Effect of Peer Education on the Psychosocial Adaptation of Patients After Total Hip Arthroplasty
Abstract：Objective To explore the effect of peer education on the psychosocial adaptation of patients after total hip arthroplasty .Methods 10patientsaftertotalhipreplacementsurgeryweretrainedtobepeereducators.120patientsaftertotalhiparthroplastywere randomly assigned into the experimental group and control group , with 60 patients in each group.The experimental group received telephone intervention by peer educators and the control group by nurses after discharge ,respectively.The patients′knowledge about total hip arthro-plasty and psychosocial adaptation before discharge and one year after discharge were compared between the two groups .Results The score of knowledge of total hip arthroplasy and psychosocial adaptation were significantly higher in the experimental group than that in the control group(P<0.05).There was no significant difference in the knowledge about total hip arthroplasty between the two groups (P>0.05).The score of psychosocial adaption of the experimental group was higher than that in the control group , with different statistical significance ( P<0.05 ).Conclusion Peer education can promote patients′psychosocial adaptation and knowledge about total hip arthroplasty.
Keywords：Total hip arthroplastyEducationPsychology
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：2( 1185-1186 )