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Predicting The Right Advice at The Right Time in Patients With Hip and Knee OsteoArthritis: the e-cOAch Cross-over.
Led by UMC Utrecht · Updated on 2026-02-20
600
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
74 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
UMC Utrecht
Lead Sponsor
U
University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This study aims to learn how symptoms and daily functioning change over time in people with hip or knee osteoarthritis (OA). The goal is to use this information to build computer models that can predict these changes. In the future, these models may help give people with OA the right self-care advice at the right time through a web application called ArtroseCoach. People with OA will take part in this study for one year. Every two weeks, they will fill in online questionnaires covering various aspects of their health and daily functioning, such as pain, daily activities, and participation in life. During the year, participants will be randomly assigned to one of several self-care programs in the ArtroseCoach web app. These programs focus on physical activity, weight management, or sleep. Each program lasts 12 weeks. At four points during the year (weeks 3, 15, 27, and 39), participants will receive one of these programs or no program at all. No one will receive the same program twice. The ArtroseCoach web app provides education about OA, lifestyle advice, and tips to support behavior change. The study will help researchers understand which factors are linked to changes in pain and physical functioning over time. This knowledge will be used to improve the ArtroseCoach and other future tools that support people with OA in managing their condition on their own.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Predicting The Right Advice at The Right Time in Patients With Hip and Knee OsteoArthritis: the e-cOAch Cross-over.
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Aged 45 years or older
- Have hip or knee joint osteoarthritis meeting National Institute for Health and Care Excellence clinical criteria
- Experience activity-related joint pain
- Have morning joint stiffness lasting no longer than 30 minutes or no morning stiffness
- History of joint pain for at least 3 months
- Access to a smartphone with internet and an email address
- Able to give informed consent and commit to study procedures
- Able to read and understand Dutch at B1 level
You will not qualify if you...
- Self-reported systemic arthritis (such as rheumatoid arthritis or gout)
- Scheduled for lower limb joint surgery within the next year
- Had lower limb joint surgery (total hip or total knee) in the past year
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
UMC Utrecht
Utrecht, Netherlands
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
F
Femke Groen, MSc
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
CROSSOVER
Primary Purpose
OTHER
Number of Arms
18
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