Abstract:
The purpose of this descriptive study research to study the recovery postoperative recovery in older person and the relationships between selected factors relate to postoperative recovery in older person with total knee arthroplasty which were age, neutrition, co-morbidity, anxity, and social support in Orthopidic Department, Tertiary care Hospital in Bangkok. Data were collected from 116 older persons who were selected with muti-stage sampling. Research instruments were STAI Form X-I, Social support questionnaire and postoperative of recovery with total knee arthroplasty instrument. The reliability were .76, .90, .86 respectively. Data were analysis by statistic methods, including mean, percentage, standard deviation, Pearson Correlation and Point Biserial Correlation. Major finding were as follows; 1. The recovery in older persons with total knee arthroplasty at good level of 99.1 percent. 2. Age, anxity were negative high score and co-morbidity was negative moderate score signifcantly related to postoperative recovery in older persons with total knee arthroplasty at the level of .05 (r=-.506, -.532, -.414 respectively) 3. Social support was positive low score signifcantly related to postoperative recovery in older person with total knee arthroplasty at the level of .05 (r=.193) 4. Neutrition has not related to postoperative recovery in older person with total knee arthroplasty