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Table 5 Pre-operative total knee replacement education delivery: Importance ratings summary

From: Consensus on pre-operative total knee replacement education and prehabilitation recommendations: a UK-based modified Delphi study

Pre-operative total knee replacement education delivery itema

% Important or Very Important rating

Round 1 (n = 60)

Round 2 (n = 57)

Round 3 (n = 55)

2.1 Informed by a multidisciplinary team

75

91

96

2.2.1 Informed by members of the orthopaedic surgery team

82

93

95

2.2.2 Informed by members of the nursing team

72

86

95

2.2.3 Informed by members of the physiotherapy team

95

98

100

2.2.4 Informed by members of the occupational therapy team

80

88

85

2.2.5 Informed by members of the social work team

42

42

31

2.3 Informed by patients who have previously had TKR surgery

63

67

73

2.4 Provide examples of other patients’ experiences of TKR surgery

70

77

76

2.5.1 Delivered using face-to-face group sessions

78

89

89

2.5.2 Delivered using face-to-face individual sessions

45

56

56

2.5.3 Delivered using a booklet or other written format

88

98

100

2.5.4 Delivered using a video or DVD

63

65

64

2.5.5 Delivered using a website or other electronic format

72

74

75

2.5.6 Delivered using telephone

25

18

18

2.5.7 Delivered using a PowerPoint presentation

32

23

25

2.6 Delivered using a combination of more than one format

87

93

93

2.7 Delivered through a combination of information provision and an opportunity to actively take part in tasks

78

95

96

2.8 Provide an opportunity for questions to be addressed

97

100

100

2.9 Provide an opportunity for a family member/friend to be involved

80

91

93

2.10 Tailored to each patient’s needs

85

82

91

2.11 Tailored to the right or left knee

13

7

2

2.12 Received separately from patients waiting for other types of surgery

67

75

76

2.13 Delivered within 4 weeks of TKR surgery

N/A

79

84

2.14 Delivered in a hospital setting

N/A

33

22

2.15 Standardised across the UK

N/A

72

80

  1. N/A Not applicable because the item was not included in Round 1
  2. TKR Total knee replacement
  3. a Consensus was defined as at least 70% of respondents rating an item as ‘Important’ or ‘Very important’. Items in italics did not reach consensus in Round 3 and hence were excluded from the final list of recommendations. Items in bold were prioritised as ‘Very important’. Items in plain text were prioritised as ‘Important’
  4. Additional Files 2 and 7 provide the exact wording of each item