FUNCTIONALITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN ELDERLY PEOPLE SUBMITTED TO TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY

• Główni autorzy: Leonel Preto (Autor), Claúdia Pinto (Autor), André Novo (Autor), Eugénia Mendes (Autor), Ilda Barreira (Autor), Fidel Lopez-Espuela (Autor)
• Format: Książka
• Wydane: Associação Portuguesa dos Enfermeiros de Reabilitação, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Hasła przedmiotowe: article
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• Notes: 2184-3023; 10.33194/rper.2019.v1.n2.02.4584
• Keywords: quality of life; osteoarthritis knee; arthroplasty replacement knee; Nursing; RT1-120
• Source: Revista Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Reabilitação, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 74-78 (2019)

Objective: To evaluate perception of knee functionality and health-related quality of life (HRQL) in elderly patients submitted to total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Methods: 40 patients were studied at two moments of evaluation: in the preoperative period and eight weeks after surgery. HRQL was assessed using the MOS-SF-36 v2 (Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey) and KOOS (Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score). Results: Sample (71.6 ± 8.1 years), mostly female (62.5%). The SF-36 v2 MOS results show an improvement in all dimensions of physical health in the second evaluation (p <0.05). In the field of mental health there has also been improvement in all dimensions, except vitality. The functionality of the knee improved in the subscales: symptoms (p = 0.015), pain (p <0.001) and quality of life (p <0.001). Conclusion: Patients evaluated eight weeks after TKA showed improvements in self-perceived health, quality of life, physical performance and pain.