Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Physical Function Before and After Total Knee Arthroplasty Among Women in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although racial/ethnic differences in functional outcomes after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) exist, whether such differences are associated with differences in presurgical physical function (PF) has not been thoroughly investigated.

Objective

To examine trajectories of PF by race/ethnicity before and after TKA among older women.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study was conducted among the prospective Women's Health Initiative with linked Medicare claims data. A total of 10 325 community-dwelling women throughout the United States with Medicare fee-for-service underwent primary TKA between October 1, 1993, and December 31, 2014, and were followed up through March 31, 2017.

Exposures

Race/ethnicity comparisons between Hispanic or Latina

SUBMITTER: Cavanaugh AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7229524 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature