Do Psychological Factors Predict Poor Outcome in Patients Undergoing TKA? A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A subgroup of patients undergoing TKA is unhappy with the outcome of surgery and preoperative psychological factors may play a role in their dissatisfaction.

Questions/purposes

We asked whether (1) psychological factors, as measured by preoperative self-reported questionnaires, predicted poor outcome after TKA, and (2) whether certain psychological factors examined predicted poor outcome better than others.

Methods

We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective observational studies published in MEDLINE, CINAHL®, EMBASE™, and PsycINFO® databases from their date of inception to October 2013, augmented with a manual search of bibliographies. Study eligibility was performed according to an a priori protocol. Included studies were assessed fo

SUBMITTER: Khatib Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4488213 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature