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Effects of 12-week Digital Treatment in Patients With Hand OA on Pain and Function
Sponsor: Joint Academy
Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of a 12 week digital treatment program for patients with hand osteoarthritis. The treatment consisted of exercises and educational sessions with respect to the disease, its natural course and recommended treatment strategies. Design: An observational longitudinal cohort study. The investigators will include participants who participated in the digital treatment of Joint Academy® for 3 months. Outcomes: Investigators will analyze pain with Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) 0-10 (best to worst), function with the Functional Index for Hand OsteoArthritis (FIHOA) and health related quality of life with EuroQol-5 Dimensions-5 Levels (EQ-5D-5L) at baseline and at 3 months. Main outcome will be change in pain. The investigators will also analyze minimally clinical important changes (improved or not) and mean changes in EQ-5D-5L index score, pain and function.
Official title: Digitally Delivered Education and Exercises for Patients With Hand Osteoarthritis-An Observational Study
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
846
Start Date
2021-07-07
Completion Date
2023-06-26
Last Updated
2026-08-25
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Joint Academy digital treatment
The Joint Academy® (www.jointacademy.com) program for people with hand OA consists of video instructed and progressively adaptable daily exercises, patient education through text lessons, possibility for a social chat group with other patients and a continuous asynchronous chat function with a personal reg. physiotherapist who supervises the patient during the full participation period. The program also contains three telephone consultations with a physiotherapist that were compulsory, one at the start, one after six weeks and one after three months.
Locations (1)
Joint Academy
Malmö, Skåne County, Sweden