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. 2020 Feb 21;21(1):118.
doi: 10.1186/s12891-020-3127-6.

Perceived occurrence of an adverse event affects patient-reported outcomes after total hip replacement

Charlotte V E Carpenter  1 , Vikki Wylde  2   3 , Andrew J Moore  2 , Adrian Sayers  2 , Ashley W Blom  2   3 , Michael R Whitehouse  2   3
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Perceived occurrence of an adverse event affects patient-reported outcomes after total hip replacement

Charlotte V E Carpenter et al. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. .

Abstract

Background: Dislocation, periprosthetic fracture and infection are serious complications of total hip replacement (THR) and which negatively impact on patients' outcomes including satisfaction, quality of life, mental health and function. The accuracy with which patients report adverse events (AEs) after surgery varies. The impact of patient self-reporting of AEs on patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) after THR is yet to be investigated. Our aim was to determine the effect of confirmed and perceived AEs on PROMs after primary THR.

Methods: A prospective single-centre cohort study of patients undergoing primary THR, with one-year follow-up, was performed. Participants completed forms pre-operatively and 3, 6, 9 and 12 months post-operatively, including Work Productivity and Activity Impairment (WPAI), Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), EuroQol-5D-3 L (EQ5D), Self-Administered Patient Satisfaction (SAPS) and AE reporting questionnaires. Results were reported in three groups: No AE, reported but not confirmed AE and confirmed AE. A generalised linear model was used to compare among groups using robust standard errors (SE).

Results: Forty-one AEs were reported in a cohort of 417 patients (234 females), with 30 AEs reported by 3 months. Eleven (27 reported) infections, two (six reported) periprosthetic fractures and two (eight reported) dislocations were confirmed. Those in the no AE group reported significantly better outcomes that the reported AE group as measured by WOMAC Co-Eff 14.27 (p = 0.01), EQ5D - 0.128 (p = 0.02) and SAPS - 9.926 (p = 0.036) and the combined reported and confirmed AE groups as measured by WOMAC Co-Eff 13.72 (p = 0.002), EQ5D - 0.129 (p = 0.036) and SAPS - 11.512 (p = 0.004). No significant differences were seen in WPAI among groups.

Conclusions: Patients who report AEs have worse outcomes than those who do not, regardless of whether the AEs can be confirmed by standard medical record review methods. The observed negative trends suggest that patient perception of AEs may influence patient outcome in a similar way to those with confirmed AEs.

Keywords: Adverse events; Outcomes; Patient reporting; Total hip replacement.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Study flow diagram
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PROMs by adverse event group and timepoint. (WPAI: Work Productivity and Activity Impairment; WOMAC: Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index; EQ5D:EuroQol-5D-3 L)
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