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Journal Article
Association Between Disease Progression and Depression Onset in Persons with Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis
In summary, study findings indicate that greater structural disease severity and decreased physical performance increase the risk of depression onset among individuals with radiographic knee osteoarthritis.
Jun 25, 2020
Journal Article
Depression Subtypes in Persons with or at Risk for Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis
Among persons with or at-risk for symptomatic knee OA, there is evidence of depression subtypes characterized by distinct clusters of depressive symptoms that have differential effects on reports of pain and disability overtime.
Jun 14, 2019
Journal Article
Pain Severity as a Mediator of the Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Physical Performance in Knee Osteoarthritis
This study examined whether pain severity mediates the association between depressive symptoms and physical performance in persons with radiographic knee osteoarthritis.
Feb 7, 2019
Report
Are Advanced Prosthetics Worth the Costs?
Prosthetic knees and feet allow for more-dynamic movements and improve user quality of life, but payers have recently started questioning their value for money. A simulation model can assess the clinical outcomes and costs of microprocessor-controlled knees compared with more traditional ones.
Sep 5, 2017
Journal Article
Hyaluronic Acid Injection Therapy for Osteoarthritis of the Knee: Concordant Efficacy and Conflicting Serious Adverse Events in Two Systematic Reviews
A lack of standards for reporting and synthesizing adverse events associated with common treatments can lead to conflicting conclusions about the balance of their benefits and harms.
Nov 28, 2016
Journal Article
Development of System-Level Performance Measures for Evaluation of Models of Care for Inflammatory Arthritis in Canada
This study aims to develop system-level performance measures for evaluating the care of patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA), including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Jan 25, 2016
Commentary
More Research Is Needed on Artificial Joints and Patients Can Play a Key Role
Safety problems with artificial knees and hips, including product recalls, highlight the need for more patient-centered research. RAND has partnered with CreakyJoints in a project intended to train a group of patients to get involved in research on this topic.
Jan 22, 2016
Journal Article
Development of Key Performance Indicators to Evaluate Centralized Intake for Patients with Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis
The aim of this study was to develop key performance indicators (KPIs) to evaluate centralized intake systems for patients with osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Nov 30, 2015
Journal Article
Variation in the Spillover Effects of Illness on Parents, Spouses, and Children of the Chronically Ill
Given the broad scope of the spillover effects of illness, it is important to characterize the variability in these outcomes to identify relationship types in which secondary impacts of illness are particularly important to include in health economic evaluations.
Apr 1, 2014
Journal Article
Patients with Multiple Health Conditions Have Lower Health-Related Quality of Life
Patients with multi-morbid diabetes, arthritis, neurological, or long-term mental health problems have significantly lower health-related quality of life (HRQoL) than other people. The associations of physical health with HRQoL were stronger in the presence of long-term mental health problems.
Jan 1, 2014
Journal Article
Methods to Develop Arthritis and Osteoporosis Measures: A View from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
The key challenge to the feasibility of arthritis performance measures is the lack of administrative data to identify the eligible population.
Jan 1, 2007
Journal Article
Quality Indicators for the Care of Osteoarthritis in Vulnerable Elders
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common chronic disease affecting older persons.
Jan 1, 2007
News Release
Arthritis Care for Older Patients Is Poor; Lack of Information on Medication Safety Is Biggest Shortfall
April 4, 2006 News Release: RAND Study Finds Arthritis Care for Older Patients Is Poor; Lack of Information on Medication Safety Is Biggest Shortfall.
Apr 4, 2006
Journal Article
Quality of Osteoarthritis Care for Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Quality of osteoarthritis care provided to community-dwelling elderly patients and to characterize arthritis-related function in these patients.
Jan 1, 2006
Journal Article
Meta-analysis: Chronic Disease Self-Management Programs for Older Adults
Authors assess the effectiveness and essential components of self-management programs for hypertension, osteoarthritis, and diabetes mellitus.
Jan 1, 2005
Journal Article
Efficacy of Custom Foot Orthotics in Improving Pain and Functional Status in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Randomized Trial
To compare the clinical efficacy of custom foot orthotics, prefabricated off-the-shelf shoe inserts, and supportive athletic shoes worn alone.
Jan 1, 2005
Journal Article
Using Orthotics to Improve Pain and Function Status in Children with Arthritis
This paper studied foot pain and treatment options for children with juvenile arthritis, in particular the use of custom-made orthotics.
Jan 1, 2005
Journal Article
Measuring Quality in Arthritis Care: Methods for Developing the Arthritis Foundation's Quality Indicator Set
To develop a comprehensive set of explicit process measures to assess the quality of health care for osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and analgesics use.
Jan 1, 2004
Journal Article
Measuring Quality in Arthritis Care: The Arthritis Foundation's Quality Indicator Set for Osteoarthritis
Scientific evidence and expert consensus exist to support a comprehensive set of measures to assess the quality of heath care for osteoarthritis.
Jan 1, 2004
Journal Article
Measuring Quality in Arthritis Care: The Arthritis Foundation's Quality Indicator Set for Analgesics
To develop systematically validated quality indicators (QIs) addressing analgesic safety.
Jan 1, 2004

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