Difference Between Received and Expected Knowledge of Patients Undergoing Knee or Hip Replacement in Seven European Countries

Seija Klemetti, Helena Leino-Kilpi, Esther Cabrera, Panagiota Copanitsanou, Brynja Ingadottir, Natalja Istomina, Jouko Katajisto, Evridiki Papastavrou, Mitra Unosson and Kirsi Valkeapää

Clinical Nursing Research, 2015, vol. 24, issue 6, 624-643

Abstract: The purpose of the study was to examine received and expected knowledge of patients with knee/hip arthroplasty in seven European countries. The goal was to obtain information for developing empowering patient education. The data were collected (during 2009-2012) from patients ( n = 943) with hip/knee arthroplasty prior to scheduled preoperative education and before discharge with the Received Knowledge of hospital patient scale (RK hp ) and Expected Knowledge of hospital patient scale (EK hp ). Patients’ knowledge expectations were high but the level of received knowledge did not correspond to expectations. The difference between received and expected knowledge was higher in Greece and Sweden compared with Finland ( p

Keywords: empowering patient education; educational nursing practice; received knowledge; arthroplasty patients (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773814549992

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