Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Self Management Program on Changes in Physical Activity Level of Knee Osteoarthritis Patients in Spa Therapy (GEET One)

University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand

Status: Completed

Conditions: Education; Physical Activity; Self-management; Knee Osteoarthritis; Exercise

Treatments: Other: 5 educational workshop; Other: written information booklet

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT02598804

CHU-251

2015-A00831-48 (Registry Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary purpose is to evaluate the benefit of an education action of exercise on the level of physical activity in patients with knee osteoarthritis with the waning of a spa treatment for three weeks, three months after the start of the cure.

Full description

The aim of this study is to prove the effectiveness of an educational intervention in thermal environment on physical activity level with knee osteoarthritis patients.

Enrollment: 172 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients, male or female, aged 50 to 75 years.
• Patients with knee osteoarthritis clinical criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
• Patient affiliated to a social security scheme (beneficiary entitled)
• Patient registered spa
• Patient has given its consent in writing to

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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172 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

No single group but 2 groups : * Intervention group (5 educational workshop in addition to spa therapy) * Control group (Written information booklet in addition to spa therapy)

Treatment:

Other: 5 educational workshop

control group

Other group

Description:

No single group but 2 groups : * Intervention group (5 educational workshop in addition to spa therapy) * Control group (Written information booklet in addition to spa therapy)

Treatment:

Other: written information booklet