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Happy Hands - an E-self-management Intervention for People With Hand Osteoarthritis
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating e-self-management intervention (Happy Hands app) and Treatment as usual for Hand Osteoarthritis. Completed, enrolled 386 participants across 19 sites.
Detailed Summary
The main aim of this project is to assess the effect, cost-effectiveness and user experiences with using an e-self-management intervention in addition to treatment as usual compared to treatment as usual alone in patients with hand osteoarthritis. The study is an RCT comprising approx 400 participants with hand osteoarthritis recruited from primary and secondary healthcare in all four health regions in Norway.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
The 12-week intervention consists of 30 short informational videos addressing the themes prioritized by the patient research partners. These themes are further operationalized into the following categories: "Information on hand OA", "Hand exercises", "Use of assistive devices and orthoses", "Medication and surgical alternatives", and "Self-management of the disease". Additionally, the intervention includes a hand exercise program consisting of 8 videos providing instructions on warm up, exercises to improve mobility, strength and coordination, and a stretching exercise. The intervention group will additionally receive treatment as usual.
Treatment as usual may vary from no treatment at all to referral to a patient education group program, or occupational therapy.