Preoperative psychosocial factors predicting patient's functional recovery after total knee or total hip arthroplasty: a systematic review.

Objective: To evaluate the predictive value of preoperative psychosocial factors on the perceived and observed postoperative patient's functional recovery during the post-hospital phase and up to 12 months after hospital discharge of patients who underwent total knee or total hip arthroplasty.

Methods: A systematic review was performed. MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE and PsychINFO were systematically screened in order to find prospective longitudinal studies.

Patient-centeredness in physiotherapy: What does it entail? A systematic review of qualitative studies.

Purpose: The literature review is aimed at examining and summarizing themes related to patient-centeredness identified in qualitative research from the perspectives of patients and physiotherapists. Following the review, a secondary aim was to synthesize the themes to construct a proposed conceptual framework for utilization within physiotherapy.

Methods: A systematic search of qualitative studies was conducted including all articles up to 2015 September.