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Swedish OA Self-Management Program Earns High Marks

Publish date:: July 1, 2019

Key clinical point: The Swedes demonstrate how to get osteoarthritis education and effective self-management skills to the masses.

Major finding: Pain scores in patients with knee OA who participated in a Swedish national disease self-management program improved from 5.24 at baseline to 4.07 at 3 months and 4.23 at 12 months, which was deemed clinically meaningful.

Study details: This observational registry study included more than 47,000 Swedish patients with knee or hip OA followed for 12 months.

Disclosures: The BOA osteoarthritis self-management program is supported by the Swedish government.

Citation:

Jönsson TS et al. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2019 Apr;27(suppl 1):S497, Abstract 717.

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