Nurse Led Follow-up After Total Knee Arthroplasty
- Conditions
- Osteoarthritis
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Telephone follow-up
- Registration Number
- NCT01771315
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Southern Denmark
- Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of nurse led follow-up following total knee arthroplasty in regard to physical function, health related quality of life and self-efficacy.
- Detailed Description
Due to shorter hospitalization the patients early have to be responsible for their own rehabilitation. However, the patients experience a variety of health related problems in the rehabilitations period following total knee arthroplasty and they have difficulties transferring health related information to their home settings. Nurse led follow-up in the early rehabilitation period might improve the health status of the patients by improving their knowledge and skills to handle health related problems. No studies found has investigated the effect of nurse led follow-up in form of telephone call following total knee arthroplasty.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 117
- primary first-time total knee arthroplasty due to osteoarthrosis
- followed conventional admission course and discharged ≤ 4 days after surgery
- understand and talk Danish
- signed informed consent
- in terminal phase of another serious illness such as i.e. cancer with expected lifetime less than 6 months
- previous total hip replacement
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description telephone follow-up Telephone follow-up Nurse led follow-up in form of consultation by telephone 4 days and 2weeks after discharge, respectively as a supplement to conventional admission course.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in physical function assessed by ≥ 12 points in physical function score in the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis (WOMAC) Index 3 days, 1, 3, 6 and 12 months post-surgery The WOMAC Index is disease specific measuring health status om three subscales: pain, stiffness and physical function
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in the pain and stiffness score in WOMAC Index 3 days, 1, 3, 6 and 12 months post-surgery Number of acute visits to the orthopedic outpatient clinic 3 days, 1, 3, 6 anf 12 months post-surgery Changes in all scores in the subscales in Medical Outcomes Study Short Form (SF-36) 3 days, 1, 3, 6 and 12 months post-surgery A generic measure of health related quality of life
Change in the score in the General Self-Efficacy Scale 3 days, 1, 3 and 6 months post-surgery An unidimensional measure of general self-efficacy.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University Hospital Gentofte
🇩🇰Hellerup, Gentofte, Denmark