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Multicenter Study
. 2023 Apr 25;24(1):327.
doi: 10.1186/s12891-023-06399-6.

Long-term health related quality of life in total knee arthroplasty

Marta González-Sáenz-de-Tejada  1   2   3   4   5 , Jose M Quintana  6   7   8   9 , Juan C Arenaza  7   10 , Jesús R Azcarate-Garitano  11 , Pedro M Esnaola-Guisasola  12 , Isidoro García-Sánchez  13 , Alejandro Baguer-Antonio  12 , Amaia Bilbao-González  6   14   7   8
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Multicenter Study

Long-term health related quality of life in total knee arthroplasty

Marta González-Sáenz-de-Tejada et al. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. .

Abstract

Background: To analyze evolution and factors related with greater gains in Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and with a greater probability of exceed their corresponding minimal clinically important differences (MCID) in patients with Osteoarthritis of the knee, undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) at long-term.

Methods: Data were obtained from two previously recruited multicenter cohorts of patients who underwent TKA in the Basque Country. Patients were follow-up at 6 months and 10 years after surgery. Patients completed specific and generic HRQOL questionnaires plus sociodemographic, and clinical data at 10 years. Associations were analysed using linear and logistic regression models.

Results: A total of 471 patients responded at 10-year follow-up. The multivariable analysis showed that low preoperative HRQOL scores, higher age, higher BMI, some comorbidities and readmissions at 6 months were associated with less gains in HRQOL. Apart from aforementioned, to have a peripheral vascular disease (odd ratio 0.49 (95% CI, 0.24-0.99)), complications (odd ratio 0.31 (95% CI, 0.11-0.91)), and readmissions within 6 months of discharge (odd ratio 2.12 (95% CI, 1.18-3.80)) were associated with a lower probability of exceeding the MCID. The effect sizes (ESs) of changes from baseline to 6 months (range, 1.20-1.96) and to 10 years (range, 1.54-1.99) were large in all dimensions, nevertheless the ESs from 6 months to 10 years were not appreciable for pain (ES = 0.03) or stiffness (ES = 0.09), and small for function (ES = 0.30).

Conclusions: Low preoperative HRQOL scores, to be elderly, severe obesity, the presence of some comorbidities -depression and rheumatology disease-, having readmissions or complications and not having rehabilitation of discharge, are good predictors of long-term lower gains in HRQOL. Some other non-registered parameters of the follow-up may also influence those outcomes.

Key indexing terms (mesh terms): Health-Related Quality of Life, Knee Arthroplasty, Total, Osteoarthritis.

Keywords: Health Related Quality of Life; Long-term; Minimal clinically important differences; Osteoarthritis; Total knee arthroplasty.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Comparison of the SF-36 scores with the general population using the normalized scores. That is, SF-36 scores were standardized according to sex and age of the general population, and transformed to norm-based, considering a mean of 50 SF-36 domains: PF: physical function; RP: role physical; BP: bodily pain; GH: general health; SF: social function; RE: role emotional; VT: vitality; MH: mental health
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