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Patient Decision Aid Summary

Title Knee Osteoarthritis.
To access it For access to the PDA for review, please contact the developer.
Audience Patients with knee osteoarthritis who are considering knee replacement surgery or conservative management.
Options included Conservative therapy (physical therapy, pain medication, and injections).
Partial knee replacement.
Total knee replacement.
Year of last update or review 2017
Format Web, paper, PDF
Developer WiserCare, Inc.
Where was it developed? lauriesmith@wisercare.com
WiserCare, Inc.
United States
Health condition Osteoarthritis
Language English
Based on 2025 IPDAS criteria (International Patient Decision Aid Standards) this patient decision aid (and/or supporting materials) meets:
7 out of 7 IPDAS Qualifying criteria to be defined as a patient decision aid
5 out of 7 IPDAS Essential criteria to lower the risk of making a biased decision
Not applicable: Other IPDAS Essential criteria for patient decision aids about screening or testing
View IPDAS criteria details.

Last modified: 2025-07-29.