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A Measurement of Knee Osteoarthritis Usual Care

This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified June 2012 by Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01649518
First received: July 18, 2012
Last updated: November 22, 2012
Last verified: June 2012
History of Changes
  Purpose

Osteoarthritis is the most common affection of joints worldwide. Multiple international guidelines on the approach and treatment of knee osteoarthritis are available. Nevertheless there seems to be a gap between usual care and the preferred one.

A vigorous set of evidence-based quality indicators on osteoarthritis diagnosis and therapy was developed by a multidisciplinary expert team. This project aims to map usual care and to explore the gaps between usual care and international guidelines in a second stage. This will enable us to develop a tightly targeted quality improvement intervention later on.


Condition
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Guideline Adherence
Quality Indicators, Health Care

Study Type: Observational
Study Design: Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Retrospective

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Osteoarthritis
U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Guideline adherence measured by a number of quality indicators and presented as the percentage of patients in whom a quality indicator was reached [ Time Frame: one measurement at the point of recruitment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Guideline adherence by physicians and physiotherapists will be measured by quality indicators. A questionnaire about the care patients received from diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis till now will be used.


Estimated Enrollment: 1500
Study Start Date: November 2012
  Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Sampling Method:   Non-Probability Sample
Study Population

General Practice: Based on the electronic patient files of general practiotioners of the MEDIDOC users-group (an electronic software package) a list will be generated of patients diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis. A random sample of these patients will be addressed to take part into the study by a questionnaire.

Orthopedic Surgery: Patients, consulting orthopedic surgeons for knee osteoarthritis will receive a patient questionnaire.

Physiotherapy: Patients, recruited by general practitioners and orthopedic surgeons will be asked about the care they received by their physiotherapist. Moreover physiotherapists will be recruited by the national association of physiotherapists to complete a questionnaire about the care they usually deliver.

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Knee replacement surgery
  • Acute trauma (recruitment by orthopedic surgeons)
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01649518

Locations
Belgium
KU Leuven Recruiting
Leuven, Belgium, 3000
Contact: Patrik Vankrunkelsven         patrick.vankrunkelven@med.kuleuven.be    
Principal Investigator: Patrik Vankrunkelsven, Prof Dr            
Sub-Investigator: Lies Grypdonck, Dr            
Sponsors and Collaborators
Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01649518     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: S54497
Study First Received: July 18, 2012
Last Updated: November 22, 2012
Health Authority: Belgium: Ethics Committee

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Arthritis
 Joint Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Rheumatic Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 19, 2013