Impact of Personalized Rehabilitation Guidance

Impact of Personalized Rehabilitation Guidance Based on WeChat Official Accounts Platform on Functional Recovery and Quality of Life of Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis

To investigate the impact of personalized rehabilitation guidance based on the WeChat Official Accounts Platform on the functional recovery and quality of life of patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA).Ninety patients diagnosed with KOA undergoing joint replacement were included via convenient sampling.The patients were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group,with 45 patients in each group.The control group received traditional rehabilitation guidance,while the observation group received personalized rehabilitation guidance through the WeChat Official Accounts Platform in addition to the traditional guidance.Different care plans had varying effects on patients' scores on the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36),Visual Analog Scale (VAS),and Lysholm Knee Scoring Scale.

Inclusion Criteria:

• aged 50 to 80 years;
• conscious, without cognitive impairments, and able to complete reading independently or with assistance;
• able to operate a smartphone and use WeChat;
• willing to participate in this study and provide signed informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• acute cerebrovascular disease with sequelae in the past 6 months;
• coexisting primary psychiatric disorders;
• unable to perform physical exercise due to physical disability in the lower limbs;
• postoperative complications, such as deep vein thrombosis or infection;
• participation in other interventional studies.