NCT03550547

Educational Program Associated With a Conventional Spa Therapy of Knee Osteoarthritis Patients

Evaluation of the Added Value of an Educational Program Associated With a Conventional Spa Therapy of Knee Osteoarthritis Patients

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 250 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Association Francaise pour la Recherche Thermale · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The main objective of this work is to measure the efficiency of 18 days SPA Therapy in orientation rheumatology associated with an educational intervention in patients with knee osteoarthritis on a priority objective, personalized and determined by the patient, chosen in the list of 5 objectives determined during the educational assessment.

Detailed description

This program begin with a shared educational balance assessment allowing to set up the individual program adapted to the objectives personalized by the patients. The objectives to achieve are to allow the patients to acquire knowledge and skills (attitudes, behavior) concerning their pathology and the existing treatment. A multidisciplinary team trained in the therapeutic education of the patient assure the educational interventions. The proposed educational activities (7 educational workshops) concern major axes of the care of the knee osteoarthritis: knowledge of the pathology, the adapted physical exercise, the dietetics, the management of the pain, the articular hygiene and the technical helps.

Conditions

• Knee Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Educational workshops	1 workshop : Knowledge of the pathology ; 2a workshop: Educational physical activity; 2b workshop : Educational physical activity; 4 workshop : Dietary; 5 workshop : Management of pain, fatigue and the medical treatments; 6 workshop : Articular hygiene and ergonomics; 7 workshop : Technical assistance, an adaptation of the living condition
OTHER	Spa Therapy	Approved Spa therapy of knee osteoarthritis patients

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-03-11
• Primary completion: 2021-11-28
• Completion: 2022-05-28
• First posted: 2018-06-08
• Last updated: 2020-11-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France