Osteoarthritis Care Tools for Primary Care Providers (OACareTools)

University of North Carolina (UNC)

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Arthritis; Osteo Arthritis Knee

Treatments: Behavioral: OACareTools+

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT06988163

1U48DP006837-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

24-2284

1 U48DP006837-01-00 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this pilot study is to test OACareTools+, an intervention for healthcare providers that combines education, patient resources and support from a national organization, to help them make referrals of patients with arthritis to the Walk With Ease program. This intervention was designed to increase referrals of patients with arthritis to the Walk With Ease program.

Full description

Participants will be clinicians (n= 50) in a primary care practice and a subset of patients (n=10). The study team will deliver education and resources to providers in a training session about Walk With Ease. After the provider training, providers will use the study resources to refer patients with arthritis to Walk With Ease. Healthcare provider participants will complete surveys after their first referral and at the end of the study (12-months). Patient participants who are referred to Walk With Ease through the OACareTools+ intervention will participate in interviews about their experience (6-weeks) with the referral process. Primary endpoints of the study will be 1) number of healthcare providers that referred patients to Walk With Ease 2) number of Walk With Ease patient participants 3) healthcare provider acceptability and feasibility 4) patient acceptability of the intervention.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthcare provider participants: currently a healthcare provider or staff person in the UNC pilot clinic
• Patient participants: 18 years or older; received a referral to Walk With Ease from a provider at the UNC pilot clinic; agreed to participate in the phone interview on the post-Walk With Ease evaluation form

Exclusion criteria

• Both: non-English speaking

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Healthcare providers

Experimental group

Description:

Healthcare providers will receive the intervention, OACareTools+, which involves a training session on, patient resources about, and provider referral to Walk With Ease.

Treatment:

Behavioral: OACareTools+

Patients

Experimental group

Description:

A subset of patients who are referred through OACareTools+ by their provider and participate in Walk With Ease will provide feedback on their experience with the referral process to Walk With Ease.

Treatment:

Behavioral: OACareTools+