Τίτλος:
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.
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
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.
Συγγραφείς:
Koekenbier, K.
Leino-Kilpi, H.
Cabrera, E.
Istomina, N.
Stark, T.J.
Katajisto, J.
Lemonidou, C.
Papastavrou, E.
Salanterä, S.
Sigurdardottir, A.
Valkeapää, K.
Eloranta, S.
Περιοδικό:
Applied Nursing Research
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
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
DOI:
10.1016/j.apnr.2015.05.004
