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Table 2: continued Total Hip Arthroplasty
Bohm et al. (15)
Patients classifying themselves preoperatively as “being in the workforce”
Postoperatively returning
to work (yes/no), off-work owing to their hip condition (yes/no), off-work owing to reasons other than their hip
All 60 patients were selected for this study because they classified themselves as being in the workforce
54/60 patients available for follow-up (44 in preoperative working group and 10 in off work group)
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
Income, weekly hours of work,
ability to meet workplace physical demands (scale 0-100), and workplace productivity (scale 0-100).
48 working
12 off work due to hip condition
38/44 (86%) working preoperatively were working 1 year after surgery (34/ 38 returned to same job);
1/44 (2%) stopped because of hip, 5/44 stopped for other reasons.
2/10 (20%) off work preoperatively returned to work after surgery; 5/10 (50%) did not return because of hip, 3/10 (30%) other reasons/
Income: 33% (95% CI: 20- 50%) had an increase;Weekly hours of work decreased by -3.2 (95% CI -7.9 -1.5) hours; Ability to meet workplace demands +29 (95% CI 22- 36); Productivity +27 (95% CI 17-37).