Claire Tilbury1, Tsjitske M Haanstra2, Claudia S Leichtenberg1, Suzan H M Verdegaal3, Raymond W Ostelo4, Henrica C W de Vet2, Rob G H H Nelissen1, Thea P M Vliet Vlieland1. 1. Department of Orthopaedics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. 2. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 3. Department of Orthopedics, Rijnland Hospital, Leiderdorp, The Netherlands. 4. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Health Sciences and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The aims of this study were to assess patients' preoperative expectations of the outcome of total hip or knee arthroplasty (THA/TKA) regarding specific aspects of functioning and to determine to what extent each expectation was fulfilled after 1 year. METHODS: This was a prospective cohort study. Preoperative expectations and their fulfillment after 1 year were measured with the Hospital for Special Surgery Hip/Knee arthroplasty Expectations Surveys. Preoperative and postoperative scores were subtracted to calculate whether expectations were unfulfilled, fulfilled, or exceeded. RESULTS: A total of 343 THA and 322 TKA patients with complete follow-up were included. Preoperatively, >60% of patients (both THA/TKA) expected to get back to normal or have much improvement in 19 of 20 (THA) and 12 of 19 (TKA) items. Expectations were fulfilled or exceeded in >60% of patients in all 20 items for THA and 17 of 19 items for TKA. In THA, items with the largest proportions patients with unfulfilled expectations (>30%) were "improvement in walking ability: long distances" (31%), "walking stairs" (33%), and "improve ability to cut toenails" (38%). In TKA, expectations for 12 of 19 items were unfulfilled in >30% of patients, with the largest proportions seen for "being able to kneel down" (44%) and "being able to squat" (47%). CONCLUSION: Although for most items, >60% of THA and TKA patients indicated that their expectations were met or exceeded, there was a substantial number of patients, particularly TKA patients, having unfulfilled expectations. These need more attention in preoperative patient information and education.
BACKGROUND: The aims of this study were to assess patients' preoperative expectations of the outcome of total hip or knee arthroplasty (THA/TKA) regarding specific aspects of functioning and to determine to what extent each expectation was fulfilled after 1 year. METHODS: This was a prospective cohort study. Preoperative expectations and their fulfillment after 1 year were measured with the Hospital for Special Surgery Hip/Knee arthroplasty Expectations Surveys. Preoperative and postoperative scores were subtracted to calculate whether expectations were unfulfilled, fulfilled, or exceeded. RESULTS: A total of 343 THA and 322 TKA patients with complete follow-up were included. Preoperatively, >60% of patients (both THA/TKA) expected to get back to normal or have much improvement in 19 of 20 (THA) and 12 of 19 (TKA) items. Expectations were fulfilled or exceeded in >60% of patients in all 20 items for THA and 17 of 19 items for TKA. In THA, items with the largest proportions patients with unfulfilled expectations (>30%) were "improvement in walking ability: long distances" (31%), "walking stairs" (33%), and "improve ability to cut toenails" (38%). In TKA, expectations for 12 of 19 items were unfulfilled in >30% of patients, with the largest proportions seen for "being able to kneel down" (44%) and "being able to squat" (47%). CONCLUSION: Although for most items, >60% of THA and TKA patients indicated that their expectations were met or exceeded, there was a substantial number of patients, particularly TKA patients, having unfulfilled expectations. These need more attention in preoperative patient information and education.
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