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The HIHO Study: Hospital Inpatient vs Home Rehabilitation After Total Knee Replacement
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified January 2013 by South West Sydney Local Health District
Sponsor:
Mark Buhagiar
Collaborator:
HammondCare
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Mark Buhagiar, South West Sydney Local Health District
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01583153
First received: April 19, 2012
Last updated: January 1, 2013
Last verified: January 2013
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Purpose
Total knee replacement (TKR) surgery is a common and highly effective treatment option for alleviating the pain and disability caused by chronic arthritis. The associated rehabilitation costs, however, impose a significant burden on the health system. In particular, inpatient rehabilitation - utilised by approximately 43% of private TKR recipients in NSW and 29% Australia-wide is of greatest concern, costing, on average, $7000 (AU) per inpatient episode.
The overarching aim of this study is to establish whether inpatient rehabilitation is necessary after TKR for patients with osteoarthritis (OA) who could otherwise be discharged directly home.
The main hypothesis to be tested by the proposed study is that TKR recipients who receive inpatient rehabilitation in addition to participating in a home programme, compared to patients who participate in a home programme only, will achieve a superior level of mobility. If superiority is shown, a cost-effectiveness analysis will be undertaken.
Secondary hypotheses to be tested relate to patient-reported knee pain and function, health-related quality of life, functional ambulation, and knee joint mobility.
Superiority in these outcomes will be evident at six months after surgery.
| Condition | Intervention |
|---|---|
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Osteoarthritis |
Other: Hospital Inpatient Rehabilitation Other: Hybrid Home Programme (HO) |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor) Primary Purpose: Treatment |
| Official Title: | Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing Hospital Inpatient vs Home Rehabilitation After Total Knee |
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Further study details as provided by South West Sydney Local Health District:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Gait speed (m/s) [ Time Frame: Pre surgery; 10 weeks, six months and twelve months after surgery. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Gait speed was chosen as the primary outcome as it is functionally relevant, is a composite of several factors targeted in rehabilitation programmes after TKR such as lower limb strength, knee range of motion, and balance, and is highly reproducible.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) [ Time Frame: Pre surgery; 10 weeks, six months and twelve months after surgery. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Knee range of motion [ Time Frame: Pre surgery; 10 weeks, six months and twelve months after surgery. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- EQ5D [ Time Frame: Pre surgery; 10 weeks, six months and twelve months after surgery. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]The EQ5D is a standardised measure providing a simple, generic measure of health. It looks at mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression, and provides a simple descriptive profile and a single index value for health status.
- Cost of surgery [ Time Frame: Pre surgery; 10 weeks, six months and twelve months after surgery. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Itemised list of health service use, expenditure and days off work
- Patient preference for therapy [ Time Frame: After consenting to participation and prior to randomisation ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Typical demographic and complication data (such as re-admission, re-operation, knee manipulation, death, venous thrombo-embolism, wound infection) will also be collected. As preferences for therapy can be a confounder in RCTs, patients will be asked their preference for rehabilitation post TKR prior to randomisation. Question may be 'What is your preference for rehab? Is it home based, inpatient or no preference?
- 15 metre walk test [ Time Frame: Pre surgery; 10 weeks, six months and twelve months after surgery. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
| Estimated Enrollment: | 220 |
| Study Start Date: | June 2012 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | October 2016 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date: | October 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
|---|---|
| Active Comparator: Hospital Inpatient Rehabilitation (HI) |
Other: Hospital Inpatient Rehabilitation
Those allocated to HI will be admitted to the adjacent rehabilitation hospital, Braeside Rehabilitation Hospital, for 10 days. As per the private sector, HI participants will receive twice-daily supervised physiotherapy comprising 1-1.5 hr class-based exercises and 1-1.5 hr one-to-one therapy. Prior to discharge, participants will be familiarised with the home programme as described in second arm. All participants will be required to complete a diary detailing programme adherence, healthcare utilisation, and social costs relating to carer-burden. Participants will attend the group-based sessions as per HO below for monitoring and progression of programme. An additional FIM outcome measure will be taken for this arm on admission and discharge from the inpatient rehab unit.
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| Active Comparator: Hybrid Home Programme (HO) |
Other: Hybrid Home Programme (HO)
The HO will be based on what is standard care in the local health district and guidelines for exercise in the elderly and those with osteoarthritis. Approximately 2 weeks post-surgery, participants allocated to the HO will attend 1 group-based exercise session in the Physiotherapy Department (Fairfield Hospital) where the home programme will be rehearsed and exercises individualised as required due to co-morbidities. The programme comprises general aerobic components as well as general functional and muscle-specific exercises focused on restoring knee mobility, lower limb strength, and normal neuromuscular co-ordination and gait patterns. Participants will be able to return for 2-3 sessions over the 6-week period.
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Detailed Description:
As preferences for therapy can be a confounder in RCTs, patients will be asked their preference for rehabilitation post TKR, prior to randomisation.
Patients will be randomised once a hospital bed is available.
Eligibility| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Consecutive patients presenting for elective, primary, unilateral TKR at the Whitlam Joint Replacement Centre (Fairfield Hospital) will be screened for eligibility at the pre-admission clinic by the study Project Manager (PM).
- primary diagnosis of OA
Exclusion Criteria:
- predisposition for requiring prolonged inpatient supervision (eg requiring assistance with at least one personal activity of daily living or lack of social support)
- inability to comprehend the study protocol.
- catastrophic complication arising post-surgery which precludes rehabilitation commencing within 2-3 weeks of surgery
Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01583153
Contacts
| Contact: Mark A Buhagiar, MHM | 0401 713 297 ext 68618 | mark.buhagiar@sswahs.nsw.gov.au |
| Contact: Justine Naylor, PhD | 0409 825 079 ext 83885 | justine.naylor@sswahs.nsw.gov.au |
Locations
| Australia, New South Wales | |
| Fairfield Hospital | Recruiting |
| Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2176 | |
| Braeside Hospital | Recruiting |
| Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2176 | |
Sponsors and Collaborators
Mark Buhagiar
HammondCare
Investigators
| Principal Investigator: | Justine M Naylor, PhD BAppSc(Phty) | SWSLHD |
| Principal Investigator: | Ian A Harris, PhD, MBBS, M Epi | SWSLHD |
| Principal Investigator: | Friedbert Kohler | HammondCare |
| Principal Investigator: | Mark Buhagiar, MHM BAppSc(Phty) | HammondCare |
| Principal Investigator: | Rachael Wright, BAppSc(OccThpy) | SWSLHD |
More Information
No publications provided
| Responsible Party: | Mark Buhagiar, Manager of Allied Health, Principal Investigator, South West Sydney Local Health District |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01583153 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | HIHO-1042554 |
| Study First Received: | April 19, 2012 |
| Last Updated: | January 1, 2013 |
| Health Authority: | Australia: Human Research Ethics Committee |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Osteoarthritis Arthritis Joint Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Rheumatic Diseases |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 23, 2013