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Lifestyle and health‐related quality of life in A sian patients with total hip arthroplasties
Author(s) -
Fujita Kimie,
Xia Zhenlan,
Liu Xueqin,
Mawatari Masaaki,
Makimoto Kiyoko
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1111/nhs.12114
Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , anxiety , hip pain , prospective cohort study , total hip replacement , cohort , physical therapy , total hip arthroplasty , arthroplasty , osteoarthritis , gerontology , implant , surgery , psychiatry , nursing , pathology , alternative medicine
Total hip arthroplasty reduces pain and restores physical function in patients with hip joint problems. This study examined lifestyle and health‐related quality of life before and after total hip arthroplasty in Japanese and C hinese patients. Two hospitals in C hina recruited 120 patients and 120 J apanese patients matched by age and operative status were drawn from a prospective cohort database. O xford H ip S core, E uro Q ol, and characteristics of A sian lifestyle and attitudes toward the operation were assessed. There were no differences between patients from the two countries in quality‐of‐life‐scale scores: postoperative patients had significantly better quality‐of‐life scores than preoperative patients in both countries. In C hina, patients who reported that living at home was inconvenient had significantly worse O xford H ip S cores than those who did not. Mean scores for anxiety items concerning possible dislocation and durability of the implant were significantly higher in Japanese than in C hinese subjects. Our findings suggest that providing information about housing conditions and lifestyles would result in improved quality of life and reduced anxiety in patients with implanted joints.