437 people received life-changing rehabilitation helping them to live with osteoarthritis
437 people in the East Midlands have taken part in a knee and hip osteoarthritis programme, ESCAPE-pain, to help manage their pain (*data updated 8/06/20). As well as receiving positive feedback from attendees, the service has saved the regional health and care system £226,195.
Chronic joint pain, or osteoarthritis, affects one in five over the age of 50, and one in two over 80 and is a life-inhibiting disease. In the most recent Public Health England data from 2012, the average incidence of knee osteoarthritis in the East Midlands was 18%. ESCAPE-pain is an evidence-based, group rehabilitation programme for patients with osteoarthritis. The programme incorporates chronic pain management to support participants’ physical and mental approach to their pain and develop effective coping mechanisms. Training is provided to physiotherapists and occupational therapists or exercise professionals, who deliver the programme with the support of their local clinical commissioning group (CCG), hospital or community provider.
The ESCAPE-pain programme comprises 12 supervised sessions for a group of 10 to 12 participants who receive education and take part in a tailored exercise programme. The programme measures a range of clinical outcomes, and the participants are signposted to services to help them continue to progress. ESCAPE-pain has been recommended as a preferred intervention for musculoskeletal conditions by Public Health England in a Return on Investment (ROI) tool which showed a positive ROI of £5.20 for every £1 spent, realised across health and social care.
