TY - JOUR
TI - Empowering knowledge and its connection to health-related quality of life: A cross-cultural study. A concise and informative title: Empowering knowledge and its connection to health-related quality of life.
AU - Koekenbier, K.
AU - Leino-Kilpi, H.
AU - Cabrera, E.
AU - Istomina, N.
AU - Stark, T.J.
AU - Katajisto, J.
AU - Lemonidou, C.
AU - Papastavrou, E.
AU - Salanterä, S.
AU - Sigurdardottir, A.
AU - Valkeapää, K.
AU - Eloranta, S.
JO - Applied Nursing Research
PY - 2016
VL - 29
TODO - null
SP - 211-216
PB - W.B. Saunders
SN - 0897-1897, 1532-8201
TODO - 10.1016/j.apnr.2015.05.004
TODO - clinical study;  Finland;  follow up;  Greece;  human;  Iceland;  patient education;  quality of life;  Spain;  surgery;  Sweden;  cultural factor;  osteoarthritis;  patient participation, Cross-Cultural Comparison;  Finland;  Greece;  Iceland;  Osteoarthritis;  Patient Participation;  Quality of Life;  Spain;  Sweden
TODO - Aims: Assess the association between patient education (i.e. empowering knowledge) and preoperative health-related quality of life, 6 months postoperative health-related quality of life, and the increase in health-related quality of life in osteoarthritis patients who underwent total hip or total knee arthroplasty. Method: This is a cross-cultural comparative follow-up study using structured instruments to measure the difference between expected and received patient education and self-reported health-related quality of life (EQ-5D) in Finland, Greece, Iceland, Spain and Sweden. Results: The health-related quality of life was significantly increased 6 months postoperatively in all countries due to the arthroplasties. In the total sample, higher levels of empowering knowledge were associated with a higher health-related quality of life, both pre- and postoperatively, but not with a higher increase in health-related quality of life. On the national level, postoperative health-related quality of life was associated with higher levels of empowering knowledge in Finland, Iceland and Sweden. The increase in health-related quality of life was associated with levels of empowering knowledge for Greece. Conclusions: Overall, it can be concluded that the level of empowering knowledge was associated with high postoperative health-related quality of life in the total sample, even though there is some variation in the results per country. © 2015 Elsevier Inc.
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