A quasi‐experimental study of group counselling effectiveness for patient functional ability and quality of counselling among patients with hip arthroplasty

AIM: The aim of this study was to investigate effectiveness of group counselling for the patients with hip arthroplasty, self‐assessed functional ability, and quality of counselling. DESIGN: A quasi‐experimental study. METHOD: The questionnaire included the Counselling Quality Instrument (CQI), Harris hip score and Oldwellactive self‐rated wellness profile. A Mann–Whitney U‐ and chi‐squared and t‐tests were used. A Wilcoxon singed rank test were used to evaluate changes in functional ability. NO PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: Patients and the public were not involved in the design, recruitment and implementation of this study. RESULTS: Fifty patients participated. Patients reported better results for limping (p = 0.000), walking distance (p = 0.000) and use of a walking aid (p = 0.001) in the follow‐up time point and they pain decreased. Patients were satisfied with interactions during counselling; gender (p = 0.000) and use of a walking aid (p = 0.044) were found to significantly affect. A lack of goal‐oriented counselling was in depressive symptoms (p = 0.016), worries (p = 0.010) and loneliness (p = 0.026).