Assessment of Patient Satisfaction with the Results of Total Hip Replacement

Abstract

Aim. To test a simplified version of assessing the results of total hip replacement based on patient survey data.Materials and Methods. We conducted a cohort retrospective study with historical control. The study included 80 patients interviewed ≥ 1 year after the total hip replacement. Patients were included into the study regardless of gender, age and concomitant pathology. Statistical analysis was performed using EpiInfo software (version 7.2.2.2), Python programming language, and SciPy package version 1.11.4.Results. We developed a compact questionnaire of 33 questions to compare the answers of patients before and after the surgery. After prosthetics, the self-esteem of the patient conditions improved significantly. The results were stratified into 6 blocks of questions by the odds ratio magnitude: emotional state – 49.3 (11.3-215.4); health status – 42.8 (12.4-147.7); ability to move outside the home –14.4 (1.8-113.4); self-care ability at home – 11.7 (5.3-25.7); overall quality of life assessment – 9.3 (3.1-28.4). Such differences before and after surgery were statistically significant for all blocks of questions (p ≤ 0,008). In general, 81.2% (81.2÷81.3) of patients were completely satisfied with the results of the surgery, and 8.8% (8.6÷8.9) were partially satisfied.Conclusion. We tested a study design which allows to evaluate the rate of improvement in selfesteem of patients after the total hip replacement.