Effectiveness of Spa Treatment, Outpatient Physiotherapy and no Physiotherapy in Spine Osteoarthritis

University of Rzeszow

Status: Completed

Conditions: Spine Osteoarthritis; Spa Resorts

Treatments: Other: Comprehensive physiotherapy including balneotherapy and filling questionaire; Other: No intervention, only filling questionaire; Other: Comprehensive physiotherapy without balneotherapy and filling questionaire

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03974308

Spa treatment

Details and patient eligibility

About

In the first study group will participate patients with spine osteoarthritis who will be treated in polish spas in Subcarpathian Region. Complex physiotherapy including balneotherapy will be applied in study group participants. In the second study group will participate patients with spine osteoarthritis who will be treated in outpatient treatment. Complex physiotherapy without balneotherapy will be applied in second study group participants. In the control group will participate patients with spine osteoarthritis who will not have applied physiotherapy nor balneotherapy during observation. In all patients will be evaluated quality of life, level of pain intensity and health assessment.

Full description

The following questionnaires will be used: original socio-demographic data questionnaire, the VAS (visual analogue scale) pain severity rating scale, the modified Laitinen pain questionnaire, the Life Satisfaction Questionnaire LISAT-9 and the HAQ: Health Assesment Questionnaire.

Questionnaires will be completed: before the beginning of therapy, one month and six months after the end of therapy.

Questionnaires in control group will be completed: in the beginning of observation and in the same time intervals as in study groups.

Enrollment: 300 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Spine osteoarthritis

Exclusion criteria

• no consent to participate in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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300 participants in 3 patient groups

Study group 1

Experimental group

Description:

Patients with spine osteoarthritis who will be treated in polish spas in Subcarpathian Region. Comprehensive physiotherapy including balneotherapy will be applied.

Treatment:

Other: Comprehensive physiotherapy including balneotherapy and filling questionaire

Study group 2

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients with spine osteoarthritis who will be treated in outpatient treatment. Comprehensive physiotherapy without balneotherapy will be applied.

Treatment:

Other: Comprehensive physiotherapy without balneotherapy and filling questionaire

Control group

Other group

Description:

Patients with spine osteoarthritis who will not have applied physiotherapy nor balneotherapy.

Treatment:

Other: No intervention, only filling questionaire