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Anna-Maija Jäppinen1,2, Minna Muñoz1,3, Tarja Kettunen1,4
1Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän, Finland.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to explore patients' narratives of patient education in physiotherapy after a total hip arthroplasty (THA).
Method:
The data was collected via open thematic interviews from ten patients who had had a primary THA. The interviews were analysed using a qualitative, narrative method.
Results:
Three story models of patient education in physiotherapy were identified: Supportive patient education in physiotherapy, Co-operative patient education in physiotherapy and Contradictory patient education in physiotherapy. The emphasis of narration in the first story model was on the trust in the guidance, functioning interaction in the second and insufficient patient education in physiotherapy in the third story model.
Discussion:
According to the results of this study, patients with THA experience functioning interaction and trust in the patient education in physiotherapy as enhancing the rehabilitation process. Conversely insufficient patient education about exercising and follow-up physiotherapy made the patients feel insecure and according to them might have slowed down the rehabilitation process. These findings can be utilized in planning and improving patient education in physiotherapy after THA.
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