Future Osteoarthritis Treatment - Free Open Online Course for All

NCT07122154 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 2 other identifiers: 2024-03696-01R-1012802
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The basic treatment for osteoarthritis is education and information, often provided as so-called osteoarthritis schools. These can be provided either physically at the health center or digitally. The content is similar in all osteoarthritis schools. It is not clear whether today's osteoarthritis schools contain what people with osteoarthritis are asking for in terms of education and information. The purpose of this project is therefore to highlight what people with osteoarthritis want the osteoarthritis school to contain and whether there is a need for other ways of running osteoarthritis schools than today. Participating in this project means that you will be invited to a focus group with other people who have osteoarthritis. Focus groups will be held at Forum Medicum, Sölvegatan 19 in Lund and will last approximately 1 hour. There will be several different times to choose from. The conversation in the focus group will be recorded. The project will collect and register information about you. We will collect information about gender, age, in which joint(s) the person has osteoarthritis and how long they have had osteoarthritis, as well as whether they have participated in any osteoarthritis school and if so, what form (physical or digital). The recorded conversation from the focus group will be transcribed.

Conditions

Osteoarthritis (OA)

Keywords

Osteoarthritis; Self-management; Participatory design

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Experiences

  A qualitative research approach will be employed, using workshops as the primary method of data collection. Workshops will allow for dynamic and interactive engagement, where participants can openly share their perspectives, collaborate, and build on each other's ideas.

  The outcome is collected at one single workshop

Study Arms (1)

OA group

Persons who are diagnosed with osteoarthritis by a healthcare professional, aged 18 years or older, and willing to participate in a series of workshops and provide informed consent.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Persons aged 18 years and above, diagnosed with Osteoarthritis by a healthcare professional, and willing to particpa in a series of workshops

You may qualify if:

• Diagnosed with osteoarthritis by a healthcare professional.
• Aged 18 years or older.
• Willing to participate in a series of workshops and provide informed consent

You may not qualify if:

• Not speaking Swedish

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Eva Ekvall-Hansson: lead

Study Sites (1)

Lund university

Lund, 22100, Sweden

Location

Related Publications (5)

• Larsson I PhD, PT, Sunden A PhD, PT, Ekvall Hansson E PhD, PT. Persons' various experiences of learning processes in patient education for osteoarthritis, a qualitative phenomenographic approach. Physiother Theory Pract. 2019 Aug;35(8):738-747. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2018.1457111. Epub 2018 Mar 30.

  PMID: 29601226 BACKGROUND

• Hagen KB, Smedslund G, Osteras N, Jamtvedt G. Quality of Community-Based Osteoarthritis Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2016 Oct;68(10):1443-52. doi: 10.1002/acr.22891. Epub 2016 Sep 16.

  PMID: 26991934 BACKGROUND

• Cronstrom A, Nero H, Lohmander LS, Dahlberg LE. On the waiting list for joint replacement for knee osteoarthritis: Are first-line treatment recommendations implemented? Osteoarthr Cartil Open. 2020 Mar 10;2(2):100056. doi: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2020.100056. eCollection 2020 Jun.

  PMID: 36474591 BACKGROUND

• Bannuru RR, Osani MC, Vaysbrot EE, Arden NK, Bennell K, Bierma-Zeinstra SMA, Kraus VB, Lohmander LS, Abbott JH, Bhandari M, Blanco FJ, Espinosa R, Haugen IK, Lin J, Mandl LA, Moilanen E, Nakamura N, Snyder-Mackler L, Trojian T, Underwood M, McAlindon TE. OARSI guidelines for the non-surgical management of knee, hip, and polyarticular osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2019 Nov;27(11):1578-1589. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2019.06.011. Epub 2019 Jul 3.

  PMID: 31278997 BACKGROUND

• Allen KD, Thoma LM, Golightly YM. Epidemiology of osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2022 Feb;30(2):184-195. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2021.04.020. Epub 2021 Sep 14.

  PMID: 34534661 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Osteoarthritis

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Arthritis; Joint Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Rheumatic Diseases

Study Officials

• Eva Ekvall Hansson, Professor

  Lund University, Medical Faculty, Dep of Health Sciences

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Eva Ekvall Hansson, Professor, RPT

CONTACT

+46462221986; eva.ekvall-hansson@med.lu.se

Eva Ageberg, Professor

CONTACT

+46462224943; eva.ageberg@med.lu.se

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor in physiotherapy, head of research group

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 7, 2025
• First Posted: August 14, 2025
• Study Start: October 15, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2026
• Last Updated: August 14, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SE (1)