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

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 multiva

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Saenz-de-Tejada M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10127408 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature