Objective.The aim of the study was to identify the main aspects involved in patient selection, the choice of therapeutic agents and the safety profile, as well as the medico-legal and organizational aspects of intra-articular injection therapies for osteoarthritis Methods. A committee of 10 experts from Italian universities, public hospitals, territorial services, research institutes and patient associations was set up. Fifty-two clinicians from a large number of Italian medical centers specialized in intra-articular injection therapy took part in a Delphi process aimed at obtaining consensus statements among the participants. Results. Large consensus was obtained for statements grouped under the following main themes: treatment indications; drug/ medical device choice; treatment efficacy; and appropriate setting. Conclusions. The consensus statements developed by a large number of experts may be used as a practical reference tool to help physicians treat osteoarthritis patients by means of intra-articular injection therapies.

Appropriateness of clinical and organizational criteria for intra-articular injection therapies in osteoarthritis. A Delphi method consensus initiative among experts in Italy / Paoloni, Marco; Bernetti, Andrea; A., Belelli; O., Brignoli; S., Buoso; A. P., Caputi; F., Catani; D., Coclite; M., Fini; L., Mantovani; A., Migliore; A., Napoletano; U., Viora; Santilli, Valter. - In: ANNALI DELL'ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ. - ISSN 0021-2571. - STAMPA. - 2:51(2015), pp. 131-138. [10.4415/ANN_15_02_11]

Appropriateness of clinical and organizational criteria for intra-articular injection therapies in osteoarthritis. A Delphi method consensus initiative among experts in Italy

PAOLONI, Marco;BERNETTI, ANDREA;SANTILLI, VALTER
2015

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Objective.The aim of the study was to identify the main aspects involved in patient selection, the choice of therapeutic agents and the safety profile, as well as the medico-legal and organizational aspects of intra-articular injection therapies for osteoarthritis Methods. A committee of 10 experts from Italian universities, public hospitals, territorial services, research institutes and patient associations was set up. Fifty-two clinicians from a large number of Italian medical centers specialized in intra-articular injection therapy took part in a Delphi process aimed at obtaining consensus statements among the participants. Results. Large consensus was obtained for statements grouped under the following main themes: treatment indications; drug/ medical device choice; treatment efficacy; and appropriate setting. Conclusions. The consensus statements developed by a large number of experts may be used as a practical reference tool to help physicians treat osteoarthritis patients by means of intra-articular injection therapies.
2015
intra-articular injections; osteoarthritis; delphi studies; consensus development
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Appropriateness of clinical and organizational criteria for intra-articular injection therapies in osteoarthritis. A Delphi method consensus initiative among experts in Italy / Paoloni, Marco; Bernetti, Andrea; A., Belelli; O., Brignoli; S., Buoso; A. P., Caputi; F., Catani; D., Coclite; M., Fini; L., Mantovani; A., Migliore; A., Napoletano; U., Viora; Santilli, Valter. - In: ANNALI DELL'ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ. - ISSN 0021-2571. - STAMPA. - 2:51(2015), pp. 131-138. [10.4415/ANN_15_02_11]
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