Effect of marital status on patient-reported outcomes following total hip arthroplasty: a matched analysis with minimum 2-year follow-up.

CONCLUSIONS: Our study demonstrated inferior absolute PRO scores at latest follow-up for patients who were non-married compared to married following THA. These results show that while total hip replacement may still yield clinical benefit in all patients, non-married patients may ultimately achieve an inferior functional status, and expectations should be adjusted accordingly. Physicians should assess levels of psychosocial support in their patients prior to undergoing hip arthroplasty in order to optimise results.
PMID: 31328566 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Hip International - July 20, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Lall AC, Schwarzman GR, Battaglia MR, Chen SL, Maldonado DR, Domb BG Tags: Hip Int Source Type: research