An interventional study of OACareTools+ in Arthritis and Osteo Arthritis Knee and Hip, sponsored by University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 99 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-09.
Sponsored by University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
The purpose of this study is to test the implementation of OACareTools+, a program designed to help healthcare providers connect adults with arthritis to physical activity programs. OACareTools+ includes provider training, patient resources, and tools to make referrals easier. The goal is to increase awareness of programs like Walk With Ease and help more people with arthritis participate in them.
Participants will be clinicians (n= 165) in geriatrics and family medicine clinics and a subset of patients (n=30). The study team will deliver education and resources to providers in a training session about Walk With Ease. After the provider training, providers will use the study resources to refer patients with arthritis to Walk With Ease. Healthcare provider participants will complete surveys after their first referral and at the end of the study (12-months). Patient participants who are referred to Walk With Ease through the OACareTools+ intervention will be invited to participate in interviews about their experience (6-weeks) with the referral process. Primary endpoints of the study will be 1) number of healthcare providers that referred patients to Walk With Ease 2) number of Walk With Ease patient participants 3) healthcare provider acceptability and feasibility 4) patient acceptability of the intervention.
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Healthcare providers will receive the intervention, OACareTools+, which involves a training session on, patient resources about, and provider referral to Walk With Ease.
Behavioral: OACareTools+
A subset of patients who are referred through OACareTools+ to Walk With Ease will provide feedback on their experience with the referral process to Walk With Ease.
Behavioral: OACareTools+
OACareTools+ is a healthcare provider intervention that combines healthcare provider education, customized patient and clinical resources, and technical support from a national organization to facilitate provider counseling on and referral to as well as patient engagement in Walk With Ease. There are 2 main parts to this intervention: 1) Healthcare provider education: The study team will deliver the provider education and resources (including information about Walk With Ease and the established referral process/smartphrase) in live and recorded presentations and in follow-up emails. 2) Implementation: Providers will use the resources to briefly counsel patients about physical activity and Walk With Ease and use the smartphrase to refer patients to Walk With Ease. Patients will register for and participate in the online Walk With Ease program. Patients and providers can seek assistance from the national organization as needed during these processes.
Also known as: Walk with Ease, Camine con Gusto
Number of healthcare providers who referred patients
Healthcare providers in the study clinics who refer patients to the Walk With Ease program using the study referral process and resources
Time frame: 12 months
Number of patients who registered for Walk with Ease
Patients from the study clinics who register in the Walk With Ease program
Time frame: 12 months
Healthcare provider acceptability
The Acceptability of Intervention Measure is a measure of implementation outcomes, including 4 items ranked on a Likert scale of 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree), with a summed total ranging from 4-20 where higher scores indicate greater acceptability; measured via electronic survey.
Time frame: Measure collected up to 2 months after provider's first referral
Healthcare provider feasibility
The Feasibility of Intervention Measure is a measure of implementation outcomes, including 4 items ranked on a Likert scale of 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree), with a summed total ranging from 4-20 where higher scores indicate greater feasibility; measured via electronic survey.
Time frame: Measure collected up to 2 months after provider's first referral
Patient usefulness: educational resources
During a phone interview, patients will be asked, "How helpful were the education materials given to you by your healthcare provider?" They will be asked to use a scale, 0-10, where 0 is not helpful at all and 10 is extremely helpful. Higher scores indicate greater levels of helpfulness.
Time frame: 6-weeks post-Walk with Ease registration
Patient usefulness: clinician referral to Walk With Ease
During a phone interview, patients will be asked, "How helpful was it to talk with healthcare provider about physical activity and Walk With Ease?" They will be asked to use a scale, 0-10, where 0 is not helpful at all and 10 is extremely helpful. Higher scores indicate greater levels of helpfulness.
Time frame: 6-weeks post- Walk With Ease registration
Patient acceptability
The Acceptability of Intervention Measure is a measure of implementation outcomes, including 4 items ranked on a Likert scale of 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree), with a summed total ranging from 4-20 where higher scores indicate greater acceptability; measured via telephone interview.
Time frame: 6-weeks post- Walk With Ease registration
Plan to share: Yes — Deidentified individual data that support the results will be shared beginning 9 to 36 months following publication provided the investigator who proposes to use the data has approval from an Institutional Review Board (IRB), Independent Ethics Committee (IEC), or Research Ethics Board (REB), as applicable, and executes a data use/sharing agreement with UNC. Data collected include: pre/post walking program assessments, referral count, patient engagement metrics, arthritis outcomes, satisfaction (provider and patient). Qualitative data will be available in the form of a summary.
Supporting information: Study protocol, Informed consent form
Time frame: Beginning 9 and continuing for 36 months following publication.
Access criteria: Approved IRB, IEC, or REB and an executed data use/sharing agreement with UNC.
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