ArticleActa orthopaedica2019
Return to work after primary total hip arthroplasty: a nationwide cohort study.
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- Return to work following primary total hip arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Pooled it
- Clinical care patterns in the 10-years prior to primary total hip replacement: a matched population-based case-control analysis in England.BMC medicine · 2026Article
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- Return to work following total hip arthroplasty: a Japanese retrospective cohort study highlighting the impact on satisfaction and life purpose.Journal of artificial organs : the official journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs · 2025Article
- Sickness absences and losses in productivity-adjusted life years before, during and after the most common orthopedic surgical procedures among employed individuals in Finland.BMC health services research · 2025Observational
- Return to Work Following Hip or Knee Arthroplasty: A One-Year Prospective Cohort Study in Participants with Direct Referral from Hospital to Occupational Health Care Services.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Article
- [The connection between back pain and obesity].Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Association of socioeconomic status on return to work following primary total hip arthroplasty: a Danish population-based cohort study on 9,431 patients from 2008-2018.Acta orthopaedica · 2025Article
- Early functional recovery outcomes and return to work after primary total hip arthroplasty: a novel patient reported outcomes questionnaire.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of the Coordinated Return to Work model after orthopaedic surgery for lumbar discectomy and hip and knee arthroplasty: a register-based study.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2024Article
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- Return to work status of patients under 65 years of age with osteonecrosis of the femoral head after total hip arthroplasty.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Article
- Cementless femoral neck endoprosthesis SPIRON in men in aspects of clinical status and quality of life in an average 7-year follow-up.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
- Return to work following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.Acta orthopaedica · 2022Article
- Overstretching Expectations May Endanger the Success of the "Millennium Surgery".Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Article
- Return to work after lumbar disc herniation surgery: an occupational cohort study.Acta orthopaedica · 2021Article
- Short-stem total hip arthroplasty is not associated with an earlier return to work compared to a straight-stem design.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Background and purpose - While the number of working-age patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) is increasing, the effect of the surgery on patients' return to work (RTW) is not thoroughly studied. We aimed to identify risk factors of RTW after THA among factors related to demographic variables, general health, health risk behaviors, and socioeconomic status. Patients and methods - We studied 408 employees from the Finnish Public Sector (FPS) cohort (mean age 54 years, 73% women) who underwent THA. Information on demographic and socioeconomic variables, preceding health, and health-risk behaviors was derived from linkage to national health registers and FPS surveys before the operation. The likelihood of return to work was examined using Cox proportional hazard modeling. Results - 94% of the patients returned to work after THA on average after 3 months (10 days to 1 year) of sickness absence. The observed risk factors of successful return to work were: having < 30 sick leave days during the last year (HR 1.8; 95% CI 1.4-2.3); higher occupational position (HR 2.2; CI 1.6-2.9); and BMI < 30 (HR 1.4; CI 1.1-1.7). Age, sex, preceding health status, and health-risk behaviors were not correlated with RTW after the surgery. Interpretation - Most employees return to work after total hip arthroplasty. Obese manual workers with prolonged sick leave before the total hip replacement were at increased risk of not returning to work after the surgery.
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