A study of disease management activities of hip osteoarthritis patients under conservative treatment

Koyama, Yurie; Miyashita, Mitsunori; Irie, Shinji; Yamamoto, Motoi; Karita, Tatsuro; Moro, Toru; Takatori, Yoshio; Kazuma, Keiko

doi:10.1016/j.joon.2008.07.005

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Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 75-83, May 2008

A study of disease management activities of hip osteoarthritis patients under conservative treatment

Yurie Koyama, RN (PhD)
- Department of Adult Nursing/Palliative Care Nursing, School of Health Sciences and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- The National College of Nursing, 1-2-1, Umezono, Kiyose-shi, Tokyo, Japan
- Corresponding author. Department of Adult Nursing/Palliative Care Nursing, School of Health Sciences and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Tel.: +81 3 5841 3508; fax: +81 3 5841 3502.
Mitsunori Miyashita, RN, M.HLTH.SC (PhD)
- Department of Adult Nursing/Palliative Care Nursing, School of Health Sciences and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Shinji Irie, RN
- Department of Adult Nursing/Palliative Care Nursing, School of Health Sciences and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Motoi Yamamoto, MD
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Tatsuro Karita, MD
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Toru Moro, MD
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Yoshio Takatori, MD
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Keiko Kazuma, RN (PhD)
- Department of Adult Nursing/Palliative Care Nursing, School of Health Sciences and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

published online 09 December 2008.

Summary

The study aimed to determine the status of disease management activities that patients under conservative treatment actually performed and to examine the relevant factors in performing or not performing the activities. A survey was conducted with hip OA patients of the orthopaedic outpatient service of one university hospital in Japan. Results indicated that it is necessary to advise patients at an earlier stage of the disease to perform the management activities and to develop a program to link the advice to actual performance of the activities.

Keywords: Disease management, Hip osteoarthritis, Conservative treatment