ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Marital Relationship and Quality of Life in Couples Following Hip Replacement Surgery.
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- Bayesian Analysis of Length of Stay Determinants in ERAS-Guided Hip Arthroplasty.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
For the majority of patients with osteoarthritis, total hip (THA) arthroplasty results in a significant reduction in pain, emotional distress, and disability and a significant improvement in their quality of life. Little is known about how these recovery-related changes impact the spouse or the marital relationship.
methodsTwenty-nine couples whose spouse underwent a THA (29 THA) participated in a semi-structured retrospective interview designed for this study. They were each asked to recall the level of pain before and after surgery and to provide a numerical rating score for questions pertaining to the level of disability in seven different activities of daily living. Couples were also asked to list in order of importance the five ways in which the surgery affected their overall quality of life.
resultsThe spouses estimated their partner's pain, both pre- and postoperatively, to be significantly higher level than the patient's perception. The spouses perceived a greater improvement in family/home responsibilities, recreation and social activities, and in their occupation than that noted by the partner. After the arthroplasty, the spouses indicated that their lives had improved with respect to doing more activities/leisure (72%), because their partner had less suffering (59%), they had more independence/less caregiving (55%), it improved their marital relationship (52%), they had a better social/family life (28%), and they were able to travel (28%).
conclusionsThis study indicates that THA result in a significant improvement in quality of life not only for the patients, but also for their spouses.
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