Prevalence of Pain and General Health Score After Total Knee Arthroplasty; A Cross-Sectional Study
Keywords:
total replacement, total knee arthroplasty, mental health, painAbstract
Background and Objective: Some patients who underwent total knee replacement still have an unfavorable pain. This study aimed to evaluate the pain prevalence, and mental health in these patients.
Methods: This was a descriptive retrospective study of patients joined the meeting in 2019 at the Srinagarind Hospital. We used questionnaires to evaluate the locations, pain score, and the Thai GHQ-28.
Results: Fifty-three patients, 76 total knee replacements, had anterior knee pain 57.89%. Mean walking pain and Thai GHQ-28 score were 1.49±2.13 and 1.77±2.85, respectively. Walking pain, rest pain, morning stiffness, and stiffness during the day had a low correlation to the social dysfunction subscale (correlation coefficient 0.317,0.307,0.385,0.339; p<0.05). In addition, pain at rest had a moderate correlation to the severe depression subscale (correlation coefficient=0.441, p=0.001)
Conclusion: 58 percent of the patients who underwent total knee replacement still had mild pain, mainly at the anterior area of knees. This pain and stiffness had a low correlation to social dysfunction. Furthermore, pain at rest after knee arthroplasty also had a moderate correlation to severe depression.
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