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
Journal
Applied Nursing Research
Date Issued
February 2016
Abstract
Abstract
AIMS:
Assess the association between patient education (i.e. empowering knowledge) and preoperative health-related quality of life, 6months 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.
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.
RESULTS:
The health-related quality of life was significantly increased 6months 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.
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.
AIMS:
Assess the association between patient education (i.e. empowering knowledge) and preoperative health-related quality of life, 6months 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.
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.
RESULTS:
The health-related quality of life was significantly increased 6months 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.
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.
Affiliation
Funding
This study was financially supported by the following: Finland—University of Turku; the Academy of Finland; the Finnish Association of Nursing Research; the Finnish Foundation of Nursing Education; EVO funds at the Intermunicipal Hospital District of Southwest Finland; Spain—Colegio Oficial de Enfermeria de Barcelona; Sweden—the Swedish Rheumatism Association and the County Council of Östergötland; and Iceland—the Landspitali University Hospital Research Fund; the Akureyri Hospital Science Fund; the University of Akureyri Science Fund; the KEA fund, Akureyri; the Icelandic Nurses' Association Science Fund.