title: Patient education and health-related quality of life: surgical hospital patients as a case in point.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to analyze the connections between patient education and health-related quality of life as an outcome variable. Data were collected among surgical hospital patients (n = 237) in Finland. On the basis of the results, there seems to be a positive relationship between received knowledge and health-related quality of life, and as such, the study produced knowledge about one quality indicator in nursing care. More research is needed to explore this connection in greater details.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland. Helena.Leino-Kilpi@utu.fi
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Leino-Kilpi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Heikkinen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaljonen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Virtanen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Salanterä
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006304:Health Status; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000592:standards; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires