A Web-Based Platform for Patients With Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee
Initiatives
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To describe the effect on joint pain for the first users of a newly developed Web-based osteoarthritis self-managing program, Joint Academy, and to examine whether these patients would recommend other OA patients to use the program.
Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.
- Start Year
- 2015
- Funding
- Joint Academy has received financial support from Lund Innovation System.
Design
- Study design
- Patients' cohort
Marker Paper
Dahlberg LE, Grahn D, Dahlberg JE, Thorstensson CA. A Web-Based Platform for Patients With Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee: A Pilot Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2016;5(2):e115. Published 2016 Jun 3. doi:10.2196/resprot.5665
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Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 53
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Timeline
Participants with knee or hip joint pain
Patients with clinically established knee or hip OA according to national and international guidelines were recruited from an online advertisement. A trained physiotherapist screened the eligible patients by scrutinizing their answers to a standardized questionnaire.
Selection Criteria
- Newborns
- Twins
- Countries
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- Sweden
- Ethnic Origin
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- Health Status
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- Participants with knee or hip joint pain
Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- Specific population
- Specific Population
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- Clinic patients
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 53
- Number of participants with biosamples
Data Collection Event
The 6-week program consisted of eight 2- to 5-minute videos with lectures about OA, effects of physical activity, self-management, and coping strategies. In addition, exercises to improve lower extremity physical function were introduced in daily video activities. During the course of the program, communication between physiotherapist and patients was based on an asynchronous chat.
- Start Date
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2015-01
- End Date
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2015-12
- Data sources
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Mobile data collection
- Mobile phone
- Smartphone
- Tablet/laptop
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Mobile data collection