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Return to work after total hip and knee arthroplasty: a systematic review
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Table 2: continued Total Hip Arthroplasty
Nunley et al. (11)
Working for pay in the 3 months before surgery (yes/ no), responders not were categorized into: unable to work, retired, keeping house, something else, looking for work or volunteering
Working for pay at some point after hip surgery (yes/ no); Returning to usual
job (yes/ no) ;Temporary work restrictions because of hip recovery (yes/no and duration)
705/806 (87.5%) working for pay 3 months before surgery 101/806(12.5%) not working (30 unable, 27 retired, 24 housekeeping, 14 something else, 5 looking for job, 1 volunteering)
714/790 (90.4%) working for pay at some time after THA; 672/714 (94.1%) returned to usual job, 42 (5.9%) returned to different job (12 because of hip); 185/714 (25.9%) had had temporary work restrictions (mean duration 7.3 weeks), 20/714 (2.8%) had permanent work restrictions.
Mean time 6.9 weeks (range 0-78 weeks)
Cowie et al. (21)
Unknown
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
Working for pay in the
month before surgery (yes/ no), amount of hours per week working before surgery, working their usual or different job, hip restrictions at work (yes/ no), duration
of hip restrictions at work before surgery
Reasons for not returning to work among patients who did not work since hip surgery Number of weeks unable to work due to their hip surgery
In the month before surgery 688 patients worked a mean of 41.6 hours (range 0-85) per week
76/790 (9.6%) not working after THA (30 retired, 21 housekeeping, 13 unable to work, 6 something else, 4 looking for job, 2 volunteering). In total, 13 (1,6%) permanently disabled after surgery.
Return to working (postoperative weeks); type of work (sedentary/ light physical/ heavy work); experiencing restrictions while returning to work
666/688 (96.8%) working their usual job, 22(3.2%) working a different job.545 /681 patients (80%) reported no restrictions, 136 (20%) reported restrictions with a mean duration of 1.2 years.
170/239 (71.1%) working after THA: occupational status 80/170 (28.1%) sedentary, 37/170 (13.0%) light physical, 53/170 (18.6%) heavy work
Mean time 13.9 weeks (SD 7.7) (range 1-52 weeks)
78.1% of those who returned to work were able to return to work without experiencing any restrictions, 7.7%
were redeployed to a less physically demanding job but experienced no other form of restriction, 1.2% experienced residual hip pain at work