NCT01771315

Nurse Led Follow-up After Total Knee Arthroplasty

Nurse Led Follow-up After Total Knee Arthroplasty - a Randomized Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 117 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Southern Denmark · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Conditions

• Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Telephone follow-up	The consultation is structured by predefined themes relevant for identifying health related problems in regard to illness to give adequate education and counseling. The form of each consultation will vary according to the individual needs of the patients.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-01-01
• Primary completion: 2014-11-01
• Completion: 2014-11-01
• First posted: 2013-01-18
• Last updated: 2015-06-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark