Effect of an Information- and Self-management App for People With Knee Osteoarthritis

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Information- and self-management app: An information- and self-management intervention delivered through the Genus app, including information videos, exercise videos, questionnaires, quizzes and feedback provided over an 8 week period prior to consultation in specialist healthcare

Control: Information on where to access publically available information about knee osteoarthritis

Study summary

The primary aim of the trial is to assess if an information- and self-management app provided in the period between referral and consultation in specialist healthcare can improve knowledge about osteoarthritis and decision quality during consultation in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

204 patients will be randomized to either being on the waiting list for consultation, accessing publically available information about osteoarthritis (control group) or getting access to an 8-week information- and self-management intervention delivered through the Genus app prior to consultation.

Pasients with answer questionnaires at baseline, 4 weeks (intervention group only), 8 weeks, post consultation and 1 and 2 years after consultation.

The Genus app contains information videos, exercise videos, quizzes, feedback and questionnaires provided in a progressive order over an 8 week period.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Knee Osteoathritis Knowlegde Scale (KOAKS) — Baseline, 8 weeks, approx. 2-4 months after baseline (1 day after consultation (post consultation))
  11 statements about osteoarthritis and treatment options, answered on a 5-point scale from 1 (=true) to 5 (=not true), summed up to a scale from 11 to 55
• Decision Conflict Scale (DCS) — approx. 2-4 months after baseline (1 day after consultation (post consultation))
  16 statements with 5 response categories about the patients uncertainty with treatment options. The total score range from 0 (no decisional conflict) to 100 (extreme decisional conflict). The DCS also has five subscales (all 0-100): 1) uncertainty, 2) informed, 3) values clarity, 4) support, and 5) effective decision.

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