Knee osteoarthritis
Conditions
Interventions
On top of care as usual, patients in the intervention group will receive an intervention consisting of three components: 1) an active referral of the orthopaedic surgeon to a case-manager, 2) a rehabi
Sponsors
Amsterdam UMC – location VUmc
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Scheduled for primary TKA or UKA surgery - 18-67 years of age - Paid job = 8 hours a week - Have the intention to get back to work after knee arthroplasty
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Pregnancy - Patients receiving a combination of several surgical procedures - Patients having a knee replacement due to another cause than severe osteoarthritis - Patients having a neuromuscular disease influencing the lower extremities - Patients having another planned joint replacement during study period - Patients having a serious psychiatric disorder - Patients having severe comorbidity that could influence post-operative recovery - Being unable to understand informed consent and patient information - Having insufficient understanding of Dutch language
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quality of life, based on patient-reported health of physical functioning (PROMIS-PF). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Return to work: the time between the surgery and the first day back at work, as well as the time until full resumption of work activities (4 weeks without absence due to pain and complications resulting from KA surgery). - Difficulty experienced at work before and after the knee replacement (Work, Osteoarthritis or joint-Replacement Questionnaire, WORQ) - Functional knee status (Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score questionnaire, KOOS) - Pain intensity (von Korff questionnaire visual analog scale, VAS) - Fatigue (measured with the multidimensional fatigue inventory, MFI-20) - Physical activity (measured with an activity tracker) - Direct and indirect costs from a healthcare- and societal perspective - Evaluating the implementation by performing a process evaluation in which reach, dose delivered, dose received, fidelity and patient attitudes will be analyzed according to the Linann and Steckler method | — |
Contacts
Public ContactCarlien Straat
Amsterdam UMC
Outcome results
None listed