Abstract
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is important ligaments of the knee. The Aim of the study is to assessknowledge and practice of patients undergoing arthroscopy for anterior cruciate ligament injury , to evaluate theeffect of applying nursing teaching program on knowledge and practice of patients undergoing arthroscopy foranterior cruciate ligament injury. Quasi experimental research design was utilized in this study . First tool interviewquestionnaire sehedule consists of biosocial characteristics of patients , second tool to assess patients knowledgeand practice. Results concluded that high statistical significant difference between the study and the control groupregarding their knowledge and practice with P value (0.001). Conclusion : it can be concluded that, patients`knowledge and practice regarding ACL surgery for orthopaedic patient of Assiut University Hospitals are improvedafter teaching program . Recommendation : providing written guidelines for patients was much more effective thanthose patients in the control group who received resident's oral instructions
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