är utformad och vad studien mäter.

Hur är studien utformad?

Designdetaljer

  • Primärt syfte: Hälsovårdsforskning
  • Tilldelning: Icke-randomiserad
  • Interventionsmodell: Parallellt uppdrag
  • Maskning: Ingen (Open Label)

Vapen och interventioner

Deltagargrupp / Arm
Intervention / Behandling
Experimentell: Healthcare providers

Healthcare providers will receive the intervention, OACareTools+, which involves a training session on, patient resources about, and provider referral to Walk With Ease.
Beteende: OACareTools+

OACareTools+ is a healthcare provider intervention that combines healthcare provider education, customized patient and clinical resources, and technical support from a national organization to facilitate provider counseling on and referral to as well as patient engagement in Walk With Ease. There are 2 main parts to this intervention: 1) Healthcare provider education: The study team will deliver the provider education and resources (including information about Walk With Ease and the established referral process/smartphrase) in live and recorded presentations and in follow-up emails. 2) Implementation: Providers will use the resources to briefly counsel patients about physical activity and Walk With Ease and use the smartphrase to refer patients to Walk With Ease. Patients will register for and participate in the online Walk With Ease program. Patients and providers can seek assistance from the national organization as needed during these processes.

Andra namn:
  • Walk with Ease
  • Camine con Gusto
Experimentell: Patients

A subset of patients who are referred through OACareTools+ to Walk With Ease will provide feedback on their experience with the referral process to Walk With Ease.
Beteende: OACareTools+

OACareTools+ is a healthcare provider intervention that combines healthcare provider education, customized patient and clinical resources, and technical support from a national organization to facilitate provider counseling on and referral to as well as patient engagement in Walk With Ease. There are 2 main parts to this intervention: 1) Healthcare provider education: The study team will deliver the provider education and resources (including information about Walk With Ease and the established referral process/smartphrase) in live and recorded presentations and in follow-up emails. 2) Implementation: Providers will use the resources to briefly counsel patients about physical activity and Walk With Ease and use the smartphrase to refer patients to Walk With Ease. Patients will register for and participate in the online Walk With Ease program. Patients and providers can seek assistance from the national organization as needed during these processes.

Andra namn:
  • Walk with Ease
  • Camine con Gusto

Vad mäter studien?

Primära resultatmått

Resultatmått
Åtgärdsbeskrivning
Tidsram
Healthcare provider acceptability
Tidsram: Measure collected up to 2 months after provider's first referral

The Acceptability of Intervention Measure is a measure of implementation outcomes, including 4 items ranked on a Likert scale of 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree), with a summed total ranging from 4-20 where higher scores indicate greater acceptability; measured via electronic survey.
Measure collected up to 2 months after provider's first referral
Healthcare provider feasibility
Tidsram: Measure collected up to 2 months after provider's first referral

The Feasibility of Intervention Measure is a measure of implementation outcomes, including 4 items ranked on a Likert scale of 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree), with a summed total ranging from 4-20 where higher scores indicate greater feasibility; measured via electronic survey.
Measure collected up to 2 months after provider's first referral
Patient acceptability
Tidsram: 6-weeks post- Walk With Ease registration

The Acceptability of Intervention Measure is a measure of implementation outcomes, including 4 items ranked on a Likert scale of 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree), with a summed total ranging from 4-20 where higher scores indicate greater acceptability; measured via telephone interview.
6-weeks post- Walk With Ease registration
Patient usefulness: clinician referral to Walk With Ease
Tidsram: 6-weeks post- Walk With Ease registration

During a phone interview, patients will be asked, "How helpful was it to talk with healthcare provider about physical activity and Walk With Ease?" They will be asked to use a scale, 0-10, where 0 is not helpful at all and 10 is extremely helpful. Higher scores indicate greater levels of helpfulness.
6-weeks post- Walk With Ease registration
Number of healthcare providers who referred patients
Tidsram: 12 months

Healthcare providers in the study clinics who refer patients to the Walk With Ease program using the study referral process and resources
12 months
Number of patients who registered for Walk with Ease
Tidsram: 12 months

Patients from the study clinics who register in the Walk With Ease program
12 months
Patient usefulness: educational resources
Tidsram: 6-weeks post-Walk with Ease registration

During a phone interview, patients will be asked, "How helpful were the education materials given to you by your healthcare provider?" They will be asked to use a scale, 0-10, where 0 is not helpful at all and 10 is extremely helpful. Higher scores indicate greater levels of helpfulness.
6-weeks post-Walk with Ease registration

Samarbetspartners och utredare

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Sponsor

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Samarbetspartners

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Utredare

  • Huvudutredare: Leigh Callahan, PhD, UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center

Studieavstämningsdatum

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Studera stora datum

Studiestart (Beräknad)

13 november 2026

Primärt slutförande (Beräknad)

12 november 2027

Avslutad studie (Beräknad)

12 november 2027

Studieregistreringsdatum

Först inskickad

3 november 2026

Först inskickad som uppfyllde QC-kriterierna

3 november 2026

Första postat (Faktisk)

9 november 2026

Uppdateringar av studier

Senaste uppdatering publicerad (Faktisk)

9 november 2026

Senaste inskickade uppdateringen som uppfyllde QC-kriterierna

3 november 2026

Senast verifierad

1 november 2026

Mer information

Termer relaterade till denna studie

Nyckelord

Ytterligare relevanta MeSH-villkor

Andra studie-ID-nummer

  • 26-2715
  • 1U48DP006837-01 (U.S.S. NIH-anslag/kontrakt)
  • 1 U48DP006837-01-03 (Annat bidrag/finansieringsnummer: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Plan för individuella deltagardata (IPD)

Planerar du att dela individuella deltagardata (IPD)?

JA

IPD-planbeskrivning

Deidentified individual data that support the results will be shared beginning 9 to 36 months following publication provided the investigator who proposes to use the data has approval from an Institutional Review Board (IRB), Independent Ethics Committee (IEC), or Research Ethics Board (REB), as applicable, and executes a data use/sharing agreement with UNC. Data collected include: pre/post walking program assessments, referral count, patient engagement metrics, arthritis outcomes, satisfaction (provider and patient). Qualitative data will be available in the form of a summary.

Tidsram för IPD-delning

Beginning 9 and continuing for 36 months following publication.

Kriterier för IPD Sharing Access

Approved IRB, IEC, or REB and an executed data use/sharing agreement with UNC.

IPD-delning som stöder informationstyp

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL
  • ICF

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