Journal of Clinical Medicine
Psychosocial Adaptation in a Sensor-Augmented Telerehabilitation Program for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial
By Theodora Plavoukou, Myrto Poulou, Amalia Continiero Spyropoulou and 1 others.
Abstract
Background
Psychosocial adaptation during telerehabilitation for knee osteoarthritis (OA) is not well understood.
Objective
To explore associations among self-efficacy, anxiety, depressive symptoms, and kinesiophobia during sensor-augmented telerehabilitation.
Methods
This exploratory post hoc secondary analysis included 21 participants from the telerehabilitation arm of the KneE-PAD randomized controlled trial. Psychosocial outcomes were assessed before and after intervention using the Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale (ASES), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK). Within-group changes were assessed using paired analyses with Holm–Bonferroni adjustment, associations among change scores were examined using correlation analyses with multiplicity correction, and exploratory regression models were fitted without multiplicity adjustment.