Effects of self-efficacy promotion combined with rehabilitation program on quality of life in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Abstract

Background: Osteoarthritis is a chronic disease without any danger that affects the physical, mental, social, economic and quality of life. It is also related to poor quality of life. Encouraging patients to perceive their self-efficacy to enable them realize the importance of knee rehabilitation that knee exercise can increase the strength of the thigh muscles.

Objective: The objective of his study was to determine effects of self-efficacy promotion combined with rehabilitation program on quality of life in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Methods: This study used a two-groups quasi-experimental with the pretest-posttest nonequivalent control group design. Subjects in the present study were 44 adult patients with knee osteoarthritis and treated at Charoenkrungpracharak Hospital. All of them were adult patients who met the inclusion criteria. The subjects were divided into two groups, namely: control (n = 22) and experimental (n = 22) group. Each pair of subjects from the control and experimental groups were similar in age, gender and duration. The control group received conventional care while the experimental group attended a six-week of self-efficacy promotion combined with rehabilitation program. The experimental instruments included self-efficacy for exercise scale
and practice records of rehabilitation. The experimental instruments included self-efficacy for exercise scale and practice records of rehabilitation. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and t - test.

Results: The major findings showed that after participating in the self-efficacy promotion combined with rehabilitation program, the experimental group’s mean quality of life significantly increased (P < 0.05). The mean quality of life in experimental group was also significantly higher than the control group.

Conclusion: The effect of self-efficacy promotion combined with rehabilitation program was
effective in increasing quality of life in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.