A New Experimental Model for Measurement of A Clinical Management System for the Prevention of Osteoarthritis

This paper is to develop a new experimental model for measurement of a clinical management system for the prevention of osteoarthritis. The subjects of this paper were 106 patients who had been visited a general hospital which located in Chungnam area. As a result of this study, significantly positive changes of behaviors such as taking vegetables, limiting consumption of alcoholic beverage, and practicing the healthy lifestyles of exercising diminished the progression rate of osteoarthritis. There was a significant difference in body weight control after information intervention(t=2.56, p=.037). This paper found that the health promoting behavior in osteoarthritis patients were increased by 52.9-64.1% compared with previous status and the patients positively perceived on a clinical management system. Therefore, the clinical management system for the prevention of osteoarthritis can be applied to any hospital which has health promotion center.