A randomized clinical trial of a new perioperative practice model on anxiety and health-related quality of life in arthroplasty patients



: Pulkkinen Maria, Jousela Irma, Sintonen Harri, Engblom Janne, Salanterä Sanna, Junttila Kristiina

Publisher: WILEY

: 2021

: Nursing Open

: NURSING OPEN

: NURS OPEN

: 8

: 4

: 1593

: 1605

: 13

: 2054-1058

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.776

: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/53316095


Aims: To explore the effectiveness of a new perioperative practice model on anxiety and health-related quality of life in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty under spinal anaesthesia.Design: A randomized clinical trial.Methods: Control group participants (N = 222) received standard perioperative care, meaning they were cared for by various nurses during their perioperative process without postoperative visits. Intervention group participants (N = 231) were assigned one named anaesthesia nurse during their entire perioperative process who visited them postoperatively. Both groups responded to two self-reported questionnaires: the generic 15D health-related quality of life instrument and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) measuring anxiety two to three weeks pre-operatively and three months postoperatively.Results: There were no statistically significant differences between the groups at baseline or at follow-up in health-related quality of life or anxiety.

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