Abstract
As the population ageing, more and more patients suffer from joint disease in Taiwan. Joint replacement surgery performed
in Taiwan is about 10,000 to 20,000 cases yearly. The purpose of this study was to investigate the Quality of life and joint
functions of TKR (total knee replacement) and THR (total hip replacement) patients 6 weeks and 3 months after surgery. Convenience sampling was used and a total 126 patients were recruited. Average age was 72.75 (SD = 9.046). THR surgery was 21(16.7 %) and TKR surgery was 105 (83.3 %). One hundred and twenty patients (95.2 %) lived with family and six (4.8 %) was lived alone. Mean score of perceived the convenience of home environment was 3.90 (SD = .74) , with 18.7% of patients felt a little inconvenience or very inconvenience, 81.7% felt convenience or very convenience. The patients had moderate satisfaction about the surgery, with mean score 17.68 (SD = 2. 13) 6 weeks and 17.75(SD = 2.55) 3 months after surgery. There was significant difference between TKR patients and THR patients on pre-operation (t = 3.225 , p <.05) and 6 weeks after surgery(t = 2.32 , p <.05) on EQ5D utility index. Repeated measures ANOVA was used to analyze TKR patients on joint function (F = 61.38 , p = .000) and perceived health score (F = 3.74 , p <.05) on pre-operation, 6 weeks and 3 months after surgery. Repeated measures ANOVA was used to analyze THR patients on joint function and perceived health score on pre-operation, 6 weeks and 3 months after surgery, it showed no significant difference (p > .05). Because of small sample size of THR patients, it May affect the results of inference. It is recommended to keep track of longer surgical outcomes, and increase the number of THR patients, to improve the results of inferential.
Sigma Membership
Theta Tau
Type
Poster
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
N/A
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
Joint Function, Quality of Life, Total Joint Arthroplasty
Recommended Citation
Lin, Pi-Chu, "Follow-up of the joint function and quality of life after total joint arthroplasty" (2017). INRC (Congress). 88.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/inrc/2017/posters_2017/88
Conference Name
28th International Nursing Research Congress
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
Dublin, Ireland
Conference Year
2017
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Follow-up of the joint function and quality of life after total joint arthroplasty
Dublin, Ireland
As the population ageing, more and more patients suffer from joint disease in Taiwan. Joint replacement surgery performed
in Taiwan is about 10,000 to 20,000 cases yearly. The purpose of this study was to investigate the Quality of life and joint
functions of TKR (total knee replacement) and THR (total hip replacement) patients 6 weeks and 3 months after surgery. Convenience sampling was used and a total 126 patients were recruited. Average age was 72.75 (SD = 9.046). THR surgery was 21(16.7 %) and TKR surgery was 105 (83.3 %). One hundred and twenty patients (95.2 %) lived with family and six (4.8 %) was lived alone. Mean score of perceived the convenience of home environment was 3.90 (SD = .74) , with 18.7% of patients felt a little inconvenience or very inconvenience, 81.7% felt convenience or very convenience. The patients had moderate satisfaction about the surgery, with mean score 17.68 (SD = 2. 13) 6 weeks and 17.75(SD = 2.55) 3 months after surgery. There was significant difference between TKR patients and THR patients on pre-operation (t = 3.225 , p <.05) and 6 weeks after surgery(t = 2.32 , p <.05) on EQ5D utility index. Repeated measures ANOVA was used to analyze TKR patients on joint function (F = 61.38 , p = .000) and perceived health score (F = 3.74 , p <.05) on pre-operation, 6 weeks and 3 months after surgery. Repeated measures ANOVA was used to analyze THR patients on joint function and perceived health score on pre-operation, 6 weeks and 3 months after surgery, it showed no significant difference (p > .05). Because of small sample size of THR patients, it May affect the results of inference. It is recommended to keep track of longer surgical outcomes, and increase the number of THR patients, to improve the results of inferential.