The Effect of Quick Response Coded Teaching Plan, Patients With Total Knee Replacement

Summary

With the developments in the field of health, Total Knee Replacement (TKR) surgeries are performed by applying evidence-based rapid recovery programs in many hospitals and patients can be discharged in a very short time. This situation imposes more responsibilities on patients and their relatives, especially in the post-operative period, for undertaking care, managing developing health-related conditions, and advancing the treatment process in a positive way. For this reason, it is very important for patients and their relatives to receive training before discharge on issues such as adaptation to daily life, movement, self-care skills, and complications related to post-operative home care. The fact that patients who have TKR surgery are mostly elderly individuals also increases the importance of the subject. At the same time, in order for patient education to be effective, it is very important that the information given is suitable for the level of health literacy, easily readable and understandable in a way that patients can understand. If the transmitted information is not presented in an easy and understandable way, the musculoskeletal functions, quality of life and socio economic productivity of the patients after the surgery will be endangered. In addition, patient education given to patients is not only written; Using visual, auditory and technological materials such as various presentations, videos, photographs, in accordance with different learning styles, provides a more effective coping with the problems in the post-operative period and reduces physical and psychological problems. In this context, it is seen that the use of QR code, which is a digital technological application that has recently been used in the field of health, is an application that can provide an easier understanding of the information transmitted verbally and in writing by healthcare professionals.

Conditions

• Total Knee Replacement Surgery
• Patient Education

Interventions

OTHER

Patient Education

After completing the necessary forms, it is planned to give the QR-coded education booklet prepared by the researcher to the patients and to inform the patients and their relatives about the use of QR codes. At that time, it is planned that the teaching will be carried out using various training methods such as lecture, question-answer, demonstration and practice. It is thought that the teaching will be divided into 3 parts: pre-operative, post-operative and discharge. According to the physical conditions of the clinic, it is planned to provide patient education in an suitable area for teaching as much as possible. Patients will be reminded that they can access the information whenever they want and as many times as they want by scanning the QR code from their phone.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

  collaborator OTHER

• Bozok University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Nilgün Özbaş, Assist Prof · Bozok University

• Ahmet Acar, Doctor · Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

TRIPLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-10-30

Primary Completion

2022-04-20

Completion

2022-09-20

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations