Trial reportBMC musculoskeletal disorders2014
Evaluation of a structured goal planning and tailored follow-up programme in rehabilitation for patients with rheumatic diseases: protocol for a pragmatic, stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial.
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- Health Economic Evaluation Alongside Stepped Wedge Trials: A Methodological Systematic Review.PharmacoEconomics · 2021Pooled it
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- Multidisciplinary team care for people with rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Rheumatology international · 2016Pooled it
- Stepped wedge randomised controlled trials: systematic review of studies published between 2010 and 2014.Trials · 2015Pooled it
- Bridging gaps across levels of care in rehabilitation of patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: Results from a stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial.Clinical rehabilitation · 2023Trial
- Development of an Exercise Rehabilitation Functional Group for Individualized Exercise After Lumbar Spine Surgery.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Goals and Action Plans Across Time and Place-A Qualitative Study Exploring the Importance of "Context" in Person-Centered Rehabilitation.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2022Article
- Rehabilitation for patients with rheumatic diseases: Patient experiences of a structured goal planning and tailored follow-up programme.SAGE open medicine · 2017Article
- Stepped wedge cluster randomised trials: a review of the statistical methodology used and available.BMC medical research methodology · 2016Review
- Logistic, ethical, and political dimensions of stepped wedge trials: critical review and case studies.Trials · 2015Review
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16 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundComprehensive rehabilitation, involving health professionals from various disciplines, is widely used as an adjunct to pharmacological and surgical treatment in people with rheumatic diseases. However, the evidence for the clinical- and cost-effectiveness of such interventions is limited, and the majority of those who receive rehabilitation are back to their initial health status six to 12 months after discharge. METHODS/
designTo evaluate the goal attainment, health effects and cost-effectiveness of a new rehabilitation programme compared to current traditional rehabilitation programmes for people with rheumatic diseases, a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial will be performed. Patients admitted for rehabilitation at six centres in the south-eastern part of Norway will be invited to participate. In the trial, six participating centres will switch from a control (current rehabilitation programme) to an intervention phase (the new rehabilitation programme) in a randomized order. Supported by recent research, the new programme will be a supplement to the existing programme at each centre, and will comprise four elements designed to enhance and support lifestyle changes introduced in the rehabilitation period: structured goal-planning, motivational interviewing, a self-help booklet and four follow-up telephone calls during the first five months following discharge. The primary outcome will be health-related quality of life and goal attainment, as measured by the Patient Generated Index directly before and after the rehabilitation stay, as well as after six and 12 months. Secondary outcomes will include self-reported pain, fatigue, a global assessment of disease activity and motivation for change (measured on 11-point numeric ratings scales), health-related quality of life as measured by the Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36) and utility assessed by the SF6D utility index.The main analysis will be on an intention to treat basis and will assess the clinical- and cost-effectiveness of the structured goal planning and tailored follow-up rehabilitation programme for patients with rheumatic diseases. DISCUSSION: The findings will constitute an important contribution to more cost-effective- and evidence-based rehabilitation services for people with rheumatic diseases.
trial registrationISRCTN91433175.
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