Abstract. Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) can be completed using paper and postal services (pPROMS) or via computer, tablet or smartphone (ePROMs). We have investigated whether there are differences in scores depending on the method of PROMs acquisition for the Oxford Knee (OKS) and the EQ-5D scores, at one and two years post operatively. Patient demographics, mode of preferred data collection and pre-and post-operative PROMs for Total Knee Replacements (TKRs) performed between 1st January 2018 and 31st December 2018 were collected. During the study period, 1573 patients underwent TKRs. The average
Introduction. Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) are increasingly used as quality benchmarks in total joint arthroplasty (TJA). The objective of this study was to investigate whether PROMs correlate with patient satisfaction, which is arguably the most important and desired outcome. Methods. An institutional joint database was queried for patients who underwent primary, elective, unilateral TJA. Eligible patients were asked to complete a satisfaction survey at final follow-up. Correlation coefficients (R) were calculated to quantify the relationship between patient satisfaction and prospectively collected PROMs. We explored a wide range of PROMs including Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC); Short Form-12 (SF-12), Oxford Hip Score (OHS), Knee Society Clinical Rating Score (KSCRS), Single Assessment Numerical Evaluation (SANE), and University of California Los Angeles activity level rating (UCLA). Results. In general, there was only weak to moderate correlation between patient satisfaction and PROMs. Querying the absolute postoperative scores had higher correlation with patient satisfaction compared to either preoperative scores or net changes in scores. The correlation was higher with disease-specific PROMs (WOMAC,