Preoperative information provided to Swedish and immigrant patients before total hip replacement.

• Total hip replacement is an operation that usually leads to pain relief and improved health related quality of life (HRQoL). Previous studies have demonstrated the importance of information about upcoming surgery. Therefore, it was of interest to study how both immigrants, whose first language was not Swedish, and Swedish patients described pre-operative information.

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Ortopedi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Orthopaedics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Elective total hip replacement

mental health

pre-operative information

pain

immigrants

Elective total hip replacement

Vårdvetenskap

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)