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PATIENTS’ RECOLLECTIONS OF DISEASE SEVERITY FOLLOWING JOINT REPLACEMENT: ARE THEY RELIABLE INDICATORS OF PRE-OPERATIVE DISABILITY?



Abstract

Do patients’ recollections of disease severity following joint replacement surgery accurately reflect their pre-operative disability? Oxford Knee score questionnaires were sent to 100 patients who had undergone primary knee replacement surgery between January 1998 and July 2000.They were asked to complete these in a manner reflecting their pre-operative disability. The results were then compared with actual scores completed by the same group of patients prior to their surgery. The response rate was 78%.The mean pre-operative score was 45 compared to the recall score of 46.9. The difference was not significant (p=0.77).We believe that recall of disability using a simple knee score is a reliable method of assessing pre-operative disability.

Correspondence should be addressed to Roger Smith, Honorary Secretary, BASK c/o Royal College of Surgeons, 35 – 43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PN