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A study of the efficacy of patient education and early rehabilitation in total knee arthroplasty

Recruiting
Conditions
Osteoarthritis and osteonecrosis
Registration Number
jRCT1050240094
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
250
Inclusion Criteria

-Initial total knee replacement surgery for osteoarthritis of the knee or femoral primary knee replacement surgery for osteoarthritis or femoral head -General medical care patient education app explained and app used

-Patients who have been given a general medical explanation of the patient education app and have or who have decided voluntarily whether or not to use the app.

-Patients who are able to and have the intention to complete the observation schedule described in the research implementation plan and who are willing to do so - Patients who provide written consent using the consent form approved by the ethics review committee

Exclusion Criteria

-Simultaneous bilateral surgery cases -Patients with rheumatoid arthritis or post-traumatic osteoarthritis

-Patients with neurological disorders such as hemiplegia and paraplegia

-Patients who are unable to understand the explanation of participation in this study due to dementia or mental illness, or who are unable to follow the doctor's instructions in post-operative management

-Patients who the principal investigator or sub-investigator deems to be unsuitable for the study

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
single assignment
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
-

Number of days after surgery until the patient meets the criteria for discharge from hospital

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Correlation between the number of postoperative days until the achievement of discharge criteria and the patient-reported questionnaire at 12 months post-surgery12 months post-surgery

stratified analysis by number of days achieved: stratified analysis of the KOOS, KOOS Jr, and EQ-5D-5L patient-reported questionnaires at 3, 6, and 12 months post-surgery

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