Receipt of Pain Management Information Preoperatively Is Associated With Improved Functional Gain After Elective Total Joint Arthroplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poorly controlled postoperative pain may adversely affect total joint arthroplasty (TJA) patients' outcomes and associated healthcare cost. Understanding effective pain management after surgery is important to patients, surgeons, and hospitals. We evaluated patient-reported receipt of preoperative pain management information in a national prospective cohort evaluating postoperative pain and function following elective TJA.

Methods

Preoperative and 2-week and 6-month postoperative survey data of 1609 TJA patients collected between June 2013 and December 2014 were analyzed. Data included demographics, medical and musculoskeletal comorbidity, operative joint pain, physical function, and mental health. At 2 weeks postoperative, patients were asked if they had received

SUBMITTER: Lemay CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5440217 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature