Impact of Preoperative Quality of Life and Related Factors on the Development of Surgical Site Infections Following Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Prospective Case-Control Study with a Five-Year Follow-Up

Table 6

The KOOS and HOOS-quality of life assessment scales of the 56 patients who had THR or TKR.

Parameters	Total scores	KOOS scale for total knee replacement (expressed as median value ± SD)	HOOS scale for total hip replacement (expressed as median value ± SD)	values
Pain	42.3 ± 15.9	43.4 ± 13.3	40.3 ± 20.4	0.319
Symptoms	49.0 ± 18.4	50.7 ± 16.1	45.8 ± 22.5	0.306
Function	39.5 ± 13.9	41.6 ± 12.2	35.4 ± 16.2	0.121
Quality of life	22.1 ± 12.8	23.7 ± 13.1	19.1 ± 11.9	0.200