An evaluation of the Flinders Program to improve patient quality of life and self-management competencies in osteoarthritis and co-occurring obesity: A randomised controlled trial.
A randomised controlled trial evaluating the impacts of the self-management support Flinders Program on Health Related Quality of Life of obese osteoarthritis patients on a knee or hip replacement waiting list
International Musculoskeletal Research Institute
94 participants
Jul 7, 2015
Interventional
Conditions
Summary
Does the Flinders self-management support program improve HRQoL for obese osteoarthritis patients on a total knee or hip arthroplasty waiting list? Does the self-management support Flinders program help obese osteoarthritis patients on a total knee or hip arthroplasty waiting list to reduce their obesity? What demographic and psychosocial factors contribute to weight loss for obese osteoarthritis patients on a total knee or hip arthroplasty waiting list?
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria3
- -Indicated for a primary total knee or hip arthroplasty due to osteoarthritis
- -have a BMI of 30 kg/m2 or above
- -willingly provide signed informed consent form to participate in the study
Exclusion Criteria5
- -cannot or will not provide signed informed consent for participation in the study.
- -have an emotional or neurological condition that would pre-empt their ability or willingness to participate in the study including mental illness, intellectual disability, drug or alcohol abuse.
- -have had a surgery within the last three months
- -have dementia
- -Patients who have a pacemaker or ICD will be excluded from the bio-impedance test.
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Interventions
The intervention group will receive the self-management support Flinder Program for six months. Flinders Program is a one-to-one self-management support program. It involves a 1-hour face-to-face session during which a trained nurse and the participant identify and prioritise the issues due to the chronic condition(s) the participant has. They then agree on a care plan based upon goals established for prioritised issues. Adherence to the intervention is monitored by weekly/fortnightly (based on a mutual agreement) phone calls.
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ACTRN12615000674538