Status:

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

IMProving Outcomes With ACT After Knee Surgery

Lead Sponsor:

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

Collaborating Sponsors:

Queen's University, Belfast

Trauma and Orthopaedics Research Charity

Conditions:

Total Knee Arthroplasty

Knee Osteoarthritis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-100 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Regarding psychosocial factors and outcomes in total knee arthroplasty (TKA), most of the current literature and the investigators' previous work suggest that depression, anxiety and pre-operative pai...

Detailed Description

Regarding psychosocial factors and outcomes in total knee arthroplasty (TKA), most of the current literature suggests that depression, anxiety and pre-operative pain strongly predict worse outcomes fo...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients ≥ 18 years old scheduled for routine primary elective TKA.
  • Participants must have a functional level of spoken and written English and be able to complete the online pre-operative psychosocial questionnaire independently.
  • Patients must have scored 10 or more on the Depression subscale of the (Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale) DASS-21 of the pre-operative psychosocial questionnaire.

Exclusion

  • Any patient who does not have access to a mobile phone to receive the booster text messages, or online facilities to answer online questionnaires.
  • Any patient who has a significant change (≥3 months) in scheduled date of surgery i.e. has a delayed surgery or surgery earlier than expected.
  • Any patient who does not attend the pre-operative education class.
  • Any patient scheduled for revision, uni-compartmental or bilateral TKA.
  • Any patient who has further orthopaedic surgery planned in the next 3 months.
  • Any patient who cannot commit to the schedule of events.
  • Any patient currently receiving any other "talking therapy".

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2025

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

50 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06483191

Start Date

September 1 2025

End Date

December 1 2026

Last Update

May 13 2025

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Musgrave Park Hospital

Belfast, United Kingdom

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