Self-Management of Osteoarthritis

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Osteoarthritis

In brief

The purpose of this study is to examine whether a telephone-based self-management intervention improves pain, physical function, and other outcomes among veterans with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00288912

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

523

Starts

2006-10-01

Expected to finish

2009-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-24

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Radiographic evidence of hip or knee osteoarthritis
• Current / persistent joint symptoms (pain, aching, stiffness)

You may not qualify if…

• Other rheumatic disease (i.e., rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia)
• Hospitalization for stroke or cardiovascular event within past 3 months
• Metastatic cancer
• Active diagnosis of psychosis
• Terminal illness
• On waiting list for arthroplasty
• Resident of nursing home
• Severely impaired in hearing or speech (participants must be able to respond to phone calls)
• Significant cognitive dysfunction
• No access to a telephone
• Current participation in another interventional study for osteoarthritis

Where it is running

• Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC — Durham, North Carolina, United States

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