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The Effects of a Knitting Program on Osteoarthritis Symptoms in Elderly Women

NCT05975229 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 37

Last updated 2023-08-03

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Summary

This pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) studies the adherence and clinical effectiveness of a knitting program in older females suffering from hand osteoarthritis (HOA) to evaluate the acceptability of this intervention and assess the feasibility of a larger-scale RCT.

It is a single-blind, two-arm pilot RCT with a parallel group design with 40 participants (20 control, 20 experimental). Control participants are given an educational pamphlet and assigned to a waiting list. The knitting program (-8-week duration) has two components: bi-weekly 20-minute group knitting sessions and 20-minute home daily knitting on the 5 remaining weekdays. Measures include knitting adherence (implementation outcomes) as well as stiffness, pain, functional status, hand physical activity level, patient's global impression of change, health-related quality of life, self-efficacy, and grip strength (clinical outcomes measured throughout the 8-week program and 4 weeks after the intervention).

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Knitting and education (pamphlet)

Pamphlet and knitting program (-8-week duration). The knitting program has two components: bi-weekly 20-minute group knitting sessions and 20-minute home daily knitting on the 5 remaining weekdays.

OTHER

Education (pamphlet)

Receive only the pamphlet, not the knitting program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Ottawa

    collaborator OTHER

  • Université de Sherbrooke

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-08-01
Primary Completion
2017-12-20
Completion
2017-12-20

Countries

  • Canada

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