The effect of post-discharge telephone intervention on rehabilitation following total hip replacement surgery

Purpose: To determine the effect of post-discharge telephone intervention with both patients and family caregivers on patient compliance with doctors' advice and rehabilitation progress in total hip replacement patients. Methods: In total, 249 participants were assigned to either the control or...

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Main Authors: Lun-Lan Li, Yu-Yun Gan, Li-Na Zhang, Ya-Bing Wang, Fan Zhang, Jin-Mei Qi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-06-01
Series:International Journal of Nursing Sciences
Subjects:
Hip
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352013214000404