NCT05975229

The Effects of a Knitting Program on Osteoarthritis Symptoms in Elderly Women

The Effects of an 8-week Knitting Program on Osteoarthritis Symptoms in Elderly Women: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 37 (actual)
• Sponsor: Université de Sherbrooke · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 50 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) studies the adherence and clinical effectiveness of a knitting program in older females suffering from hand osteoarthritis (HOA) to evaluate the acceptability of this intervention and assess the feasibility of a larger-scale RCT. It is a single-blind, two-arm pilot RCT with a parallel group design with 40 participants (20 control, 20 experimental). Control participants are given an educational pamphlet and assigned to a waiting list. The knitting program (-8-week duration) has two components: bi-weekly 20-minute group knitting sessions and 20-minute home daily knitting on the 5 remaining weekdays. Measures include knitting adherence (implementation outcomes) as well as stiffness, pain, functional status, hand physical activity level, patient's global impression of change, health-related quality of life, self-efficacy, and grip strength (clinical outcomes measured throughout the 8-week program and 4 weeks after the intervention).

Detailed description

Background: Exercise therapy is effective in reducing symptoms and disability associated with hand osteoarthritis (HOA) but has low adherence. An intervention consisting in a meaningful occupation, such as knitting, may improve adherence to treatment. This pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) studies the adherence and clinical effectiveness of a knitting program in older females suffering from HOA to evaluate the acceptability of this intervention and assess the feasibility of a larger-scale RCT. Methods: Single-blind, two-arm pilot RCT with a parallel group design with 40 participants (20 control, 20 experimental). Control participants are given an educational pamphlet and assigned to a waiting list. The knitting program (-8-week duration) has two components: bi-weekly 20-minute group knitting sessions and 20-minute home daily knitting on the 5 remaining weekdays. Measures included knitting adherence (implementation outcomes) as well as stiffness, pain, functional status, hand physical activity level, patient's global impression of change, health-related quality of life, self-efficacy, and grip strength (clinical outcomes measured throughout the 8-week program and 4 weeks after the intervention).

Conditions

• Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Knitting and education (pamphlet)	Pamphlet and knitting program (-8-week duration). The knitting program has two components: bi-weekly 20-minute group knitting sessions and 20-minute home daily knitting on the 5 remaining weekdays.
OTHER	Education (pamphlet)	Receive only the pamphlet, not the knitting program.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-08-01
• Primary completion: 2017-12-20
• Completion: 2017-12-20
• First posted: 2023-08-03
• Last updated: 2023-08-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada