Kathrine Hoffmann Kusk

1 Introduction Keeping patient records is an integral and essential part of healthcare and treatment delivery that serves multiple purposes (Ministry of Health 2021a; Moriarty et al. 2019). One such purpose is to communicate information about nursing care, patient progress and outcomes.

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Total knee replacement (TKR) is generally considered effective as treatment of pain and functional limitations in end‐stage knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, many patients delay surgery for months or are unwilling to undergo TKR despite pain and functional limitations. Hence, a qualitatively assessment of what actually affects the patient's decision to undergo TKR would be important.