Assessing the Attitudes, Awareness, and Behavioral Alterations of Patients Awaiting Total Hip Arthroplasty During the COVID-19 Crisis.
Stephen FahyJoss MooreMichael KellyShane IrwinPaddy KennyPublished in: Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation (2020)
Patients reported a significant disease-related impairment of physical function and subsequent deterioration in mental health as a result of hip osteoarthritis. Patients with worse hip function, as measured by the mHHS are more willing to proceed with surgery than those with superior hip function. This offers a potential mechanism by which to triage patients once elective surgical pathways reopen in the coming months.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- mental health
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- total hip arthroplasty
- prognostic factors
- emergency department
- peritoneal dialysis
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- rheumatoid arthritis
- public health
- minimally invasive
- patients undergoing
- risk assessment
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery bypass
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- human health