Patient experiences with physiotherapy for knee osteoarthritis in Australia-a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Physiotherapists commonly provide non-surgical care for people with knee osteoarthritis (OA). It is unknown if patients are receiving high-quality physiotherapy care for their knee OA. This study aimed to explore the experiences of people who had recently received physiotherapy care for their knee OA in Australia and how these experiences aligned with the national Clinical Care Standard for knee OA.

Design

Qualitative study using semistructured individual telephone interviews and thematic analysis, where themes/subthemes were inductively derived. Questions were informed by seven quality statements of the OA of the Knee Clinical Care Standard. Interview data were also deductively analysed according to the Standard.

Setting

Participants were recruited from aro

SUBMITTER: Teo PL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7942256 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature