Can Digitally Delivered First-line Osteoarthritis Treatment Improve Equal Access to Care

NCT06148779 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: Access to care OA
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 50,000
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To improve chronically ill patients' health and quality of life, long-standing and continuous treatment is needed at an acceptable cost. The purpose of this study was to compare utilization of digital versus face-to-face delivered osteoarthritis (OA) treatment in the 21 different county councils of Sweden that are responsible for providing healthcare to the residents.

Conditions

Health Services Accessibility; First-line Treatment; Osteoarthritis

Keywords

Osteoarthritis; Digitally delivered; Tele-health; Physiotherapy; Access to care; Exercise

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Postal code/Official Municipality Key

  Postal code/Official Municipality Key of participants

  Baseline

• Postal code/Official Municipality Key for primary care center

  For the BOA group only

  Baseline

Study Arms (2)

Joint Academy

Behavioral: Digitally delivered first-line treatment for osteoarthritis

BOA

Behavioral: Face-to-face first-line treatment for osteoarthritis

Interventions

Digitally delivered first-line treatment for osteoarthritis BEHAVIORAL

Digitally delivered first-line for osteoarthritis through the caregiver Joint Academy.

Joint Academy

Face-to-face first-line treatment for osteoarthritis BEHAVIORAL

First-line for osteoarthritis delivered at a primary care clinic face-to-face with reported data to the BOA registry.

BOA

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Participants with knee or hip OA that have joined the digital OA treatment program via online advertisements and campaigns placed on search engines and social networks, or by recommendations by their local physiotherapist or orthopaedic surgeon. Procedure for inclusion and exclusion has been described above. Data will be extracted from the Joint Academy (JA) database and the Better management of patients with OsteoArthritis (BOA) registry.

You may qualify if:

• From October 1st 2021, all patients should have undergone a physical examination by doctor or physiotherapists before being able to enter the treatment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Joint Academy: lead
• Lund University: collaborator
• The Swedish Osteoarthritis Registry: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Joint Academy

Malmo, Sweden

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Osteoarthritis; Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Arthritis; Joint Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Rheumatic Diseases; Behavior

Study Officials

• Leif E Dahlberg, Senior professor

  Joint Academy

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Leif E Dahlberg, Senior professor

CONTACT

+46406550292; leif@jointacademy.com

Håkan Nero, Med dr

CONTACT

+46406550292; hakan@jointacademy.com

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: INDUSTRY
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 20, 2023
• First Posted: November 28, 2023
• Study Start: January 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2025
• Study Completion: July 31, 2025
• Last Updated: September 27, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-09

Locations

SE (1)