EXERCISES IN THE TREATMENT OF ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: FACTORS AFFECTING THE EFFICIENCY OF PATIENT EDUCATION

dc.contributor.authorOnat, Sule Sahin
dc.contributor.authorUnsal Delialioglu, Sibel
dc.contributor.authorUcar, Demet
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T17:47:46Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T17:47:46Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the significance of patient education, factors affecting the education, compliance of patients to exercises and the reasons of nonconformity among elderly patients with knee osteoarthritis. Materials and Method: During the initial assessments of 482 patients with knee OA, information was provided about the disease, and the benefits of exercises were explained and individual exercise programs were designed. After three months, pharmacological treatments and compliance to exercises and the reasons of failure to comply were questioned. Pain levels were measured with Visual Analog Scale (VAS). Results: 60.2% of the patients were found to be not complying with their exercise programs. Rates of literacy and speaking the same language with the doctor among these patients were significantly lower than the group complying with their exercises but the mean age was higher. The most common reasons for not doing the exercises were finding them tiring and boring, doubting their effectiveness and being older. The initial VAS values of both groups were similar, however the control VAS values of the compliant group were significantly lower. Conclusion: Informing the patients with knee osteoarthritis about the significance of management and exercises is of importance for the success of the treatment. In this study, the patient's education level, speaking the same language and factors affecting communication such as hearing loss have emerged as the most important parameters that convince the patients to implement exercises.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage171en_US
dc.identifier.issn1304-2947
dc.identifier.issn1307-9948
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage166en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/22731
dc.identifier.volume16en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000321476400008
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isotren_US
dc.publisherGunes Kitabevi Ltd Stien_US
dc.relation.ispartofTurkish Journal of Geriatrics-Turk Geriatri Dergisi
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectOsteoarthritisen_US
dc.subjectExerciseen_US
dc.subjectPatient Education As Topicen_US
dc.subjectAgeden_US
dc.titleEXERCISES IN THE TREATMENT OF ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: FACTORS AFFECTING THE EFFICIENCY OF PATIENT EDUCATIONen_US
dc.titleEXERCISES IN THE TREATMENT OF ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: FACTORS AFFECTING THE EFFICIENCY OF PATIENT EDUCATION
dc.typeArticleen_US

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