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Table 6 Pre- and postoperative patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) for hip 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 = 527

n = 477

n = 347

n = 271

 

 No pain

3 (1)

111 (23)

181 (52)

200 (73)

< 0.0001*

 Slight pain

32 (6)

 

116 (33)

52 (19)

 

 Moderate pain

152 (29)

207 (43)

39 (11)

17 (6)

 

 Severe pain

187 (235)

 

10 (3)

1 (1)

 

 Extreme pain

153 (29)

134 (28)

1 (1)

1 (1)

 

 Lost to follow up

-

24 (5)

1 (1)

50

180

256

 

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

n = 507

n = 477

n = 345

n = 269

 

 Not anxious/depressed

199 (38)

332 (70)

257 (74)

210 (78)

< 0.0001*

 Slightly

145(28)

89 (18)

62 (18)

43 (16)

 

anxious/depressed

106 (20)

47 (10)

20 (6)

13 (5)

 

 Moderately

34 (6)

9 (2)

6 (2)

3 (1)

 

anxious/depressed

23 (4)

0

0

0

 

 Severely

20 ^

50

182

258

 

anxious/depressed

     

 Extremely

     

anxious/depressed

     

 Lost to follow up

     

Likert patient satisfaction, n (%)c

n = 527

n = 461

n = 317

n = 240

 

 Very satisfied

 

291 (63)

203 (64)

157 (65)

< 0.0001$

 Satisfied

  

80 (25)

60 (25)

 

 Ambivalent

 

121 (26)

17 (5)

11 (5)

 

 Dissatisfied

 

22 (5)

5 (2)

3 (1)

 

 Very dissatisfied

 

8 (2)

12 (4)

9 (4)

 

 Lost to follow up

 

19 (4)

66

210

287

 
  1. IQR: interquartile range
  2. * p-values for pre-operative vs. each individual postoperative time point
  3. ^ declined to answer
  4. $ p-values for six-week vs. each individual postoperative time point
  5. 1 59 lost to follow up; 2 180 lost to follow up; 3 256 lost to follow up
  6. a Fisher’s exact test, b Mann-Whitney U test; c Chi-squared test