Open AccessThe Effect of Body Mass Index Class on Patient-Reported Health-Related Quality of Life Before and After Total Hip Arthroplasty for Osteoarthritis
Author(s) -
Sebastian Mukka,
Ola Rolfson,
Maziar Mohaddes,
Arkan S. Sayed-Noor
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jb and js open access
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2472-7245
DOI - 10.2106/jbjs.oa.20.00100
Subject(s) - body mass index , osteoarthritis , medicine , total hip arthroplasty , arthroplasty , quality of life (healthcare) , physical therapy , hip arthroplasty , index (typography) , surgery , alternative medicine , computer science , pathology , nursing , world wide web
Overweight status and obesity represent a global epidemic, with serious consequences at the individual and community levels. The number of total hip arthroplasties (THAs) among overweight and obese patients is expected to rise. Increasing body mass index (BMI) has been associated with a higher risk of mortality and reoperation and lower implant survival. The evaluation of perioperative health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has recently gained importance because of its direct relation to, and impact on, patients' physical, mental, and social well-being as well as health-service utilization. We sought to evaluate the influence of BMI class on HRQoL preoperatively and at 1 year following THA in a register-based cohort study.