The Effects of Disease Management Training and Telephone Counseling Service for Elderly Patients With Osteoarthritis

KTO Karatay University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteoarthritis

Treatments: Behavioral: Online education and Phone Counseling Service

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04816474

KTO Karatay University Evre

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study will be conducted to determine the difference on functional status, self-efficacy, and quality of life between groups with and without telephone counseling and training on disease management for participants.

Full description

When the literature is examined, in patients with osteoarthritis who receive face-to-face training and intermittent telephone counseling; It is observed that the level of self-efficacy, compliance with the disease and quality of life have increased. It is stated that face-to-face training and telephone counseling services provided to participants on disease management will increase the effectiveness of education and as a result; It is thought that participants may have positive outcomes such as expressing their problems more easily, feeling safer by communicating frequently, and developing methods of coping with nurse-patient cooperation. When the studies conducted in our country are examined, while there are studies examining the effect of non-pharmacological interventions such as acupressor, hot-cold application, exercise training, mud pack treatment in patients with osteoarthritis; No study was found in the elderly patient group in which education and telephone counseling were conducted. The results of the research are thought to be beneficial in managing the disease in addition to in addition to pharmacological treatment.

Enrollment: 52 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged 65 and over
• OA was diagnosed by the physician according to the American College of Rheumatology (ARD) criteria,
• Being able to answer research questions
• Individuals who gave their oral and written consent to participate in the study were included.

Exclusion criteria

• Having a history of malignancy
• Those who score above 5 points from the Visual Analogue Scale
• With a neuro psychiatric illness
• Having vision and hearing problems
• Receiving intraarticular medication (steroid, chondramine, hyaluronic acid) in the last month
• Surgery applied to the knee joint in the last 3 months
• Having inflammation in the joints
• Have an open wound in the OA area
• Individuals with a diagnosed vascular disease will not be included.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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52 participants in 2 patient groups

Education and Phone Counseling Service

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in this group will be trained online for 6 weeks. After the online training is over, a telephone consultation service will be provided once a week for 6 weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Online education and Phone Counseling Service

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No application will be made to patients in this group for 12 weeks. Pre-test and post-test will be applied.