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

• Published in: Clinical Nursing Research
• Main Authors: Klemetti, Seija, Leino-Kilpi, Helena, Cabrera, Esther, Copanitsanou, Panagiota, Ingadottir, Brynja, Istomina, Natalja, Katajisto, Jouko, Papastavrou, Evridiki, Unosson, Mitra, Valkeapää, Kirsi
• Other Authors: University of Turku, Finland [e-mail]. 2University of Turku, Finland Hospital District of Southwest Finland, Finland. 3Pompeu Fabra University, Mataró, Spain. 4University of Athens, Greece. 5Linköping University, Sweden Landspítali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland. 6Klaipeda University, Lithuania. 7University of Turku, Finland. 8Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus. 9Linköping University, Sweden. 10University of Turku, Finland Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Finland.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Icelandic
• Published: SAGE Publications 2014
• Subjects: Mjaðmaaðgerðir; Hné; Sjúklingafræðsla; Arthroplasty; Replacement; Hip/education; Knee/education; Patient Education as Topic; Europe; Akureyri; Iceland; University of Akureyri
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2336/331834; https://doi.org/10.1177/1054773814549992

To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink at the bottom of the page 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 (RKhp) and Expected Knowledge of hospital patient scale (EKhp). 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 < .0001, p < .0001), Spain (p < .0001, p = .001), and Lithuania (p = .005, p = .003), respectively. Patients' knowledge expectations are important in tailoring patient education. To achieve high standards in the future, scientific research collaboration on empowering patient education is needed between European countries. University of Turku; the Academy of Finland; the Finnish Association of Nursing Research; the Finnish Foundation of Nursing Education; Cyprus—the Cyprus University of Technology; Spain—Colegio Oficial de Enfermeria de Barcelona; Sweden—the Swedish Rheumatism Association and the County Council of Östergötland; 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; and Lithuania—University of Klaipeda.