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Effectiveness and Cost-Efficiency of Aquatic Exercise for Management of Osteoarthritis

NCT00653497 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 249

Last updated 2008-04-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study was to estimate the cost and outcomes of the Arthritis Foundation aquatic exercise classes.

* DESIGN. Randomized trial of 20-week aquatic classes.
* SUBJECTS AND METHODS. Recruited 249 adults from Washington State aged 55 to 75 with a doctor-confirmed diagnosis of osteoarthritis
* MEAURES. The Quality of Well-Being Scale (QWB), Current Health Desirability Rating (CHDR), Health Assessment Questionnaire(HAQ), Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D), Perceived Quality of Life Scale (PQOL)

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Aquatic exercise

Arthritis Foundation Aquatics Program * community-based aquatic exercise program * participants asked to attend 2 classes per week for 20 weeks * each class 45-60 minutes in duration

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Donald L Patrick, PhD, MSPH · University of Washington

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1997-03-31
Primary Completion
1998-06-30
Completion
1998-06-30

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