101. Self-Reported Assessments of Quality of Life after Total Knee Arthroplasty
- Author
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Matt D. Price, Paul Haidet, and Debora A. Paterniti
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Total knee arthroplasty ,Knee replacement ,Social burden ,Quality of life (healthcare) ,Occupational Therapy ,Older patients ,Process analysis ,Physical therapy ,medicine ,Prospective cohort study ,business ,Qualitative research - Abstract
To understand quality of life after knee replacement, researchers must consider the total functional and social burden for patients. This article reports the results of a prospective study to understand patients' subjective perspectives of quality of life during total knee replacement surgery and healing. Data were collected through longitudinal interviews, patients' diaries, and standardized measures of quality of life. The findings include that problems of living undermine older patients' assessments of quality of life. They suggest that the events that bear on healing require a process analysis rather than sequential measurement.
- Published
- 2002