Evaluating Osteoarthritis Management Programs: outcome domain recommendations from the OARSI Joint Effort Initiative

The OARSI Joint Effort Initiative: Priorities for osteoarthritis management program implementation and research 2024–2028

“…Develop and evaluate the implementation and outcomes of novel models of OA management programs. Evaluating Osteoarthritis Management Programs: Outcome Domain Recommendations from the OARSI JEI [ 7 ] Clinical Outcomes Of Osteoarthritis Management Programs: A Project Of The OA Trial Bank And OARSI JEI Using Individual Participant Data [ 11 ] Individual Participant Data Dataset from OA management programs ( www.oatrialbank.com ) Clinical trials and cohort studies undertaken by JEI members on novel models of care [ 14 , 46 , 53 ] 4. Develop and assess core skill sets and resources for health professionals delivering OA care.…”

“…Evaluating Osteoarthritis Management Programs: Outcome Domain Recommendations from the OARSI JEI [ 7 ]…”

“…An interesting finding from our recently published work around the domains required for the evaluation of OA Management Programs, was that “the ability to participate in daily activities” was identified as the most critical domain [ 7 ]. The authors found it noteworthy that amongst the large number of domains considered important, a person-level and person-centred domain was viewed as the most important, ranking higher than traditional measures such as pain, physical function and quality-of-life.…”

“…The priorities for the JEI's first five years (2018–2022) were guided by an international survey and consensus exercise [ 5 ]. From this, the JEI identified four priority areas, namely i) providing guidance around improving implementation of OA management programs, ii) developing a set of outcome measures for OA management programs [ 7 ], iii) developing core capabilities for healthcare professionals involved in delivering OA care [ 8 ], and iv) developing and accessing an education and training program for health professionals delivering OA care [ 9 , 10 ]. A special collaborative project between the JEI and the OA Trial Bank also established the first international data bank of individual participant data (IPD) collected from real world OA management programs [ 11 ].…”

“…As many of the initial projects that arose from the first survey are now either complete or approaching completion [ [7] , [8] , [9] , 11 ], the JEI Steering Committee (the authors of this paper) aimed to undertake a new priority setting exercise to guide our direction for the next 5 years (2024–2028) informed by a survey among people involved with these programs. This paper presents the survey findings and discusses potential actions.…”