Description
The present studies examine whether information contained in medical records can be used to predict outcomes following two orthopedic procedures: repair of hip fracture and total knee replacement. Study 1 reports the acute, in-hospital recovery data from the medical records of 119 hip fracture patients. Study 2 is a prospective, longitudinal investigation of 3-month postoperative recovery of 110 total knee replacement patients. Patients characterized by a greater number of post-traumatic stress risk factors experienced poorer outcomes following orthopedic surgery. Our results suggest that patients at risk for negative outcomes can be identified by information readily available to medical personnel.
Subject
*Recovery of Function; 80 and over; 80 and Over; activity; Adult; adults; Aged; Arthroplasty; Clinical Assessment Tools; Coefficient Alpha; Comorbidity; Depression; Descriptive Statistics; disability; Disabled; distress; Female; Funding Source; health care; Hip Fractures – Surgery; Hip/*psychology; Human; Humans; Knee; Knee/*psychology; Male; Middle Age; Middle Aged; Ohio; Orthopedic Surgery; outcomes; P-Value; Pain; Pain Measurement; Post-Traumatic – Risk Factors; Post-Traumatic/*etiology; Prospective Studies; Record Review; Recovery; Regression; Regression Analysis; Replacement; Risk Assessment; Scales; Stress Disorders; T-Tests; Treatment Outcomes; Walking