NCT02673801

Optimized Referral of Knee Patients to the Orthopedic Outpatient Clinic

OPtimeret Kirurgisk Visitation af Knæartrose Patienter (OPKVIK)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 226 (actual)
• Sponsor: Central Jutland Regional Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate an algorithm to screen patients with suspected knee osteoarthritis referred to an orthopedic outpatient clinic by using radiographs and patient-reported symptoms. It will be investigated whether the algorithm is able to identify which patients that are deemed relevant to undergo an orthopedic assessment. This will be evaluated by estimating the sensitivity of the new algorithm compared to with the traditional clinical assessment of the patients.

Detailed description

Further description is provided as eligibility criteria and outcome measures.

Conditions

• Osteoarthritis, Knee

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Orthopedic assessment in the outpatient clinic	Orthopedic assessment based on clinic evaluation, patient symptoms and radiographic evaluation

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-08-01
• Primary completion: 2015-10-01
• Completion: 2015-10-01
• First posted: 2016-02-04
• Last updated: 2016-02-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark