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Observational Study
. 2021 Oct 1;100(10):972-977.
doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000001689.

Participation in a Preoperative Patient Education Session Is a Significant Predictor of Better WOMAC Total Index Score and Higher EQ-5D-5L Health Status Index 1 Year After Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasties: A Retrospective Observational Study

Carlos J Marques  1 , Karina Bohlen, Frank Lampe
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Observational Study

Participation in a Preoperative Patient Education Session Is a Significant Predictor of Better WOMAC Total Index Score and Higher EQ-5D-5L Health Status Index 1 Year After Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasties: A Retrospective Observational Study

Carlos J Marques et al. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. .

Abstract

Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate whether patient-specific factors, preoperative patient-reported outcome measures, and participation in a preoperative patient education session significantly predict 1-yr Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) total score and EuroQol 5 Dimensions 5 Levels (EQ-5D-5L) health status index of patients who underwent total hip or knee arthroplasties within an enhanced rehabilitation program.

Design: This is a retrospective observational cohort study. The inclusion criteria were met by 676 (373 total hip arthroplasties and 303 total knee arthroplasties) patients. Two multiple regression models were carried out to estimate the contributions of nine potential predictors.

Results: Younger age (P = 0.006), higher preoperative EQ-5D-5L index (P = 0.004), lower patient clinical complexity level (P = 0.001), lower preoperative WOMAC total score (P < 0.001), preoperative patient education session (P = 0.004), and submitting for total hip arthroplasty (P < 0.001) were significant predictors of better 1-yr WOMAC total score. Higher preoperative EQ-5D-5L index (P < 0.001), lower patient clinical complexity level classification (P < 0.001), lower preoperative WOMAC total score (P = 0.009), preoperative patient education session (P = 0.04), and submitting for total hip arthroplasty (P = 0.01) were significant predictors of higher 1-yr EQ-5D-5L health status index.

Conclusions: Better baseline patient-reported outcome measure scores, less comorbidities, younger age, submitting for total hip arthroplasty, and attending a preoperative patient education session were significant predictors of better WOMAC total scores and higher EQ-5D-5L health status index 1 yr after total hip or total knee arthroplasties.

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