Implementing an osteoarthritis management program to deliver guideline-driven care for knee and hip osteoarthritis in a U.S. academic health system

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Objective: Assess implementation feasibility and outcomes for an Osteoarthritis Management Program (OAMP) at an academic center.

Design: This open study assessed an OAMP designed to deliver care in 1-5 individual or group visits across ≤12 months. Eligibility included adults with knee or hip osteoarthritis with ≥1 visit from 7/1/2017-1/15/2021. A multidisciplinary care team provided: education on osteoarthritis, self-management, exercise, weight loss; pharmacologic management; assessments of mood, sleep, quality of life, and diet. Clinic utilization and growth are reported through 2022. Patient outcomes of body mass index (BMI), pain, and function were analyzed using multivariable general linear models. OAMP outcomes were feasibility and sustainability.

Results: Most patients were locally referred by primary care. 953 patients attended 2531 visits (average visits 2.16, treatment duration 187.9 days). Most were female (72.6%), older (62.1), white (91.1%), and had medical insurance (95.4%). Obesity was prevalent (84.7% BMI ≥30, average BMI 40.9), mean Charlson Comorbidity Index was 1.89, and functional testing was below average. Longitudinal modeling revealed statistically but not clinically significant pain reduction (4.4-3.9 on 0-10 scale, p ​= ​0.002). BMI did not significantly change (p ​= ​0.87). Higher baseline pain and BMI correlated with greater reductions in each posttreatment. Uninsured patients had shorter treatment duration. Increasing clinic hours (4-24 ​h weekly) and serving 953 patients over four years demonstrated OAMP sustainability.

Conclusions: OAMP implementation was feasible and sustainable. Patients with high baseline pain and BMI were more likely to improve. Noninsurance was a barrier. These results contribute to understanding OAMP outcomes in U.S. healthcare.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

Enthalten in:

Osteoarthritis and cartilage open - 6(2024), 2 vom: 01. März, Seite 100452

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Miller, Kathryn A [VerfasserIn]
Baier Manwell, Linda M [VerfasserIn]
Bartels, Christie M [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Tommy Yue [VerfasserIn]
Vundamati, Divya [VerfasserIn]
Foertsch, Marley [VerfasserIn]
Brown, Roger L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Hip
Journal Article
Knee
Multidisciplinary pain clinic
Multimodal treatment
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis management program
Patient care team

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Date Revised 19.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ocarto.2024.100452

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369850289