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Patient Satisfaction after Total Knee Arthroplasty: Who is Satisfied and Who is Not?

2009/10/21 by Robert B. Bourne, Bert M. Chesworth, Aileen M. Davis +3 · 32 citations
Medicine · Health Professions · #Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes #Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare #Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty

paper · doi:10.1007/s11999-009-1119-9

Abstract

UNLABELLED: Despite substantial advances in primary TKA, numerous studies using historic TKA implants suggest only 82% to 89% of primary TKA patients are satisfied. We reexamined this issue to determine if contemporary TKA implants might be associated with improved patient satisfaction. We performed a cross-sectional study of patient satisfaction after 1703 primary TKAs performed in the province of Ontario. Our data confirmed that approximately one in five (19%) primary TKA patients were not satisfied with the outcome. Satisfaction with pain relief varied from 72-86% and with function from 70-84% for specific activities of daily living. The strongest predictors of patient dissatisfaction after primary TKA were expectations not met (10.7x greater risk), a low 1-year WOMAC (2.5x greater risk), preoperative pain at rest (2.4x greater risk) and a postoperative complication requiring hospital readmission (1.9x greater risk). LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level II, prognostic study. See Guidelines for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

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