Evaluation of the effect of target rehabilitation diary on self-management of elderly patients with total knee arthroplasty

Abstract

Objective To study the effect of target rehabilitation diary in elderly patients with total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Methods One hundred patients who received unilateral first TKA (no patella) were numbered according to the order of admission time, according to random digit table, 50 cases in the control group and the intervention group. Conventional treatment methods were given to both two groups, the control group received routine care measures and health education, the intervention group was given target rehabilitation diary for self-management based on the conventional health education. The differences in American Knee Society Knee Score (KSS), self-management and self-efficacy were compared between the two groups. Results The KSS was (75.50 ± 6.90) points in the intervention group and (71.90 ± 7.20) points in the control group on the first week after operation, the difference was statistically significant (t= 2.553, P <0.05). On the twelfth week of intervention, KSS was (85.86 ± 2.80) points in the intervention group and (80.88 ± 2.20) points in the control group, the difference was statistically significant (t= 9.880, P <0.01). Self-efficacy and self-management on the twelfth week were (47.22 ± 3.34) and (54.55 ± 2.66) points in the intervention group, which were significantly higher than those in the control group (34.24 ± 4.11) and (42.54 ± 3.76) points, the difference was statistically significant (t= 17.33, 18.43, P <0.01). Conclusions The target rehabilitation diary plays a good role in the self-management of elderly patients with TKA. Key words: Knee, artificial; Target management; Rehabilitation diary; Self-management