Which Physical Therapy Program is Cost-effective in Knee Osteoarthritis?

Ufuk University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteoarthritis, Knee

Treatments: Other: Physical therapy program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04736069

UfukUniv

Details and patient eligibility

About

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a disease with significant levels of socioeconomic burden to the society. P The non-pharmacologic interventions in knee OA include weight loss, exercise, and physical therapy. In this study, we aimed to to compare the cost-effectiveness of inpatient and outpatient physical therapy programs in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Full description

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a major problem for society with a heavy economic burden. Especially in the elderly population, integrated rehabilitation programs are frequently used to improve patients' symptoms and quality of life. To estimate the costs and utility of the rehabilitation programs may help clinicians decide optimal treatment strategy with proper usage of resources. Therefore, we aimed to to compare the cost-effectiveness of inpatient and outpatient physical therapy programs in patients with knee osteoarthritis.The study included 52 patients with the diagnose of knee osteoarthritis. Patients were divided into two groups. Group 1 (n=30) received 21 sessions of inpatient physical therapy program including electrotherapy, superficial- deep heat applications and basic knee exercise program. Group 2 (n=22) received the same physical therapy program at outpatient clinic.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

-Knee OA diagnosed patients based on American College of Rheumatology Criteria

Exclusion criteria

• visual disturbances
• malignancy
• inflammatory rheumatic diseases
• pregnancy
• advanced cardiovascular, kidney or liver pathologies
• uncontrolled hypertension
• patients who had injuries in their lower extremities
• patients who underwent under total hip or knee prosthetic surgeries.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Inpatient physical therapy program

Active Comparator group

Description:

The group received 21 sessions of physical therapy program including electrotherapy, superficial- deep heat applications and basic knee exercise program at inpatient clinic.

Treatment:

Other: Physical therapy program

Outpatient physical therapy program

Active Comparator group

Description:

The group received the same physical therapy program including electrotherapy, superficial-deep heat applications and basic knee exercise program at outpatient clinic.

Treatment:

Other: Physical therapy program