Race and Preference for Knee Replacement: A Patient-Centered Intervention (REPAIR)
Knee Osteoarthritis
About this trial
This is an interventional health services research trial for Knee Osteoarthritis focused on measuring Arthroplasty, Osteoarthritis, Replacement, Intervention
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- African American primary care patients
- Age 50 or older
- Chronic, frequent knee pain based on the NHANES questions
- Moderate to sever knee osteoarthritis based on WOMAC index score greater than or equal to 39 or positive answer to knee treatment questions
- Radiographic evidence of knee osteoarthritis
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior history of any major joint replacement
- Terminal illness (e.g. end stage cancer)
- Physician-diagnosed inflammatory arthritis (i.e., rheumatoid arthritis, connective tissue disease, ankylosing spondylitis, or other seronegative sypondylarthoplasty.)
- Contra-indications to replacement surgery (e.g., lower extremity paralysis as a result of stroke.)
- Prosthetic leg
- Cognitive impairment (e.g., dementia)
- No home telephone service
Sites / Locations
- University of Pennsylvania
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
DA/MI Intervention
Attention Control
Patients randomized to the DA/MI intervention arm will be shown a decision aid video entitled, Treatment Choices for Knee Osteoarthritis. Following the viewing of the decision aid video, the participant will be engaged in a motivational interview by the research study interventionist.
Patients randomized to the attention control arm will receive an educational program (an NIH-developed booklet) that summarizes how to live with knee OA but does not specifically mention joint replacement. This booklet provides examples of exercises one could do to improve pain and reduce stiffness from knee OA.