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NCT05363137 | Recruiting | Knee Osteoarthritis

Effectiveness of Using a Chatbot to Promote Adherence to Home Physiotherapy
Sponsor:

University of Valencia

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Jose Maria Blasco Equal

Brief Summary:

A Chatbot oriented to virtually assist patients in a physiotherapy treatment has been designed and developed to interact with patients with musculoskeletal disorders in need for domiciliary rehabilitation. The tool has been designed to promote adherence to rehabilitation, what in turn may have an impact on clinical outcome. A randomized clinical trial involving patients undergoing total knee replacement has bee designed to determine the applicability of the proposal. The participants will be assigned into exerimental group (intervention with the software tool) or control group (standard care).

Condition or disease

Knee Osteoarthritis

Intervention/treatment

Chatbot Assistant

Standard care

Phase

Not Applicable

Study Type : Interventional
Estimated Enrollment : 70 participants
Masking : Double
Primary Purpose : Treatment
Official Title : Natural Language Processing Tool on Smart Mobile Device to Promote Adherence to Home Rehabilitation
Actual Study Start Date : September 1, 2022
Estimated Primary Completion Date : June 1, 2023
Estimated Study Completion Date : June 1, 2024
Arm Intervention/treatment

Experimental: Experimental

Other: Chatbot Assistant

Active Comparator: Control

Other: Standard care
Ages Eligible for Study: to 75 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
  • Individuals on the waiting list for total knee replacement surgery
  • Undergoing primary total knee replacement surgery
  • Who have a personal smartphone
  • Who have an instant messaging application installed
  • Familiar with the use of such application (more than 3 accesses per week),
Exclusion Criteria
  • Evident cognitive state that prevents to understand care provider instructions
  • Vestibular or central nervous system affection (e.g. stroke)
  • Cannot read or write
  • Do not understand Spanish language
  • Not able to consent to participate
Effectiveness of Using a Chatbot to Promote Adherence to Home Physiotherapy

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Locations

Recruiting

Spain,

Hospital La Fe

Valencia, Spain, 46026