Education level has an effect on the recovery of total knee arthroplasty: a retrospective study

• Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders 2022-12, Vol.23 (1), p.1072-1072, Article 1072
• Main Authors: Zhou, Yuan-Yuan, Zhang, Bo-Kai, Ran, Tian-Fei, Ke, Song, Ma, Tian-Ying, Qin, Yin-Yin, Zhang, Yuan, Xu, Yuan, Wang, Min
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Academic achievement; Aged; Anesthesia; Arthroplasty (knee); Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee - adverse effects; Body mass; Education; Education level; Educational Status; Health aspects; Hospitals; Humans; Illiteracy; Joint replacement surgery; Joints; Knee; Musculoskeletal diseases; Osteoarthritis; Pain; Patients; Physiological aspects; Range of motion; Recovery of function; Rehabilitation; Retrospective Studies; Rheumatoid arthritis; ROM; Schools; Secondary schools; Society; Total knee replacement; X-rays
• ISSN: 1471-2474; 1471-2474
• DOI: 10.1186/s12891-022-05939-w

This study aimed to observe the relationship between education level and outcomes after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). One thousand two hundred sixty four patients after TKA in our hospital from April 2016 to April 2020 were reviewed. These patients were divided into 4 groups (A who were illiterate, B who had elementary school degree, C who had junior high school degree, D who had senior high school degree or higher) by the educational level, which was blinded to the observers. The postoperative outcomes of KSS score, pain, joint extension and flexion function were observed 1 year after discharged from hospital. Among 1253 patients met the inclusion criteria, the average age was 68.63 years, the average body mass was 57.73 kg. There are no distinctions among 4 groups one day after the surgery. However, the outcomes of the follow up were that, the KSS score was: 77.84 ± 10.635; 80.70 ± 8.956; 87.92 ± 8.123;91.27 ± 8.262, with significant differences (P