Health Coaching for Patients Waiting for Total Hip or Knee Replacements

Launched by SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY · Sep 11, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is looking at how health coaching can help patients who are waiting for hip or knee replacement surgeries due to arthritis. The study aims to gather data on how this coaching, along with a digital resource called Active Wait, can improve patients' physical performance while they wait for their surgeries. Researchers want to see if this approach will be effective and help them prepare for a larger study in the future.

To participate in this trial, you need to be between 65 and 74 years old and on the waitlist for a total hip or knee replacement due to arthritis. It's important that you have internet access and can use online programs. Participants will need to visit the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre for initial and follow-up assessments. If you have certain conditions, like other serious joint issues or neurological impairments, you may not be eligible. If you join the study, you can expect to receive support through health coaching and access to helpful online resources while you wait for your surgery.

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • patients scheduled on the waitlist for a total joint replacement surgery for hip/knee, ie clinically and radiographically diagnosed, symptomatic knee/hip osteoarthritis deemed suitable for surgical intervention;
• • have access to the internet and the ability to navigate web-based programs;
• • able and willing to travel to Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre for baseline and follow-up assessments;
• • able to comprehend the requirements and purpose of the study and give informed consent
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • other musculoskeletal lower limb or back conditions requiring assessment or treatment by a health professional in the last 6 months;
• • neurological impairment or condition affecting lower limb function; conditions listed as both absolute and relative contraindications for physical activities by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), such as unstable angina, uncontrolled diabetes;
• • systemic inflammatory disease (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis);
• • previous total joint replacement surgery (hip or knee)