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Assistive Device for Hand Osteoarthritis

NCT02667145 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 39

Last updated 2016-01-28

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Summary

Randomized clinical trial , blind for evaluators, to assess the effectiveness of a self-care program using assistive technology for treatment of hand osteoarthritis.

Conditions

  • Hand Osteoarthritis

Interventions

OTHER

Self care program focusing on the assistive device

self-heed program focusing on the assistive device will consist of four weekly meetings lasting approximately 90 minutes. it will be stimulated the self-heed through knowledge of pathology and guidelines of protection articulate, and will be supplied, and trained the use of assistive devices to improve the performance of volunteers in their daily activities. Assistive devices are devices, not attached to the body, which help people with limited movements and restrictions on participation in the activities of everyday life. Example: thickening of tableware, tin openers. These volunteers will be evaluated in three stages: 1-initial assessment 2-after completion of the program and 90 days after the initial assessment. The questionnaires that will be used are: EVA; SACRAH; COPM; WHOQOL-Bref.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Daniela Salgado Amaral

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Claudia DL Marques, PhD · Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-11-30
Primary Completion
2016-01-31
Completion
2016-01-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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