Assistive Device for Hand Osteoarthritis

Daniela Salgado Amaral39 enrolled

Overview

Randomized clinical trial , blind for evaluators, to assess the effectiveness of a self-care program using assistive technology for treatment of hand osteoarthritis.

This program aims to: * Encourage the use of assistive devices on a daily basis as the main form of joint protection. * Encourage individual motivation, from the group in attendance, behavior change, developing the capacity of self-management of individuals of their health problems. Will be held for 4 meetings with an average duration of 90 minutes. Meeting 1: Its proposal address the importance of self-care in the treatment of chronic diseases; knowing the OA of the hands and their main characteristics; recognize the importance of hand function for carrying out activities; understand the meaning of self-care and joint protection; motivation adherence to the program and behavior change. Meeting 2: Present assistive devices as a protection feature; teach joint protection techniques and energy conservation focusing on the assistive device; deliver and demonstrate the use of assistive devices. Meeting 3:Encouraging the adhesion of the techniques presented; making workshop for daily activities; verify the difficulties with devices use by the volunteers. Meeting 4: Strengthening guidance given in previous meetings; make closing with the group to in connection with the program; motivated to continue carrying out the activities at home.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Hand Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Self care program focusing on the assistive deviceOTHER

self-heed program focusing on the assistive device will consist of four weekly meetings lasting approximately 90 minutes. it will be stimulated the self-heed through knowledge of pathology and guidelines of protection articulate, and will be supplied, and trained the use of assistive devices to improve the performance of volunteers in their daily activities. Assistive devices are devices, not attached to the body, which help people with limited movements and restrictions on participation in the activities of everyday life. Example: thickening of tableware, tin openers. These volunteers will be evaluated in three stages: 1-initial assessment 2-after completion of the program and 90 days after the initial assessment. The questionnaires that will be used are: EVA; SACRAH; COPM; WHOQOL-Bref.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 90 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Hand OA diagnosis according to the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR ) * Be properly registered in the rheumatology clinic of Hospital das Clínicas Exclusion Criteria: * Surgical treatment or infiltration in the hands, in the last 6 months; * Treatment of occupational therapy and / or physical therapy, or use of any TA feature (assist device or stent) in the last 6 months; * Diagnosis of another rheumatologic disease or musculoskeletal system that compromise the hands associated.

Locations (1)

Hospital das Clínicas - Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Occupational Performance

involvement of daily activities by the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM)

Time frame: 4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Quality of life

Evaluation by WHO-QOL bref

Time frame: 4 weeks

Manual functional

Evoluation by SACRAH

Time frame: 4 weeks

Pain

Evaluation by visual analogue pain scale

Time frame: 4 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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