Effect of needs-based education on postoperative complications of patients with knee arthroplasty

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Conditions: Complications after knee replacement.

Registration Number: IRCT20180913041022N1

Lead Sponsor: Iran University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

Patient with knee joint disease (recorded in the file)
Have reading and writing skills
Age over 18 years
Not having previous experience in training programs
Not having previous joint replacement history
Replacement candidate for one knee
Lack of cognitive, visual acuity and hearing impairment
The absence of immunosuppressive diseases such as AIDS and hepatitis, heart disease (MI, CHF) and diabetes

Exclusion Criteria

Unwillingness to continue participating in the study
Exit the patient from the hospital with personal consent before discharging by a doctor
Lack of full participation in training sessions
Patients with ASA =3
Patients with BMI =3
Contact of each patient in the control group with each patient in the intervention group (in case of re-admission)

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Post knee joint surgery complications. Timepoint: Measurement of three common postoperative complications at the end of hospitalization time and one month after surgery during the first week of contact with the patient, the first referral of the patient to the office during the second week, the second week by contact with the patient, The second visit to the office during the fourth week, the third week and the fourth week by contact with the patient. Method of measurement: Assessing the patients' file, physician information, telephone to patients.;The patients' educational needs. Timepoint: Before surgery and one month after surgery. Method of measurement: A researcher-made questionnaire called the need-assessment questionnaire for knee replacement subjects.

Secondary Outcome Measures