Júlia B M Chagas 1 , Tássio N Andrez 1 , Lauro A V Costa 1 , Isabela D Paião 1 , Mario Lenza 1 , Mario Ferreti 1 Show Affiliations »
Abstract
PURPOSE: To assess the importance of home nursing care on the functional outcome, quality of life, and length of stay of patients who underwent total hip arthroplasty. METHODS: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study including patients who underwent surgery from February 2011 to December 2016. Patients were analyzed in two groups: with home care (received nursing care) and without home care. The analyzed outcomes were quality of life, functional outcome, and length of hospital stay. Total follow-up with questionnaires was 24 months. RESULTS: A total of 244 patients (143 with home care and 101 without home care) were analyzed. No significant differences were found regarding the mean age (p = 0.125), gender distribution (p = 0.449) and BMI (p = 0.548) between the two groups. There was also no significant difference regarding functional outcome (p = 0.107) and quality of life (p = 0.848), measured by validated tools. However, the median of length of hospital stays in the home care group was lower in 1 day compared to without home care group (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: The home nursing care did not influence the functional outcome or quality of life of the patients, but there was a decrease in the length of hospital stay in the group that received preoperative nursing care. © Indian Orthopaedics Association 2021.
PURPOSE: To assess the importance of home nursing care on the functional outcome, quality of life, and length of stay of patients who underwent total hip arthroplasty. METHODS: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study including patients who underwent surgery from February 2011 to December 2016. Patients were analyzed in two groups: with home care (received nursing care) and without home care. The analyzed outcomes were quality of life, functional outcome, and length of hospital stay. Total follow-up with questionnaires was 24 months. RESULTS: A total of 244 patients (143 with home care and 101 without home care) were analyzed. No significant differences were found regarding the mean age (p = 0.125), gender distribution (p = 0.449) and BMI (p = 0.548) between the two groups. There was also no significant difference regarding functional outcome (p = 0.107) and quality of life (p = 0.848), measured by validated tools. However, the median of length of hospital stays in the home care group was lower in 1 day compared to without home care group (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: The home nursing care did not influence the functional outcome or quality of life of the patients, but there was a decrease in the length of hospital stay in the group that received preoperative nursing care. © Indian Orthopaedics Association 2021.
Entities: Chemical
Keywords:
Home care services; Length of stay; Patient readmission; Quality of life; Total hip arthroplasty
Year: 2021
PMID： 35251512 PMCID： PMC8854545 DOI： 10.1007/s43465-021-00554-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Orthop ISSN： 0019-5413 Impact factor: 1.251