Table 2 Questionnaire items on rehabilitation practice for total hip replacement
Rehabilitation Phase | Question posed with possible responses |
|---|---|
Preoperative | In what setting do you see patients in the preoperative period? |
Response options: Orthopaedic Pre-assessment clinic | |
Outpatients | |
Arthroplasty education event | |
Other- Please state……. | |
Which exercise do you personally think is most important in terms of muscular recovery after total hip arthroplasty? | |
Response options: Weight-bearing exercises | |
In-bed exercises | |
Bridging exercises | |
Functional exercises | |
Hydrotherapy | |
Which muscle group do you think it is most important to target following total hip arthroplasty for rehabilitation purposes? | |
Response options: Quadriceps | |
Hip abductors | |
Spinal | |
Core balance | |
Other-please state | |
What kind of advice do you give? | |
Response options: Verbal | |
Trust information leaflet/booklet | |
Video/CD | |
Other….. | |
Immediate | Which healthcare professional mobilises the patient out of bed first? |
Post-operative | Response options: Nurses |
Immediate Post-operative | Physiotherapists |
Other- Please state………… | |
On average what day do the patients get mobilised? | |
Response options: Day 0 | |
Post op day 1 | |
Post op day 2 | |
Post op day 3 | |
What exercises do you prescribe to your patients? | |
Response options: Weight bearing exercises | |
In-bed exercises | |
Bridging exercises | |
Functional exercises | |
Hydrotherapy | |
Other- Please state | |
Which one of the following options do you think most underlines progressive resistance training? | |
Response options: Progression of frequency of exercises | |
Use of weights | |
Do you build in resistance training routinely into the exercises you prescribe? | |
Response options: Yes | |
No | |
Which of the following is the average length of stay in your hospital after total hip arthroplasty? | |
Response options: 2 days | |
3 days | |
4 days | |
>5 days | |
How often is a post-operative hip patient seen routinely by you in a normal day? Response options: Once | |
Twice | |
Thrice | |
Four times | |
Other | |
What equipments are your patients routinely discharged from hospital with? | |
Response options: Walking aids | |
Thromboprophylaxis e.g. Clexane | |
Other- Please state…………….. | |
By what criteria do you discharge your patients from inpatient physiotherapy input? | |
Response options: Patient stable on walking aid | |
Compliant with exercises | |
Independent with activities of daily living (ADL) | |
Other- Please state……………… | |
Do you routinely refer patients to community physiotherapy on discharge? | |
Response options: Yes | |
No | |
Continuing rehabilitation | What is the reason for referral of patients to your care in the weeks or months after THR in the community? |
Continuing rehabilitation | Response options: Poor balance |
Weak hip abductors | |
Frequent falls | |
Recurrent dislocation | |
Other- Please state… | |
What exercises do you prescribe for patients after THR in the community? | |
Response options: Weight bearing exercises | |
In-bed exercises | |
Bridging exercises | |
Functional exercises | |
Hydrotherapy | |
Other- Please state | |
By what criteria do you discharge them from your care? | |
Response options: Patient stable on walking aid | |
Compliant with exercises | |
Other- Please state……………… | |
How many sessions do you on average see the patient in total? | |
Response options: 1 | |
2 | |
3 | |
4 | |
5 | |
>5 |