Kangeswari Ponnu, Arulappan Judie
Department of Medical and Surgical Nursing, DRIEMS School and College of Nursing, Tangi, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
Department of Maternal and Child Health, College of Nursing, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
J Patient Exp. 2022 May 2;9:23743735221098254. doi: 10.1177/23743735221098254. eCollection 2022.
Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is the most common type of arthritis affecting people of older age. The study assessed the effectiveness of nurse-led intervention on quality of life (QOL) of patients with KOA. A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group research design was adopted. Data was collected from 200 patients with KOA. The pre- and post-interventional QOL were assessed on the 15th day, 30th day, 60th day, and 90th day with a 36-item short-form health survey. A remarkable statistically significant improvement in QOL of patients with KOA in the study group was found in the IV test conducted on the 90th day ( < .001). The study concluded that a 12 weeks' nurse-led intervention has resulted in significant improvement in the QOL of patients with KOA.
膝关节骨关节炎（KOA）是影响老年人的最常见关节炎类型。该研究评估了护士主导的干预对KOA患者生活质量（QOL）的有效性。采用了准实验性的前测-后测对照组研究设计。从200名KOA患者中收集数据。在第15天、第30天、第60天和第90天，使用36项简短健康调查问卷对干预前后的生活质量进行评估。在第90天进行的IV测试中，研究组KOA患者的生活质量有显著的统计学显著改善（<0.001）。该研究得出结论，为期12周的护士主导干预使KOA患者的生活质量有了显著改善。
