Trial reportBMC family practice2008
Family practice nurses supporting self-management in older patients with mild osteoarthritis: a randomized trial.
Trial report in BMC family practice, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Self-Management for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Pain research & management · 2022Pooled it
- The clinical effectiveness of self-care interventions with an exercise component to manage knee conditions: A systematic review.The Knee · 2015Pooled it
- Self-management education programmes for osteoarthritis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- A bibliometric analysis of the application of physical therapy in knee osteoarthritis from 2013 to 2022.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Review
- An innovative care model coordinated by a physical therapist and nurse practitioner for osteoarthritis of the hip and knee in specialist care: a prospective study.Rheumatology international · 2013Observational
- Specialist community nurses: a critical analysis of their role in the management of long-term conditions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2009Review
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
backgroundSupporting self-management intends to improve life-style, which is beneficial for patients with mild osteoarthritis (OA). We evaluated a nurse-based intervention on older OA patients' self-management with the aim to assess its effects on mobility and functioning.
methodsRandomized controlled trial of patients (> or = 65 years) with mild hip or knee OA from nine family practices in the Netherlands. Intervention consisted of supporting patients' self-management of OA symptoms using a practice-based nurse. Outcome measures were patients' mobility, using the Timed Up and Go test (TUG), and patient reported functioning, using an arthritis specific scale (Dutch AIMS2 SF).
resultsFifty-one patients were randomized to the intervention group and 53 to the control group. Patient-reported functioning improved on four scales in the intervention group compared to one scale in the control group. However, this result was not significant. Mobility improved in both groups, without a significant difference between the two groups. There were no differences between the groups regarding consultations with family physicians or physiotherapists, or medication use.
conclusionA nurse-based intervention on older OA patients' self-management did not improve self-reported functioning, mobility or patients' use of health care resources.
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