J Korean Acad Soc Nurs Educ.  2016 Aug;22(3):316-325. 10.5977/jkasne.2016.22.2.316.

Effects of Early Exercise Education using Video on Exercise Knowledge and Compliance of Elderly Patients Who Undergo Total Knee Replacement Surgery

• Kim YJ
• Kang HY

• KMID: 2351002
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5977/jkasne.2016.22.2.316

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was conducted to identify the effects of early exercise education using videos on exercise knowledge and compliance of elderly patients who undergo total knee replacement surgery.
METHODS
This is a quasi-experimental study with a nonequivalent control group non-synchronized design. The participants were 70 elderly patients who had total knee arthroplasty in the C university hospital located in G city, Korea. Thirty-five patients were assigned to an experimental group and the other patients were assigned to a control group. After the total knee arthroplasty, the early exercise education accompanied by watching video instruction was conducted on the experimental group at post-operation second and third day for 15 minutes. General exercise education was administered to the control group. The exercise knowledge and compliance of the elderly patients were measured through structured questionnaires.
CONCLUSION
The results of this study indicate that early exercise education using videos has positive effects to improve the exercise knowledge and compliance of elderly patients after total knee arthroplasty. This early exercise education can be used going forward as nursing intervention for elderly patients who undergo total knee replacement surgery.

Keyword

Arthroplasty; Replacement; Knee; Exercise; Education

MeSH Terms

Aged*
Arthroplasty
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee*
Compliance*
Education*
Humans
Knee
Korea
Non-Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Nursing