This study showed no effect on sensorimotor function of the arm, activities of daily living and quality of life of mirror therapy compared to a control intervention after stroke. However, a positive effect on visuospatial neglect was indicated.
Background and objective: Foot and ankle surgery is increasing due to demographic and lifestyle changes. Most often, pa-tients are required to unload their foot postoperatively, resulting in significant impairment of activi-ties of daily living without adequate preparation for this situation. The aim of the study was the development and evaluation of a preoperative patient education intervention. Methods: Based on current research, a patient education intervention was developed. To investigate immediate effects, a longitudinal study with two points of measurement before and after the education session was conducted. Outcomes were increase in knowledge, satisfaction and preoperative anxiety, which were measured with a selfdeveloped questionnaire. Additionally, five short interviews were conducted. Results: 56 patients (63% female) with a mean age of 56,7 (SD=14,8) years were included. Patients had a significant increase in knowledge following the intervention from mean 3,93 (SD=1,78) to 5,48 (SD=2,29) correctly answered questions (out of 10). Patients felt that they were better informed and more satisfied with the information provided. Patients evaluated the way of information delivery, the content of information, the group and the location as positive.The expectations of patients relating to postoperative loadbearing capacity and coping with eve-ryday life as well as preoperative anxiety did not change following the intervention.
Conclusion:The education intervention could be implemented in the clinical routine and showed positive ef-fects. However, regarding realistic expectations and preoperative anxiety no change was ob-served. Long-term post operative effectivity and efficiency of patient education should be further examined within a randomized controlled trial.
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