Knee Osteoarthritis Care: A Quality Improvement Intervention in General Practice

NCT03106142 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: S58815
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 177
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to improve the referral rates to physiotherapy of patients with knee osteoarthritis. The intervention consists of one academic detailing visit directed to general practitioners (GPs)

Conditions

Knee Osteoarthritis

Keywords

intervention, improvement strategy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of referrals to physical therapy of patients with knee osteoarthritis

  2 case vignettes were developed to assess GPs' referral rate

  6 months after intervention

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Number of technical investigations ordered by GPs for patients with knee osteoarthritis

  6 months after the intervention

• Type of pain medication prescribed by GPs for patients with knee osteoarthritis

  6 months after the intervention

Study Arms (2)

Academic detailing visit arm

OTHER

The GPs will receive an academic detailing visit by a medical visitor. GPs will receive information on the conservative evidence-based management of knee osteoarthritis with physiotherapy. The information will be summarized on a flyer for the GPs.

Procedure: Academic detailing visit arm

control group

NO INTERVENTION

The two case vignettes will also be presented to GP who did not received the intervention.

Interventions

Academic detailing visit arm PROCEDURE

General Practitioners in the intervention group will receive one academic detailing visit. During this visit the GPs will receive information about the importance of physical therapy in the non-surgical management of knee osteoarthritis. The information will be summarized on an information leaflet for the GP.

Academic detailing visit arm

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• active GP setting
• visited by independent medical visitors for academic detailing

You may not qualify if:

• not willing to participate
• not visited by independent medical visitors for academic detailing

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven: lead

Study Sites (1)

KU Leuven

Leuven, 3000, Belgium

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Habraken H, Janssens I, Soenen K, van Driel M, Lannoy J, Bogaert M. Pilot study on the feasibility and acceptability of academic detailing in general practice. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2003 Jul;59(3):253-60. doi: 10.1007/s00228-003-0602-6. Epub 2003 May 22.

  PMID: 12761604 BACKGROUND

• May F, Simpson D, Hart L, Rowett D, Perrier D. Experience with academic detailing services for quality improvement in primary care practice. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009 Jun;18(3):225-31. doi: 10.1136/qshc.2006.021956.

  PMID: 19468007 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Osteoarthritis, Knee

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Osteoarthritis; Arthritis; Joint Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Rheumatic Diseases

Study Officials

• Patrik Vankrunkelsven, Professor

  KU Leuven

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Intervention group Control group (usual care)

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 26, 2016
• First Posted: April 10, 2017
• Study Start: September 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2014
• Study Completion: July 1, 2015
• Last Updated: May 5, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-03

Locations

BE (1)