Empowering knowledge and Quality of Recovery after hip or knee replacement

......................................................................................................... 1 LIST OF PAPERS ................................................................................................ 3 ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS ......................................................... 5 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 7 Background and context ..................................................................................... 7 Rationale for the thesis ....................................................................................... 9 AIMS OF THE THESIS .................................................................................... 13 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK.................................................................... 15 Knowledge ....................................................................................................... 15 Patient education .............................................................................................. 16 Empowerment .................................................................................................. 16 Empowering Patient Education ........................................................................ 17 Quality of Recovery ......................................................................................... 18 Summary of the theoretical basis ..................................................................... 19 METHODS .......................................................................................................... 23 Design............................................................................................................... 23 Sample and settings .......................................................................................... 24 Measurements .................................................................................................. 25 Reliability and validity ............................................................................... 26 Background data ........................................................................................ 27 Fulfilment of knowledge expectations ....................................................... 27 Quality of Recovery ................................................................................... 28 Access to knowledge .................................................................................. 28 Symptoms and emotions ............................................................................. 29 Patient satisfaction with care .................................................................... 29 Preferences for information and behavioural control............................... 29 Health-related quality of life ..................................................................... 30