title: Patients' dependence and independence levels on the prehospitalization-postdischarge continuum.
abstract: Levels of dependence and independence were studied in 26 patients who had total hip or total knee replacement procedures. Four instruments--a three-situation questionnaire, Beller's Behavioral Checklist, the D-I Scale, and the Navran Dy portion of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--were administered. Tests were given at five times: prehospitalization, presurgery, postsurgery, predischarge, and postdischarge. Dependence and independence levels were found to change along the prehospital-postdischarge continuum, according to the stress of hospitalization and surgery. There was, however, no significant difference in dependence scores between the prehospitalization and postdischarge administrations of the scales.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D006615:Hip / Q000601:surgery; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee / Q000601:surgery; D007902:Length of Stay; D008950:MMPI; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012919:Social Behavior; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D013997:Time Factors