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. 2022 May 2:9:23743735221098254.
doi: 10.1177/23743735221098254. eCollection 2022.

Effectiveness of Nurse-led Intervention on Quality of Life of Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis

Ponnu Kangeswari  1 , Judie Arulappan  2
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Effectiveness of Nurse-led Intervention on Quality of Life of Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis

Ponnu Kangeswari et al. J Patient Exp. .

Abstract

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 (P < .001). The study concluded that a 12 weeks' nurse-led intervention has resulted in significant improvement in the QOL of patients with KOA.

Keywords: counseling; isometric exercise; knee osteoarthritis; nurse-led intervention; quality of life.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Effect of nurse-led intervention on QOL of patients with KOA in the study group.
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