The Effect of Patients' Comfort Levels on Self-Care Agency After Total Knee Prosthesis Surgery
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19801213Keywords:
Total Knee Prosthesis, Postoperative Period, Comfort, Self-Care AgencyAbstract
Objective: Pain and restriction of movement after total knee arthroplasty surgery can also reduce the quality of life and self-care agency of the individual. This study was conducted to examine the relationship between patients’ comfort levels and their self-care agency after total knee prosthesis surgery.
Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 109 patients who underwent total knee prosthesis in the orthopedic service of a public hospital between March 2023 and March 2024. Data were obtained using the Descriptive and Clinical Characteristics Form, General Comfort Scale, and Self-Care Agency Scale in the postoperative period. Data analysis was performed using SPSS software version 26.
Results: The total mean score of the patients on the GCS was 123.34±15.31, and the total mean score of the SCAS was 75.81±14.11. There was a statistically significant negative relationship between age and self-care agency (r = -0.264; p = 0.006). Postoperative pain was negatively associated with self-care agency (β = -0.24; p = 0.006), whereas education level (β = 0.19; p = 0.011) and general comfort (β = 0.48; p < 0.001) were positively associated with self-care agency.
Conclusion: As a result of this study examining the relationship between comfort levels and self-care agency in patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty, a positive association was found between patients’ comfort levels and their self-care agency. It was also determined that both self-care agency and comfort levels decreased with increasing age. In addition, postoperative pain was negatively associated with self-care agency, whereas education level and general comfort were positively associated with self-care agency.
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