Clinical characteristics associated with depression or anxiety among patients presenting for knee surgery

ConclusionThe results support our hypothesis that preoperative depression/anxiety is associated with worse preoperative pain, function, and general health status. Furthermore, PROMIS Anxiety and Depression tools offer a reliable means of measuring psychological distress in the orthopaedic knee population. Similar to other studies, we also noted psychological comorbidity to be independently associated with ACLR and TKA.
Source: Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma - Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research