A non-inflammatory disease mainly caused by biological factors. The most affected joints are the knee and hip, and the main symptoms are pain and stiffness.
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Association Between the Acquired Functioning and Personal Satisfaction After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Study Based on a Classification and Regression Tree
Ana Paula Fontes (University of Algarve, Portugal),
Ana Marreiros (University of Algarve, Portugal),
Marina Gueorguieva Kovatchki (University of Algarve, Portugal),
Nuno César Barbosa (Vila Franca de Xira Hospital, Portugal), Daniel Bernardino (Vila Franca de Xira Hospital, Portugal),
Acácio Ramos (Vila Franca de Xira Hospital, Portugal), and João Paulo Sousa (Algarve Private Hospital, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2023
|Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-7630-7.ch012
Abstract
Patient satisfaction has gained relevance in clinical practice, and knowing the variables with the greatest predictive power in this assessment is vital. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between postoperative satisfaction of patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and acquired functioning and to determine differences between sexes. This retrospective observational study included 183 patients undergoing TKA between 2018–2021. Functioning variables were pain, range of motion, gait distance, and WOMAC domains. There were significant differences in gait distance, pain, and WOMAC between the pre- and postoperative periods. Women had worse scores in final evaluation moments, although satisfaction was similar between the sexes. Satisfaction and the difference and the rate of change in WOMAC were significantly correlated. In the classification and regression tree analysis, the variable that most differentiated satisfaction in women was the WOMAC variation; in men, it was the pain variation rate.