SynthesisFrontiers in medicine2026
Nurse-led rehabilitation after total hip or knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis of functional recovery, self-efficacy, and quality of life.
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Abstract
Background: Nurse-led rehabilitation is increasingly embedded in postdischarge care after total hip or knee arthroplasty, but its effect on patient-reported recovery has not been quantified through meta-analysis. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of nurse-led rehabilitation versus usual care on functional recovery, self-efficacy, and quality of life after total hip or knee arthroplasty. Methods: PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and ClinicalTrials.gov were searched (2010-2026; English only) for randomized controlled trials comparing nurse-led rehabilitation with usual care. Standardized mean differences (Hedges Results: Eleven trials (1,107 participants) were included. Nurse-led rehabilitation improved functional recovery (10 trials; Conclusions: Nurse-led rehabilitation after hip or knee arthroplasty was associated with improved function, self-efficacy, and quality of life, consistently favoring nurse-led care in direction but with evidence of low certainty, substantial between-study heterogeneity, prediction intervals that crossed the null, and possible small-study effects. Therefore, the magnitude of benefit remains uncertain. Adequately powered, outcome-blinded trials are needed. Systematic Review Registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/view/CRD420261425216, PROSPERO CRD420261425216.
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