From: Modeling the indirect economic implications of musculoskeletal disorders and treatment
Study | Treatment | Pre-intervention score | Improvement at 6 months | Population |
---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | (Sample size) | (Sample size) |  |
Quintana et al.[21] | THR | 17.98 | +34.44 | Consecutive patients with diagnoses of osteoarthritis on waiting lists to undergo THR or TKR at 7 teaching hospitals in the Spanish National Health Service; patient medical records indicate THR/TKR was appropriate treatment; excludes patients with severe morbidity such as cancer or terminal condition. |
 | (N=575) | (N=434) | ||
TKR | 19.49 | +25.79 | ||
 | (N=557) | (N=414) | ||
Jones et al.[19] | TKR | 21.0 | +23.8 | Prospective, longitudinal study of an inception cohort of surgical candidates in a Canadian health care region (Capital Health) between Feb 1996 and Feb 1998. |
 |  | (N=276) | (N=273) | |
Jones et al.[18] | THR | 20 | +30 | Prospective, community-based cohort recommended for THR or TKR within a Canadian health care region (Edmonton, Alberta) between Dec 1995 and Jan 1997. |
 | (age <80) | (N=163) | (N=163) |  |
 | THR | 13 | +26 |  |
 | (age ≥80) | (N=34) | (N=34) |  |
 | TKR | 21 | +26 |  |
 | (age <80) | (N=221) | (N=221) |  |
 | TKR | 17 | +18 |  |
 | (age ≥80) | (N=35) | (N=36) |  |