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The Southern Adelaide Waiting List Project: A Regional Partners in Health Approach with a Call-Centre Support System.

A randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of chronic disease self management in people with osteoarthritis awaiting joint replacement surgery to improve their health related quality of life

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ANZCTR
Registry ID
ACTRN12605000338662
Enrollment
250
Registered
2005-09-08
Start date
2005-10-03
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2020-01-13

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Partners in Health chronic disease self management is a clinician focused approach which provides health professionals with the tools to work in partnership with individuals with chronic illness to maximise their self management capacity. The generic patient-centred assessment using a Partners in Health scale, Cue and Response interview and Problems / goal identification results in a care plan that describes which services and self management goals will be addressed over a 6 month period. Partn

Partners in Health chronic disease self management is a clinician focused approach which provides health professionals with the tools to work in partnership with individuals with chronic illness to maximise their self management capacity. The generic patient-centred assessment using a Partners in Health scale, Cue and Response interview and Problems / goal identification results in a care plan that describes which services and self management goals will be addressed over a 6 month period. Partners in Health will be linked to a telephone support system manned by trained non medical personnel (and managed by Arthritis South Australia).

Sponsors

Professor Maria Crotty
Lead SponsorIndividual

Study design

Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
0 to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Confirmed allocation as Non-Urgent status to a southern region. Joint Replacement waiting list.

Exclusion criteria

Mini-Mental score<24, unable to read and speak English, unable to complete the 6-month follow-up, significant frailty or illness that will make protocol completion unlikely, living outside the southern region of Adelaide, urgent or semi-urgent category status.

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ANZCTR · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026