Barriers and enablers for referral to, and participation in, a contemporary osteoarthritis management program

Abstract

Purpose: Clinical practice guidelines consistently recommend education and exercise-therapy as core management for all people with knee and hip osteoarthritis, regardless of pain or radiographic severity, in order to improve symptoms and/or function. These management options are, however, poorly implemented in clinical practice. To address this evidence-to-practice gap, Good Life with osteoArthritis in Denmark (GLA:D®) was recently implemented in a range of public and private healthcare settings in Australia.