Knee Arthroscopy Cohort Southern Denmark (KACS)

University of Southern Denmark491 enrolled

Overview

PURPOSE: To investigate the natural time course of patient-reported outcomes after meniscus surgery and identify factors associated with good and bad outcome after surgery.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

491

Conditions

Meniscus Injury Knee Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Arthroscopic Meniscus SurgeryPROCEDURE

Surgery to the meniscus - resection or repair.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Assigned for arthroscopy on suspicion of a medial and/or lateral meniscus tear. * Age \>18 years at time of recruitment * Having an email address * Able to read and understand Danish Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who will or have previously undergone surgical reconstruction of the anterior or posterior cruciate ligament (ACL or PCL) in either knee * Fracture to the lower extremities (i.e. hip, leg or foot) in either leg within the last 6 months prior to recruitment * Not mentally able to reply to the questionnaire

Locations (4)

Department of Orthopedics, Lillebaelt Hospital

Kolding, Southern Denmark, Denmark

Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Odense University Hospital

Odense, Southern Denmark, Denmark

Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Odense University Hospital

Svendborg, Southern Denmark, Denmark

Department of Orthopedics, Lillebaelt Hospital

Vejle, Southern Denmark, Denmark

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS)

Knee specific questionnaire. All domains on the KOOS. Primary end point is change from PRE surgery (assessed 1-14 days prior to surgery) to 52 weeks follow-up.

Time frame: PRE surgery (assessed 1-14 days prior to surgery) and at 12 weeks and 52 weeks follow-up

Secondary Outcomes

Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36)

Generic health survey questionnaire.

Time frame: PRE surgery (assessed 1-14 days prior to surgery) and at 12 weeks and 52 weeks follow-up.

Patient Acceptable Symptom State (PASS)

Dichotomous outcome (y/n) to the question: "Considering your knee function, do you feel that your current state is satisfactory? With knee function you should take into account all activities you have during your daily life, sport and recreational activities, your level of pain and other symptoms, and also your knee related quality of life".

Time frame: At 12 weeks and 52 weeks follow-up.

Treatment failure (TF)

Patients replying "no" to the PASS question will also be asked to answer (y/n) the following question: "Would you consider your current state as being so unsatisfactory that you think the treatment has failed?". Patients replying, "yes" to the second question will be defined as experiencing "treatment failure" (TF).

Time frame: At 12 weeks and 52 weeks follow-up.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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