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Investigation of Biopsychosocial Characteristics of Individuals with Knee Osteoarthritis

Key facts

Who runs it
Aysima Barlak
Where
Türkiye1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
Trial code
Status
Not yet recruiting
People taking part
100 people, planned
Started
1 Mar 2025
Expected to end
9 Sept 2027
Type of study
Observational
Treatments tested
  • Home exercise program
Record updated
12 February 2025

Who can take part

Age
18 years and older
Sex
Women and men
Healthy volunteers
Cannot take part

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • Diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis according to ACR knee osteoarthritis diagnostic criteria
  • Being in stage 2 or 3 according to Kellgren-Lawrence radiological staging criteria
  • To be 18 years of age or older
  • Being a reader-writer
  • Having read and signed the informed consent

Who cannot take part

  • Serious knee trauma or surgical operation in the last 6 months
  • To have received a physiotherapy program for the relevant knee in the last 3 months
  • History of major psychiatric illness
  • Having malignant disease
  • Having chronic infectious or other rheumatologic diseases
  • Having collagen tissue disease
  • History of peripheral vascular disease or neuropathy
  • Being in stage 4 according to Kellgren Lawrence radiologic staging criteria

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About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

Since pain and depression are observed together in rheumatic diseases, the concept of limitation caused by the disease and health-related quality of life becomes more determinant than radiological joint damage. Sleep problems observed in OA also increase the level of depression findings and difficulty in movement. The chronic nature of the disease includes issues such as pain, fatigue, sleep problems, loss of function, anxiety, depression, and social isolation, together as in other chronic diseases. This complex structure accompanies a picture in which inflammatory processes are triggered.

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When the literature is examined, the necessity of evaluation and methods including all these biopsychosocial characteristics of chronic diseases with multifaceted symptoms is emphasized. On the other hand, although it is stated that the common goal of non-pharmacological treatments is to contribute to biopsychosocial improvement in the patient, it is emphasized that evaluations with biopsychosocial content are insufficient. This situation causes the need for scales that provide a holistic assessment of chronic diseases. When the literature, including individuals diagnosed with osteoarthritis, is analyzed, the inadequacy of the studies providing biopsychosocial evaluation draws attention.

Treatments tested

  • Home exercise program

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
Investigation of Biopsychosocial Characteristics of Individuals Diagnosed with Knee Osteoarthritis
Record updated
12 February 2025