Patients' Experiences of Information After Total Knee Arthroplasty - A Qualitative Interview Study
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
AgeNot listed
SponsorVastra Gotaland Region
About this trial
The aim of this qualitative interview study is to gain new and in-depth knowledge about patients' experiences of information following total knee arthroplasty. Participants will be interviewed in the recovery phase after surgery. Researchers will use a semi-structured interview guide. The interviews will be analysed with qualitative content analysis.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Men and women of all ages who have undergone total knee arthroplasty due to osteoarthritis and are undergoing rehabilitation in primary care.
Disqualifiers
Previous joint replacement in the hip or knee.
Trial population
Participants will be recruited from two hospitals in Region Västra Götaland, Sweden. Mölndal Hospital is located in the city of Gothenburg, while Alingsås Hospital is situated in the smaller city of Alingsås and also serves a rural population.
Trial design
Design model
Other
Time perspective
Other
Treatments tested in this trial
Not listed
Trial groups
15 Participants
are grouped into 1 trial groupGroup A: Interview group
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Qualitative content analysis
The transcribed interviews will be analyzed in their entirety using qualitative content analysis, which includes interpretation of the manifest content of the text as well as a deeper interpretation of the underlying latent meaning. First, the transcripts will be read repeatedly to gain a sense of the whole. Then, meaning units that respond to the study's aim will be identified from the text, without being separated from their context. In the next step, these units will be condensed to shorten the text while preserving its core content. Based on the condensed meaning units, subcategories, categories, and themes will be formed by moving back and forth between the whole text and its parts. Potential subcategories, categories, and themes will be discussed within the research team until consensus is reached, in order to enhance the credibility of the analysis. The results will be presented as themes, categories, and/or subcategories.
Time frame
Interviews will be performed 24-28 weeks after total knee arthroplastyLocations
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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