Other Priority 3 from the Early Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis PSP

UNCERTAINTY: What are the best interventions to keep people with early OA working?  (JLA PSP Other Priority 3)
Overall ranking amongst other questions 3
JLA question ID 0041/23
Extra explanatory note Timing is important for clinical diagnosis regarding treatment i.e. stage of disease. Balancing benefit of intervention v failure needs to be on an individual basis. Need to put not one treatment but multiple treatments in context.
Type of research; Cohort, Qualitative, Clinical Trial
Intervention; Identifying multiple interventions, Education, Complex interventions v no intervention
Population; Young people, Working people, People in physical jobs
Outcomes; EQ – 5D (Quality of Life survey), Binary work outcomes (in work/ out of work), Sick days, Change of employment/ behaviour / activities
Evidence None identified
Health Research Classification System category Musculoskeletal
Extra information provided by this PSP
Original uncertainty examples How long will I have to have off work?  ~  How long will be off work for?  ~  What is the best intervention  to keep patients with osteoarthritis at work?
Submitted by 2 patient/carers and 1 H&K PSP (clinician)
PSP information
PSP unique ID 0041
PSP name Early Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis
Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP. 52  (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website)
Date of priority setting workshop 26 February 2016