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Does a preoperative education programme improve length of hospitalisation, morphine usage, mobility independence, and discharge preparation in patients undergoing total hip replacement?
Does a preoperative education programme improve length of hospitalisation, morphine usage, mobility independence, and discharge preparation in patients undergoing total hip replacement?
A multidisciplinary preoperative education program for total hip replacement patients reduces hospital length of stay by a mean of 4 days, decreases morphine use, and accelerates mobility independence.
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Preoperative education was associated with shorter stays after hip replacement; hypothesis-generating and requires RCTs before practice change.
Nicola J Spalding (1995) studied this question.
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