To study the effect of extended care on quality of life for total knee arthroplasty patients
LI Feng-hua
SU Ya-ni
SUN Zheng-ming
WANG Xiao-qing
WU Xiao-ying
ZHANG Wei-hua
ZHANG Ming-hui
Abstract：Objective To investigate the effect of extended care on functional recovery and quality of life for total knee arthroplasty patients . Methods Totally 89 patients with unilateral primary total knee arthroplasty were randomly divided into intervention group and control group according to admission time . In the intervention group were 45 patients(19 males and 26 females) with an average age of (64.91 ±8.99) years.In the control group were 44 patients(16 males and 28 females) with an average age of (65.66 ±7.24) years.Patients in both groups during the hospital stay were given routine nursing care .After discharge,the control group did not receive extended care ,while the intervention group were telephone interviewed 1 times per week with outpatient followed up 1 times /2 weeks.The follow-up frquency was adjusted into 1 year according to rehabilitation after 3 months.Pa-tients in both groups were respectively assessed using HSS scale and SF -36 scale at 1,3, 6,12 months after opera-tions.Results HSS scale and SF-36 scale in the intervention group were significantly better than those of the con-trol group at 1,3,6,12 months after the operation(P<0.01).Conclusion Extended care would help the recovery of knee joint function after total knee arthroplasty and improve the therapeutic effect and patients 'satisfaction with the quality of care .
Keywords：knee replacementextended careoutside hospital
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 89-93 )