Making the current non-surgical treatments for knee osteoarthritis more effective: Solutions from a diverse patient group
Authors' conclusion
A diverse group of participants with knee OA identified several solutions to barriers to the effectiveness of current knee OA treatments.
Study context
- Population
- Consecutive patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) at a medical center clinic, diverse racial/ethnic group (mean age 60.8 years; 22% men; 56% African American)13 nominal groups
- Participants
- 46 patients
- Outcome
- Patient-perceived solutions to barriers to effective non-surgical knee OA treatments, rank-ordered
Methodological detailsnominal group technique, oversampling for African Americans, single-centre
- Nominal group technique
- Oversampling for African Americans
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Solutions in the top three ranked solutions in 13 NGTs
- More research, effective and/or safer new medications/treatments, and joint cartilage restoration (8 groups)
- 15% votes [43/276]
- Early diagnosis (2 groups)
- 7% votes [20/276]
- Better and more effective communication (5 groups)
- 10% votes [29/276]
- Public and patient education (4 groups)
- 8% votes [22/276]
- Motivation and behavioral modification (4 groups)
- 9% votes [26/276]
- Team approach (1 group)
- 1% votes [2/276]
- Personalized medicine (6 groups)
- 8% votes [24/276]
- Cheaper and more affordable medications and treatments (3 groups)
- 5% votes [15/276]
Original publication
Making the current non-surgical treatments for knee osteoarthritis more effective: Solutions from a diverse patient group. Joint Bone Spine. Published 25 January 2023. doi:10.
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