Open AccessMany Patients With Persistent Pain 1 Year After TKA Report Improvement by 5 to 7 Years: A Mixed-methods Study
Author(s) -
Vibeke Bull Sellevold,
Simen Alexander Steindal,
Maren Falch Lindberg,
Milada Cvancarova Småstuen,
Arild Aamodt,
Anners Lerdal,
Alfhild Dihle
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000002183
Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , physical therapy , osteoarthritis , subgroup analysis , longitudinal study , surgery , confidence interval , alternative medicine , nursing , pathology
Approximately 20% of patients report pain 12 months after TKA. No studies have investigated patients' experiences of living with persistent postsurgical pain 5 to 7 years after TKA by combining a qualitative and quantitative methodology.