Development of patient-centred standards of care for osteoarthritis in Europe: the eumusc.net-project.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The eumusc.net project is an initiative founded by the European Community and the European League Against Rheumatism. One aim of the project was to facilitate equal standards for musculoskeletal health across Europe. The aim of this work-package was to develop patient-centred and consensus based standards of care (SOC) for osteoarthritis (OA), which should be available in a professional and a patient version.

Methods

A systematic review concerning guidelines dealing with OA was conducted. Furthermore, experts in musculoskeletal diseases were contacted to ensure that 'grey' literature was not excluded. Documents that fulfilled predefined inclusion/exclusion criteria were included and all interventions for OA were extracted and categorised. Based on this list of inte

SUBMITTER: Stoffer MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4431331 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature