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Effect of an Education Programme for Patients With Osteoarthritis in Primary Care - a Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT00979914 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2015-03-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Osteoarthritis is a common disease. The core treatment is often patient education. The aim of this study is therefore to study the effect of a patient education programme for patients with osteoarthritis in primary health care.

Conditions

  • Osteoarthritis in the Hip, Knee and Hand

Interventions

OTHER

Patient education programme

The intervention consisted of five group sessions, three hours for each session. The focus was on self-efficacy. Eight to ten patients participated in the programme at the same time.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Region Skåne, Primary health care, Sweden

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Lund University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eva Ekvall Hansson, PhD · Lund University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-03-31
Primary Completion
2009-03-31
Completion
2009-03-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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