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Knee Osteoarthritis Self-Management and Knowledge Project
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Scientific Study Title:
Building partnerships to improve care of early knee osteoarthritis patients: Co-developing a risk management tool
Start Date:
  • May 2016
End Date:
  • May 2018
Research Category
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Deborah A. Marshall, Research Team Member, Arthritis Research Canada
Deborah A. Marshall
Senior Scientist, Health Services Research and Health Economics, PhD
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Jolanda Cibere
Senior Scientist Emeritus, Rheumatology, MD, FRCPC, PhD
Jacek Kopec, Research Team Member, Arthritis Research Canada
Jacek Kopec
Senior Scientist Emeritus, Epidemiology, MD, MSc, PhD

What did we do?

Execution of Research

The goal of this project was to help early knee osteoarthritis patients manage their disease by increasing their involvement in their care process with family doctors. Working with patients, family doctors and other key parties, we created an App, named Knee OA Self-management and Knowledge Application (KOASK). KOASK is able to create a guided self-management plan and provide reliable information to patients. The goal of KOASK is to improve self-care and communication between patients and their health care providers.

How Can People Get Involved?

Involvement

A team of clinicians, decision makers, researchers, patients and analysts with the expertise and engagement to ensure our research is clinically meaningful and is translated into patient-centered policy and practice

 

Related Publications

Barber T, Teare S, Miller J, Shewchuk B, Green LA, Marlett N, Cibere J, Mrklas K, Wasylak T, Li L, Campbell-Scherer D, Marshall DA. A Qualitative Study to Elicit Patients’ and Primary Care Physicians’ Perspectives on the Use of a Self-management Mobile Health Application for Knee Osteoarthritis. BMJ Open. 2019; 9(1): e024016.

Marshall DA, Barber T, Shewchuk B, Mrklas K, Miller J, Teare S, Green L, Faris P, Cibere J, Sharif B. A Mobile Health App to Improve Knee Osteoarthritis Self-Management. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, Jan 2018 34 (S1), 109-110.

Green L, Teare S, Miller J, Marshall DA, Cibere J, Sharif B, Kopec J, Mrklas K, Wasylak T, Marlett N, Campbell-Scherer D, Faris P, Barber T, Shewchuck B. A funny thing happened on the way to an app. Alberta College of Family Physicians – 63rd Annual Scientific Assembly (ASA), Banff, AB, March 3, 2018 (oral presentation).

Marshall DA, Teare S, Miller J, Marlett N, Cibere J, Sharif B. A mobile health app to improve knee osteoarthritis self-management. HTAi Annual Meeting, Vancouver BC, June 3 – 5, 2018 (poster presentation).

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