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Table 3 Pre- and postoperative patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) for knee arthroplasty

From: A multi-disciplinary program for opioid sparse arthroplasty results in reduced long-term opioid consumption: a four year prospective study

 

Pre-operatively

6 weeks

6 months

1 year

p-value

EQ-5L-5D pain/discomfort score, n (%)c

n = 917

n = 885

n = 747

n = 578

 

 No pain

12 (1)

60 (7)

164 (22)

186 (32)

< 0.0001*

 Slight pain

74 (8)

373 (42)

365 (49)

248 (43)

 

 Moderate pain

349 (38)

 

166 (22)

105 (18)

 

 Severe pain

410 (45)

358 (41)

46 (6)

37 (6)

 

 Extreme pain

72 (8)

 

6 (1)

2 (1)

 

 Lost to follow up

-

83 (9)

11 (1)

32

170

339

 

EQ-5L-5D anxiety/depression score, n (%)c

n = 917

n = 883

n = 742

n = 574

 

 Not anxious/depressed

386 (42)

530 (60)

468 (63)

367 (64)

< 0.0001*

 Slightly

269 (30)

219 (25)

171 (23)

152 (26)

 

anxious/depressed

198 (21)

 

86 (12)

49 (9)

 

 Moderately

47 (5)

103 (11)

17 (2)

6 (1)

 

anxious/depressed

17 (2)

26 (3)

0

0

 

 Severely

-

5 (1)

175

343

 

anxious/depressed

 

34

   

 Extremely

     

anxious/depressed

     

 Lost to follow up

     

Likert patient satisfaction, n (%)c

n = 917

n = 831

n = 708

n = 564

 

 Very satisfied

 

350 (42)

340 (48)

267 (47)

< 0.0001$

 Satisfied

  

210 (30)

170 (30)

 

 Ambivalent

 

301 (36)

100 (14)

77 (14)

 

 Dissatisfied

  

46 (6)

38 (7)

 

 Very dissatisfied

 

122 (15)

12 (2)

12 (2)

 

 Lost to follow up

 

46 (6)

12 (1)

86

209

353

 
  1. IQR: interquartile range
  2. * p-values for pre-operative vs. each individual postoperative time point
  3. $ p-values for six-week vs. each individual postoperative time point
  4. 1 59 lost to follow up; 2 179 lost to follow up; 3 353 lost to follow up
  5. a Fisher’s exact test, b Mann-Whitney U test; c Chi-squared test