Table 1.

Patient concerns within six weeks following TKA^a (n = 30).

	Post-operative week
Concern	1	2	3	4	5	6
Receiving competent care from health care workers in a timely manner	x
Avoiding infection in your surgical knee	x
Getting out of bed on your own	x
Doing your exercises as prescribed by your physiotherapist	x	x	x	x
Walking on flat surface	x	x	x	x	x
Increasing the bend in your surgical knee	x	x	x	x	x	x
Decreasing pain in your surgical knee	x	x	x	x	x	x
Comfortably sit in car		x	x
Getting in/out of bath		x		x
Doing your own housework		x	x	x	x
Walking on uneven ground		x	x	x	x
Descending stairs		x	x	x	x	x
Cooking your own meals		x	x	x		x
Ascending stairs		x	x		x	x
Sleeping better at night		x		x	x	x
Light domestic duties		x		x	x
Being independent		x				x
Getting in/out of car		x				x
Putting on your own shoes or socks			x
Having the support of your family members			x
Having the support of your neighbours			x
Dressing yourself			x	x
Being less of a burden on spouse or caregiver			x		x
Receiving appropriate explanation regarding what to expect with rehabilitation following your surgery			x	x		x
Increasing the strength in your legs			x		x	x
Increasing the straightening in your surgical knee			x	x	x	x
Returning to your hobbies			x	x	x	x
Reducing swelling in your surgical leg				x
Heavy domestic duties				x
Going shopping				x	x	x
Driving a vehicle				x	x	x
Going back to regular exercise class/sport					x	x

^a TKA = primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

Note: the above concerns were ordered to illustrate the point in time when the concern was identified and x = at least 1 patient reported the concern