Effectiveness of a Discharge Planning Program on Functional Recovery of Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients
Keywords:
Total Knee Arthroplasty, Discharge Planning Program, Functional RecoveryAbstract
This is Quasi - experimental research to study effectiveness of a discharge planning program on functional recovery of total knee arthroplasty patients. The method of purposive sampling was used to obtain a population of 40 total knee arthroplasty patients, all of whom were being treated at Suratthani Hospital. The subjects were equally divided into the control and experimental groups. The experimental group members were administered a discharge planning program, whilst the members of the control group were given normal care. The instrument used in this study, the discharge planning program for total knee arthroplasty patients. Data collection was through a questionnaire, comprised personal information, pain score and functional recovery evaluation. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, with paired and independent t-tests used for pre- and post-experimental comparison.
Results: Found that the mean score of functional recovery after receiving the discharge planning program between the experimental group and the control group, the differences were statistically significant t = -7.525, p <.001. It was found that the experimental group had a higher mean score for functional recovery than the control group and within the experimental group, it was found that the mean score of functional recovery after receiving the discharge planning program was significantly higher than before receiving the discharge planning program, t = 24.15, p <.001. The pain after total knee arthroplasty was significantly different in statistics t = -3.15, p <.001, found that the experimental group had a lower mean score of pain than the control group. Length of stay there was a statistically significant difference t = -2.87, p <.001 which found that the experimental group had a lower mean score of length of stay duration than the control group. Recommendations: Nurses are recommended to apply this discharge planning program to other groups of bone surgery patients.
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