Addressing Patients' Expectations of Total Hip Arthroplasty in a Randomized Trial

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Conditions studied: Hip Osteoarthritis, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip

In brief

The goals of this study are to develop and test an educational intervention to address patients' expectations of long-term outcomes of total hip arthroplasty.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00198003

Run by

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

People needed

178

Starts

2001-11-01

Expected to finish

2003-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-11-23

Who can join

Age: 55 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients will be eligible for this study if they are 55 years of age or older and are scheduled for primary total hip arthroplasty at the Hospital for Special Surgery.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients will be excluded from this study for the following reasons: if they are not fluent in English; if they are not going to attend the preoperative hip replacement class; if they are unable to complete the surveys; if they refuse to participate.

Where it is running

• Hospital for Special Surgery — New York, New York, United States

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