Factors Related to Activities Limitation in Olders Persons after Total Knee Arthroplasty
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The purpose of this descriptive correlation research aimed to study the relationships between age, gender, body mass index, congenital diseases, pain level, depression, and social support for the limitations in activities in olders persons after a total knee arthroplasty. The sample group consists of 120 patients over the age of 60 who suffered from primary osteoarthritis and underwent a TKA (Total Knee Arthroplasty). The patients had a follow up 3 months after the procedure at 3 different tertiary hospitals, where the following data is collected via surveys and measurements: Body mass index (BMI), severity of pain via NRS (Numeric Rating Scale), level of depression via TGDS (Thai Geriatric Depression Scale), level of social support, level of activities limitation via WOMAC 5-point Likert. The statistical analysis is then performed to obtain frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient (r), and Spearman rank correlation coefficient (rS).
Major findings were as follows:
Patients experienced moderate level of activities limitation ( = 2.66, SD = 0.67).
The level of depression and severity of pain have moderate positive correlation with activities limitation after TKA (r = 0.652, r = 0.625, respectively).
Social support have very low negative correlations with activities limitation after TKA (r = -.191)
There is no correlation between age, gender, BMI and congenital diseases with the activities limitation in olders persons after TKA.
Suggestion: The results of this study, severity of pain, level of depression and social support factors should be used for developing a post-operative recovery intervention for older persons with total knee arthroplasty.
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