Assistive Device for Hand Osteoarthritis

Daniela Salgado Amaral

Status

Completed

Conditions

Hand Osteoarthritis

Treatments

Other: Self care program focusing on the assistive device

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02667145

UFPernambuco2015

Details and patient eligibility

About

Randomized clinical trial , blind for evaluators, to assess the effectiveness of a self-care program using assistive technology for treatment of hand osteoarthritis.

Full description

This program aims to:

Encourage the use of assistive devices on a daily basis as the main form of joint protection.
Encourage individual motivation, from the group in attendance, behavior change, developing the capacity of self-management of individuals of their health problems.

Will be held for 4 meetings with an average duration of 90 minutes. Meeting 1: Its proposal address the importance of self-care in the treatment of chronic diseases; knowing the OA of the hands and their main characteristics; recognize the importance of hand function for carrying out activities; understand the meaning of self-care and joint protection; motivation adherence to the program and behavior change.

Meeting 2: Present assistive devices as a protection feature; teach joint protection techniques and energy conservation focusing on the assistive device; deliver and demonstrate the use of assistive devices.

Meeting 3:Encouraging the adhesion of the techniques presented; making workshop for daily activities; verify the difficulties with devices use by the volunteers.

Meeting 4: Strengthening guidance given in previous meetings; make closing with the group to in connection with the program; motivated to continue carrying out the activities at home.

Enrollment

39 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 90 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Hand OA diagnosis according to the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR )
Be properly registered in the rheumatology clinic of Hospital das Clínicas

Exclusion criteria

Surgical treatment or infiltration in the hands, in the last 6 months;
Treatment of occupational therapy and / or physical therapy, or use of any TA feature (assist device or stent) in the last 6 months;
Diagnosis of another rheumatologic disease or musculoskeletal system that compromise the hands associated.