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Table 1 Observed Improvement in SF-36 physical function scores

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)

 
  1. Notes: THR (total hip replacement), TKR (total knee replacement).