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Table 1 Pre-operative education for patients undergoing revision TKR

From: Rehabilitation for revision total knee replacement: survey of current service provision and systematic review

Survey topic

Number of hospitals (n = 22)

Pre-operative education provided

 Yes

16

 No

3

 Unknown

3

Settinga

 Pre-operative assessment clinic

11

 Knee class/school

7

 Outpatient

2

 Written documents

2

 Telephone

1

 Video

1

Number of sessions

 1 session

14

 Unknown

2

Healthcare professionalsa

 Nurse

13

 Physiotherapist

11

 Occupational therapist

6

 Orthopaedic surgeon

6

 Rehabilitation assistant

1

Mode of provisiona

 Written information

14

 Talks/presentations

8

 Videos/website/app

7

Contenta

 Information about the operation

15

 Information about the hospital stay

15

 Information about recovery

15

 Pain management

14

 Exercise

14

 Smoking/alcohol cessation

5

 Weight loss

5

 Use of equipment/aids

9

Provision of aids and/or specific equipment

 Provided

3

 Not provided

10

 Unknown

3

Education provision same as primary TKR

 Yes

8

 No

1

 Unknown

7

  1. aRespondents could provide more than one response