A Study to Examine the Efficacy of the Arthritis Self Management Program

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

64 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2004-10-31

Study Completion Date

2006-04-30

Brief Summary

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This study will examine the efficacy of the Arthritis Self Managemnet Program (ASMP)and determine changes in health resource utilization after completeing the ASMP program.

Detailed Description

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This study will provide an analysis of the efficacy of the Arthritis Self Management Program (ASMP) using both patient administered questionnaires as well as the health utilization data maintained within the administrative databases at Alberta Health and Wellness. This study will also provide other information that has not yet been evaluated in other arthritis self management studies including co-morbidity data and other specific health related utilization information that has not yet been evaluated in other arthritis self management studies including co-morbidity data and other specific health related utilization information as it is recorded in administrative databases, will include a control group and will adjust for potential confounding variables such as sex, age, body mass index (BMI) and stage of disease.

Conditions

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Osteoarthritis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

ECT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Interventions

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Self-Management Program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* OA of the hip and/or knee
* Patient is 18 years of age and over

Exclusion Criteria

* a concurrent systemic inflammatory disease
* Patient has previously participated in an arthritis self management educational program
* Patient is awaiting total hip or total knee replacement surgery patient has a medical co-morbidity that would render the patient to participate fully in the study procedures, including terminal conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, end stage renal disease, heart failure, malignancy with anticipated life expectancy of equal to or less than 2 years
* Patient has been diagnosed with senile dementia or Alzheimer's disease

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Principal Investigators

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Cyril B Frank, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Calgary

Other Identifiers

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PRO-OA-00001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id