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Multidisciplinary approaches to managing osteoarthritis in multiple joint sites: a systematic review

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, July 2016
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Title
Multidisciplinary approaches to managing osteoarthritis in multiple joint sites: a systematic review
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, July 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12891-016-1125-5
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Andrew Finney, Emma Healey, Joanne L. Jordan, Sarah Ryan, Krysia S. Dziedzic

Abstract

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's Osteoarthritis (OA) guidelines recommended that future research should consider the benefits of combination therapies in people with OA across multiple joint sites. However, the clinical effectiveness of such approaches to OA management is unknown. This systematic review therefore aimed to identify the clinical and cost effectiveness of multidisciplinary approaches targeting multiple joint sites for OA in primary care. A systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Computerised bibliographic databases were searched (MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsychINFO, BNI, HBE, HMIC, AMED, Web of Science and Cochrane). Studies were included if they met the following criteria; a randomised controlled trial (RCT), a primary care population with OA across at least two different peripheral joint sites (multiple joint sites), and interventions undertaken by at least two different health disciplines (multidisciplinary). The Cochrane 'Risk of Bias' tool and PEDro were used for quality assessment of eligible studies. Clinical and cost effectiveness was determined by extracting and examining self-reported outcomes for pain, function, quality of life (QoL) and health care utilisation. The date range for the search was from database inception until August 2015. The search identified 1148 individual titles of which four were included in the review. A narrative review was conducted due to the heterogeneity of the included trials. Each of the four trials used either educational or exercise interventions facilitated by a range of different health disciplines. Moderate clinical benefits on pain, function and QoL were reported across the studies. The beneficial effects of exercise generally decreased over time within all studies. Two studies were able to show a reduction in healthcare utilisation due to a reduction in visits to a physiotherapist or a reduction in x-rays and orthopaedic referrals. The intervention that showed the most promise used educational interventions delivered by GPs with reinforcement by practice nurses. There are currently very few studies that target multidisciplinary approaches suitable for OA across multiple joint sites, in primary care. A more consistent approach to outcome measurement in future studies of this nature should be considered to allow for better comparison.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Unknown 190 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 31 16%
Student > Bachelor 20 10%
Unspecified 14 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 13 7%
Other 11 6%
Other 38 20%
Unknown 64 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 39 20%
Nursing and Health Professions 34 18%
Unspecified 14 7%
Psychology 9 5%
Business, Management and Accounting 3 2%
Other 24 13%
Unknown 68 36%
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#16
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