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Video-Based Education Versus In-Person Education in Patients Undergoing Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy

No phase Interventional Partial Meniscectomy Knee Arthroscopic Surgery

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What is being studied
The protocol lists: Video-based education, Usual Care.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Partial Meniscectomy, Knee Arthroscopic Surgery. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
Italy
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Official title

Effectiveness of a Video-Based Educational Intervention Compared With In-Person Education on Psychosocial and Functional Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy: A Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial

Overview

The primary aim of the study is to investigate whether video-based education and exercise-program is non-inferior to in-person instructions in improving pain-related self-efficacy in patients undergoing arthroscopic partial meniscectomy in a day-hospital setting. Secondary aims are to explore the potential superiority of the video-based program compared to in-person instructions in reducing disability and kinesiophobia in the same patient population.

Interventions

  • Behavioral Video-based education
    The video-based education was sent to patients within 5-day before surgery and consists of instructions to follow after surgery on wight-baring on the operated limb, advice to reduce swelling and movements tallowed to be performed. Exercises to perform in the 2 weeks after surgery are shown.
  • Behavioral Usual Care
    Immediately after the surgery in day-hospital setting, a physiotherapist provided in-person instructions to patients assigned to control group. Instructions consists of the same educational content of the video-based group and the same exercises to perform in 2-weeks after surgery are shown and provided on a written spreadsheet.

Primary outcome measures

  • Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ) [Time frame: From enrolment to the 6 weeks after surgery]
Secondary outcome measures (5)
  • Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) [Time frame: From enrolment to the 3 weeks after surgery]
  • Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK) [Time frame: From enrolment to the 3 weeks after surgery]
  • Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) [Time frame: From enrolment to the 6 weeks after surgery]
  • Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK) [Time frame: From enrolment to the 6 weeks after surgery]
  • Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ) [Time frame: From enrolment to the 3 weeks after surgery]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients scheduled for arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (medial or lateral meniscus) performed in a day-hospital setting.
  • Traumatic or degenerative meniscal tears.
  • Treatment at the Hip and Knee Orthopedic Unit of the Humanitas Clinical Institute.
  • Age ≥ 18 years.
  • Access to adequate video support.
  • Sufficient proficiency in the Italian language.

Exclusion criteria

  • Previous surgery on either knee within the past 5 years.
  • Significant postoperative hematoma requiring aspiration.
  • Neurological conditions potentially affecting functional or motor recovery.
  • Musculoskeletal conditions potentially affecting functional or motor recovery.
  • Rheumatologic conditions potentially affecting functional or motor recovery.
  • Internal medicine conditions potentially affecting functional or motor recovery.
  • Oncological conditions potentially affecting functional or motor recovery.
  • Cognitive or psychiatric disorders (Mini-Mental State Examination ≤ 21).

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation
Randomized
Model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single blind
Primary purpose
Health services research

Study locations

Italy · 1 center
  • Istituto Clinico Humanitas — Rozzano

Identifiers

NCT: NCT07358325 · CLF23/05

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗