Associations between preoperative functional status and functional outcomes of total joint replacement in the Dominican Republic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In developed countries, the functional status scores of patients with poor preoperative scores undergoing total joint replacement (TJR) improve more following TJR than those for patients with better preoperative scores. However, those with better preoperative scores achieve the best postoperative functional outcomes. We determined whether similar associations exist in a developing country.

Methods

Dominican patients undergoing total hip or knee replacement completed WOMAC and SF-36 surveys preoperatively and at 12-month follow-up. Patients were stratified into low-, medium- and high-scoring preoperative groups based on their preoperative WOMAC function scores. We examined the associations between the baseline functional status of these groups and two outcomes-impro

SUBMITTER: Dempsey KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3775292 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature