Systematic and repeated readings of six patient information leaflets on osteoarthritis to look for similarities and differences across leaflets, contradictions within leaflets and the resources called on to make claims about the nature of OA and its management.Biomedical discourse of OA as a joint ...
Additionally, some participants in the usual care group were given a patient information leaflet on knee osteoarthritis developed by Versus Arthritis17 by their general practitioner or therapist. Outcomes All participants were monitored similarly and had a face-to-face meeting at enrollment (ie, ...
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Any information passed to the research nurse (such as participant name, address and appointment time) will be done via the administrative assistant. Consent to participate in the trial will be done by the research nurse who will be unaware of which treatment the patient has been randomised to...
(Kellgren&Lawrence grades I-III)in 51 clinical centers in the Russian Federation from November 20,2017,to March 20,2020,who had started to receive oral capsules of glucosamine hydrochloride 500 mg and CS 400 mg according to the approved patient information leaflet starting from 3 capsules daily ...
The preferred statements have been discussed with the project's Patient Advisory Group and the statements combined into a written leaflet and animation, and further assessed using Flesch reading ease and Flesch Grade level. Our conjoint analysis has provided evidence about what explanation statements ...
Exercise program The exercise program of this study was developed by incor- porating the patient's perspective into its design; thus, it was tailor-made to meet the common needs of the patients living in that community. The content and delivery method of the exercise program was the same ...
Exercise program The exercise program of this study was developed by incor- porating the patient's perspective into its design; thus, it was tailor-made to meet the common needs of the patients living in that community. The content and delivery method of the exercise program was the same ...
Subsequently, an incremental cost-utility analysis will also be undertaken using patient responses to the EQ-5D-3 L questionnaire to calculate the incremental cost per additional quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained. Costs Information on resource use and time off work will be collected from ...