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Table 2: Outcomes of 19 studies describing work status before and after total hip and knee arthroplasty Total Hip Arthroplasty
Nevitt et al. (14)
Work status:Employed at the time ofTHA (working) or working regularly before THA but disabled (disabled) when undergoingTHA vs never worked regularly or stopped for non-health reasons
Working vs disabled
139 working patients: 81 (58.3%) working and 58 (32.6%) disabled
139 working patients: After 1 year:95 (68.3%) working
After 4 year:
Not measured
Definition of work status pre-operatively
Definition of work status postoperatively
Work situation prior to surgery
Work situation after surgery
Time to return to work
Impact of hip disease on work (change of job or occupation, reduced work hours, missed work > 1 day/ month, limited in physical activities of work, limited in kind or amount of work)
23 (16.5%) reduced hours
of work;
23 (16.5%) missed work more than 1 day/month
104 (74.8%) limited in physical activities of work;
27 (19.4%) unable to work at 1 year presurgery;
Impact on work status in the 107 persons who worked at all after surgery:
35% experienced limitations in the physical activities of their postsurgery work;
Impact on work status in 139 working patients:
38 (27.3%) change of job or occupation;
87 (62.6%) working
58 (41.7%) unable to work at 1 month presurgery;
34 (24.5%) receiving disability benefits at 1 month presurgery
41% were limited in the kind or amount of work they could do
