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

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• 作者：Krista Koekenbier ; RN ; MNSc^a ; Helena Leino-Kilpi ; PhD ; RN^a ; ^b ; Esther Cabrera ; PhD ; RN^c ; Natalia Istomina ; PhD ; RN^d ; &Aring ; sa Johansson Stark ; PhD-student ; RN^e ; Jouko Katajisto ; MSSc^f ; Chryssoula Lemonidou ; PhD ; RN^g ; Evridiki Papastavrou ; PhD ; RN^h ; Sanna Salanter&auml ; PhD ; RN^a ; ^b ; Arun Sigurdardottir ; PhD ; RNⁱ ; Kirsi Valkeap&auml ; &auml ; PhD ; RN^a ; ^j ; Sini Eloranta ; PhD ; RN^a ; ^b ; ^{sinelo@utu.fi" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：EKhp ; Expected knowledge (hospital patients) ; EQ-5D ; EuroQoL 5-dimensional classification component scores (www.euroqol.org) ; HRQoL ; Health-related quality of life ; OA ; Osteoarthritis ; RKhp ; Received knowledge (hospital patients) ; THA ; Total hip arthroplasty ; TKA ; Total knee arthroplasty
• 刊名：Applied Nursing Research
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：February 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：29
• 期：Complete
• 页码：211-216
• 全文大小：251 K

文摘

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.

absSec_2">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.

absSec_3">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.

absSec_4">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.