ArticleBMC rheumatology2020
Racial disparities in pre-operative pain, function and disease activity for patients with rheumatoid arthritis undergoing Total knee or Total hip Arthroplasty: a New York based study.
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- Orthopaedic Consultation is Associated With Fewer Patient-Perceived Barriers to Total Joint Arthroplasty.Arthroplasty today · 2025Article
- Beyond Discharge Disposition: A Scoping Review on Sociodemographic Disparities in Rehabilitation Use After Hip and Knee Arthroplasty.Physical therapy · 2024Article
- Outcome Disparities in Total Knee and Total Hip Arthroplasty among Native American Populations.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- The racial/ethnic and sociocultural aspects of the pandemic in rheumatology.Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology · 2021Review
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backgroundBlack and Hispanic patients with osteoarthritis have more pain and worse function than Whites at the time of arthroplasty. Whether this is true for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is unknown.
methodsThis cross-sectional study used data on RA patients acquired between October 2013 and November 2018 prior to elective total knee (TKA) or hip arthroplasty (THA). Pain, function, and disease activity were assessed using the visual analogue scale (VAS), the Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire (MDHAQ), and the Disease Activity Score (DAS28-ESR). We linked the cases to census tracts using geocoding to determine the community poverty level. Race, education, income, insurance and medications were collected via self-report. Using multivariable linear and logistic models we examined whether minority status predicted pain, function and RA disease activity at the time of arthroplasty.
resultsThirty seven (23%) of the 164 patients were Black or Hispanic (minorities). The MDHAQ and DAS28-ESR were not significantly worse while VAS pain score was significantly worse in minority patients (
conclusionsFor Black and/or Hispanic patients with RA undergoing THA or TKA at a high-volume specialty hospital, unlike Black or Hispanic patients with osteoarthritis (OA), there was no association with worse pain, function, or RA disease activity at the time of elective arthroplasty.
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