Comparison of Ways to Prepare Patients for Decisions About Joint Replacement Surgery

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

343

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

May 31, 2008

Primary Completion Date

January 31, 2012

Study Completion Date

May 31, 2017

Conditions
Osteoarthritis
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Patient decision aid

"Patients will receive i) Patient education:usual take home education brochure from recruiting hospital ii)a video/DVD PtDA for either hip (Treatment choices for hip osteoarthritis) or knee (Treatment choices for knee osteoarthritis) © Health Dialog 2005.~iii) a personal decision form:an interactive form used by patients after the DVD to elicit their knowledge, values, preferred option, and perceptions of the decision making process.~iv) Referred onward to the surgeon with their preferences for surgery using a standardized report of their clinical findings plus decisional data (knowledge, values, preference)."

BEHAVIORAL

Usual care

"Patients will receive i) the usual take-home educational brochure available at the recruiting hospital describing preparation for surgery after the decision is made, recovery after surgery, and discharge plans.~ii) Referral onward to surgeon with a standardized report of clinical findings only"

Trial Locations (2)

K1Y 1J7

The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa

K2H 8P4

Queensway Carleton Hospital, Ottawa

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making

OTHER

collaborator

The Ottawa Hospital

OTHER

collaborator

Queensway Carleton Hospital

OTHER

collaborator

University of Ottawa

OTHER

collaborator

University of Toronto

OTHER

collaborator

University of Chicago

OTHER

collaborator

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

OTHER

collaborator

Northwestern University

OTHER

collaborator

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

OTHER

lead

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

OTHER