Physiotherapists may improve management of knee osteoarthritis through greater psychosocial focus, being proactive with advice, and offering longer-term reviews: a qualitative study

PL Teo; KL Bennell; BJ Lawford; T Egerton; KS Dziedzic; RS Hinman

Journal article

Physiotherapists may improve management of knee osteoarthritis through greater psychosocial focus, being proactive with advice, and offering longer-term reviews: a qualitative study

PL Teo, KL Bennell, BJ Lawford, T Egerton, KS Dziedzic, RS Hinman

Journal of Physiotherapy | AUSTRALIAN PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOC | Published : 2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.jphys.2020.09.005

Abstract

Questions: What are the experiences of physiotherapists delivering care for people with knee osteoarthritis? How do these experiences align with the national Clinical Care Standard? Design: A qualitative study using individual interviews. Participants: Twenty-two Australian physiotherapists (mean age 34 years, 50% female) with experience in providing care for people with knee osteoarthritis. Methods: Physiotherapists participated in semi-structured individual telephone interviews. Questions were informed by seven quality statements from the national Knee Osteoarthritis Clinical Care Standard. Thematic analysis was undertaken, with themes/subthemes inductively derived. Interview data were als..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (Centre of Research Excellence; number 1079078). Ms Teo is supported by a PhD stipend from the Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship. Professor Hinman is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Fellowship (#1154217). Professor Dziedzic was part-funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care West Midlands and a Knowledge Mobilisation Research Fellowship (KMRF-2014-03-002) from the NIHR and is an NIHR Senior Investigator. The funders had no role in the development of the study method, interpretation of the results or reporting.