Evaluation of the Use of an E-health Therapeutic Education Application for Osteoarthritis Patients (ARTHe 2)

University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteo Arthritis Knee

Treatments: Behavioral: Application ARTHe

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT04750304

RNI 2020 COUDEYRE

Details and patient eligibility

About

Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disease affecting the joint in a comprehensive and progressive manner. It leads to increasing disability.

The recommendations of recent years favor the non-pharmacological treatment of osteoarthritis including regular physical activity, therapeutic education and weight loss Osteoarthritis population has a low level of physical activity due to a lack of information, motivation and false beliefs related to physical activity and kinesiophobia (fear of movement) A preliminary qualitative study (ARTHe1) evaluating the barriers and levers of the use of an e-health therapeutic education application in patients with osteoarthritis was carried out in order to guide the development of the ARTHe application.

The objective of this study is to have the application tested on a panel of patients in order to assess the benefits of using the application in terms of adherence to the practice of physical activity but also in clinical terms on function and pain, and the satisfaction of the patient

Full description

This is a prospective observational study including the evaluation of the use of the ARTH-e application after 3 weeks, 6 weeks and 3 months of use.

Patient recruitment will be done in the PRM department of Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital A subgroup of patients will receive a Garmin VivoSmart 4 connected wristband, which will record intrinsic stress measurement data during the test.

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients older than 18 years
• Patients with osteoarthritis according to the ACR (American College of Rheumatology) criteria, symptomatic and diagnosed before inclusion by a specialist or not.
• Patients with least one knee impairment
• Patients with a smartphone or tablet with at least Android 5 or iOS 11.
• Volunteer patients willing to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with no diagnostic criteria for ACR.
• Patients with comprehension disorders making it impossible to interview and complete questionnaires or use the application.
• Refusal to participate or being already included in a research protocol that could influence the current protocol.
• Patients under guardianship, curatorship or deprived of liberty.