Exploring variation in patient access of post-discharge physiotherapy following total hip and knee arthroplasty under a choice based system in the UK: an observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess a targeted 'therapy as required' model of post-discharge outpatient physiotherapy provision. Specifically, we investigated what proportion of patients accessed post-discharge physiotherapy following total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA), whether accessing therapy was associated with post-arthroplasty patient reported outcomes and whether it was possible to predict which patients would access post-discharge physiotherapy from pre-operative data.

Design

Prospective, observational, longitudinal cohort study.

Setting

Single National Health Service orthopaedic teaching hospital in the UK.

Participants

1395 patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty and 1374 patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty.

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SUBMITTER: Hamilton DF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6398686 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature