Clinical trials

This study is a pilot study for a larger future research project aimed at examining the effects of patient education delivered via a mobile application on patients' self-reported receipt of information in relation to their information needs, as well as on patient-reported quality of life, pain, and functional capacity, compared with traditional patient education provided during in-person appointments or by telephone. The primary objective of this pilot study is to assess the feasibility of conducting the forthcoming larger-scale study. Research questions: 1. How does patient education delivered via a mobile application meet the information needs of patients undergoing joint replacement surgery, and is the intervention feasible to implement in a larger research setting? 2. How do the instruments used in the pilot study (EKhp/RKhp, EQ-5D-5L, NRS, and OKS/OHS) and the study design function when delivered via a mobile application for the intervention group and in conjunction with traditional patient education for the control group, and are the instruments and study design suitable for conducting a larger-scale study. The study will be conducted as a randomized controlled trial (RCT). Patients will be allocated into two groups: Intervention group: receives patient education via a mobile application. Control group: receives traditional patient education during face-to-face clinic visits or by telephone. Data will be collected using questionnaires before surgery (three measurement points) and after surgery (two measurement points).

The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to learn about the effect of a wearable activity tracker assisted physiotherapeutic intervention on the risk of poor patient reported outcome after a primary total knee replacement. The main question it aims to answer is whether a wearable activity tracker assisted physiotherapeutic intervention and remote monitoring may help to decrease the number of the poor patient reported post-operative outcome 12 months after a primary total knee replacement. Participants will receive standard postoperative care which includes physiotherapy appointments 4 weeks and 3 months after the surgery and they will use smart rings (Oura ring) 3 months postoperatively. Patients will be remotely monitored to follow their recovery from total knee replacement surgery: the study group physiotherapists will follow the patients' activity and sleep and if necessary, make a contact with patient if there seems to low activity indicating difficulties with recovering from the surgery. Researchers will compare the intervention group to a group of participants who will receive only standard postoperative care with physiotherapy appointments 4 weeks and 3 months, to see if the use of the Oura ring may decrease the number of participants with poor patient reported post-operative outcome after total knee replacement.