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ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2020

Validation of the 7-item knee replacement patient education questionnaire (KR-PEQ-7), based on the 16-item knee osteoarthritis patient education questionnaire (KOPEQ).

Erika O Huber, Axel Boger, André Meichtry, Caroline H Bastiaenen

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Article in BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. A multi-phase approach for developing a conceptual model and preliminary content for patient-reported outcome measurement in TKA patients: from a Chinese perspective.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025
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Erika O HuberInstitute of Physiotherapy, School of Health Professions, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Technikumstrasse 71, Postfach, 8401, Winterthur, Switzerland. omega-e.huber@zhaw.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4670-6319
Axel BogerInstitute of Physiotherapy, Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, Brauerstrasse 15, 8400, Winterthur, Switzerland.
André MeichtryInstitute of Physiotherapy, School of Health Professions, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Technikumstrasse 71, Postfach, 8401, Winterthur, Switzerland.
Caroline H BastiaenenInstitute of Physiotherapy, School of Health Professions, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Technikumstrasse 71, Postfach, 8401, Winterthur, Switzerland.

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backgroundThe aim of this study was to investigate the content validity including item reduction, construct validity and internal consistency of the existing 16-item Knee Osteoarthritis Patient Education Questionnaire. Former research had indicated that a reduction of items was necessary. Participants were patients with severe knee osteoarthritis who, prior to undergoing a knee replacement operation, participated routinely in a preoperative educational intervention.

methodsA mixed method design was used. The first step was directed at the reduction in the number of items on the 16-item Knee Osteoarthritis Patient Education Questionnaire. Based on a priori hypotheses, this was followed by a cross-sectional validation study, performed to compare the resulting 7-item Knee Replacement Patient Education Questionnaire to a patient-testing Interview Protocol that was tailored to the same patient educational material. Additionally, the revised questionnaire was correlated with both the Short Test of Functional Health Literacy and the Mini-Mental State Examination score.

resultsA relatively high internal consistency was found for the 7-item Knee Replacement Patient Education Questionnaire, with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.84 (SE: 0.036). Explanatory factor analysis showed no evidence against a one-factor model, with the first and second eigenvalues being 3.8 and 0.31, respectively. Bayesian Estimation of the correlation between the 7-item Knee Replacement Patient Education Questionnaire and the Interview Protocol was 0.78 (mode) (95% HPD 0.58-0.89).

conclusionsThe 7-item Knee Replacement Patient Education Questionnaire shows good psychometric properties and could provide valuable support to health professionals. It can provide valid feedback on how patients waiting for a knee replacement operation experience an applied patient education intervention. Further investigation is needed to assess the applicability of the 7-item Knee Replacement Patient Education Questionnaire to larger samples in different hospitals and countries.

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Osteoarthritis, KneeBayes TheoremCross-Sectional StudiesHumansPatient Education as TopicPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesEducational interventionKnee osteoarthritisKnee replacementPatient educationValidity

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